Comparison

Memory Log vs Curio

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

Head to head
About

Memory Log

Features
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Trips, clubs, family, fandom. The photos from that day are scattered across everyone's camera roll. Memory Log keeps a memory as one thing: the photos, the place, and the map. Share memories with a group of up to 20 people. WHAT EVERYONE SAVES LANDS ON ONE MAP - Save photos and a place together as a single memory - What your group posts appears on the same map and timeline as yours - People who join later can see past memories that remain in the group - Shared photos are stored in the cloud for 1 year after upload INVITING IS A QR CODE OR A LINK - You choose how long the link works and how many people can use it - Made a new link? The old one stops working - No account, no email address KEEP YOUR CIRCLES APART - Travel friends, a club, family — you can be in several groups at once - Switch from the top of the screen. The color around the edge tells you where you are - Your own private space has no color, so you always know when nobody else is looking YOU DECIDE WHAT LEAVES YOUR PHONE - Choose where each memory goes - "Remove from the group" and "delete everywhere" are separate choices - Notifications are per group PLACES YOU WANT TO GO, TOGETHER - Share "want to go" pins with your group - Been there? Turn the pin into a memory — the name, note, photo and link all carry over - Your own pin clears itself; pins other people added stay, for members who haven't been yet - Open any pin in Maps or Google Maps ALSO IN THE APP - Four ways to look back: Home, Timeline, Map, and Library - Year in review, a world map, and a travel passport - Tag filters, widgets, and reminders on the anniversary of a memory - No ads WHAT'S FREE - Keeping memories is unlimited — both how many, and how many photos in each - Joining groups you're invited to, and receiving everyone's memories, is unlimited too - You can share up to 15 memories of your own (3 photos each). Unshare one and the slot comes back - You can create up to 5 groups (family, trips, clubs — keep them separate) MEMORY LOG PRO (one-time purchase) - Share unlimited memories with your groups - Share up to 99 photos per memory (up from 3) - Create as many groups as you like - Backup and restore, travel footprints, PDF photo books, and recap cards - Face ID lock, original-photo cleanup, and notification and widget options Keep the places you went, together.

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Curio

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Every photo you take quietly remembers where it was. Curio Places turns that hidden location data into a beautiful, living map of everywhere you've been, automatically. No check-ins. No manual logging. Just open the app and watch your travels appear. YOUR TRAVELS, MAPPED IN SECONDS Curio reads the GPS tags already saved in your photos and plots them on an interactive world map and globe. Zoom from continents all the way down to the street where a shot was taken. It's the effortless way to see, and prove, everywhere you've traveled. KNOW YOUR NUMBERS • Countries and continents visited • Total distance traveled • Places photographed • Your top countries, ranked by how often you shot there Watch a lifetime of travel add up into stats worth bragging about. TRIPS, BUILT AUTOMATICALLY Curio groups your photos into trips; a weekend away, a summer in Europe, that road trip years ago, and lays them out in a clean timeline you can scroll through and relive, trip by trip. A TRAVEL PASSPORT WORTH SHARING Generate a gorgeous, shareable card of your top countries, continents, and miles traveled. Perfect for stories and feeds; and for finally settling "how many countries have you been to?" PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos never leave your device. Curio only reads location data and thumbnails; it never edits, moves, or uploads your library. Want to stay completely off the grid? Switch on Offline Mode and every country is resolved right on your device, with nothing sent to the network, ever. FREE TO START Map your 1,000 most recent geotagged photos for free. Unlock your entire library forever with a single one-time purchase. No subscriptions, no renewals; yours for good. EVERYTHING CURIO DOES • Interactive world map and 3D globe of your photos • Countries, continents, and places counters • Distance-traveled tracker • Top-countries leaderboard • Automatic trip timeline • Favorite and revisit your best shots • Shareable travel passport card • A flag for every country you've visited • Works instantly from your existing photos — nothing to set up • Private, read-only, and on-device, with an optional full offline mode Your camera roll is already a travel diary. Download Curio Places and see a lifetime of journeys come to life on the map.

Screenshots

Memory Log4 screens
Curio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Memory Log at none against Curio's 1. Memory Log also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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. Curio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Memory Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memory Log ships an update every 5 days, Curio fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Memory Log versus Curio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemory LogCurio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHaruo NakayamaCurio Limited Liability Company

In-app purchases

None

Memory Log

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Curio

One-time1
  • Curio Unlimited$0.99

Questions

Is Memory Log free?
Memory Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Curio free?
Curio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Memory Log or Curio have ads?
Neither Memory Log nor Curio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memory Log or Curio?
Memory Log ships an update every 5 days, and Curio fortnightly. Most recently, Memory Log was updated on October 18, 2026 and Curio on October 9, 2026.

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