Comparison

Travel Buddy vs Mapmory

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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Mapmory

Features
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Track the countries you have visited on a golden scratch map. Reveal real satellite terrain, collect digital passport stamps by year and see how much of the world you have explored. No account required. YOUR PERSONAL TRAVEL MAP Tap a country you have visited to scratch away its gold surface. Spin and zoom the 3D globe or switch to a classic flat world map. Watch your travel story take shape, one country at a time. PASSPORT STAMPS AND TRAVEL STATS • Collect digital stamps for visited countries, grouped by visit year. • Add or edit the year of each visit whenever you like. • See your share of the world and your progress across continents. • Track individual states and provinces in the USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. KEEP YOUR BUCKET LIST CLOSE Save countries you would love to visit and keep your next dream destinations in view. YOUR TRAVELS STAY WITH YOU Your visited countries and travel entries are stored locally on your device. No account required. Mapmory is the digital companion to the envami scratch-off travel map.

Screenshots

Travel Buddy4 screens
Mapmory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mapmory at none against Travel Buddy's 3. Travel Buddy's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Travel Buddy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Mapmory asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Travel Buddy ships an update every 6 days, Mapmory every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Travel Buddy versus Mapmory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTravel BuddyMapmory
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilip FrlicTobias Muller

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

Mapmory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Travel Buddy free?
Travel Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mapmory free?
Mapmory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Travel Buddy or Mapmory have ads?
Neither Travel Buddy nor Mapmory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Travel Buddy or Mapmory?
Travel Buddy ships an update every 6 days, and Mapmory every 5 weeks. Most recently, Travel Buddy was updated on November 5, 2026 and Mapmory on November 5, 2026.

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