Comparison

Path vs MyFavsMap

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

Head to head
About

Path

This app automatically maps your daily movements and travel history. It segments your day into stays and moves, detects transport modes, and visualizes your journeys on a detailed timeline and map. Enhance your travel memories with photos, historical weather, and health insights.

Highlights
  • Automatic location recording
  • Transport mode detection
  • Detailed timeline and map view
  • Trip and footprint visualization
  • Photo and video integration
  • Historical weather data
  • Health statistics and insights
Features
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Turn every day into a clear map of your life. Path is a privacy-first, all-day personal timeline. It records every trip out and every stay in the background, with nothing to start or stop. Sensor fusion filters out GPS drift and noise, so your routes match the way you went. Automatic Recording, Always On • Smart segmentation: Each day splits into stays, moves, and gaps on its own. No more manual check-ins. • Transport mode detection: Path recognizes walking, running, cycling, driving, and many kinds of public transport, and learns your habits from your corrections. • Battery-conscious design: Sensor use adapts to how you move, balancing recording accuracy and battery life. A Clear Timeline and Map • Card timeline: See your moves, the places you visited, and how long you stayed at a glance. • Map styles: Routes take the color of their transport mode, and stay markers show place category icons. • Frequent places: Edit names and boundaries, and turn a string of coordinates into "Home" or "Office". Trips and Footprints • Trips: Path detects trips away from home, lets you relive each one on a 3D globe, and creates a boarding-pass trip card. • Footprints: Light up the continents, countries and regions, and cities you have visited. Each country and region gets its own passport page and entry stamp. • Life Chapters: Divide your life into chapters by the cities you lived in, with a city timeline, key statistics, and frequent routes for each chapter. Milestones and Share Cards • Milestones: Earn medals for new places, walking and running distance, and recording streaks. • Share Cards: Turn a day, a trip, a milestone, or the globe view into a card to share with friends. Photos on the Map • Photos and videos: See the photos and videos you allow on your map and timeline, so every trip has pictures. • Smart grouping: Nearby photos group together to keep the map clean. Historical Weather • Historical weather: Relive the weather along your journeys, from clear skies and rain to snow and thunderstorms. • Map effects: As you browse your timeline, the map shows the weather of that moment. Health Trends and Insights • Statistics: Track steps, distance, and calories, and set a daily goal. • Apple Health: Connect Apple Health to see resting heart rate and sleep next to your day. • Insights: Weekly, monthly, and yearly views reveal changes in your activity radius, your most visited places, and your farthest journeys. Privacy First, Your Data in Your Hands • Local storage: Location data stays on this iPhone, encrypted by iOS Data Protection. No account to create, no cloud sync. • Data control: Export to SQLite, import a backup, or delete your data at any time. —— Path Pro — Unlock the Full Experience The free plan records every day and lets you view the last 7 days of your timeline, Trips, Footprints, Milestones, and Life Chapters. Upgrade to Path Pro to unlock: • Full history: Revisit any day in your timeline, Trips, Footprints, Milestones, and Life Chapters. • All long-term statistics and insights. • Complete data export and archiving. • Historical weather and map effects. • Import Apple Watch workout routes. From your first step out the door to the last mile home, Path is the recorder you can rely on. Website: https://path.autheai.com Terms of Use: https://path.autheai.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://path.autheai.com/privacy

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MyFavsMap

Features
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Your saved places deserve better than a long list. MyFavsMap turns the places you have collected over the years into a clear, colour-coded map — then helps you actually use them. IMPORT IN ONE TAP Bring in the places you saved on your phone, or add them by hand. Everything lands on one map, sorted by category and region. PLAN REAL DAYS Generate optimised day-by-day itineraries. Swap a stop in one tap when you change your mind. Open any leg straight in Waze or Google Maps. FIND SOMETHING NEW Search restaurants, cafés and hikes anywhere in the world — not just the places you already saved. Filter restaurants by cuisine and price range. TRAVEL TOGETHER Share an editing link with friends or family and plan the trip in real time. WORKS WITHOUT A SIGNAL Your places live on your device first. Cloud sync is optional and private. KEEP A RECORD Turn the places you visited into an illustrated journal, day by day, sharable with a single link. Track countries visited and the share of the world you have explored. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No ad banners, no tracking. Export everything as GPX (Garmin, Organic Maps, Komoot), KML (Google Earth) or CSV whenever you want. — FREE Start for free, no credit card. Try every feature free for 7 days. EXPLORER €2.49 per month, or €14.99 per year (save 50%). Unlimited places and itineraries, real-time collaboration, cloud sync and backup, unlimited export, premium hikes, priority support. FOUNDER €24.99 once, lifetime access. Everything in Explorer, forever, plus a Founder badge, a vote on the roadmap and a mention in the app credits. Prices include VAT. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://myfavsmap.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://myfavsmap.com/privacy

Screenshots

Path4 screens
MyFavsMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MyFavsMap at every 2 days against Path's every 10 days. MyFavsMap also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.4). 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. Path sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and MyFavsMap sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Path ships an update every 10 days, MyFavsMap every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Path versus MyFavsMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathMyFavsMap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYanbing ZhangMARC PHILIPPE LAVANANT

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Path

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Premium (Annual)$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium (Lifetime)$149.99
3 purchases

MyFavsMap

Subscriptions2
  • MyFavsMap Pro – Monthly$2.491 Month
  • MyFavsMap Pro – Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • MyFavsMap Founder$24.99

Questions

Is Path free?
Path is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyFavsMap free?
MyFavsMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Path or MyFavsMap have ads?
Neither Path nor MyFavsMap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Path or MyFavsMap?
Path ships an update every 10 days, and MyFavsMap every 2 days. Most recently, Path was updated on November 9, 2026 and MyFavsMap on November 8, 2026.

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