Travel Map vs MapJour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Travel Map
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Travel Map turns your travel history into a map that fills in as you go. Mark every country you've visited and watch your personal world map come alive — then keep the memories that made each trip special. YOUR WORLD, FILLING IN • Mark visited countries and see them light up on your map • Track your progress: % of the world, continents, and countries explored • A living map that grows with every trip SNAP IT — IT FILES ITSELF • Capture photos in the app and they land under the right country automatically • Import from your camera roll and fill your map in seconds • Build a private photo album for every country REMEMBER EVERY TRIP • Save photos, notes, cities and dates inside each country • Collect a passport stamp for every country you add • Revisit your journeys in a clean year-by-year timeline DREAM YOUR NEXT TRIP • Add countries to your wishlist and watch them stand out on the map • Set travel goals and reach milestones as you explore SHARE YOUR JOURNEY • Turn your map, stats and milestones into beautiful share cards • Celebrate every new country and continent BUILT TO RESPECT YOU • Free to start — no account required, no forced sign-up • Your memories live on your device, private by default Travel Map is for everyone who wants to remember where they've been — and dream about where they're going next. Travel Map Pro unlocks the full experience with a monthly or yearly plan. The yearly plan starts with a 1-week free trial. Travel Map Pro is an auto-renewing subscription that renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.twiceapps.co/privacy
MapJour
A private travel journal app that lets you record visited places, dates, and stories on an interactive map. Entries include notes, photos, and voice memos, all stored locally on your device.
- Interactive map of visited places
- Chronological visit timeline
- Rich journal entries with notes, photos, voice memos
- Local-first data storage
- Exportable backups (spreadsheet, PDF)
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MapJour is your private travel journal on a map. Record the places you’ve visited, the dates you were there, and the stories you want to keep — without an account or cloud sync. YOUR JOURNEY, ON A MAP Drop pins for the places that matter. Browse visits on an interactive map with visited-country highlighting, or open the 3D globe for a spinning overview of where you’ve been. A TIMELINE YOU CAN REVISIT Flip through chronological visit cards to relive trips in order. Open any entry for place details, dates, journal text, photos, and voice memos. RICH, PRIVATE ENTRIES • Dates for when you arrived and left • Place search, map pin, or current location • Journal notes written only on your device • Photos linked from your library, with a small private preview kept on device • Private voice memos stored in the app BACKUP AND SHARE ON YOUR TERMS Export a spreadsheet backup to move visit data between devices, or create a print-friendly PDF travel journal to read and share. Photos and audio stay on the device that created them. LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN MapJour does not create accounts, does not sync your journal to a MapJour server, and does not include ads or tracking. Your visits live in a private database on your iPhone or iPad until you delete them or uninstall the app. Privacy Policy: https://feifeifeih.github.io/mapJour/privacy.html Support: https://feifeifeih.github.io/mapJour/support.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MapJour at none against Travel Map's 2. Travel Map's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Travel Map sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MapJour asks for nothing beyond the download.
Travel Map ships an update every 9 days, MapJour every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Travel Map | MapJour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Twice Yazilim Teknoloji Limited Sirketi | Fei Huang |
In-app purchases
Travel Map
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
MapJour
No in-app purchases









