Ato vs Trail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ato
Map your adventures by walking, running, or traveling. This app lets you fill in a shared world map with friends and a global community. Rediscover past journeys, record new ones, and see where others have explored.
- Cooperative world mapping
- Import past adventures (Strava, Apple Health, photos)
- Record new journeys automatically or manually
- Share weekly "Postcards" with photos and captions
- View global and friend exploration maps
- Personal and global heatmaps
- City-specific exploration tracking
- Leaderboards for discoveries
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Explore the world together. Ato is a cooperative mapping adventure where every walk, run, and trip fills in a shared world map. See where you've been, discover where friends have explored, and uncover places no one has visited yet. Join a global community of explorers building a collective picture of human adventure—one hexagon at a time. Your past adventures, rediscovered Already have years of walks and trips behind you? Import your entire history from Strava, sync from Apple Watch, or pull location data from your photo library. Watch your map light up with hexes from places you'd almost forgotten about. Record your future journeys Sync new workouts automatically, import photos as you take them, or tap to check in wherever you are. Each hex can only be checked into once per day, so every visit counts. Whether it's your morning commute or a trip across the world, your journey is being recorded. Share your week with Postcards Send a postcard with up to 4 photos from the past 7 days, add a caption, and tag where each was taken. Tap any photo's pin to jump straight to that hex on the map. Cheer on fellow explorers with hearts, leave comments, and browse postcards shared from any hex you find. See where others explore View where explorers around the globe have been on the shared world map. Filter by everyone or just your mutuals to see where friends have roamed. Follow other explorers, keep your profile private, or browse profiles to find inspiration for new places to visit. Meet your Hexmates See which explorers have covered the most hexes in common with you. Open a Hexmate to browse the countries and cities you share, then highlight the exact hexes you both explored on the map. Discover heatmaps See your exploration patterns come alive with personal heatmaps that highlight your most-visited areas in warm gradients. Switch to global heatmaps to discover the world's most popular spots. Find your missing hexes Tap any city to see which hexes you've explored and which remain undiscovered. City Explorer shows hexes others have found but you haven't—plan your routes to fill in the gaps and complete neighborhoods, cities, or entire countries. Compete on leaderboards Check global leaderboards to see how your discoveries stack up, or dive into city-specific rankings to find out who's explored your hometown the most. Stay connected Get notified when someone follows you or interacts with your postcards. Tap a like or comment alert to jump straight to the postcard. Tap any hex to see who discovered it first, who visited most recently, and browse the full list of explorers. Your data, your control Mark any hex, day, or city as incorrect data to remove it from your stats. Set any hex to incognito mode to appear anonymous while keeping your personal stats intact. Built for explorers • Import your entire Strava history • Syncs walks, runs, and cycling from Apple Health • Imports location data from your photos • Manual check-ins when you're not working out • Postcards — share up to 4 photos per postcard with hearts and comments • Per-photo location pins that deep-link to the hex on the map • Hexmates — find explorers with the most shared hexes and map the places you have in common • Global map showing where all explorers have been • Mutuals filter to see only where friends explore • Personal and global heatmaps • Follow explorers and manage your followers • Public or private profile options • City Explorer to find unexplored hexes • My Routes to view your actual workout paths • Leaderboards by city, country, or globally • Mark incorrect data or set hexes to incognito • Shareable cards for your adventures Your map. Your journey. 4.8 billion hexes to explore.
Trail
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Your life, automatically logged. Traillog records your movements in the background and turns them into a clear timeline of stays and trips. No manual check-ins, no third-party trackers — just your day, organized. AUTOMATIC TIMELINE • Background location tracking — works even when the app is closed • Stays and trips detected and labeled automatically • Timeline and map views of your history • Weather, health, and motion data added to each segment ACTIVITY & FITNESS • Start workouts with one tap — running, cycling, walking, and more • Readiness score and adaptive coaching (Apple Watch) • Activity rings, daily goals, and training summaries • Heart rate zones, auto-pause, laps, and activity metrics STATS & INSIGHTS (Pro) • Distance, places visited, and trends over time • Year in Review • Export to GPX, KML, and CSV SHARED TIMELINES (Pro) • Timeline shares include segment type, activity type when applicable, time, start/end map coordinates, address or place, selected photos, and simplified travel paths. • Shows the same trip paths as your map, including road-aligned driving routes when available. Traillog shares simplified coordinates only—not timestamps, speed, altitude, accuracy, or HealthKit workout routes. • Stats-only share creation has been removed; existing Stats links remain viewable but read-only and no longer update MORE PRO FEATURES • Live Activity & Dynamic Island • Photo matching on your timeline • Daily and weekly summaries • Tags on segments • Saved places and movement profiles • On This Day, My Trips, and badges PRIVACY FIRST Traillog uses only Apple frameworks — no third-party SDKs or analytics. Your data stays on your device and in your iCloud account. Works fully offline with optional iCloud sync. PLATFORMS • iPhone with optional Apple Watch companion • Home screen and Lock Screen widgets Start with a 30-day free trial of Traillog Pro. Cancel anytime. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://weganar.github.io/Trail-log-legal/traillog-privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ato at none against Trail's 4. Ato also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Trail's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Trail sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Ato asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ato ships an update weekly, Trail every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ato | Trail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Allahverdi Suleymanov | Weganar |
In-app purchases
Ato
No in-app purchases
Trail
- Pro Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Family Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Pro Annual1 Month trial$24.991 Year
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- Family Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year









