Fog of World: iPhone vs Android
Fog of World gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, September 2026, rounded down to a band).
Fog of World by Ollix is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
Travel PaidFog of World at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-26. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A gamified travel tracker that visualizes user journeys by 'unfogging' a world map, designed for explorers who want to record and analyze their global movements. The app maintains strong paid rankings across diverse markets including Japan, China, and the US, while also securing notable grossing positions in Japan and China despite its premium price point.
Similar apps: Journey, Polarsteps, Map My Walk
App Store
App details
Google Play
App details
Fog of World downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 1k+ | 1M+ |
| Google Play | 10+ | 10k+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Fog of World'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
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.8 ★ | 3.1k |
| Google Play | 3.5 ★ | 602 97 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.6 ★ weighted by ratings | 3.7k |
What users say about Fog of World
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's gamified exploration and one-time purchase model, often citing long-term engagement and data ownership as key benefits. However, a significant minority reports critical failures in background location tracking and excessive battery drain, rendering the core function unreliable for them.
Mixed but leaning positive (74% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and good value. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Fun: “I love the challenge of clearing out the fog”
- Price & subscription: “Absolutely worth the price”
- Features & content: “Great app but needs more features”
- Useful: “This is a must have app for car trip enthusiasts!”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Paid for an app that doesn’t work”
- Price & subscription: “Wish I could get my money back”
- Speed & performance: “This app drains my battery very rapidly and has caused performance issues”
- Privacy & data: “Tracking stops constantly”
About Fog of World
Join Us. Embrace a unique way of experiencing your adventures! Explore, visit and memorize your travels on the world map. Unfog the world and make your life more brilliant today!
● VISUALIZE & MEMORIZE EVERYWHERE YOU’VE BEEN
Fog of World is a real-life, travel and exploring game where you need to remove the fog on the map by exploring the world. It's a fantastic way to visualize everywhere you have been in your entire life or to discover places around you!
● EXQUISITE MAPPING
Beautiful world maps are available at a glance. Explore the places near your location, find the spot to go and hit record. Your trip is then recorded, mapped and kept on your cloud storage forever. Start the travel explore the game, while memorizing the places you visit in a neat way. Grow your level and increase your visit percentages for every continent. Have fun exploring the world!
● CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
• Featured by Apple as App of the Day in 137 countries
• This Fog of World App Might Be the Funniest App I’ve Seen in a Long Time - GIZMODO
• We don't remember the last time we've run into an app that is as interesting as Fog of World - Business Insider
• Fog of World turns moving through your city and your world into a game of exploration - AppStorm
• Original worldwide location tracking game that will make you want to explore every street in your city and far wider - LITTLE APP REVIEW
• Fog of World uses the fog of war from video games to gamify traveling - The Awesomer
• Was holding the 1st position for top stories on Hacker News!
● FEATURES
• Records your tracks and maps travel (even when the app running in the background).
• Shows everywhere you have been on the map at the same time with its advanced trip and travel mapping.
• Analyses your statistics around the world, around every continent, and around every country and territory.
• Lots of badges to motivate you to explore more around the world.
• Support for multiple databases and securing data with snapshots for various tracking purposes.
• Support for Importing tracks through GPX or KML files.
• Support for syncing your data with iCloud, Dropbox and OneDrive.
• Super high-accuracy offline reverse geocoding database that provides the most accurate statistics.
• Support for Siri shortcuts and personalized Siri phrases.
● PRIVACY POLICY
In short, we do not collect any of your exploration data. Your data will be uploaded when you sync them with your cloud storages, but only you have access to them. We don't.
● Why Fog of World?
• Fog of World is the first app that brings the fog of war idea into the real world map back in 2012 and provides free updates since then.
• Fog of World remains the best app to render the fog overlay and is the only app that shows you high-resolution tracks
Fog of World iPhone
Fog of World gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, September 2026, rounded down to a band).
Fog of World is #3 in Travel Paid in Japan and charting in 17 of 24 countries we track.
Updated 27 Sep 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Travel PaidFog of World at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-26. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A gamified travel tracker that visualizes user journeys by 'unfogging' a world map, designed for explorers who want to record and analyze their global movements. The app maintains strong paid rankings across diverse markets including Japan, China, and the US, while also securing notable grossing positions in Japan and China despite its premium price point.
