Comparison

Location Diary vs MotionIQ

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

Head to head
About

Location Diary

This app automatically creates a daily journal by logging your locations, photos, and steps. It allows you to add moods and rename places later, offering insights into how you spend your time. Designed for those who struggle with traditional journaling, it prioritizes privacy by keeping all data on your device.

Highlights
  • Automatic daily logging
  • Location, photo, and step tracking
  • Mood and place customization
  • Timeline view of daily activities
  • Weekly and monthly reports
  • Privacy-focused, on-device data storage
  • Customizable themes
Features
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Logless is a footprint diary you do not have to write. It drafts the places, photos, steps, and flow of your day on your device. Tidy only what matters, then revisit a day by date or from your own map. ■ Keep the shape of your day without writing With location access enabled, outings and possible stops appear on a simple timeline. Photos and steps add context, so even busy days leave something worth revisiting. ■ Refine only the places that matter Choose a place suggestion, rename a stop, split or merge a visit, or exclude a pass-through point. Confirmed places are learned on your device and gently improve suggestions when you return. ■ Remember familiar routes and travel times Keep routes and durations for trips you make often, such as home to a station, school, or work. Look back on days that took longer than usual or used a different route. When location data is sparse, Logless avoids claiming an exact path and keeps the useful timing instead. ■ Build a map that is yours Revisit saved places and footprints on My Map. Familiar cafes, new neighborhoods, walks, and trips gradually become a personal map of where life happened. ■ Look back by day, week, or month The timeline brings together each day's places, photos, and flow. Weekly and monthly reflections surface familiar places and rhythms without scoring your life. ■ Catch up when you return When you open Logless, it rechecks up to 30 days—today and the previous 29—using available Location and Health evidence on your device. Photo details are added gradually, so not every day is completed at once. “Updates since your last visit” shows past days that were added or changed. “Data Status” distinguishes “Recording · no log yet,” “Recorded,” “Limited evidence,” “Recently checked · no observation,” “Retry needed,” and “Not checked,” plus saved sources and “Automatic activity history.” iOS controls when and how often background work runs. ■ Backup under your control Export Logless records plus location and event history in one portable, unencrypted file; keep it in a trusted location. Logless validates it before restore. Restore replaces current data instead of merging it. Original photos, original HealthKit data, purchases, iOS permission state, UserDefaults, app settings, caches, notifications, and widget state are excluded. ■ Balance accuracy and battery Standard mode uses low-power location signals as its foundation, then briefly improves location detail around signs of movement. Turn on Detailed Route yourself on days when you want a closer path. ■ Privacy, explained clearly Precise movement history, photos, steps, and learned places stay on your device. To show weather, Logless may send a date and an approximate location rounded to about 1.1 km to a weather service. Logless does not use advertising tracking. [Logless is for people who] - Want a journal but cannot keep up with writing - Want to remember where they went last week - Keep memories of walks, cafes, weekends, and trips - Compare commute or school routes and travel times - Prefer looking back through places instead of paragraphs [Logless Pro] Unlock broader monthly, yearly, and city-level reflections and longer-term ways to revisit your history. Logless Pro is an optional monthly or yearly subscription. Purchases are handled by App Store and can be canceled anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://pomeranianstudio.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://pomeranianstudio.com/privacy

About

MotionIQ

Features
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Ever been the passenger who had to stare at the horizon and crack a window to not throw up? Or the driver who swears they're smooth, while everyone in the back holds on for dear life? MotionIQ settles it. Mount your phone or drop it in your pocket, hit Start, and drive. MotionIQ uses your iPhone's motion sensors to feel every bump, sway, hard stop and sharp turn of the trip. When you stop, you get a score. AFTER EVERY TRIP YOU SEE: A comfort score for the whole ride, from smooth to rough. A carsick risk percentage: how likely that drive was to make a passenger queasy. Where it came from, split three ways: up-and-down jolts from the road, side-to-side sway from corners, and the lurch of accelerating and braking. Your route on a map, with speed and elevation. How you stack up: your ride next to a typical driver on a normal road trip. ONE APP, EVERY CAR YOU DRIVE Add your cars and MotionIQ scores each trip against the right one. Your daily commuter and your weekend car don't ride the same, and the app knows it. NOTHING TO BABYSIT Recording keeps going with the screen off and the phone away. Lock it, pocket it, drive. Stop the trip when you park. GO PREMIUM FOR THE FULL PICTURE AI coaching on each trip: what made this specific drive rough, and exactly what to change next time. A carsick risk estimate tuned to the trip. Weekly and monthly trends so you can watch yourself get smoother. Deeper cornering, speed and hard-braking breakdowns. Monthly or yearly. Cancel anytime in Settings. YOUR DRIVES STAY YOURS Your route and raw sensor data never leave your phone. The optional AI analysis sends a handful of numbers about the trip, never your location. Sharing anonymized stats with the community is off unless you turn it on, and turning it back off deletes everything you shared. WHO IT'S FOR Parents tired of carsick kids in the back seat. Rideshare and delivery drivers who want better ratings. Anyone who's been told "you drive like a maniac" and wants the receipts. New drivers building smooth habits early. ** We use Apple's Standard EULA. The link is included at the bottom of the App Description and also set in the License Agreement field under App Information. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://motioniq-app.com/#/privacy

Screenshots

Location Diary4 screens
MotionIQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MotionIQ at every 3 days against Location Diary's every 10 days. 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. Location Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and MotionIQ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Location Diary ships an update every 10 days, MotionIQ every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Location Diary versus MotionIQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocation DiaryMotionIQ
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkurihara kazukiSe Min Lee

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Location Diary

Subscriptions2
  • Logless Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Logless Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Logless Pro Lifetime$79.99
2 purchases

MotionIQ

Subscriptions2
  • MotionIQ Monthly Tier$2.991 Month
  • MotionIQ Yearly Tier$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Location Diary free?
Location Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MotionIQ free?
MotionIQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Location Diary or MotionIQ have ads?
Neither Location Diary nor MotionIQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Location Diary or MotionIQ?
Location Diary ships an update every 10 days, and MotionIQ every 3 days. Most recently, Location Diary was updated on October 31, 2026 and MotionIQ on October 31, 2026.

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