Polarsteps vs Traverous

Join 23M+ travelers using Polarsteps as their all-in-one travel app. Build unique itineraries with the travel planner, let the travel tracker record your route, share the journey with friends and family, and turn it into a photo book to relive later. Whether it's a six-month trip or a weekend canoeing close to home, Polarsteps is here to capture and share your journey as it unfolds. Awards ■ Top 26 Apps — Apple App Store (2026) ■ Top 3 Travel Apps — Apple App Store (2026) ■ App of the Day — Apple App Store (2025) PLAN ■ AI itinerary planner: Create a personalized adventure based on past trips or current goals. ■ Destination snapshots: Get a quick overview of each place, why it fits your travel style, and which friends have already been there. ■ Trip details: Add notes, accommodation details, and must-see spots and activities. ■ Transport planner: Choose how you'll get from A to B for every leg of the trip. ■ Inspiration: Follow other explorers, see where they went, and get ideas for your own trips. TRACK ■ Automatic route tracking: Accurately track the route you took on a beautiful digital world map. ■ Travel Buddies: Invite friends to track trips together. ■ Capture the adventure: Add photos, videos, and stories to each step to bring your journey to life. ■ Travel stats: See how much of the world you’ve traveled, with your total of countries visited, distances covered, and more. ■ Top spots: Add your favorite places and activities so they’re part of your story. ■ Transport mode: Select how you got from place to place, whether by plane, train, or even tuk tuk. SHARE ■ Trip updates: Share your journey so friends and family can follow along from anywhere, seeing where you are and what you’ve been up to. ■ Traveler tips: Leave suggestions for other travelers on what to see and do. ■ Privacy controls: Decide who sees your adventures: everyone, followers only, or you only. RELIVE ■ Digital memories: Scroll through the places, photos, stories, and stats you’ve captured across all your trips. ■ Trip Reels: With the press of a button, transform your trip into a memorable video (also perfect to share on socials). ■ Travel Books: Turn your trip into a beautifully printed Travel Book that showcases your route and memories. WHAT OUR USERS SAY: “Love this app! It tracks me on my vacation and provides real-time notifications to friends and family of my trip. At the end, I ordered a Travel Book of my photos which is very high quality.” “The Polarsteps app is great. I am totally addicted. It is so nice to keep up with all your travels. And friends and family can follow you wherever you go. The Travel Book, which you can order afterwards, is of very good quality.” “I’ve been using this app for years now. It’s always been good and it keeps getting better.” WHAT THE PRESS ARE SAYING ABOUT POLARSTEPS “The Polarsteps app replaces your travel journal, making it easier and more beautiful.” - National Geographic “Polarsteps helps you track and share your journeys in an easy and visually appealing way” - The Next Web “Polarsteps’ resulting travel log is impressive, and is the source of a severe case of itchy feet in your correspondent.” - TechCrunch

Traverous serves as your personal Travel Journal. But not a traditional one. It's fully automated and personalized. Tap the big red button in the middle and tap start to kick off your journey and the app is set to record your location and media to compose a personalized animated Travel Diary of your trip at the end of your journey. It equips you with the unmatched power to revisit and share your awesome travelogues. We like to call it a time machine. HOW IT WORKS? Login to the Traverous app and start your journey. The app requires GPS to function and works offline On the way you add ■ Captured Photos and Video Glimpses ■ Photos from Gallery ■ Check-ins When you've reached the destination, you review the journey (or travelogue), add/remove photos etc. Connect to the Internet and publish it. After sometime you get your Travel Journal, including animated video on 3D maps and detailed timeline, is ready to watch. Then you share it with people you care about on ■ Social Networks ■ Emails ■ Traverous TOP FEATURES ■ Revisit and Share travel experiences Travel journals created through Traverous boasts enough details to revisit your past endeavors and leave your mark for eternity. ■ Enjoy more, capture less As humans we try to capture as much memories as possible but doing this a lot, hurts the enjoyment sometimes. Traverous encourages you to participate in the enjoyment and capture only the moments that matter the most. Rest is captured for you. ■ Discover the activities at a place Discover the activities and places from travel journals of top travelers for your itineraries. As your participation grows in the community, you can opt to make your journal to serve as discovery and inspiration resource for other travelers. ■ Offline tracking Traverous records your journey offline. After you finish your trip, you will need Internet connection to sync your journey with our server and it would start compiling your travel story. ■ Privacy control We ask for minimum permissions to provide a smooth experience. You are the owner of your data. You can read detailed privacy policy on Traverous Privacy Page ■ Your Feedback is actually listened We love to hear your feedback because that's what drives the improvements and new features in the app. Let us know with your reviews here or on team@traverous.com for faster reply. Subscriptions: Monthly Premium Account : $4.99 Yearly Premium Account : $54.99 Payment for subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Subscription cannot be cancelled during the active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Disclaimer: During tracking this application uses location services while in the background. Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life. Instagram: https://instagram.com/traverous/ Facebook: https://fb.com/traverousApp/ Terms of use: https://traverous.com/terms