Comparison

Tiny Cities vs Nomad

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

Head to head
About

Tiny Cities

This app lets you digitally collect and display the places you've visited, creating unique miniature dioramas for each city. It allows you to add photos and notes, and track future travel aspirations.

Highlights
  • 602 hand-made city miniatures
  • Interactive snow globe effect
  • Virtual passport with stamps
  • World map with glowing beacons
  • Digital fridge magnets
  • Someday cities list
  • Memory notes and photos
Features
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A tiny digital snow globe for every city you've been. Tilt your phone, the snow falls, and you're back there. 1,000+ illustrated clay-style miniatures: a digital travel journal that feels like a keepsake. You add the places yourself — Tiny Cities never tracks your location. Other apps count your countries. Tiny Cities keeps them. WHAT YOU GET • 1,000+ ILLUSTRATED CITIES — a clay-style diorama under glass for each one, 1,018 cities from Paris to Tashkent, each with its own landmarks. Not clip art, not a map pin. • TILT THE GLOBE — move your phone and the globe answers. Every city has its own atmosphere: snow, petals, mist. • A KEEPSAKE PASSPORT — every city you add gets a digital stamp. It's a keepsake inside the app, not a travel document. Watch the cities and countries you've added count up, with 106 milestones to earn along the way. • YOUR WORLD, LIT UP — spin a 3D Earth and watch every country you've visited glow. Open a country to see your cities set on its clay map. • THE FRIDGE — every city you keep becomes a digital magnet on your in-app fridge. New fridges unlock as you travel. • SOMEDAY CITIES — keep your bucket list under glass, each with a sealed note to your future self. When you finally arrive, move them onto your shelf. • MEMORY NOTES & PHOTOS — the night train, the corner café, the wrong turn that made the trip. Up to ten photos with every city, dated to the day, the month, the season or just the year. • THE STUDIO — turn your travels into a route film, a year poster image, a world map or a digital postcard to share. • ON YOUR HOME SCREEN — add the widget and keep your shelf close. HOW IT WORKS 1. Search any city you've visited. 2. Say when you went — to the day, or just "spring 2019". 3. Watch its miniature develop, and set it on your shelf. QUIET BY DESIGN • No sign-up form. You start with a private, anonymous account. • Your shelf syncs privately. Link Apple or Google whenever you like. FREE TO START Add every city you have ever been to. There is no limit. Your first three arrive as full clay dioramas with the whole ceremony. The rest are kept, stamped and counted while their miniature waits to be developed. FIRST CLASS First Class develops every city on your shelf, and every new city the moment you add it. It also opens all 22 display stands in the cabinet and removes the web address from your shared postcards. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Everything in Tiny Cities is digital — nothing is printed or shipped. Where have you been? Start your shelf tonight. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use: https://tinycities.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://tinycities.vercel.app/privacy

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

Tiny Cities4 screens
Nomad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tiny Cities at every 11 days against Nomad's every 6 weeks. 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. Tiny Cities sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Nomad sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiny Cities ships an update every 11 days, Nomad every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tiny Cities versus Nomad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny CitiesNomad
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRamin AfandiyevShervin Koushan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tiny Cities

Subscriptions2
  • First Class (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • First Class (Annual)$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • First Class (Lifetime)$79.99
2 purchases

Nomad

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

Questions

Is Tiny Cities free?
Tiny Cities is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nomad free?
Nomad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tiny Cities or Nomad have ads?
Neither Tiny Cities nor Nomad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tiny Cities or Nomad?
Tiny Cities ships an update every 11 days, and Nomad every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tiny Cities was updated on October 12, 2026 and Nomad on October 21, 2026.

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