Comparison

Tripcast vs Tour Journaler

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

Head to head
About

Tripcast

Share your travel experiences privately with friends and family. Create trip albums, receive live photo updates, and collect everyone's photos in one place. Browse photos by location and stay connected through comments and likes.

Highlights
  • Live photo updates
  • Private trip albums
  • Collect photos from multiple users
  • Map-based photo browsing
  • Location-based photo tagging
  • Real-time comments and likes
  • Private sharing away from social media
Features
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* Featured as “New and Noteworthy” by Apple * Tripcast lets you share your travel photos with the people who want to see everything, not just the highlights. Start a trip, invite your friends and family to the album, and give them live photo updates from the road! The best way to share your trip: • Make updates instantly: Update your family and friends in real time • Stay in touch: Ask questions, leave comments, and like posts Build an album with everybody: • Vacationers assemble!: Collect everyone's trip photos in one place • Easy backup: Download them all when you get home Map it out: • Effortless tagging: Photos are automatically added to the trip map • Browse by location: View photos by where they happened, not when Everyone is using Tripcast to share their travels: • Keep it private: Share only with the people who care the most, away from social media • Apps for everyone: Access Tripcast through gorgeous apps for iPhone and the web • Bring everyone along: Notifications keep friends and family updated whenever there's activity How it works: 1. Create: Make an album for your trip 2. Invite: Pick friends and family to follow along 3. Update: Post photos and videos as you travel Built by the team that created Cluster, featured as a Best New App in the App Store! Tripcast Club is a monthly or annual subscription to give admins more control over their groups. Check it out by visiting the Settings → Subscription Settings section of the app. By purchasing a subscription you agree to Tripcast's Terms of Use: https://tripcast.co/terms/ and Privacy Policy: https://tripcast.co/privacy/

About

Tour Journaler

Effortlessly document your explorations with one-tap route recording and integrated photo and note-taking. Create interactive maps of your journeys to revisit anytime, perfect for travel journaling and urban exploration.

Highlights
  • One-tap route recording
  • Add photos and notes during tours
  • Interactive map view of saved tours
  • Automatic route mapping with pins
  • Export tours to Word or PDF
  • Private and device-stored data
Features
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Turn any tour Into Stories. Tour Journaler makes it effortless to record, map, and document your various types of tours — whether you're exploring a historic city, snowshoeing in the woods, on a bike tour or food tour. With one tap, start recording your route. Add map pins, photos & notes along the way. When you're done, your tour is saved as a beautifully organized, interactive map you can revisit anytime. Find your photo of that amazing hidden shop and left swipe to get directions via Apple Maps. Effortless Route Recording - One-tap Start / Stop recording - Battery-saving Pause / Resume - GPS status indication - Automatic route mapping with marked pins at your points of interest - records even with phone in pocket - Permanent start pin so you always know where you began - No clutter. No complicated setup. Just go. Add Photos & Notes As You Go - Capture the moment without interrupting your flow: - Add photos & notes instantly while recording - Write what you saw with quick inline text entry (or edit later) - Full-screen photo viewer with pinch and double-tap zoom - Edit or rename tours anytime - Swipe-to-delete notes with confirmation - Each note is pinned directly to your route for perfect context. Smart & Automatic - Tour titles auto-fill using your current city (or edit it) - Clean map view of saved tours - Organized note list sorted chronologically - Tap a note to highlight its exact location on the map - Left-swipe a location header in the saved list to get directions back to that location Perfect For - Travel journaling - Walking tour guides - Urban explorers - History enthusiasts - Architecture lovers - Anyone who likes to a record of where they’ve been Private & Simple - Tour Journaler records location only while you're actively recording. Your tours stay on your device. - Export saved tours to Word or PDF format (with in-app-purchase)

Screenshots

Tripcast4 screens
Tour Journaler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tour Journaler at every 9 days against Tripcast's every 2 months. Tour Journaler also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Tripcast's advantage is ratings volume (7.3K vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Tripcast sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Tour Journaler sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tour Journaler holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tripcast has 7.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tripcast ships an update every 2 months, Tour Journaler every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tripcast versus Tour Journaler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTripcastTour Journaler
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.3K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.3K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCluster Labs, Inc.Richard Pokrass

Customer experience

Tripcast

All ratings7,203 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive49.6%
Neutral12.0%
Negative38.5%

Tour Journaler

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tripcast

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Invites not being sent to users
  • Uploaded photos not displaying properly
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • Account login and access issues
  • Inconsistent app behavior across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow editing of posts and comments
  • Improve photo upload and organization
  • Add support for multiple photos per post
  • Implement password reset functionality
  • Enhance map integration and location tracking

Tour Journaler

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Tripcast

Subscriptions4
  • Tripcast Friend$4.991 Month
  • Tripcast Pro$9.991 Month
  • Tripcast Friend$49.991 Year
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  • Tripcast Pro$99.991 Year
1 purchases

Tour Journaler

One-time1
  • Pro Export$0.99

Questions

Is Tripcast free?
Tripcast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tour Journaler free?
Tour Journaler is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tripcast or Tour Journaler?
Tour Journaler is rated higher. Tripcast averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.3K ratings, while Tour Journaler averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Tripcast or Tour Journaler have ads?
Neither Tripcast nor Tour Journaler shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tripcast or Tour Journaler?
Tripcast ships an update every 2 months, and Tour Journaler every 9 days. Most recently, Tripcast was updated on November 11, 2026 and Tour Journaler on October 31, 2026.

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