Dotted vs Disco
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Automatic country mapping from photos
- Visual travel timeline
- Personalized world map
- Trip sharing features
- Home screen widgets
- iCloud sync across devices
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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/
Disco
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What if every walk revealed a little more of the world? Disco turns streets, trails, and everyday detours into a living atlas that grows with every step. WATCH YOUR WORLD APPEAR Take Disco outside and watch the fog lift as you move. Every new place becomes part of your private atlas. A compass points you toward somewhere nearby you have not explored yet. MAKE A PLACE YOUR NEXT QUEST Give yourself a destination: finish a park, uncover a neighborhood, or take on a whole city over time. Your map fills in as you go. FIND SOMETHING LEFT BEHIND Some places hold a Field Note from another explorer. Reach the spot to discover it, or leave one for whoever arrives next. REVEAL THE WORLD TOGETHER — IF YOU WANT TO Your discoveries start private. If you choose, the places you reveal can also lift the fog from the shared atlas. Others see revealed places — never your name, detailed route, or when you were there. YOUR ATLAS STARTS PRIVATE • Start exploring without signing in • Sharing stays off until you turn it on • Your detailed trail stays on your device • Protected places keep home, work, and other sensitive spots off the shared atlas • No ads or third-party trackers Take the unfamiliar turn. Your atlas is waiting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Disco at none against Dotted's 3. Disco also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Dotted sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Disco asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dotted ships an update weekly, Disco every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dotted | Disco |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | INNCODER AS | Marvin Marz |
In-app purchases
Dotted
- Weekly Pro$1.997 Days
- Yearly Pro3 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Lifetime Plan$24.99
Disco
No in-app purchases









