Comparison

TripDoc vs Spotty

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

Head to head
About

TripDoc

Easily save and organize places you want to visit, from restaurants to attractions. View them all on a map, get directions, and collaborate with friends. Discover new spots shared by others and contribute your own favorites.

Highlights
  • Save restaurants, attractions, and hotels
  • View all saved places on a map
  • Collaborate with friends and family
  • Discover community-shared places
  • Offline access to saved places
  • Organize places by custom categories
  • Save places directly from other apps
Features
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The easiest way to remember all the places you want to go, on a trip or at home. Add restaurants, attractions, hotels and everywhere else you want to go. TripDoc shows everything on one map, making it easy to see what‘s nearby and get directions. ~~Collaborate~~ Collaborate with friends and family — let others view or edit your places. ~~Community~~ Discover hidden gems shared by others. Follow people you trust and never miss their faves. Give back by sharing your faves with the community. ~~Share Button Support~~ Use the Share button within other apps (Safari, Maps, Instagram, etc) to save places to TripDoc. ~~Other Major Features~~ • Quickly add restaurants, attractions, hotels, businesses, or POIs by name or address • See everything on one map • Add notes, mark faves, mark visits • Works without a cellular or WiFi connection • Organize places by category (restaurant, cafe, attraction, …) • Create custom categories with emoji map pins • Filter places by category, faves, visited or not • Get directions, see open hours, etc. • Instantly search all your places, notes, categories • Privately share guides or individual places with others • Optionally, sync your places to tripdoc.com to see and edit everything using any web browser Note: TripDoc lets you organize up to 100 places for free. An in-app subscription is required to organize an unlimited number of places. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Spotty

Easily mark and share specific locations on a map, even without an address. This app focuses on simplicity for bookmarking places you discover, especially useful during travel. Share locations via unique links or QR codes.

Highlights
  • Mark places on map without address
  • Share locations via link or QR code
  • Recall and organize important places
  • Simple and focused user interface
Features
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Spotty is a super simple app to precisely place a marker on a map, and then share its location with your friends. Spotty differentiates itself from other map bookmarking apps by being super easy to use and focused on the task at play. I’m finding myself using it extensively during my travels and I hope you will be too. With Spotty you can: · Mark any place on a map without specifying an address (such as street food) · Share that location as simply as sharing its unique link or QR code · Recall and organize important places and much much more is in the pipeline ...

Screenshots

TripDoc4 screens
Spotty4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spotty at none against TripDoc's 6. Spotty also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). TripDoc's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. TripDoc sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Spotty asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for TripDoc against 4.7 for Spotty. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 51 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of TripDoc's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spotty's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TripDoc ships an update every 9 days, Spotty monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TripDoc versus Spotty: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTripDocSpotty
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (27 ratings)4.7 (51 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2751 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDynamic VariableAlexandre Ksikes

Customer experience

TripDoc

All ratings27 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%

Spotty

All ratings46 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

TripDoc

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly (save over 75%)$9.991 Year
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  • Yearly (save over 50%)$24.991 Year
  • Family (save over 60%)$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited$4.99
None

Spotty

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TripDoc free?
TripDoc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spotty free?
Spotty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TripDoc or Spotty?
Spotty is rated higher. TripDoc averages 4.7 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Spotty averages 4.7 from 51 ratings.
Do TripDoc or Spotty have ads?
Neither TripDoc nor Spotty shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TripDoc or Spotty?
TripDoc ships an update every 9 days, and Spotty monthly. Most recently, TripDoc was updated on September 29, 2026 and Spotty on September 19, 2026.

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