Comparison

Tiles vs Trailmark Journal

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

Head to head
About

Tiles

Visualize your past runs, walks, hikes, and rides on a single map. Explore your activity history, discover new places with exploration fog, and collect achievements. The app offers free basic features with an optional Pro subscription for advanced imports and metrics.

Highlights
  • Workout route history visualization
  • Activity calendar and progress tracking
  • Exploration fog and new place discovery
  • Photo Journeys with geotagged photos
  • Advanced map modes and metrics (Pro)
  • GPX, FIT, TCX, CSV, and Strava imports (Pro)
Features
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Your workout routes, together on one map. Tiles brings your existing runs, walks, hikes, and rides into a history you can explore. REVISIT A DAY OUT Open an activity for its route, distance, pace, elevation, and terrain where available. Search your archive, see what each outing added, and share the details you choose. GET TO KNOW YOUR PATTERNS Metrics brings together your activity calendar, progress, and exploration across cities and countries. Route Heat shows the paths you return to. Activity Replay lets you revisit how your map grew. FIND YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE Reveal explored tiles, spot gaps with Exploration Fog, and collect stamps and achievements as you discover new places. Add daily Photo Journeys from eligible geotagged photos. Choose Realistic, Mist, or Game fog and Outlined, Smooth, or Contours tiles. On your wrist, use the map and compass to explore nearby tiles, get walking directions to a selected unexplored tile where available, and check daily and weekly progress. START FREE, EXPLORE MORE WITH PRO The initial free import includes the past three calendar months of workout and Photo Journey history. New activities keep adding to your map. Tiles Pro includes GPX, FIT, TCX, supported CSV, and Strava ZIP imports. Preview routes, choose activities, and map CSV columns before importing. Pro also adds advanced map modes, Activity Replay, deeper metrics, and optional Background Tracking on your phone and watch. Offline watch discoveries sync later. A paid Annual subscription or Lifetime purchase permanently unlocks full available history. Annual Pro features require an active subscription; imported history stays yours. Connect Strava with Pro to sync recent route activities. YOUR DATA CHOICES Your history is stored on your devices, with optional private iCloud sync and backup. Both start enabled on fresh installs and can be turned off in Settings. Tiles has no ads or social feed. Tiles imports existing workouts; it does not record workouts. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tiles.sinuk.dev/privacy.html

About

Trailmark Journal

Features
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Trailmark Journal quietly remembers where your days take you. It records your movement automatically in the background — no buttons to press, no check-ins. Whenever you're curious, open the app and replay any past day as an animated trail on the map, at your own pace. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Replay any day — watch your route draw itself across the map; scrub the timeline and change speed. • Heatmap — see everywhere you've ever been, layered into the paths you travel most. • Stay points — spots where you lingered 10+ minutes are marked automatically; save the good ones to Places. • Places — keep your favorite spots, search for new ones, and see how far they are from where you are now. • Daily dashboard — distance, time, and how you moved (on foot, bike, car, train), plus steps and active calories from Health. • On this day — revisit what you were doing on this date in past years. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. Your location, steps, and history are never sent to any server, and there is no account to create. Your past is yours alone. FREE & PREMIUM Recording is always on, free forever. The free version lets you look back over the last 7 days. Unlock your entire history with a monthly or yearly plan, or a one-time Lifetime purchase — same full access either way. Trailmark Journal isn't about sharing where you are. It's a quiet place to look back on where you've been. — Subscription details — Trailmark Journal offers Premium, which unlocks viewing of your entire movement history (the free version shows the last 7 days; recording is always free). • Monthly: $0.99 per month (auto-renewable) • Yearly: $4.99 per year (auto-renewable) • Lifetime: $9.99 one-time purchase Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription automatically renews unless canceled 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 subscriptions in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://yaneyuka.com/trailmark-privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Tiles4 screens
Trailmark Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Trailmark Journal at 16.0 against Tiles's 18.0. On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Tiles sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Trailmark Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiles ships an update fortnightly, Trailmark Journal every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tiles versus Trailmark Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTilesTrailmark Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik Handelandmasafumi matsumoto

Customer experience

Tiles

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Trailmark Journal

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tiles

Subscriptions1
  • Tiles Pro Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tiles Pro Lifetime$19.99
3 purchases

Trailmark Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Trailmark Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Tiles free?
Tiles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trailmark Journal free?
Trailmark Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tiles or Trailmark Journal have ads?
Neither Tiles nor Trailmark Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tiles or Trailmark Journal?
Tiles ships an update fortnightly, and Trailmark Journal every 9 days. Most recently, Tiles was updated on October 31, 2026 and Trailmark Journal on November 5, 2026.

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