Polarsteps Downloads & RevenuePolarsteps · App Store & Google Play
Polarsteps gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Polarsteps by Polarsteps B.V. is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Full timeline · 58 events
- ✏️Polarsteps added hidden keywords: itinerary, countryiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Polarsteps entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Travel · KR
- ✏️Polarsteps added hidden keywords: countriesiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Polarsteps added hidden keywords: itineraryiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.19.0iOSHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- ✏️Polarsteps added hidden keywords: spendiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.19.0AndroidHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.18.2iOSHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 📈Polarsteps hit #1AndroidTop Free · Travel & Local · NL
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.18.1AndroidHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.18.1iOSHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.18.0iOSHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 📈Polarsteps new best rank in the overall chart: #22AndroidTop Free · All Apps · NL
- 💰Polarsteps: in-app price range changedAndroid$9.99 - $34.99 per item → $9.99 - $44.99 per item · US
- ✏️Polarsteps added hidden keywords: spendiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Polarsteps: description updatediOS· US
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.17.0iOSHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 📈Polarsteps new best rank in the overall chart: #23AndroidTop Free · All Apps · NL
- 📦Polarsteps: now updating weeklyAndroid4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.17.0AndroidHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 📈Polarsteps charting in a new countryAndroidSweden
- 📈Polarsteps entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Travel & Local · NL
- 📈Polarsteps entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Travel & Local · NL
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.16.0iOSHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 📈Polarsteps entered the top 100 in 5 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Travel & Local · MX · Top Free · All Apps · NL · Top Grossing · Travel & Local · TH · Top Grossing · Travel & Local · TR · +1 more
- 📈Polarsteps new best rank in the overall chart: #26AndroidTop Free · All Apps · NL
- 📈Polarsteps charting in a new country in 6 chartsAndroidSpain · Mexico · Netherlands · Thailand · +2 more
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.15.0AndroidHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.16.0AndroidHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 📈Polarsteps entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Travel · FR
- 📦Polarsteps: now updating weeklyiOS4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.15.0iOSHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- ✏️Polarsteps added hidden keywords: planificateuriOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Polarsteps added hidden keywords: tripsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Polarsteps entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Travel · DE
- 🌟Polarsteps featured by AppleiOSapps · RU
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.14.1iOSHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 🌟Polarsteps featured by AppleiOSapps · RU
- 📈Polarsteps entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · Travel & Local · FR
- ✏️Polarsteps added hidden keywords: flugradar, itinérairesiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Polarsteps featured by AppleiOSapps · RU
- 📈Polarsteps new best rank in the overall chart: #17iOSTop Free · All Apps · NL
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.14.0iOSHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 🌟Polarsteps featured by AppleiOSapps · RU
- 📈Polarsteps new best rank in the overall chart: #22iOSTop Free · All Apps · NL
- 🌟Polarsteps featured by AppleiOSapps · RU
- 🌟Polarsteps featured by AppleiOSapps · RU
- 📦Polarsteps updated to version 10.14.0AndroidHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 🆕Polarsteps first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidFrance
- 📈Polarsteps new best rank in the overall chart: #60AndroidTop Free · All Apps · FR
- 🆕Polarsteps first spotted by AppInsideriOS#46 in Top Grossing · Travel · Italy
- 🌟Polarsteps featured by AppleiOSapps · RU
- 📦Polarsteps version 10.13.0iOSNo release notes
- 📦Polarsteps version 10.12.0AndroidHey travelers, we updated the app and resolved several reported issues. Please, feel free to continue sharing any feedback with us at support.polarsteps.com/contact
- 🆕Polarsteps released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Polarsteps released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Travel & Local FreePolarsteps at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Polarsteps is a free travel companion app for iOS and Android that combines automatic GPS route tracking, AI-assisted itinerary planning, social sharing features, and physical photo book creation for leisure travelers. The app holds strong positions in European markets, ranking #4 in France Travel Free and #9 in France Travel Grossing, while also appearing in top-50 grossing charts across Germany, Australia, the UK, and the US, indicating robust monetization through its premium services like printed travel books.
