Comparison

Stampire vs TravelMapping

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

Head to head
About

Stampire

Explore landmarks and destinations across the US by taking selfies at verified locations. Instantly collect digital stamps, similar to passport visas, documenting your visits with your name, date, and time.

Highlights
  • Digital stamp collection
  • Explore US landmarks
  • Selfie verification
  • Customizable digital stamps
  • Visit tracking
Features
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Originally designed for tourists, Stampire has evolved into a nationwide ecosystem that encourages users to explore landmarks, shops, museums, and iconic destinations across the United States. By taking a selfie at a verified location, users instantly receive a digital stamp—similar in style to a passport visa—featuring their name, date, time, and visitor number.

About

TravelMapping

Features
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Travel Mapping is the companion app for travelmapping.net — the community-driven project that tracks highway and rail travel across the world. Browse interactive maps showing every road and rail segment you've clinched. See your progress across regions, compare stats with other travelers on the leaderboard, and discover new routes to explore. FEATURES Maps & Visualization - Interactive maps with your traveled and remaining road segments - Rail and transit route overlays - Customizable line styles, widths, and map themes - Select segments directly on the map to generate .list file entries Statistics & Rankings - Mileage breakdowns by region, category, and route - See your closest-to-clinched and longest-clinched routes - Overall ranking and percentile among all travelers - Distance tracking in miles or kilometers Road Trip Recording - GPS-based trip recording that runs in the background - Automatic segment matching to TravelMapping routes - Trip replay with timeline slider - Export matched segments as .list file entries - Live Activity with distance, speed, and matched segments on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Dark driving-mode dashboard designed for glances Route Planner - Preview TravelMapping segments along a planned route - Discover which routes you'd clinch on your next road trip Sharing & Export - Share polished stats cards and map snapshots - Rich link previews in Messages with interactive map access - Copy or share .list file entries for GitHub submission - Export road trip data as .list files Cross-Device Sync - iCloud sync for favorites, settings, and preferences - Home screen widgets showing your travel stats - Apple Watch companion app HOW IT WORKS Travel Mapping tracks which highway and rail segments you've traveled by maintaining .list files — simple text files listing your clinched route segments. The community at travelmapping.net processes these files and visualizes your travels on interactive maps. This app lets you browse that data, track your progress, and generate new .list entries — either by selecting segments on the map or recording GPS road trips that automatically match to TravelMapping routes. New to Travel Mapping? The app includes a Get Started guide to help you create your username and submit your first .list file. SUPPORTED REGIONS Travel Mapping covers highway systems across North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and Oceania — with nearly 400 regions across 147 countries. Rail and transit networks are also tracked via the companion tmrail.teresco.org database. OPEN SOURCE & COMMUNITY Travel Mapping is a volunteer-driven project. Route data, user files, and the web application are all open source and hosted on GitHub. This app connects to the public TravelMapping API — no account creation or personal data collection required. Privacy: No ads, no third-party analytics. Anonymous diagnostic data — crashes, performance metrics, app hangs, structured logs, screenshots, and short session replays — is collected via Sentry to improve app stability. Your TravelMapping username is the only identifier sent. Location data stays on your device or syncs privately via iCloud.

Screenshots

Stampire4 screens
TravelMapping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stampire at none against TravelMapping's 3. Stampire also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). TravelMapping's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. TravelMapping sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Stampire asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stampire ships an update every 2 weeks, TravelMapping every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stampire versus TravelMapping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStampireTravelMapping
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStampire IncPreston Andrew Siegel

In-app purchases

None

Stampire

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

TravelMapping

One-time3
  • Coffee Tip$0.99
  • Pizza Tip$2.99
  • Gas Tank Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Stampire free?
Stampire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TravelMapping free?
TravelMapping is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stampire or TravelMapping have ads?
Stampire shows ads; TravelMapping does not.
Which is updated more often, Stampire or TravelMapping?
Stampire ships an update every 2 weeks, and TravelMapping every 2 months. Most recently, Stampire was updated on October 14, 2026 and TravelMapping on October 5, 2026.

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