Driftlog › Compare travel trackers › No subscription
Yes, several. On their US App Store pages on 4 October 2026, ten of the twenty travel trackers I compared list no subscription at all: Driftlog ($6.99, once), Mark O'Travel (Traveler Pro $9.99), Fog of World ($30.00 to buy), Mapsake, FindPenguins and OwnTracks (no in-app purchases listed), Countries Been (Remove Ads $1.99), and Skratch, Places Been and Photo Map (one-time packs and upgrades). Seven more sell a lifetime or one-time item next to their subscription.
Where I stand. I make Driftlog, one of the apps on this page, so weigh what follows accordingly. I have tried to say where the other apps are the better choice.
I am going by the item names on each store page: none of these ten lists an item with a weekly, monthly or yearly period. The two built-in features at the bottom are free.
| App | What kind of tracker | What its US App Store page lists | Android |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driftlog (mine) | Records countries, regions, cities and dates by itself. Rebuilds earlier trips from photos | Free to download. Driftlog Premium $6.99, once | Yes |
| Mark O'Travel | A map you mark by hand | Traveler Pro $9.99 · extra map packs $0.99 each | Yes |
| Fog of World | Records your tracks and clears fog from a world map | $30.00 to buy. No in-app purchases | Yes |
| Mapsake | Builds the map from your photo library | Free. No in-app purchases listed | No listing found |
| FindPenguins | A trip journal with automatic route tracking | No in-app purchases listed. It sells printed books outside the app | Yes |
| OwnTracks | An open-source location logger. You provide the server | Free. No in-app purchases listed | Yes |
| Countries Been | A map you mark by hand | Remove Ads $1.99 | Yes |
| Skratch | A map you mark by hand, plus photos | Packs $4.99–$11.99 | Yes |
| Places Been | You tag cities, and the countries follow | PRO $4.99 · PRO PLUS $6.99 · TRAVELER Edition $19.99 · packs $1.99–$4.99 | Yes |
| Photo Map | Builds the map from your photo library | Explorer Pack $3.99–$7.99. Last updated February 2024 | No listing found |
| Apple Maps Visited Places | Built into iOS 26 and later, in 32 countries and regions | Free | No |
| Google Maps Timeline | Built into Google Maps. Visits and routes | Free | Yes |
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These seven list weekly, monthly or yearly plans and also an item with no period in its name. A store page does not say what a one-time item unlocks, so check inside the app before you pay.
| App | One-time or lifetime item listed | Subscriptions listed | Android |
|---|---|---|---|
| been | Premium Features $2.29 | Weekly $4.99 · Yearly $19.99 | Yes |
| Rond | Lifetime Premium $24.99–$29.99 | Premium $1.99 and $9.99 (the page does not show the period) | No listing found |
| Track My Journey | Offline Lifetime Access $29.99 | Cloud $9.99 monthly or $59.99 yearly | Yes |
| Pin Traveler | Lifetime Premium Membership $39.99–$44.99 | Weekly $2.99 · Monthly $2.49–$9.99 · Yearly $24.99–$34.99 | Yes |
| Visited | Visited Pro $59.99 · single unlocks $3.99–$9.99 | Monthly $9.99 · Yearly $34.99 | Yes |
| Stampie | Stampie Pro $79.99 | Monthly $6.99 · Yearly $34.99 | Yes |
| Arc Timeline 4 | Lifetime Purchase $179.99 | Monthly $4.99 · Yearly $44.99 | No listing found |
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A travel map is something you keep for ten or twenty years. That is the whole point of it. A $34.99 yearly plan is $350 over a decade, and the map stops being yours to add to when you stop paying. A one-time price is paid once. Neither is wrong. A journal with a feed and printed books has running costs that a map on your phone does not.
Prices also move. Between my reading on 21 September 2026 and this one, Stampie Pro went from $29.99 to $79.99.
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Yes. On their US App Store pages on 4 October 2026, Driftlog ($6.99 once), Mark O'Travel (Traveler Pro $9.99), Fog of World ($30.00 to buy), Mapsake, FindPenguins, OwnTracks, Countries Been, Skratch, Places Been and Photo Map list no subscription.
Yes. Mapsake, FindPenguins and OwnTracks list no in-app purchases at all. Google Maps Timeline and Apple Maps Visited Places are free and built in. been, Visited, Pin Traveler and Driftlog are free to download and sell upgrades. The Driftlog Counter is a free web page that counts the countries in your photos.
Rond lists Lifetime Premium at $24.99 to $29.99, Track My Journey lists Offline Lifetime Access at $29.99, Pin Traveler lists Lifetime Premium Membership at $39.99 to $44.99, and Arc Timeline 4 lists a Lifetime Purchase at $179.99. Visited Pro at $59.99 and Stampie Pro at $79.99 are listed with no period in their names.
Polarsteps is free to download. Its US App Store page lists two in-app purchases: Plus Monthly at $9.99 and Plus Yearly at $34.99.
been is free to download. Its US App Store page lists a weekly plan at $4.99, a yearly plan at $19.99 and an item called Premium Features at $2.29.
Driftlog is free to download, and Driftlog Premium is a one-time purchase of $6.99 in the US. The map, the country count, your home country and your first foreign country are free. There is no subscription.
How this page was made. I make Driftlog, one of the apps on this page. Prices, privacy labels and ratings were read from each app's own US App Store page on 4 October 2026, and Android availability from Google Play. I have not tested every app here; what I say about other people's apps is what their store pages say. A store page shows at most ten in-app purchases, and prices change, so follow the link before you decide. Nobody paid to be on this page. If something is wrong or out of date, email me at shiori.sutudio@gmail.com and I will fix it. The full table of twenty apps is on the comparison page.