Comparison

ChronJour vs Trace World

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ChronJour

This travel journal app organizes your journeys on a map and timeline. Easily add places, capture routes, and archive content like notes and photos. Syncs across devices and offers optional icon packs.

Highlights
  • Map and timeline view
  • Add places via search, location, or photo import
  • Route capture and planning
  • Attach notes, photos, and videos
  • Guide-based organization
  • iCloud sync
Features
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ChronJour is a personal travel journal built around a map and timeline. Keep places, routes, and trip content in one view so it is easy to revisit past journeys and plan what comes next. • Map + timeline view: filter places and routes by month and jump back to any period. • Multiple ways to add places: map search, current location, or photo EXIF location import. • Route capture and planning: save planned routes or manually selected point-to-point routes with distance, estimated duration, and waypoints. • Trip content archive: attach notes, links, photos, and videos to places or routes. • Guide-based organization: group content by city, theme, or trip and filter the map by guide. • iCloud sync: keep data consistent across devices on the same Apple Account. An optional in-app purchase, “Map Marker Icon Pack,” unlocks additional marker icons.

About

Trace World

This app creates a personal exploration map that reveals areas as you travel through the real world. Your visited locations are saved locally, and you can customize your recent path. It offers different map styles and prioritizes user privacy with no account or data uploads.

Highlights
  • Exploration map reveals visited areas
  • Recent track customization
  • Auto-recording for travel
  • Exploration level progression
  • Multiple map styles
  • Privacy-first design, no account needed
Features
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TraceWorld turns every walk, ride, and trip into a personal map of where you have really been. Reveal the world as fog lifts, see density as a heatmap or dots, place your photos on the map, and look back through travel stories — privately, on your iPhone. ONE MAP, THREE VIEWS • All — your full journey at a glance: Fog, Heatmap, or Dots • 7 Days — a closer look at the past week • Today — focus on what you are doing right now RECORD AS YOU GO • Start recording when you head out; keep going in the background when you allow Always location • Choose how hard GPS works: Standard, Power Saver, or Ultra Saver (premium options for longer battery life) PHOTOS ON THE MAP • Show geotagged photos where you took them • Browse an aggregated all-photos view when you want the big picture • Photos stay on your device; TraceWorld does not upload your library FOOTPRINT MAP • See countries, regions, and cities you have lit up • Spot airports and other explored places • Open the real map and list for details, visit dates, and a clearer browse TRAVEL STORIES & IDENTITIES • Travel Stories — a timeline of trips and moves (premium) • Identities — keep commute, travel, and other lives on separate maps (extra identities are premium; your main identity stays free) BACKUP & PRIVACY • Optional iCloud backup of your exploration data to your own Apple ID • No TraceWorld account, no ads, no analytics SDK, no upload to our servers LANGUAGES Follow the system, or pick English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese (Brazil), or Italian. TraceWorld Pro is an optional one-time unlock for premium features such as Travel Stories, extra identities, and Footprint Map details. Mapping overview, recording, and the main identity stay free.

Screenshots

ChronJour3 screens
Trace World4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Trace World at weekly against ChronJour's every 3 months. Trace World also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). ChronJour's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 91%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ChronJour sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Trace World sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChronJour ships an update every 3 months, Trace World weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ChronJour versus Trace World: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChronJourTrace World
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better90.9% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer华 曹高锋 李

Customer experience

ChronJour

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Trace World

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ChronJour

One-time1
  • Icon Expansion Pack$0.49
1 purchases

Trace World

One-time1
  • TraceWorld Pro$3.99

Questions

Is ChronJour free?
ChronJour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trace World free?
Trace World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChronJour or Trace World have ads?
Neither ChronJour nor Trace World shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChronJour or Trace World?
ChronJour ships an update every 3 months, and Trace World weekly. Most recently, ChronJour was updated on September 1, 2026 and Trace World on September 22, 2026.

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