Similar apps: TripIt, Strava, Day One
App Store
App details
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v10.18.1, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Polarsteps downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 10k+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 5k+ | 10M+ Measured |
| Total | 10k+ Confidence | 10M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Polarsteps's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Subscription-led
How Polarsteps makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Plus Yearly subscription | |
| 2 | Plus Monthly subscription | |
| 3 | Plus Yearly subscription |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #4 Travel Free | 12 of 30 countries | – | #45 |
| Google Play | #2 Travel & Local Free | 18 of 23 countries | #137 | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (11)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 819 | 40% | steady |
| Netherlands | 524 | 26% | ▼ -14% |
 Germany | 377 | 18% | ▲ +5% |
 United Kingdom | 105 | 5% | ▼ -19% |
 United States | 88 | 4% | ▼ -30% |
 Australia | 76 | 4% | steady |
 Canada | 45 | 2% | ▼ -27% |
 Italy | 14 | 1% | ▼ -31% |
 Brazil | 3 | 0% | ▼ -73% |
 China | 1 | 0% | – |
 India | 1 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.9 ★ | 10k |
| Google Play | 4.6 ★ | 199k 1.8k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.6 ★ weighted by ratings | 209k |
What users say about Polarsteps
From the 84 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's ability to automatically track travel routes and share real-time updates with family and friends. However, recent negative feedback highlights significant issues with battery drain, interface bugs, and poor quality of physical photo books.
Mostly positive (87% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being fun. The main complaints are about being hard to use, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Amazingly Easy & Powerful”
- Fun: “Such a fun app to save memories”
- Useful: “This app works perfectly every time”
- Privacy & data: “Love this for tracking a trip”
Common complaints
- Ease of use: “User interface not intuitive”
- Price & subscription: “Be aware of payed subscription”
- Crashes & bugs: “Adding Photos for a step with multiple days is a nightmare and picker is buggy”
- Speed & performance: “It’s killed my battery twice”
About Polarsteps
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 j
Polarsteps App Store
Polarsteps gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Polarsteps is #4 in Travel Free in France and charting in 12 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Travel FreePolarsteps at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Polarsteps is a free travel companion app for iOS and Android that combines automatic GPS route tracking, AI-assisted itinerary planning, social sharing features, and physical photo book creation for leisure travelers. The app holds strong positions in European markets, ranking #4 in France Travel Free and #9 in France Travel Grossing, while also appearing in top-50 grossing charts across Germany, Australia, the UK, and the US, indicating robust monetization through its premium services like printed travel books.
Similar apps: TripIt, Strava, Day One
Polarsteps on the App Store
App details
Polarsteps downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Polarsteps's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Polarsteps before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Polarsteps makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Plus Yearly subscription | |
| 2 | Plus Monthly subscription | |
| 3 | Plus Yearly subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| France | TravelFree | #4 |
| France | TravelGrossing | #9 |
| Germany | TravelGrossing | #14 |
| United States | TravelGrossing | #45 |
| Germany | TravelFree | #18 |
| United Kingdom | TravelGrossing | #28 |
| Australia | TravelGrossing | #20 |
 South Korea | TravelGrossing | #44 |
| France | All AppsFree | #86 |
| India | TravelGrossing | #31 |
| Netherlands | All AppsFree | #27 |
| United Kingdom | TravelFree | #74 |
| Canada | TravelGrossing | #70 |
| Australia | TravelFree | #69 |
 Saudi Arabia | TravelGrossing | #53 |
 Indonesia | TravelGrossing | #54 |
| Canada | TravelFree | #120 |
| Italy | TravelFree | #95 |
Apps near Polarsteps on the chart
Travel Free, around #4.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (11)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 819 | 40% | steady |
| Netherlands | 524 | 26% | ▼ -14% |
| Germany | 377 | 18% | ▲ +5% |
| United Kingdom | 105 | 5% | ▼ -19% |
| United States | 88 | 4% | ▼ -30% |
| Australia | 76 | 4% | steady |
| Canada | 45 | 2% | ▼ -27% |
| Italy | 14 | 1% | ▼ -31% |
| Brazil | 3 | 0% | ▼ -73% |
| China | 1 | 0% | – |
| India | 1 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Polarsteps
From the 84 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's ability to automatically track travel routes and share real-time updates with family and friends. However, recent negative feedback highlights significant issues with battery drain, interface bugs, and poor quality of physical photo books.
