Comparison

Where I Stayed vs Traviary

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

Head to head
About

Where I Stayed

Features
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Where I Stayed is a private travel log for tracking hotels, hostels, Airbnbs, ryokans, capsules, overnight trains, ferries, and even your friend's couch. Add every place you've stayed, see them on a map, and build a personal record of your travel life over time. Log stays with: * Location and map view * Check-in and check-out dates * Automatic night tracking * Cost (cash, points, or mixed) * Personal ratings * Notes, tags, and trip purpose See your travel history come to life with: * A global map of every stay * Stats across countries, cities, nights, and stay types * A clear record of how and where you travel Private by design: * No account, no sign-up * iCloud sync across your devices * Export your full stay history to CSV anytime Whether you're a backpacker, frequent traveller, hotel nerd, digital nomad, or someone who just likes keeping track, Where I Stayed gives you one simple place for your stay history. Free to use with up to 15 stays. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited stays. Private, simple, and built for people who actually travel. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.whereistayed.com/terms

About

Traviary

This app automatically maps your travel history using location data from your photos. Rediscover countries, cities, and journeys with interactive maps, detailed statistics, and achievements. Your travel memories are kept private and analyzed on-device.

Highlights
  • Automatic place detection from photos
  • Interactive travel maps
  • Detailed travel statistics
  • Trip timelines
  • Achievements and badges
  • On-device photo analysis
  • Privacy-focused
Features
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Your Life. Your Travels. One Map. How many places have you been to? And how many beautiful memories are hiding in your photos? Traviary turns your photos into a personal map of all your travels. It automatically recognizes where you've been, which countries you passed through and which cities you visited, and puts it all together into a clear travel history. Nothing to enter, nothing complicated to set up. Your Trips Build Themselves • Traviary builds each trip from your photos, including routes, flights, drives and boat rides. • See every place you've visited on a 3D globe and interactive maps. • Go back in time and relive your travels year by year. • Something not quite right? You can adjust dates, places, homes and airports at any time. Memories That Come Alive Again • Play your trips like a striking film, with animated maps, photos and your own music. • Add your experiences from your Travel Log. AI right on your iPhone helps you with photo captions. Travel Log • Write down or simply dictate what you experienced while every impression is still fresh. • Traviary automatically matches each entry to the right trip and place. Keepsakes to Treasure Forever • Travel Journal: Turn your trip into a beautifully crafted book with the route, the story and your best photos. • Photo Album: Create your own print-ready photo album. Choose from four formats, from 20 × 20 cm to A4. • Trip Story: On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, Traviary helps you write the story of your whole trip, place by place. Your Travels on Your Home Screen • Keep the number of countries, cities and kilometers you've traveled always in view. • See where you are right now and how far it is to home. • On iPad and with iOS 27, the widget can also show a map of the whole trip. How Much of the World Have You Seen? • Find out how many countries and cities you've visited, how many days you've spent traveling and how far you've gone. • Follow your travel achievements and collect badges for continents, airports, landmarks, flights and much more. Your Memories Belong to You • All photos are processed right on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded. • No account or sign-up needed. • No social networks, no public profiles. Just you and your travels. Traviary — Every photo tells a travel story.

Screenshots

Where I Stayed4 screens
Traviary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Traviary at every 9 days against Where I Stayed's every 6 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. Where I Stayed sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Traviary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Where I Stayed ships an update every 6 weeks, Traviary every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Where I Stayed versus Traviary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhere I StayedTraviary
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.226.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB146 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrakawa Limitedittailors.cz, s.r.o.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Where I Stayed

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$14.991 Year
1 purchases

Traviary

One-time1
  • Full History Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is Where I Stayed free?
Where I Stayed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Traviary free?
Traviary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Where I Stayed or Traviary have ads?
Neither Where I Stayed nor Traviary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Where I Stayed or Traviary?
Where I Stayed ships an update every 6 weeks, and Traviary every 9 days. Most recently, Where I Stayed was updated on October 20, 2026 and Traviary on November 7, 2026.

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