Comparison

GoodTrips vs MapJour

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

Head to head
About

GoodTrips

Features
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GoodTrips is the simple, beautiful way to track where you've been and plan where you're going. YOUR PERSONAL TRAVEL MAP See all your trips on an interactive map. Watch your travel story unfold as you add visited places, rate your experiences, and build your bucket list of future destinations. EASY TRIP LOGGING Add trips in seconds. Tap anywhere on the map or search for a destination. Mark it as visited or save it to your bucket list. Add ratings, notes, and dates to capture your memories. ORGANIZE WITH COLLECTIONS Group your destinations into themed collections. Create a "Weekend Getaways" list, plan your European adventure, or gather beach destinations for your next vacation. Can't decide where to go? Use the randomizer to spin the wheel and let fate choose your next destination. TRACK YOUR JOURNEY - Log visited destinations with ratings and notes - Create a bucket list of places you want to visit - Organize trips into custom collections - Spin the randomizer wheel to pick your next adventure - See all your trips organized on one beautiful map - Track repeat visits to your favorite places SIMPLE & FOCUSED No social features, no complicated setup. GoodTrips is a private, personal travel journal that puts your experiences first. BEAUTIFUL DESIGN A warm, inviting interface that makes logging trips a pleasure. Available in light and dark mode. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Sign in with Google to keep your trips synced and backed up securely.

About

MapJour

A private travel journal app that lets you record visited places, dates, and stories on an interactive map. Entries include notes, photos, and voice memos, all stored locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Interactive map of visited places
  • Chronological visit timeline
  • Rich journal entries with notes, photos, voice memos
  • Local-first data storage
  • Exportable backups (spreadsheet, PDF)
Features
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MapJour is your private travel journal on a map. Record the places you’ve visited, the dates you were there, and the stories you want to keep — without an account or cloud sync. YOUR JOURNEY, ON A MAP Drop pins for the places that matter. Browse visits on an interactive map with visited-country highlighting, or open the 3D globe for a spinning overview of where you’ve been. A TIMELINE YOU CAN REVISIT Flip through chronological visit cards to relive trips in order. Open any entry for place details, dates, journal text, photos, and voice memos. RICH, PRIVATE ENTRIES • Dates for when you arrived and left • Place search, map pin, or current location • Journal notes written only on your device • Photos linked from your library, with a small private preview kept on device • Private voice memos stored in the app BACKUP AND SHARE ON YOUR TERMS Export a spreadsheet backup to move visit data between devices, or create a print-friendly PDF travel journal to read and share. Photos and audio stay on the device that created them. LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN MapJour does not create accounts, does not sync your journal to a MapJour server, and does not include ads or tracking. Your visits live in a private database on your iPhone or iPad until you delete them or uninstall the app. Privacy Policy: https://feifeifeih.github.io/mapJour/privacy.html Support: https://feifeifeih.github.io/mapJour/support.html

Screenshots

GoodTrips4 screens
MapJour4 screens

Verdict

The call

GoodTrips and MapJour are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
GoodTrips versus MapJour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoodTripsMapJour
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua BellamyFei Huang

In-app purchases

None

GoodTrips

No in-app purchases

None

MapJour

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GoodTrips free?
GoodTrips is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MapJour free?
MapJour is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GoodTrips or MapJour have ads?
Neither GoodTrips nor MapJour shows ads.

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