Best travel tracker apps in 2026 (hands-on comparison)

I work on one of the apps in this list, but I tested all of them with the same notebook of trips so I could compare them fairly. This is the honest result.

Quick comparison

App	Best for	Price	Platforms
Polarsteps	Auto-tracked GPS routes	Free	iOS · Android · Web
Visited	Travel checklists	Free / Premium	iOS · Android
Been	Progress percentages	Free / Premium	iOS
Journi	Printed travel books	Free / Plus	iOS · Android
Pin Traveler	Customizable pin maps	Free / Premium	iOS · Android
Skratch	Scratch maps + trip tools	Free / Power Up	iOS · Android
Stampie	Passport-stamp aesthetic	Free / Pro	iOS · Android · Web

How I tested

I logged the same 31 countries from my actual travel record across two weeks of testing each app. I looked at how easy it was to import old trips, how the share and export looked, how the app felt on a phone, and how much friction it added to my routine.

Polarsteps: best for auto-tracking

Pros: zero-effort GPS log of your trip route while you're actually on the trip. Pretty maps with nice illustrations. Each step holds photos, video and written notes, so it's more like a real route tracker and journal for the whole journey. There's also a Travel Stats view where you can add countries directly and share a quick summary, which is handy when you just want a country count without logging a full trip. Fully free, with optional printed travel books at the end.

Note: for past trips you can't backfill the stats automatically, you have to add at least one step manually for each leg, so it's not fully auto-tracked retroactively.

Cons: route-first, so the main unit of the app is a trip, not a country or a stamp. Country tracking is a complementary view alongside the GPS-driven journaling.

Use it if you want a full record of how you traveled.

Visited: best for completionists

Pros: lots of curated travel lists to check off as you go. The lists are genuinely the best part: Top 1000 places, best spots for sunrise and sunset, national parks, and similar comprehensive inspirations that make it fun to browse, not just track. Strong if you like ticking boxes.

Cons: don't expect rich journal-style entries with photos and notes per place, it's a checklist-first tracker. The UI has an older feel and navigation can take a moment to learn. Some interactions felt a little rough during testing, and adding countries isn't as smooth as it could be.

Use it if you want a checklist-style tracker and the curated lists are the main draw for you. The category fit is the strongest part here, and the UX still has room to grow.

Pricing and Premium features (May 2026):

• Pricing: €2.99/month, €29.99/year, €69.99 lifetime
• Premium features: cities, regions, itineraries, Lived, more inspirations, ad-free experience

Been: best for progress percentages

Pros: clean, simple UI focused on tracking and giving you the numbers. A pure tracker of countries, percentages and maps with nothing extra to distract you. Shows your progress globally and per continent, which is satisfying if completion stats motivate you. Has nice extras like a 3D globe view and shareable comparison maps with friends.

Cons: stats-only by design, so don't come here looking for journal entries, photos per place or curated inspiration lists. Also iOS only at the time of writing, I couldn't find an Android version.

Use it if a "% of the world visited" number and a clean map are the things you'd come back to, on an Apple device.

Pricing and Premium features (May 2026):

• Pricing: €6/week, €22.99/year
• Premium features: unlimited profiles, backup your logged visits, compare visits with friends and family

Journi: best for printed travel books

Pros: the main focus is turning your trips into printed photo books, and the whole funnel is built around that. The app auto-groups your camera roll into trip stories by time and location, so a weekend away turns itself into a journal that you can print. Worth noting: they also have a side stamps section, which is a nice nod to the stamp aesthetic even outside dedicated stamp apps.

Cons: digital journaling feels secondary to the print product, so if you don't care about ending up with a physical book the rest of the app is less compelling. Plus unlocks cloud backup, gallery view, offline use, and an ad-free experience.

Use it if you want a printed photo book at the end of every trip, with some light digital journaling along the way.

Pricing and Plus features (May 2026):

• Pricing: €9.99/month, €43.99/6 months, €53.99/year
• Plus features: cloud backup, priority support, 10% discount on print products, export and save photos, gallery view, offline use, no ads

Pin Traveler: best for customizable pin maps

Pros: as the name suggests, the core idea is pinning your travels on a world map with your own colors and styles. Coverage of places is comprehensive, and the social side is a nice touch. You can compare your travels to other users and see how you stack up against the average traveler, which is fun if that kind of context motivates you.

Cons: with everything it tries to do, the UI/UX feels a bit on the complex side, and I personally lean toward simpler interfaces. Visual export options are more pin-map focused than wide social sharing.

Use it if your favorite thing about travel is a pin map on the wall with your own colors, and you enjoy a bit of social comparison alongside your own tracker.

Pricing and Premium features (May 2026):

• Pricing: €5.99/month, €29.99/year, €44.99 lifetime
• Premium features: store your photos, support development, pin creator, export pins

Skratch: best for scratch maps and practical trip tools

Pros: I'm a long-time user of this one and bought the Power Up shortly after discovering the app, so this is a fan review. Digital scratch-map style for countries, cities, regions and attractions, plus a 3D globe view and a passport stats screen. The core map and stats are beautifully done, and they also include short visa info inside the destinations, which is a really useful touch when you're planning a trip and don't want to leave the app to check entry rules.

Cons: there's a lot bundled into one app these days (visa checker, eSIM store, weather, currency, emergency info, plus the tracker itself), so it can feel like more app than you need if you're only after the map. Some of the nicer extras also sit behind the Power Up tier.