Mostly positive (87% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being fun. The main complaints are about being hard to use, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Amazingly Easy & Powerful”
- Fun: “Such a fun app to save memories”
- Useful: “This app works perfectly every time”
- Privacy & data: “Love this for tracking a trip”
Common complaints
- Ease of use: “User interface not intuitive”
- Price & subscription: “Be aware of payed subscription”
- Crashes & bugs: “Adding Photos for a step with multiple days is a nightmare and picker is buggy”
- Speed & performance: “It’s killed my battery twice”
About Polarsteps
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 j
Latest updates
Store changes
What Polarsteps changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Polarsteps Android
Polarsteps gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Polarsteps is #3 in Travel & Local Free on Google Play in France and charting in 18 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Travel & Local FreePolarsteps at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Polarsteps is a travel companion app for adventurers and casual travelers that combines AI-driven itinerary planning, automatic route tracking, and social sharing features to document journeys. The app demonstrates strong regional traction in the Netherlands and France (top 3 free rankings) while maintaining consistent grossing chart presence across diverse markets like Germany, Saudi Arabia, India, and Southeast Asia.
Similar apps: TripIt, Strava, World Traveler
Polarsteps on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v10.18.1, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Polarsteps downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Polarsteps's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Polarsteps before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Polarsteps makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Plus Yearly subscription | |
| 2 | Plus Monthly subscription | |
| 3 | Plus Yearly subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| France | Travel & LocalFree | #3 |
| Netherlands | Travel & LocalFree | #2 |
| Germany | Travel & LocalFree | #16 |
| Germany | Travel & LocalGrossing | #20 |
| India | Travel & LocalGrossing | #27 |
| United States | Travel & LocalFree | #137 |
| France | All AppsFree | #100 |
| United Kingdom | Travel & LocalFree | #72 |
 Mexico | Travel & LocalGrossing | #29 |
| Saudi Arabia | Travel & LocalGrossing | #28 |
| Indonesia | Travel & LocalGrossing | #29 |
| Netherlands | All AppsFree | #52 |
| Australia | Travel & LocalFree | #58 |
 United Arab Emirates | Travel & LocalGrossing | #29 |
 Turkey | Travel & LocalGrossing | #29 |
| Netherlands | Travel & LocalGrossing | #30 |
| Canada | Travel & LocalFree | #72 |
 Thailand | Travel & LocalGrossing | #29 |
 Vietnam | Travel & LocalGrossing | #29 |
| Italy | Travel & LocalFree | #141 |
 Spain | Travel & LocalFree | #148 |
 Sweden | Travel & LocalFree | #148 |
Apps near Polarsteps on the chart
Travel & Local Free, around #3.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Polarsteps
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's ease of use for tracking trips and sharing memories with family, often praising the physical travel book product. However, recent updates have introduced significant friction regarding photo uploading performance, location accuracy issues, and aggressive permission requests.
Mostly positive (95% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being useful. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and recent updates.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Easy to grasp how to work”
- Useful: “Highly recommend for any traveler!”
- Features & content: “I like the option of being able to make a book to keep”
- Privacy & data: “Very initutive and cool app for trip tracking”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “did update now won't load any photos to steps”
- Updates: “did update now won't load any photos to steps”
- Features & content: “In work drafts are deleted when adding pictures from the share feature without any warning or recourse”
- Privacy & data: “I've also seen that the location tracking is not as it used to be”
About Polarsteps
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
What's new in 10.19.0
Store changes
What Polarsteps changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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