Comparison

Loci vs getm.app

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

getm.app

Features
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The world starts covered. Every street, park, and neighborhood you visit stamps a hex tile and uncovers the map beneath — your own fog-of-war over the city. WALK TO REVEAL YOUR MAP Move through the real world to stamp hexes and light up the places you've been. Track how much of your city you've explored, from single hexes to whole neighborhoods, cities, and countries. PIN MEMORIES TO PLACES Tap any hex you've stamped to name it, jot down what happened, and attach photos. "Satay by the sea." "Saturday kouign-amann." The place itself holds the story — not a camera roll you'll never scroll back through. Your map becomes a journal. FOLLOW WHERE FRIENDS HAVE BEEN Add friends by phone number and, once you both approve, see each other's stamped tiles and memories — on the map and in a feed of real places, not posed posts. Discover the corners of your own city that your friends already love. PRIVACY FIRST: WE STORE HEXES, NOT YOUR GPS TRAIL When you stamp a tile, M records only a coarse hexagonal grid cell — never your raw GPS coordinates or a continuous movement trail. Your movements stay yours. M can use background location so hexes are stamped as you move, even when the app is closed. You choose the permission level; the app works in foreground-only mode too.

Screenshots

Loci4 screens
getm.app4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: getm.app at none against Loci's 2. On price, ads, device support 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. Loci sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. getm.app asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Loci versus getm.app: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocigetm.app
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer帅 刘Christopher Collard

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Loci

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (Annual)$0.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium (Lifetime)$2.99
None

getm.app

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loci free?
Loci is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is getm.app free?
getm.app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Loci or getm.app have ads?
Neither Loci nor getm.app shows ads.

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