Travel tracker comparison
Voyy vs Mapstr — which travel map app should you use?
Mapstr saves the places you love. Voyy tracks the countries, cities and flights you have been on. Here is how to choose.
Updated 2026-10-09
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Mapstr is a personal map of saved places — restaurants, cafes, viewpoints — with notes, photos and shareable lists. Voyy is a travel tracker: a visited-countries map, free city tracking, a free flight log, trips imported from your photo library, regions in 44 countries and the flag calendar. Mapstr is for spots; Voyy is for countries and trips.
Voyy vs Mapstr — feature by feature
| Feature | Voyy | Mapstr |
|---|---|---|
| Visited-countries world map | Free | Not documented |
| City tracking | Free | Not documented |
| Flight log with airports, airlines and distance | Free | Not documented |
| Import past trips from your photo library | Free | Not documented |
| Regions and provinces | 1,300+ in 44 countries (Premium) | Not documented |
| Saved places | 3 per trip free, unlimited Premium | 300 free, unlimited Plus |
| Trip pages with photos, places and notes | Yes | Visits journal (Plus) |
| Flag calendar export | Yearly and monthly | Not documented |
| Travel stats (countries, days abroad, explorer type) | Basic free, detailed Premium | Not documented |
| Share place lists | No | Yes |
| Import from Google Maps, CSV, KML | No | Yes |
| Platforms | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android, web |
| Price (US) | Free · $19.99/yr · $59.99 lifetime | Free up to 300 places · Plus from $5.99/mo or $32.99/yr |
What Mapstr does well
Mapstr is built for saving places. Pin a restaurant, a cafe or a viewpoint, tag it, add notes and photos, and your own map fills up with spots worth remembering. You can share lists with friends and import places from Google Maps, CSV or KML.
It runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android, and you can browse your map on the web for free. Plus adds a Visits journal, adding places on the web, AI search and proximity alerts.
Where Voyy pulls ahead
Voyy answers a different question: how much of the world have you seen? The free tier gives you a visited-countries map, city tracking and a flight log. Add a flight by number and Voyy fills in the route, then counts your airports, airlines and distance.
Voyy can rebuild years of trips from the photos in your library. With Premium, you track 1,300+ regions and provinces across 44 countries and see stats like days abroad, longest trip and explorer type.
Each trip is a page with cities, flights, saved places, notes and a Spotify song or playlist. The flag calendar turns your year into a grid of flags, shared as a yearly or monthly card.
- Visited-countries map and city tracking, free
- Free flight log with flight-number lookup
- Trips imported from your photo library
- Regions in 44 countries (Premium)
- Travel stats: days abroad, longest trip, explorer type (Premium)
- Yearly and monthly flag calendar
- 10 Home and Lock Screen widgets
Who Mapstr is for
Mapstr is the better pick if you want to bookmark many individual places, share city lists with friends, or use the same map on Android.
Who Voyy is for
Voyy fits iPhone travelers who want to track the countries, cities, regions and flights they have been on, and keep each trip as a page to look back on.
Verdict
Mapstr saves places; Voyy tracks travel. For favorite spots, use Mapstr. For a visited-countries map, flights and trip pages, use Voyy. They work fine side by side.
Frequently asked questions
Is Voyy a Mapstr alternative?
Only partly. Mapstr is for saving individual places. Voyy tracks countries, cities, regions, flights and trips.
Can Voyy save individual places like Mapstr?
Yes, inside a trip. Free users can save 3 places per trip; Premium removes the limit and adds ratings and notes. For a large standalone library of places, Mapstr is the better tool.
Is Voyy free?
Yes. The free version tracks countries and cities, logs flights, imports trips from your photos, and includes trip pages and most widgets. Premium ($19.99/year or $59.99 lifetime in the US) adds regions and US states, detailed stats, the full day-by-day timeline, past calendar years, and unlimited places and photos.
Does Voyy work on Android or the web?
No. Voyy is iPhone-only. Mapstr also runs on Android and the web.
What is the flag calendar?
Your year as a grid of country flags, showing where you were each month. Voyy shares it as a yearly or monthly card with light and dark designs.
Sources
Voyy is our app. Other apps' features and US prices were checked against their App Store listings and websites on 2026-10-09. Prices vary by country and can change.