Comparison

Geodesic vs Pastport

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

Head to head
About

Geodesic

Features
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Geodesic helps you explore and visualize your personal footprint, track visited countries, and log daily locations — all while protecting your privacy. Unlocking spots is so satisfying — even on daily routes, you'll want to fill in those map gaps and explore more. - Intuitive Activity Map View: Browse your location history and visit records on an interactive map, quickly reviewing your movement trail for any given day. - Automatic Visit Detection: Automatically organizes stop points into visit records, helping you understand when and where you stayed (work, home, tourist spots, etc.). - Visit & Record Editing: Directly correct inaccurate stay durations or locations, and merge or split visit records to better reflect your real-world experience. - Reverse Geocoding: Converts coordinates into readable addresses or place names, making it easy to identify visited locations (country / city / landmark). - Country & Geographic Classification: Automatically tags locations with their corresponding country, supporting quick filtering and statistics (e.g., viewing visit counts by country). - Import & Export: Easily export raw tracks or organized visit lists, or import JSON files from other services — great for sharing and backup. - iCloud Sync & Backup Options: Optionally use iCloud to sync data across devices, with built-in backup functionality to prevent data loss. - Local-First, Privacy-Focused: Your data lives primarily on your device or iCloud (under your control) — the app never force-uploads your location to third-party servers. - Performance & Battery Optimization: Optimized for long-term location logging to minimize battery drain and storage overhead. - History Search & Filtering: Quickly search and filter past records by date, location, country, or custom tags. - Map Export & Sharing Interface: Generate shareable map views or export files in just a few steps — perfect for sharing with friends or creating personal backups. - Multilingual & Localization Support: The interface uses localized strings to deliver a great experience for users across different languages. Example use cases: - Travel Review: Quickly look up your trip routes, stop locations, and dates as a personal memory or to share with others. - Private Journal: Use visit detection and editing to build an accurate log of your daily routines without relying on third-party services. - Data Integration: Import historical tracks from other services, let Geodesic automatically clean and categorize them, and get a clean, usable visit list.

About

Pastport

This app automatically reconstructs your past trips by analyzing the date and GPS data embedded in your photos. Explore a 3D globe of your travels, view detailed trip timelines, and easily search your memories. Your travel data remains private on your device.

Highlights
  • Automatic trip detection from photos
  • 3D globe visualization of travels
  • Detailed trip timelines and place labels
  • Searchable travel memories by location/date
  • Shareable year-in-travel recap cards
  • On-device processing for privacy
Features
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Pastport turns your camera roll into a map of everywhere you've been. It reads the date and GPS location your photos already recorded and automatically rebuilds the trips you've taken. No manual logging and no account required. WHAT YOU GET • Automatic trips: Pastport detects your past trips from your photos' dates and locations. Nothing to type in. • A globe of your travels: spin a 3D globe and watch it fill with the countries you've visited. • Trip detail: each trip opens to a map, a day-by-day timeline, and labeled places you visited. • Search your memories: find any trip by city, country, year, or place. "Lisbon." "2024." It's there in a tap. • A shareable card: export a beautiful "Year in Travel" recap card for your story. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos and trips never leave your iPhone. There's no Pastport account, no sign-in, and no Pastport server. Pastport doesn't upload, track, or collect anything. Trip detection and search run on your device; city and place names and map tiles come from Apple's Maps and geocoding services, just like any map app. WORKS WITH WHAT YOU HAVE Pastport reads the photos already in your library. The more of your trips have location-tagged photos, the more it can map. If you only grant access to some photos, or none, Pastport still runs; you can add trips by picking photos yourself. Free to download. Trips are detected from photo metadata on your device; accuracy depends on the location data your photos contain. Privacy Policy: https://getpastport.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://getpastport.app/terms

Screenshots

Geodesic4 screens
Pastport4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Geodesic at every 6 days against Pastport's every 3 weeks. Pastport's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Geodesic ships an update every 6 days, Pastport every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Geodesic versus Pastport: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGeodesicPastport
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHENG WEI TUNGVenkata Krishna Akkinepally

In-app purchases

None

Geodesic

No in-app purchases

None

Pastport

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Geodesic free?
Geodesic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pastport free?
Pastport is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Geodesic or Pastport have ads?
Neither Geodesic nor Pastport shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Geodesic or Pastport?
Geodesic ships an update every 6 days, and Pastport every 3 weeks. Most recently, Geodesic was updated on October 13, 2026 and Pastport on October 17, 2026.

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