Comparison

Dotted vs Explorly

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

Head to head
About

Dotted

Automatically maps your travel history by scanning your photos. See which countries you've visited light up on a world map and revisit past trips with a visual timeline. Share your adventures with custom cards or AirDrop entire trips to friends.

Highlights
  • Automatic country mapping from photos
  • Visual travel timeline
  • Personalized world map
  • Trip sharing features
  • Home screen widgets
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Your camera roll is already a travel journal. Dotted just shows it to you, country by country. Scan your photos once and watch every country you've visited light up on a world map made of dots. No typing, no spreadsheets, no forgotten trips. Years of travel, mapped in seconds. YEARS OF TRAVEL, MAPPED IN SECONDS • See every country you've visited without typing a single name • Photos auto-grouped into trips by date and location • Forgotten that long weekend in Lisbon? Dotted finds it • Private by design: photos never leave your device WATCH YOUR WORLD FILL WITH DOTS • Your personal atlas, drawn as a dot-by-dot world map • Every country you've been to lights up • Spin the globe or flatten the map with one tap • 265 countries and territories to discover A TRAVEL DIARY THAT WRITES ITSELF • Browse every trip on a visual timeline, grouped by year • Tap any trip to revisit the photos from that time • Your wanderlust, archived SEE HOW MUCH OF THE WORLD YOU'VE EXPLORED • The exact percentage of the world you've covered • Country, continent, and year-over-year progress • Stats that make you want to book the next trip SHARE YOUR STORY • Beautiful share cards built for Instagram Stories, TikTok, and Threads • AirDrop entire trips to friends in seconds • Friends can add your shared trip to their own map with one tap YOUR MAP, ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • Widget with your travel map at every unlock • Country count and next trip countdown widgets EVERYWHERE YOU ARE • Travel data syncs via iCloud • Pick up on iPhone or Mac without missing a beat FOR EVERY KIND OF TRAVELER Weekend wanderers, backpackers, digital nomads, or anyone who wants to see how much of the world they've explored. If you've got a camera roll, Dotted works for you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Explorly

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Your travels. On the map. See everywhere you've been, all in one place. Explorly turns your visited countries, regions, cities and places into a personal travel map, with the details that make every trip yours. MAKE THE MAP YOURS Mark the places you've visited, save favorites and highlight your home country on an interactive world map. KEEP EVERY TRIP CLOSE Save dates and notes, revisit trips in your timeline and bring your travel story together in your profile. CONNECT WITH FELLOW TRAVELERS Find travelers, follow public profiles and explore their travel passports with an account. Control profile privacy, remove followers, and block or report profiles. FIND YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE Explore destinations and country facts, and discover regions and cities. WATCH YOUR WORLD GROW Track country and continent completion, explore your travel statistics and unlock achievements along the way. Start with one visit. See where it takes you.

Screenshots

Dotted4 screens
Explorly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Explorly at none against Dotted's 3. Dotted's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dotted sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Explorly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dotted ships an update weekly, Explorly every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dotted versus Explorly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDottedExplorly
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperINNCODER ASArkadiusz Marszalek

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dotted

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Pro$1.997 Days
  • Yearly Pro3 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$24.99
None

Explorly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dotted free?
Dotted is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Explorly free?
Explorly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dotted or Explorly have ads?
Neither Dotted nor Explorly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dotted or Explorly?
Dotted ships an update weekly, and Explorly every 6 days. Most recently, Dotted was updated on October 26, 2026 and Explorly on October 24, 2026.

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