Comparison

Pinned vs PlacePlot

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

Head to head
About

Pinned

Easily save and organize locations you want to revisit. Share places from various sources, group them into collections, and plan itineraries with directions. Your saved map data is private and syncs securely via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Save locations from any source
  • Organize places into custom collections
  • Automatic smart collections
  • Create travel itineraries with ETAs
  • One-tap directions for multiple modes
  • Visual previews and 3D map styles
  • Private by design, no servers
Features
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Pinned is the simplest way to save the places you love — and actually find your way back. See somewhere worth remembering? Drop a pin. Got a spot from a friend's text, a Maps link, a website, or a screenshot? Share it to Pinned and it works out which place you mean — no fiddly typing. Then everything you save lives on one fast, beautiful map. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Drop a pin anywhere on the map, or search millions of places via Apple Maps • Share a link, address, or screenshot — Pinned resolves it to the real place for you • Point your camera at a sign or storefront to identify it • The matching runs on your device — Pinned has no servers of its own ORGANIZE WITHOUT THE WORK • Group places into Collections — a coffee list, a weekend trip, places to try • Smart Collections file new pins automatically by tag, area, or visited status • Tag places and filter the map down to exactly what you want • Add notes and mark the places you've been PLAN A DAY, FIND YOUR WAY • Build an itinerary as a Plan — ordered stops with times, distances, and ETAs • One tap for directions: walking, driving, transit, or cycling • Look Around previews and 3D map styles for the places you save WORKS ACROSS YOUR iPHONE AND iPAD • Ask Siri, run Shortcuts, and find your places in Spotlight • Save straight from the camera with Visual Intelligence • Share any pin with a link — friends can add it in a tap PRIVATE BY DESIGN Pinned has no servers and collects no data. Your places sync only through your own iCloud, encrypted by Apple. No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no third-party SDKs — and the intelligence runs on your device, not in the cloud. Your map is yours alone. Free. Built for iPhone and iPad.

About

PlacePlot

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PlacePlot is a trip planner that works the way you actually plan. Pin every place you want to see on one map, then turn it into a day-by-day itinerary you can follow. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Pin places on a Google map and see the whole trip at once - Add a place by name search, a dropped pin, a Maps link or coordinates - Tap search for sights worth visiting near your part of the map - Make your own categories with colours and icons - Measure the distance along a chain of places - Build a day-by-day itinerary by dragging places onto it - Add blocks that are not places, like travel, meals and rest - Set each trip's own start and end hours - Write notes and addresses on any place - Share the whole trip as a PDF - Export as GPX, KML or a JSON backup, and import it back - Back up and restore your whole library - Light and dark, kilometres or miles - See where you are among your pins once you are in the city - Open any place in your favourite map app for turn-by-turn directions PUT THE WHOLE TRIP ON ONE MAP Everything you have been saving up goes on one map, so you finally see the shape of the trip. Type a place name and pick it from the list, or paste a Google Maps link, and the place lands where it should. Your own categories and colours keep the beaches, the food and everything you promised the kids apart at a glance. KNOW WHAT IS WORTH DOING ON THE SAME DAY A list of place names never tells you which two are ten minutes apart and which are across the city. Pick a few pins and PlacePlot draws the line and gives you the distance, in kilometres or miles, so a day stops being guesswork. When you are ready to actually go, see where you are among your pins and hand the place off to your favourite map app for real directions. THEN GIVE EVERY DAY A SHAPE Drag a place onto a day and it becomes a block you can slide to a new time or stretch to a longer visit. Add the things that are not places at all, a train, a nap, dinner with someone. Set your own hours so an early start or a long evening fits. Days are just days, so a trip works before you have booked a single date. SHARE THE PLAN WITH WHOEVER IS COMING One tap turns the trip into a PDF: the places, the categories, and every day laid out hour by hour. Send it in a message, print it, or keep it for the flight. Nobody needs the app to read it. If you want the raw data instead, a trip also exports as GPX, KML or a JSON backup that carries the itinerary too. WHO ACTUALLY USES IT Families planning a week abroad, road trips, city breaks and group holidays. Travel agents, guides and planners use the PDF to hand a client a finished itinerary, with no app to install and no login. NOBODY ELSE SEES YOUR TRIP There is no account to make and no email to hand over. We do not store your trips, your pins or your day plans, and there is no server of ours behind this app. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is synced, and nothing is shared unless you send it yourself. Your location is only used to show you on the map, and is never stored. No ads, no analytics, no tracking of any kind. PlacePlot is free to start. An optional one-time unlock lifts the trip limit and adds your own categories, with no subscription and nothing that expires.

Screenshots

Pinned4 screens
PlacePlot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pinned at none against PlacePlot's 1. Pinned also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). PlacePlot's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads 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. PlacePlot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pinned asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pinned ships an update every 4 days, PlacePlot every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Pinned versus PlacePlot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinnedPlacePlot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDominic CritchlowPradipta Das

In-app purchases

None

Pinned

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PlacePlot

One-time1
  • PlacePlot Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is Pinned free?
Pinned is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlacePlot free?
PlacePlot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pinned or PlacePlot have ads?
Neither Pinned nor PlacePlot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pinned or PlacePlot?
Pinned ships an update every 4 days, and PlacePlot every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pinned was updated on October 31, 2026 and PlacePlot on November 2, 2026.

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