Cartogram vs Drift Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cartogram
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Turn your photo library into a beautiful map wallpaper. Cartogram reads the GPS locations from your photos and renders a heatmap overlay on a stylish vector map, showing where you've been right on your iPhone. Download Cartogram for free and start with two hand-crafted themes: Cyberpunk and Midnight. Unlock Cartogram Pro with a one-time purchase to get all color themes. Features: - Generates wallpapers from your geotagged photo locations - Free tier includes two themes: Cyberpunk and Midnight - Cartogram Pro unlocks Ember, Ghost, and Moss - Auto-detects your current location or set any place manually - Save generated wallpapers directly to Photos - Privacy-first: all processing happens on-device, no data leaves your phone - No account required, no tracking, no ads iOS: Full-screen preview with pan, zoom, and rotation. Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors, rendered with OpenFreeMap.
Drift Diary
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Drift Diary is a lifelog app that automatically records your daily activities. It tracks your location in the background, automatically recording the places you stay, your travel routes, steps, distance, and travel time. No special action is needed — just carry your phone and your day is recorded. ■ Key Features 【Automatic Lifelog】 Automatically detects stays and movements, displaying them in a timeline format. Steps, distance, and travel time are visible at a glance. 【Weather & Temperature】 Automatically retrieves the day's weather and temperature. Combined with your activity log, you can look back on the atmosphere of your day more vividly. 【AI Comments】 Apple Intelligence reads your day and automatically generates friendly one-line comments like "You walked a lot today!" 【Photo Integration】 Automatically detects photos taken during your stays and displays them on the timeline. Meal and scenery photos bring back the memories of the day. 【Diary & Mood Tracking】 Record simple notes and your mood (Good / OK / Bad). Great for daily reflection and health management. 【Calendar View】 Easily look back on past lifelogs from the calendar. 【Map View】 View your daily travel routes on a map. 【Privacy First】 All data is stored only on your device and in your iCloud account. No data is ever sent to external servers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drift Diary at none against Cartogram's 1. Cartogram's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Cartogram sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drift Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cartogram ships an update every 2 weeks, Drift Diary monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cartogram | Drift Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CENTAUR LABS OU | Hirokazu Kurokawa |
In-app purchases
Cartogram
- Cartogram Pro$3.99
Drift Diary
No in-app purchases









