Comparison

Loci vs bound

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

Head to head
About

Loci

Automatically records your routes and visualizes your travel history on a map. It tracks various modes of transport, speed, and offers detailed trip summaries. The app aims to help you rediscover and remember the places you've been.

Highlights
  • Automatic route recording
  • Color-coded transport trails
  • Detailed trip summaries
  • Low-power battery usage
  • Life recaps and search
  • Heatmap visualization
  • iCloud and WebDAV sync
Features
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Automatically record your routes and light up the places you've been on the map. Walking, running, cycling, and driving become color-coded trails that show transport mode and speed. No check-ins, no timers. Not a workout app or a travel checklist — more like a map that grows with your everyday life, turning commutes, weekend walks, and the occasional trip away into routes and memories you can come back to later. You probably don't realize how much ground you cover in a day. The alley you cut through this morning. The riverside ride last weekend. That spontaneous trip last summer — they slip away. A few months later you can barely place where you went, or when. ● FOOTPRINT MAP Open Loci and your map starts to take shape: the streets you've walked, the neighborhoods you know, and the corners still waiting. ● AUTO TRIPS & LIVE TRAIL Each time you head out, walking, cycling, and driving are organized into trips automatically — distance, speed, pace, elevation, weather, heart rate, cadence, stride, and active calories are all kept. As you move, the map draws your trail in real time, color-coded by speed or transport so pace and pauses show at a glance. The trail keeps recording even with the phone locked in your pocket. ● LOW-POWER Using iPhone's motion sensing, Loci does not need to run high-frequency location updates all the time. When you stop, it lowers the recording frequency to save battery; when you move again, it captures your trail more often. In everyday use, a full day usually costs only a few percent of battery. ● TRIP DETAILS When a trip ends, you get a detailed trip card with the full route replay, elevation and heart-rate curves, and selected photos from that day, chosen from your library for clearer, more memorable moments. After every drive, Loci saves your parked location so you do not have to circle the lot looking for your car. ● LIFE RECAPS At the end of a month or a year, Loci turns that period into a short story: where you went, which new places you lit up, and what kind of weather followed your days. You can also search your records in plain English, such as "places I went from home last week" or "my longest drive this year." Loci finds the answer from your trail history. ● HEATMAP Switch on the heatmap and the places you walk most often glow the brightest — your commute, your daily radius, the regulars, all at a glance. ● PRIVACY & SYNC Your footprint stays on this device by default. If you want a backup, a new phone, or the same history on iPhone and iPad, you can sync with iCloud or WebDAV; data is encrypted on-device before syncing. Start today. It may not feel like much at first, but when you open it again later, you may realize just how much ground your life has covered. PREMIUM — AUTO-RENEWABLE SUBSCRIPTION Premium is an optional annual subscription that unlocks full trip replay, unlimited natural-language history search, and more premium features. A one-time lifetime purchase option is also available. Before subscribing, please note: • The price of Premium may vary by country or region; • Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase; • The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period; • You can manage or cancel your subscription in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions after purchase. Terms of Use: https://loci-footprint.web.app/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://loci-footprint.web.app/privacy-policy

About

bound

Features
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Record your travels and build a world map that is yours. Just paint the countries you've been to. The map tells the rest of the story. ■ Paint at four depths Passing through an airport is not the same as living somewhere for a year. bound paints in four depths — transit, day trip, stayed, lived — and the color deepens with each one. It is not a yes/no checkbox. How you actually met each country becomes the map. ■ Features [ An entry for every visit ] Log a country as many times as you go back. Arrival and departure can be a year, a year and month, or a full date — put in whatever detail you remember. Notes, photos and links to the pages you used go on each entry too. [ Years of travel, filled in minutes ] Start by ticking off the countries you've been to, continent by continent. A lifetime of travel becomes a map in a few minutes, and you can refine the depth and the dates whenever they come back to you. [ bound score and stats ] A score built from how many countries you have met and how deeply. Progress by continent, your farthest point, days spent traveling — all totaled for you. [ Passport ] A place to look back on every country you have visited, flags and entries stacking up over time. [ This time of year ] Your home screen surfaces trips from the same month, or the same season. When an entry has no photo, a scene from that country stands in for it. [ Wishlist ] Star the countries you are curious about. There is no limit on how many. [ Trip plans ] Build out a trip before you go. Line up ideas by date, attach notes and photos, and add them to your calendar. [ Share as an image ] Export your map and flags as a single image — minimal or boarding pass, in square, portrait or landscape. Every template, format and color is free. [ Share your map ] Publish your world map as a single page. Anyone can open it without the app. Your notes and photos stay private. ■ bound PRO [ Paint inside countries ] States in the US, regions in Italy, and whatever the equivalent is elsewhere. Japan's prefectures are free for everyone; PRO opens up the same detail across the rest of the world. [ Keep more photos ] Go from 5 photos per entry to 30, with no cap on the total. [ bound AI ] Looks up opening hours and directions for the places in your trip plan, and writes them into your notes. [ Drop the logo ] Export your shared images without the bound mark. The monthly plan comes with a 7-day free trial. A one-time purchase is also available. ■ What we care about - No ads - Your records are yours. Sharing your map never exposes your notes or photos Terms of Service: https://bound.earth/en/terms

Screenshots

Loci4 screens
bound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: bound at daily against Loci's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Loci sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year and bound sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loci ships an update every 2 weeks, bound daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Loci versus bound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocibound
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer帅 刘EOM, LLC.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Loci

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (Annual)$0.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium (Lifetime)$3.99
3 purchases

bound

Subscriptions2
  • bound PRO Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • bound PRO Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • bound PRO Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Loci free?
Loci is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is bound free?
bound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Loci or bound have ads?
Neither Loci nor bound shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loci or bound?
Loci ships an update every 2 weeks, and bound daily. Most recently, Loci was updated on October 25, 2026 and bound on October 28, 2026.

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