Comparison

Travel Buddy vs Nomad Quest

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

Head to head
About

Travel Buddy

Features
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Travel Buddy is a digital scratch map for your phone. Track the countries you have visited on your own world map, keep every trip in a travel journal, and plan the next one. YOUR SCRATCH MAP OF THE WORLD Color in every country you have ever set foot in. It works like the scratch off world map on your wall, except it is always with you and you never need a coin. Your visited countries map fills up as you travel, and a country counter tracks your progress toward all 195. AUTO-IMPORT YOUR TRAVEL HISTORY Buddy reads the places in your camera roll and rebuilds years of travel history in minutes. Your travel map, photo memories and past trips are filled in for you. You just confirm. A TRAVEL JOURNAL THAT ALMOST WRITES ITSELF Log trips with photos, dates, notes and ratings. Every trip becomes a keepsake: the route, the journal and the camera roll, kept together in one place. SEE EVERY TRIP ON A MAP Your stops on a real city map, numbered in the order you will visit them, with the route drawn between them and the travel time for every leg. Tap a day to zoom into it, or tap a pin to open that stop in your maps app. TRAVEL STATS & MILESTONES Days abroad, countries visited, continents reached: your travel statistics, beautifully presented. Every year becomes its own yearbook cover, and you can share your stats as a video. PLAN YOUR NEXT TRIP Tell Buddy, your AI trip planner, what you are dreaming of and get a day-by-day itinerary in seconds that you can reorder and make your own. Keep a bucket list of dream destinations, and let Buddy suggest your next trip based on where you and your friends have been. TRAVEL WITH FRIENDS Follow friends, compare travel maps, and see the countries you both dream about. Invite with a link and plan trips together. WIDGETS Your world map, visited-country count and next-trip countdown, right on your home screen. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Travel Buddy works without signal and syncs when you are back online. Your travel diary is yours: private by default, no ads. Whether you are a country counter chasing all 195, a backpacker journaling the route, or a family mapping vacation memories, Travel Buddy is the scratch map you always have with you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Nomad Quest

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Your travels deserve more than a list. Atlas transforms every country you've visited into a living, interactive 3D globe — glowing gold for conquered ground, blue for your bucket list, and building toward a rank only the most seasoned nomads ever reach. --- LOG IT --- Add trips in seconds. Drop in countries, cities, dates, and memories. Watch your globe come alive with every new stamp. A satisfying passport animation marks every milestone — because reaching a new country should feel like one. --- RANK UP --- Your adventures earn you a rank among a global community of explorers: Dreamer - Day Tripper - Wanderer - Explorer - Adventurer Globetrotter - World Traveler - Passport Legend - Atlas Climb the ladder. Own the title. --- VISUALIZE YOUR WORLD --- See exactly how much of the world you've explored — by country, continent, and percentage of the entire planet. Your stats are more than numbers; they're a portrait of the life you've lived. --- SHARE YOUR STORY --- Generate cinematic story cards built for Instagram, TikTok, and X. Your rank, your map, your stats — designed to stop the scroll. --- COMPETE WITH NOMADS --- The Nomads Leaderboard lets you see how your global footprint stacks up against friends, countrymates, and travelers worldwide. --- DREAM AHEAD --- Mark wishlist destinations on your globe. Visualize where you're going, not just where you've been. Atlas isn't just a travel tracker. It's proof of a life well-traveled. Download free. Start your map.

Screenshots

Travel Buddy4 screens
Nomad Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nomad Quest at none against Travel Buddy's 3. Nomad Quest also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Travel Buddy's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 months). On price, ads 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. Travel Buddy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Nomad Quest asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Travel Buddy ships an update every 6 days, Nomad Quest every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Travel Buddy versus Nomad Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTravel BuddyNomad Quest
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB56 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFilip Frlicibrahim rahhal

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Travel Buddy

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Travel Buddy Pro Lifetime$59.99
None

Nomad Quest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Travel Buddy free?
Travel Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nomad Quest free?
Nomad Quest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Travel Buddy or Nomad Quest have ads?
Neither Travel Buddy nor Nomad Quest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Travel Buddy or Nomad Quest?
Travel Buddy ships an update every 6 days, and Nomad Quest every 6 months. Most recently, Travel Buddy was updated on October 23, 2026 and Nomad Quest on October 7, 2026.

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