Comparison

Ato vs Trailmark Journal

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Trailmark Journal

Features
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Trailmark Journal quietly remembers where your days take you. It records your movement automatically in the background — no buttons to press, no check-ins. Whenever you're curious, open the app and replay any past day as an animated trail on the map, at your own pace. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Replay any day — watch your route draw itself across the map; scrub the timeline and change speed. • Heatmap — see everywhere you've ever been, layered into the paths you travel most. • Stay points — spots where you lingered 10+ minutes are marked automatically; save the good ones to Places. • Places — keep your favorite spots, search for new ones, and see how far they are from where you are now. • Daily dashboard — distance, time, and how you moved (on foot, bike, car, train), plus steps and active calories from Health. • On this day — revisit what you were doing on this date in past years. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. Your location, steps, and history are never sent to any server, and there is no account to create. Your past is yours alone. FREE & PREMIUM Recording is always on, free forever. The free version lets you look back over the last 7 days. Unlock your entire history with a monthly or yearly plan, or a one-time Lifetime purchase — same full access either way. Trailmark Journal isn't about sharing where you are. It's a quiet place to look back on where you've been. — Subscription details — Trailmark Journal offers Premium, which unlocks viewing of your entire movement history (the free version shows the last 7 days; recording is always free). • Monthly: $0.99 per month (auto-renewable) • Yearly: $4.99 per year (auto-renewable) • Lifetime: $9.99 one-time purchase Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscriptions in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://yaneyuka.com/trailmark-privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Ato4 screens
Trailmark Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ato at none against Trailmark Journal's 3. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Trailmark Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Ato asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ato ships an update weekly, Trailmark Journal every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Ato versus Trailmark Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAtoTrailmark Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAllahverdi Suleymanovmasafumi matsumoto

In-app purchases

None

Ato

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Trailmark Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Trailmark Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Ato free?
Ato is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trailmark Journal free?
Trailmark Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ato or Trailmark Journal have ads?
Neither Ato nor Trailmark Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ato or Trailmark Journal?
Ato ships an update weekly, and Trailmark Journal every 9 days. Most recently, Ato was updated on October 16, 2026 and Trailmark Journal on October 7, 2026.

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