Comparison

AnalogTrip vs Photrail

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

Head to head
About

AnalogTrip

This app helps you plan and organize your trips without distractions. It offers offline functionality, local data storage, and customizable settings for dates, currencies, and categories. Track your itinerary, map your routes, and manage expenses all in one place.

Highlights
  • Ad-free and notification-free experience
  • Offline functionality and local data storage
  • Integrated itinerary, map, and expense tracking
  • Customizable date formats, currencies, and categories
  • Export and import travel data
  • Map routes with real-time travel times
  • Multi-currency expense logging
Features
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AnalogTrip takes the effort out of planning and logging your travels, so you can put your phone down and focus on the trip itself. ■ Truly analog (and that's the difference) · No ads, no notifications, no recommendations — no interruptions · No account, works fully offline · All data stays on your device only (nothing collected or sent) · Set date format, currency, and categories to your taste · Export a trip to a file and import it back On top of that, everything a single trip needs — schedule, map, and expenses — in one place. No jumping between screens; your whole day is visible at a glance. ■ Schedule · Add plans by date, with start/end times or all-day · Multi-day events, with places, photos, and notes · Enter a plan's cost and it links to your expenses automatically ■ Map · The day's places appear on the map, numbered in visit order · Real walking routes traced street by street — not just straight lines · Live travel time between stops, on foot or by car · Tap a pin to jump straight to Apple Maps or Google Maps · Reorder your day by dragging events on the timeline · Day-by-day colors keep your route clear ■ Expenses · Track spending per trip with a category bar chart · Multiple currencies — totals kept separate per currency · Search and filter by date, category, or amount Available in 10 languages: Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese. AnalogTrip — a lighter travel journal for when you're on the road.

About

Photrail

This app automatically creates a visual map of your travels using the location data embedded in your photos. It detects trips, offers insights, and generates shareable recaps, all while prioritizing your privacy by processing data on your device.

Highlights
  • Automatic trip detection and mapping
  • Photo-based travel journal
  • On-device data processing
  • Travel personality insights
  • Shareable travel recaps
  • Home-screen widgets
Features
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Photrail turns your photo library into a beautiful map of everywhere you've been — automatically. It reads the location data already saved in your photos, so there's nothing to tag and no account to create. Everything happens on your device. WHAT YOU GET • World map — a pin for every country you've visited • Places — browse your countries, continents, world wonders and trips • Trips — every journey detected automatically, with a map, itinerary, notes and photos • Trip Insights (optional) — connect Apple Health to see the workouts, climbs, energy and heart-rate moments behind each trip • Travel calendar — see your journeys laid out across the year • On This Day — rediscover photos from this date in past years • Travel personality — see your style (Urban, Coastal, Mountain, Nature, Culture, Adventure…), measured on-device • Year in Travel — a beautiful, shareable recap of your year • Share cards — export a trip as a gorgeous card that adapts to how you traveled: ski, hike, cycle, run or swim • Home-screen widgets — your travel stats and world wonders at a glance MAKE IT YOURS • Name your trips and add your own notes • Set your home so trips are detected around it • Optional travel reminders — easy to turn off • Now available in English and Dutch PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking • Country, trip, wonder, personality and insight detection all run on your device • Read-only access to your photos — and, if you choose, to Apple Health • Your photos and health data never leave your phone Missing a country because the photos are gone? Add it by hand to keep your map accurate.

Screenshots

AnalogTrip4 screens
Photrail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Photrail at free with in-app purchases against AnalogTrip's paid. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AnalogTrip ships an update every 2 weeks, Photrail weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
AnalogTrip versus Photrail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnalogTripPhotrail
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKindLabBerend Vandenbussche

Customer experience

AnalogTrip

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Photrail

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AnalogTrip

No in-app purchases

None

Photrail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AnalogTrip free?
AnalogTrip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Photrail free?
Photrail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AnalogTrip or Photrail have ads?
Neither AnalogTrip nor Photrail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AnalogTrip or Photrail?
AnalogTrip ships an update every 2 weeks, and Photrail weekly. Most recently, AnalogTrip was updated on October 31, 2026 and Photrail on October 31, 2026.

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