Comparison

Path vs Nomad

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

Head to head
About

Path

This app helps you log your travel history and plan future adventures. Mark visited cities, create trip maps, and discover new destinations with a spinning globe feature. It also scans your photos to suggest places you've been.

Highlights
  • Log visited cities and add visit dates
  • Create journey maps by grouping cities
  • Scan photos to suggest visited locations
  • Visualize visited countries and territories
  • Spin an interactive 3D globe for destination ideas
  • Receive daily travel inspiration from Yoyo
Features
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Path is your personal map journal of everywhere you’ve been and everywhere you want to go next. Path turns your travel history into a living map. Mark the cities you've visited, save the journeys that shaped your story in one elegant travel companion. No clue where to travel next? Path travel buddy Yoyo sends you daily new ideas. Feeling lucky? Just spin a fully interactive 3D globe to discover new places like in the old days. Whether you are remembering a weekend trip, planning your next adventure, or slowly filling in your travel journals, Path helps you keep your travels beautifully organized. TRACK EVERY PLACE YOU'VE BEEN Search any city in the world and add it to your map. Add visit dates to build a timeline of your travels. Pin your favorites and build a wishlist for everywhere you want to go next. BUILD JOURNEY MAPS Group cities into trips and see them plotted together. Whether it's a two-week Europe tour or a weekend road trip, Path turns your itinerary into a story worth keeping. SCAN YOUR PHOTOS Let Path scan your photo library and automatically suggest cities you've visited based on location metadata. Rediscover trips you forgot you took. YOUR WORLD AT A GLANCE A world map lights up every country and territory you've set foot in and collects their flags — a growing record of how far you've roamed. SPIN THE GLOBE Discover your next destination the old-fashioned way — spin a fully interactive 3D globe, let it land somewhere new, and add it to your wishlist. Explore the world from any angle, just like the real thing. DAILY PHOTOS FROM YOYO Every day, Yoyo — your travel companion — sends you a photo message introducing a new place in the world. A small moment of wanderlust, delivered daily to spark your next adventure.

About

Nomad

Features
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Nomad is your personal travel map and country tracker. Mark every country you've visited, watch your world map fill in, and see exactly how much of the planet you've explored - automatically, if you want. Whether you're a frequent flyer, digital nomad, backpacker, or just love exploring, Nomad turns your travel history into one beautiful map. Map your travels • Mark every country you've visited • Watch your personal world map come to life • Switch between all-time and year-by-year views Auto-import your trips • Scan Gmail and Calendar for flight confirmations • Trips get added automatically • Review and edit anything before it's saved Track your progress • See your percentage of the world explored • Count visited countries and territories • Clear stats for every trip, every year Your travel history, organized • Every trip logged on a simple calendar view • Look back on where you were and when • Never lose track of a trip again Share your map • Turn your travel map into a shareable graphic • Show off your footprint on social media • One tap to save or send Whether you've visited 5 countries or 150, Nomad helps you see where you've been, track your progress, and plan where's next. Your journey. Fully mapped. Legal and Regulatory In-app purchases and subscriptions are governed by Apple's standard terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Path4 screens
Nomad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Path at none against Nomad's 2. Path also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Nomad's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. Nomad sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Path asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Path ships an update every 3 weeks, Nomad every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Path versus Nomad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathNomad
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB18 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developer斯妤 范Shervin Koushan

In-app purchases

None

Path

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Nomad

Subscriptions2
  • Nomad Pro$4.997 Days
  • Nomad Pro$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Path free?
Path is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nomad free?
Nomad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Path or Nomad have ads?
Neither Path nor Nomad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Path or Nomad?
Path ships an update every 3 weeks, and Nomad every 6 days. Most recently, Path was updated on October 13, 2026 and Nomad on October 4, 2026.

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