Use it if you want a scratch-map vibe and don't mind a busier app that doubles as a planning companion.

Pricing and Power Up features (May 2026):

• Pricing: €9.99 lifetime, one-time payment
• Power Up features: cities and regions, attractions, map themes, enhanced statistics

Stampie: best for the passport-stamp aesthetic

Disclosure: I built this one.

Stampie exists because physical passport stamps are quietly going away. Some countries still stamp proudly. Others have already stopped completely, like Argentina in 2022 and Peru in 2023. The EU's incoming Entry/Exit System ends stamping across all 29 Schengen countries in 2025 to 2026. The little ritual of an officer flipping for a clean page is fading out.

If that ritual mattered to you, Stampie is the answer. It's a passport-style travel tracker with curated, illustrated stamps for every country, continent, and world wonder. You collect them as you travel, and the passport lives on your phone, your home screen widgets, or in your browser instead of in a book at the bottom of a drawer.

Pros: cross-platform sync (web, iOS, Android), a shareable public traveler profile with more social features in development, home screen widget layouts shipped in May 2026 (passport, counter, latest, and explored views), and curated illustrated travel stamps for countries, continents, and world wonders. As a travel tracker, Stampie also covers a personal travel map and a running count of where you've been.

Cons: city-level tracking isn't shipped yet, and auto-import from photos isn't either. The core country and continent collections are free; specialty collections like wonders and marathons are included with Pro.

Use it if you want a passport stamps app that feels like the real thing, with a shareable profile and home screen widgets so your collection is one tap away.

Pricing and Pro features (May 2026):

• Pricing: €9.99 lifetime beta price
• Pro features: Pro stamp collections (extra stamp designs across new collections), Pro badge on your traveler profile, support early development

Other travel tracker apps worth knowing about

I haven't tested these in the same depth as the apps above, but they come up often when people ask about travel trackers. Sharing them so you have the full picture.

• Wanderlog: trip planner first, with a light history of past trips. Best if you also plan itineraries and want a free option.
• Find Penguins: community travel journal with auto-tracked routes and a feed of other travelers' trips. Best if you want a social side to your tracking.
• TripIt: itinerary-first (forward your booking emails and it builds the trip), with a free Travel Stats view counting countries and cities. Best if you fly often for work.

If you've used one of these and want me to test it in the next update of this post, drop me a note at info@stampie.app or @getstampie on Threads.

Which travel tracker app is right for you?

If you want auto-tracked routes, go with Polarsteps. If you love ticking off curated lists, Visited. If a "% of the world visited" number motivates you, Been. If you want a printed photo book at the end of every trip, Journi. If you love a colorful pin map of where you've been, Pin Traveler. If you want a scratch-map plus visa/eSIM/weather tools, Skratch. If you love the stamp aesthetic and want a shareable profile, Stampie also covers country counts and a world map, so you get the basics without giving up the passport feel.

FAQ

Is there a free travel tracker app? Yes. Most apps in this list have free tiers, including Stampie, our passport stamps app. The free tier is enough to collect country stamps and share your profile.

What's the cheapest travel tracker app with paid features? Skratch and Stampie both offer €9.99 lifetime tiers, which is among the most affordable in the category. Most other apps use monthly or annual subscriptions instead.

Best travel tracker app for iPhone? Polarsteps and Stampie both have polished iOS builds with native home screen widgets. Been is iOS-only and clean for stats. Stampie also runs on Android and the web with synced data, so you can pick it up across devices.

Polarsteps alternative? If Polarsteps' GPS-tracking style isn't for you, try Stampie or Visited for a more intentional collection model.

Is there a cross-platform travel tracker app? Yes. Stampie works on iOS, Android, and the web with synced data across all three. Polarsteps also has a web companion for managing trips, though Visited, Journi, Pin Traveler and Skratch are mobile-only, and Been is iOS-only.

What's the difference between Polarsteps and Stampie? Polarsteps auto-tracks your trips via GPS. Stampie is an intentional collection where you add stamps for places you've visited. Different philosophies: passive logging vs. active collecting.

Which travel app has the best share feature? Stampie has shareable public profiles at stampie.app/@username and export visuals. Polarsteps lets followers see live trips. Visited is more private.

Best travel app for showing your countries on TikTok / Instagram? You want something that looks good for the eyes. Stampie's illustrated stamps and shareable public profile do it nicely, Skratch's 3D globe and scratch reveal animations are made for video, and Pin Traveler's colorful pin maps also film well. Pure trackers like Been and Visited work too, just keep in mind they lean more "stats screen" than "satisfying visual."

Which travel tracker app has the most beautiful design? Skratch's 3D globe and Stampie's illustrated passport stamps both lean heavily on aesthetics. Pin Traveler's customizable colored pins are also visually distinct. Pure stats apps like Been and Visited prioritize function over visuals.

Which travel app works on iPhone widgets? Stampie, Been and Skratch all ship iOS home screen widgets in 2026. Stampie offers six widget layouts in small, medium and large sizes for passport, latest, explored and counter views. Been and Skratch include widgets for visited countries and travel stats.

Which travel app has Android home screen widgets? Stampie ships home screen widgets on Android, though the lineup is fairly limited compared to iOS for now: counter, passport and latest, without the explored view yet. I don't have a confident read on the other apps' Android widget support at the time of writing, so I'm only speaking for Stampie here.