DriveTrail vs DriveHistory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DriveTrail
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DriveTrail is a GPS drive tracker for recording, reviewing, and sharing your drives. It records your route, distance, time, speed, photos, vehicle, road-shake data, and more, then displays everything beautifully on a map. Whether you are commuting, touring, traveling, or managing multiple vehicles, DriveTrail helps you keep a clear history of where you drove and what happened along the way. With DriveTrail, you can: ・Record driving routes with GPS ・View distance, time, average speed, and max speed ・Display routes with speed-based color coding ・Record road-shake levels using the iPhone motion sensor ・Add photos to map locations ・Replay your route on the map ・Manage multiple vehicles and odometer distance ・View driving history by list, calendar, and monthly graph ・Export GPX, KML, HTML, and MP4 files with DriveTrail Pro ・Back up and restore your data ・Use Apple Watch, Live Activities, and widgets This version also adds weather and notes. You can now check nearby weather while recording, including temperature, humidity, precipitation chance, wind speed, address, and fetch time. DriveTrail also checks the next 3-hour outlook to help you notice possible rain or worsening weather. Fetched weather information is saved to your drive record, so you can review the conditions later. You can also add freeform notes to each drive. Use them for travel memories, road conditions, places visited, fuel notes, or anything else you want to remember. The free version can save up to 10 driving records. DriveTrail Pro unlocks unlimited records, multiple vehicles, and GPX / KML / HTML / MP4 exports. Note: This app uses GPS, which may increase battery consumption. Weather information is based on Apple Weather. Road-shake results may vary depending on device placement, vehicle type, suspension, tires, and driving speed.
DriveHistory
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=== DriveHistory | Travel History & GPS Route Tracking App === DriveHistory automatically records your travel history, GPS logs, and driving routes, and displays them clearly on Map. Keep a visible record of the roads you've traveled, the routes you've taken, and the journeys you've made. ■Recommended for • People who enjoy driving or touring • Anyone who wants to keep a record of travel routes • Drivers who want to track highways and major roads they've completed • Professionals who need to manage business travel and field routes • Motorcycle and bicycle riders who want to record ride logs • Anyone who wants to visualize their activity area ■Use Cases • Nationwide highway completion challenges • Tracking completed major roads and routes • Cross-country driving logs • Saving travel history and routes • Commuting and business route analysis • Weekend drive records 【Every road becomes history.】
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DriveHistory at none against DriveTrail's 1. DriveHistory also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). DriveTrail's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. DriveTrail sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DriveHistory asks for nothing beyond the download.
DriveTrail ships an update every 5 days, DriveHistory every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DriveTrail | DriveHistory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AIビジョンテクノロジー株式会社 | Yutaroh Kubo |
In-app purchases
DriveTrail
- DriveTrail Pro$4.99
DriveHistory
No in-app purchases








