Map Memory vs Whereabout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Map Memory
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This is a travel journaling app designed to capture your life’s journey—so every day can be remembered. It automatically records the places you’ve visited and turns your daily activities into a clear, interactive timeline. Whether it’s an ordinary day or a meaningful trip, you can easily look back and relive your experiences anytime. The app also intelligently pairs your photos with locations, bringing each moment back to life. Your memories become more than just records—they become vivid stories you can revisit. With privacy at its core, all data is stored locally on your device by default, without being uploaded to any external servers. Only when you choose to do so will your data be backed up to iCloud, giving you full control over your personal memories. More than just a tool, it’s your personal timeline of life. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Whereabout
This app automatically logs your daily movements, including places visited, duration, and travel routes. It operates privately on your device without accounts or cloud storage, offering a detailed history of your whereabouts.
- Automatic place detection
- Travel route tracing
- Reverse geocoding for place names
- Daily history browsing
- Distance and time tracking
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Whereabout is a private, automatic journal of your day — recording where you went, how long you stayed, and how you got there. Simply open the app and browse through your days. Whereabout runs quietly in the background, tracking your route and detecting the places you visit. No accounts. No cloud. No third parties. Everything stays on your device. What Whereabout does - Automatically detects when you arrive and leave places - Traces your travel routes on a map - Reverse geocodes visits so you see real place names and addresses - Lets you scroll back through months of daily history - Tracks distance traveled and time spent at each location
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Whereabout at none against Map Memory's 1. Whereabout also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Map Memory sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whereabout asks for nothing beyond the download.
Map Memory ships an update every 3 weeks, Whereabout every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Map Memory | Whereabout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 26.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hung Yu Chiu | Charlie Liu |
In-app purchases
Map Memory
- Map Memory Pro$2.991 Month
Whereabout
No in-app purchases






