Traviary vs Navigate Back
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Traviary
This app automatically maps your travel history using location data from your photos. Rediscover countries, cities, and journeys with interactive maps, detailed statistics, and achievements. Your travel memories are kept private and analyzed on-device.
- Automatic place detection from photos
- Interactive travel maps
- Detailed travel statistics
- Trip timelines
- Achievements and badges
- On-device photo analysis
- Privacy-focused
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Your Life. Your Travels. One Map. How many places have you been to? And how many beautiful memories are hiding in your photos? Traviary turns your photos into a personal map of all your travels. It automatically recognizes where you've been, which countries you passed through and which cities you visited, and puts it all together into a clear travel history. Nothing to enter, nothing complicated to set up. Your Trips Build Themselves • Traviary builds each trip from your photos, including routes, flights, drives and boat rides. • See every place you've visited on a 3D globe and interactive maps. • Go back in time and relive your travels year by year. • Something not quite right? You can adjust dates, places, homes and airports at any time. Memories That Come Alive Again • Play your trips like a striking film, with animated maps, photos and your own music. • Add your experiences from your Travel Log. AI right on your iPhone helps you with photo captions. Travel Log • Write down or simply dictate what you experienced while every impression is still fresh. • Traviary automatically matches each entry to the right trip and place. Keepsakes to Treasure Forever • Travel Journal: Turn your trip into a beautifully crafted book with the route, the story and your best photos. • Photo Album: Create your own print-ready photo album. Choose from four formats, from 20 × 20 cm to A4. • Trip Story: On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, Traviary helps you write the story of your whole trip, place by place. Your Travels on Your Home Screen • Keep the number of countries, cities and kilometers you've traveled always in view. • See where you are right now and how far it is to home. • On iPad and with iOS 27, the widget can also show a map of the whole trip. How Much of the World Have You Seen? • Find out how many countries and cities you've visited, how many days you've spent traveling and how far you've gone. • Follow your travel achievements and collect badges for continents, airports, landmarks, flights and much more. Your Memories Belong to You • All photos are processed right on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded. • No account or sign-up needed. • No social networks, no public profiles. Just you and your travels. Traviary — Every photo tells a travel story.
Navigate Back
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Explore an unfamiliar city, wander through narrow streets—and suddenly you no longer know where your cruise ship is docked, where the bus is waiting, or where your hotel is. Navigate Back was created for exactly these situations. SAVE PLACES AND PLAN TRIPS Save hotels, berths, meeting points, destinations, or the location of your car. Add an address, GPS coordinates, notes, and important contacts. Prepare your trips at home on your iPhone or iPad. THREE WAYS TO EXPLORE Map Navigation: Choose a saved place, an address, or GPS coordinates. Navigate Back provides turn-by-turn directions—on foot, by bicycle, by car, or by public transport. Your journey is recorded along the way, and the outbound and return trips can be saved as separate tracks. Compass Navigation: When there is no suitable road network, the app shows the direct direction to your destination, along with the distance, estimated arrival time, and other information. Ideal for trips away from marked paths, across open terrain, or on the water. Your actual path is recorded automatically and saved as a separate route. Free Movement: No destination and no directional guidance—simply start walking, running, or riding. Navigate Back automatically records your path. Ideal for bike rides, hikes, walks, and exploratory trips where the journey itself matters. PHOTOS, MARKERS, AND TRIP DETAILS Add markers along the way and link photos to your route. After your trip, view details such as distance, duration, pace, elevation profile, steps, and more. You can also use your recorded track to help retrace your journey. STAY ORIENTED OFFLINE Using GPS and the compass, you can determine your current position, direction, and distance to your destination—even without a cellular connection. The app transfers all relevant destination data directly to Apple Maps for navigation. If the required maps have been downloaded in advance, navigation is also available offline. CONTACTS AND TRANSLATION ASSISTANCE Save phone numbers for tour guides, bus drivers, the ship’s reception desk, or family members. The conversation feature translates spoken or typed text and can read the translation aloud. Navigate Back is not an emergency, rescue, or maritime navigation service. In immediate danger, contact the local emergency services. When on the water, always use the required navigation equipment. COMPANION APP FOR APPLE WATCH On Apple Watch, you can view previously saved destinations and routes, use the compass to check direction and distance, and call important contacts. You can also start navigation on the paired iPhone. New places, contacts, and routes must be created in the iPhone or iPad app. The Watch app does not provide independent route planning or turn-by-turn navigation and requires a compatible iPhone with Navigate Back installed. PRIVACY No account, no registration, and no advertising or cross-app tracking. Location and route data are used only for features you initiate and are stored locally. When synchronization is enabled, the data is synced between your devices through your personal iCloud account. Navigate Back gives you the freedom to explore—and helps you find your way back later. Learn more about the story behind the app and all its features: https://www.onetwoapps.com/en/navigateBack.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Traviary at Free against Navigate Back's $2.99. Navigate Back's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, 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
Traviary is free to download; Navigate Back costs $2.99 up front. Traviary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Navigate Back asks for nothing beyond the download.
Traviary ships an update every 9 days, Navigate Back every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Traviary | Navigate Back |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ittailors.cz, s.r.o. | Christian Drapatz |
In-app purchases
Traviary
- Full History Unlock$1.99
Navigate Back
No in-app purchases








