Comparison

Trace World vs Disco

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

Head to head
About

Trace World

This app creates a personal exploration map that reveals areas as you travel through the real world. Your visited locations are saved locally, and you can customize your recent path. It offers different map styles and prioritizes user privacy with no account or data uploads.

Highlights
  • Exploration map reveals visited areas
  • Recent track customization
  • Auto-recording for travel
  • Exploration level progression
  • Multiple map styles
  • Privacy-first design, no account needed
Features
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TraceWorld turns every walk, ride, and trip into a personal map of where you have really been. Reveal the world as fog lifts, see density as a heatmap or dots, place your photos on the map, and look back through travel stories — privately, on your iPhone. ONE MAP, THREE VIEWS • All — your full journey at a glance: Fog, Heatmap, or Dots • 7 Days — a closer look at the past week • Today — focus on what you are doing right now RECORD AS YOU GO • Start recording when you head out; keep going in the background when you allow Always location • Choose how hard GPS works: Standard, Power Saver, or Ultra Saver (premium options for longer battery life) PHOTOS ON THE MAP • Show geotagged photos where you took them • Browse an aggregated all-photos view when you want the big picture • Photos stay on your device; TraceWorld does not upload your library FOOTPRINT MAP • See countries, regions, and cities you have lit up • Spot airports and other explored places • Open the real map and list for details, visit dates, and a clearer browse TRAVEL STORIES & IDENTITIES • Travel Stories — a timeline of trips and moves (premium) • Identities — keep commute, travel, and other lives on separate maps (extra identities are premium; your main identity stays free) BACKUP & PRIVACY • Optional iCloud backup of your exploration data to your own Apple ID • No TraceWorld account, no ads, no analytics SDK, no upload to our servers LANGUAGES Follow the system, or pick English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese (Brazil), or Italian. TraceWorld Pro is an optional one-time unlock for premium features such as Travel Stories, extra identities, and Footprint Map details. Mapping overview, recording, and the main identity stay free.

About

Disco

Features
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What if every walk revealed a little more of the world? Disco turns streets, trails, and everyday detours into a living atlas that grows with every step. WATCH YOUR WORLD APPEAR Take Disco outside and watch the fog lift as you move. Every new place becomes part of your private atlas. A compass points you toward somewhere nearby you have not explored yet. MAKE A PLACE YOUR NEXT QUEST Give yourself a destination: finish a park, uncover a neighborhood, or take on a whole city over time. Your map fills in as you go. FIND SOMETHING LEFT BEHIND Some places hold a Field Note from another explorer. Reach the spot to discover it, or leave one for whoever arrives next. REVEAL THE WORLD TOGETHER — IF YOU WANT TO Your discoveries start private. If you choose, the places you reveal can also lift the fog from the shared atlas. Others see revealed places — never your name, detailed route, or when you were there. YOUR ATLAS STARTS PRIVATE • Start exploring without signing in • Sharing stays off until you turn it on • Your detailed trail stays on your device • Protected places keep home, work, and other sensitive spots off the shared atlas • No ads or third-party trackers Take the unfamiliar turn. Your atlas is waiting.

Screenshots

Trace World4 screens
Disco4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Disco at none against Trace World's 1. Disco also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Trace World sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Disco asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trace World ships an update weekly, Disco every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Trace World versus Disco: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrace WorldDisco
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB17 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer高锋 李Marvin Marz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Trace World

One-time1
  • TraceWorld Pro$3.99
None

Disco

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trace World free?
Trace World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Disco free?
Disco is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Trace World or Disco have ads?
Neither Trace World nor Disco shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trace World or Disco?
Trace World ships an update weekly, and Disco every 4 days. Most recently, Trace World was updated on November 13, 2026 and Disco on November 10, 2026.

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