Comparison

WayNote vs Acarta

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

Head to head
About

WayNote

Features
Read full description

WayNote is the digital travel diary that turns every adventure into a memory you can relive, share and compare. CREATE YOUR TRIPS Document every journey with stops, photos and notes. The guided wizard takes you through 5 steps from destination to complete memory, with dates, airports and visited cities. TRIP FROM PHOTOS Upload your photos and WayNote automatically creates your trip. The app detects the GPS location and date of each shot, reconstructs the route you traveled, groups photos by stop and generates the complete itinerary with every city visited. You can also add points of interest for each stop. SATELLITE MAP View your stops on a high-definition satellite map. See the full trip route with route lines and markers, and automatically generate a video for a fly-to animation of each city. PERSONAL STATISTICS Track the countries visited, kilometers traveled, flight hours and completed trips. Every adventure becomes numbers that tell your story. LEADERBOARD Compare yourself with other travelers. Climb the global leaderboard or measure your progress against friends in the categories: countries visited, distance traveled, flight hours and total trips. COMMUNITY Follow other travelers, discover their itineraries and get inspired. The feed shows trips from the people you follow to keep you always updated. AUTOMATIC VIDEOS WayNote automatically generates a video of your trip with photos, stops and an animated route — ready to share. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nonectarine.github.io/WayNote-legal/

About

Acarta

Features
Read full description

Your architectural field guide. Who designed the building you are standing in front of? When, and why does it look the way it does? Acarta is a field guide to architecture, public art, and landscape architecture: 16,000+ places, with photographs and the story behind the facade. Know what to look at next Open the app and there is already something to go see. Buildings near you, themes to follow, walking tours ready to start. Each suggestion says why it is there: because you like functionalism, because it is ten minutes away. Read the building in front of you Tap a pin: architect, year, style, story. One place leads to the next. A water tower in Oxelösund gets as much room as an opera house in Paris. Walks and road trips Follow curated architecture walks stop by stop. Put your own places on a map and Acarta draws the route. Driving somewhere? See what is worth a stop along the way. Log the places you visit Check in where you stand, or backdate last summer's trip. Photographs, notes, badges for the styles and cities you cover. Over the years it becomes a map of everything you have seen. 7,500+ architects and artists Their works, and the places where you can stand in front of them. Follow an architect the way you would follow a director. Bring your friends Their check-ins and photographs land in your feed. Follow a friend before a trip, come home with their map of what they loved. A living field guide Users add places, refine dates, upload photographs. Every contribution is credited. The guide gets better every week because of people who look closely. Free to read. Every description, photograph and biography, for everyone. Free to check in and to follow friends, too. With Acarta Pro you also get whole cities offline and unlimited maps of your own, and you help us improve the guide. Terms: https://acarta.app/terms Privacy: https://acarta.app/privacy

Screenshots

WayNote4 screens
Acarta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Acarta at every 2 days against WayNote's fortnightly. WayNote's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. WayNote sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year and Acarta sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WayNote ships an update fortnightly, Acarta every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
WayNote versus Acarta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWayNoteAcarta
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiacomo BeiVäder AB

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WayNote

Subscriptions1
  • Waynote Premium$3.991 Year
2 purchases

Acarta

Subscriptions2
  • Acarta Pro$7.997 Days
  • Acarta Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is WayNote free?
WayNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Acarta free?
Acarta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WayNote or Acarta have ads?
Neither WayNote nor Acarta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WayNote or Acarta?
WayNote ships an update fortnightly, and Acarta every 2 days. Most recently, WayNote was updated on September 21, 2026 and Acarta on September 27, 2026.

Other comparisons