Comparison

Nomad vs Footprints

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

Head to head
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/

About

Footprints

Features
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Every street you walk becomes part of your map. Automatic tracking, beautiful heatmaps, neighborhood coverage — all private, all on your device. Description Every walk leaves a mark. Footprints quietly records the streets you walk and paints them onto a beautiful personal heatmap. Watch your city fill with color as you explore — one street, one park, one neighborhood at a time. YOUR WALKING HEATMAP See every street you've ever walked at a glance. Frequently-walked routes glow brighter. Switch between visit frequency, speed, direction flows, a hand-drawn pencil trace, or road coverage. CONQUER NEIGHBORHOODS Footprints knows your city's neighborhoods (powered by OpenStreetMap) and tracks how much of each you've covered. FULLY AUTOMATIC Turn on auto-tracking once. Footprints detects when you start walking and records automatically — no need to open the app. Battery-aware idle mode keeps drain minimal. YOUR EXPLORATION STORY Newly discovered areas, exploration streaks, and daily and weekly distance and walking time. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your location history never leaves your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no ads. Export your data as JSON anytime — it's yours. MAP STYLES FOR EVERY MOOD Light and dark themes, Mapbox Standard with day/night lighting, outdoors terrain, and satellite imagery. Footprints uses "Always" location permission for automatic background tracking and Motion & Fitness for instant walk detection. Both are explained in-app before the system prompts; your location history never leaves the device.

Screenshots

Nomad4 screens
Footprints4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Footprints at none against Nomad's 2. Footprints also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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. Nomad sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Footprints asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Nomad versus Footprints: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNomadFootprints
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShervin KoushanTandy

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Nomad

Subscriptions2
  • Nomad Pro$4.997 Days
  • Nomad Pro$19.991 Year
None

Footprints

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nomad free?
Nomad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Footprints free?
Footprints is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nomad or Footprints have ads?
Neither Nomad nor Footprints shows ads.

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