TripScout vs TripStrand
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TripScout
This app visualizes your travel history on a map and timeline, detailing days spent in each country. It helps organize past trips, track future plans, and monitor visa limits, offering local tools and route playback.
- Travel map visualization
- Timeline of trips and stays
- Country day tracking
- Visa and stay limit monitoring
- Route playback videos
- Local travel tools
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TripScout turns your travel history into a clear map, calendar, and day-by-day record. Automatically see the countries and U.S. states you've visited, how many days you spent in each place, and what to watch before your next trip. Add stays manually, restore recent travel from photos with location data, and keep every journey organized. Use TripScout to: • View visited countries and U.S. states on a clean world map • Track country stays, visa days, and supported stay limits • Review past and upcoming trips in a calendar and timeline • Monitor Schengen 90/180 and other supported rolling stay rules • Restore recent travel history from geotagged photos • Create route videos from your travel map • See visa information based on your passport • Check weather, currency, regional safety, airports, and nearby ATMs • Use flight tools and country reports for upcoming travel Whether you travel often, live between countries, or simply want a reliable record of places you've been, TripScout keeps your travel history, map, and important stay-day information together. Your trips. Your countries. Your days — all in one place. PRIVACY Your travel data is personal. TripScout helps you manage your trips clearly while keeping you in control of your information. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS • Subscribe for unlimited access to all features. • Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. • Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Renewal will be charged within 24 hours before the end of the current period. • You can cancel your subscription at any time through Account Settings. • You can use your subscription on devices registered with the same Apple ID. Support [islapixelstudio@gmail.com](mailto:islapixelstudio@gmail.com) Privacy Policy https://islapixelstudio.github.io/tripscout-legal/privacy/ Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
TripStrand
Discover new destinations with a spin of a wheel and document your journeys in detailed travel journals. Explore an interactive world map, share adventures with friends, and track your global exploration progress.
- Spin-the-wheel destination picker
- Photo-rich travel journals
- Interactive world map tracking
- Social feed and co-authoring
- Detailed travel statistics
- Public sharing links
- Privacy-focused metadata stripping
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TripStrand is the travel app that turns your wanderlust into action. Spin a globe, discover new destinations, and document every adventure — all in one place. SPIN THE WHEEL Can't decide where to go next? Give the wheel a spin and let fate choose your next destination from countries you haven't visited yet. Filter by continent, watch the animated wheel land on a surprise pick, and start planning your next trip right away. BUILD YOUR TRAVEL JOURNAL Create beautiful travel journals called "Strands" for every trip you take. Add steps along the way with photos, descriptions, and dates. Import photos in bulk and TripStrand will automatically detect when they were taken from EXIF data, organizing your memories effortlessly. EXPLORE AN INTERACTIVE WORLD MAP See everywhere you've been on a color-coded world map. Tap any country to view your strands from that region. Filter by continent and track your progress toward visiting every corner of the globe with detailed statistics and percentages. SHARE WITH FRIENDS Follow other travelers and see their latest adventures in your feed. Send a "Bon Voyage" to show appreciation for a great trip. Tag friends in your strands and invite them as co-authors so you can build shared travel journals together. CO-AUTHOR TRIPS TOGETHER Traveled with friends? Invite them to co-author your strand so everyone can add their own photos and steps to the same journal. It's the best way to capture a shared adventure from every perspective. CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD See how your travel stacks up against the community. The leaderboard ranks travelers by the number of strands they've created — earn your spot at the top and show off your explorer credentials. TRACK YOUR STATS View detailed travel statistics on your profile: total strands, total steps, and a continent-by-continent breakdown showing which countries you've visited and what percentage of each continent you've explored. SHARE YOUR ADVENTURES Generate a public link for any strand and share it with anyone — even people who don't have TripStrand. Your shared journals look great on any device. PRIVACY FIRST TripStrand automatically strips location and camera metadata from your photos before uploading, so your personal information stays private. Control which strands appear on your public profile and who can see your journeys. KEY FEATURES • Interactive spin-the-wheel destination picker • Photo-rich travel journals with bulk import • Interactive world map with country tracking • Social feed with follows, likes, and co-authoring • Continent-by-continent travel statistics • Public sharing links for any journal • Automatic EXIF date detection from photos • Privacy-focused photo metadata stripping • Leaderboard and community features • Beautiful, native iOS design https://www.tripstrand.com/#/terms https://www.tripstrand.com/#/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TripStrand at none against TripScout's 8. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. TripScout sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. TripStrand asks for nothing beyond the download.
TripScout ships an update weekly, TripStrand every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TripScout | TripStrand |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 198 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nataliia Litvinova | Gabe Whale |
In-app purchases
TripScout
- Premium$7.991 Month
- Premium$9.991 Month
- Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Premium$19.991 Year
- Premium$24.991 Year
- Premium7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Premium$34.991 Year
TripStrand
No in-app purchases









