Comparison

tratri vs Tern

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

Head to head
About

tratri

Features
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tratri is a travel journal app that automatically reads the location data from your photos and maps out the footsteps of your journey. Just pick your photos and your travel route is drawn on the map—ready to share on social media as a collage or a video. Already a favorite among travelers across Japan, tratri turns every trip into a record worth revisiting. ■ Auto-Record Your Trips from Photos Just select the photos you took, and tratri pulls the location and timestamp straight from each photo's EXIF data—no manual entry needed. Your route is drawn on the map automatically. You can also tap the map to add spots that have no photo, and log a memo and a transport mode (walking, train, car, bus, plane and more) for each one. ■ Visualize Your Travels on Japan & World Maps Supports both a Japan map (all 47 prefectures) and a World map. See everywhere you've been at a glance and look back on the big picture of your travels. Map features are available even on the Free plan—just watch a short ad to unlock them. ■ Collect All 47 Prefecture Badges Earn a badge every time you visit one of Japan's 47 prefectures. Conquer entire regions—Tohoku, Kanto, Tokai, Kansai, Kyushu and more—to unlock special Master Badges. Bronze to Platinum badges based on your total visits keep your wanderlust going. ■ Create Share-Ready Collages Turn your travel photos into stylish collages built for social media. Choose from multiple layouts like Magazine and Polaroid, and seasonal backgrounds such as cherry blossoms and the sea. The Standard plan and above unlock unlimited, watermark-free collages. ■ Auto-Generate Vertical Route Videos With one tap, create a 9:16 vertical video in which your route glides smoothly across a 3D map, with your photos popping up at each place you visited. The result is a polished clip ready to post straight to Instagram Reels and TikTok. ■ AI Recommends Your Next Destination From the prefectures you haven't reached yet, tratri's AI suggests the perfect next trip for you—complete with sightseeing spots, local food, and the best season to go. ■ Plans Free: Save up to 15 photos. Unlock map features by watching an ad. Basic (¥480/month or ¥4,800/year): 1,000 photos and map unlocked. Standard (¥980/month or ¥9,800/year): 3,000 photos, unlimited collages, and vertical videos. Premium (¥1,480/month or ¥14,800/year): 5,000 photos, every feature, and no watermark. Yearly plans cost the equivalent of 10 months—two months free. (Prices shown in JPY; actual pricing varies by region.) ■ Available in Multiple Languages Available in 10 languages including Japanese, English, French, German, and Spanish—so it stays comfortable to use even at your destination abroad. Just choose and save your photos, and the footsteps of your journey stay on the map. Make every trip more special with tratri. ■ Terms of Use & Privacy Policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tratri-site.web.app/privacy

About

Tern

Features
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No fake routes — only the places you actually went. Tern turns the photos already on your phone into a travel map, automatically. HOW IT WORKS Open Tern and it reads the geotags already saved in your photo library, then instantly builds: • A world map lit up with every country you've visited • Your travel stats — countries, trips, days away, distance covered • Trips broken into ordered steps, auto-clustered from your photos by date and location This all happens on your device. Nothing is uploaded, no account needed. TRIPS, YOUR WAY • Auto-detected — Tern clusters your camera roll into trips and stops automatically • Live — start recording and Tern tracks your route and stops in real time as you travel • By hand — add any place, past or future, with a search or a tap on the globe EXPLORE THE WORLD Browse every country and continent on the same living globe — guides, highlights, and a wishlist for the places you haven't been yet. PLAN AHEAD Sketch out upcoming trips before you leave, then watch them turn into memories the moment you're back. SHARE THE STORY Turn any trip into a share-ready postcard or a vertical travel video — pick your cover photo, your look, and the stats you want to show off. Send it as a file: whoever you share with doesn't need Tern or an account to see it. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Tern works entirely on-device. Your photos, locations, and trips are never sent anywhere. No accounts, no analytics, no ads. SEE IT FIRST The scan and the map it finds are yours to see before you pay, and the price is shown up front, with no free trial that turns into a charge. TERN PRO Tern Pro opens the whole app — your map and trips, stats, watermark-free videos and share cards, and iCloud backup — with yearly, monthly, or lifetime options. LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://beratmehmetoglu.com/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://beratmehmetoglu.com/terms/

Screenshots

tratri4 screens
Tern4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tern at every 5 days against tratri's every 10 days. tratri's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. tratri sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Tern sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tratri ships an update every 10 days, Tern every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
tratri versus Tern: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertratriTern
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeryuki fujiwaraBerat Mehmetoglu

In-app purchases

3 purchases

tratri

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Basic Plan$3.991 Month
  • Monthly Standard Plan$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Plan$14.991 Month
4 purchases

Tern

Subscriptions3
  • Tern Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Tern Pro (Yearly)$4.991 Year
  • Tern Pro (Yearly)$10.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tern Pro (Lifetime)$15.99

Questions

Is tratri free?
tratri is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tern free?
Tern is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do tratri or Tern have ads?
Neither tratri nor Tern shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tratri or Tern?
tratri ships an update every 10 days, and Tern every 5 days. Most recently, tratri was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tern on November 10, 2026.

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