Similar apps: Journey, Polarsteps, Map My Walk
Fog of World on the App Store
App details
Fog of World 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 Fog of World'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
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 24 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | TravelPaid | #3 |
 United States | TravelPaid | #7 |
 China | TravelPaid | #6 |
| Japan | TravelGrossing | #19 |
| China | TravelGrossing | #33 |
 Germany | TravelPaid | #13 |
| United States | TravelGrossing | #91 |
 South Korea | TravelPaid | #15 |
| Australia | TravelPaid | #12 |
 France | TravelPaid | #24 |
 Canada | TravelPaid | #22 |
 United Kingdom | TravelPaid | #56 |
 Brazil | TravelPaid | #32 |
| Australia | TravelGrossing | #67 |
 Russia | TravelPaid | #25 |
 India | TravelPaid | #42 |
 Italy | TravelPaid | #41 |
| Russia | TravelGrossing | #100 |
 Taiwan | All AppsPaid | #97 |
 Indonesia | TravelPaid | #37 |
 United Arab Emirates | TravelPaid | #47 |
 Saudi Arabia | TravelPaid | #71 |
Apps near Fog of World on the chart
Travel Paid, around #3.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
What users say about Fog of World
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's gamified exploration and one-time purchase model, often citing long-term engagement and data ownership as key benefits. However, a significant minority reports critical failures in background location tracking and excessive battery drain, rendering the core function unreliable for them.
Mixed but leaning positive (74% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and good value. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Fun: “I love the challenge of clearing out the fog”
- Price & subscription: “Absolutely worth the price”
- Features & content: “Great app but needs more features”
- Useful: “This is a must have app for car trip enthusiasts!”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Paid for an app that doesn’t work”
- Price & subscription: “Wish I could get my money back”
- Speed & performance: “This app drains my battery very rapidly and has caused performance issues”
- Privacy & data: “Tracking stops constantly”
About Fog of World
Join Us. Embrace a unique way of experiencing your adventures! Explore, visit and memorize your travels on the world map. Unfog the world and make your life more brilliant today!
● VISUALIZE & MEMORIZE EVERYWHERE YOU’VE BEEN
Fog of World is a real-life, travel and exploring game where you need to remove the fog on the map by exploring the world. It's a fantastic way to visualize everywhere you have been in your entire life or to discover places around you!
● EXQUISITE MAPPING
Beautiful world maps are available at a glance. Explore the places near your location, find the spot to go and hit record. Your trip is then recorded, mapped and kept on your cloud storage forever. Start the travel explore the game, while memorizing the places you visit in a neat way. Grow your level and increase your visit percentages for every continent. Have fun exploring the world!
● CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
• Featured by Apple as App of the Day in 137 countries
• This Fog of World App Might Be the Funniest App I’ve Seen in a Long Time - GIZMODO
• We don't remember the last time we've run into an app that is as interesting as Fog of World - Business Insider
• Fog of World turns moving through your city and your world into a game of exploration - AppStorm
• Original worldwide location tracking game that will make you want to explore every street in your city and far wider - LITTLE APP REVIEW
• Fog of World uses the fog of war from video games to gamify traveling - The Awesomer
• Was holding the 1st position for top stories on Hacker News!
● FEATURES
• Records your tracks and maps travel (even when the app running in the background).
• Shows everywhere you have been on the map at the same time with its advanced trip and travel mapping.
• Analyses your statistics around the world, around every continent, and around every country and territory.
• Lots of badges to motivate you to explore more around the world.
• Support for multiple databases and securing data with snapshots for various tracking purposes.
• Support for Importing tracks through GPX or KML files.
• Support for syncing your data with iCloud, Dropbox and OneDrive.
• Super high-accuracy offline reverse geocoding database that provides the most accurate statistics.
• Support for Siri shortcuts and personalized Siri phrases.
● PRIVACY POLICY
In short, we do not collect any of your exploration data. Your data will be uploaded when you sync them with your cloud storages, but only you have access to them. We don't.
● Why Fog of World?
• Fog of World is the first app that brings the fog of war idea into the real world map back in 2012 and provides free updates since then.
• Fog of World remains the best app to render the fog overlay and is the only app that shows you high-resolution tracks
Latest updates
Fog of World Android
Fog of World gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, September 2026, rounded down to a band).
Fog of World is #86 in Travel & Local Grossing on Google Play in India and charting in 4 of 15 countries we track.
Updated 27 Sep 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Travel & Local GrossingFog of World on Google Play
App details
Fog of World 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 Fog of World'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.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 15 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| India | Travel & LocalGrossing | #86 |
| Saudi Arabia | Travel & LocalGrossing | #85 |
| Indonesia | Travel & LocalGrossing | #86 |
| United Arab Emirates | Travel & LocalGrossing | #87 |
Apps near Fog of World on the chart
Travel & Local Grossing, around #86.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
About Fog of World
Join Us. Embrace a unique way of experiencing your adventures! Explore, visit and memorize your travels on the world map. Unfog the world and make your life more brilliant today!
🌎 VISUALIZE & MEMORIZE EVERYWHERE YOU’VE BEEN
Fog of World is a real-life, travel and exploring game where you need to remove the fog on the map by exploring the world. It's a fantastic way to visualize everywhere you have been in your entire life or to discover places around you!
⭐️ EXQUISITE MAPPING
Beautiful world maps are available at a glance. Explore the places near your location, find the spot to go and hit record. Your trip is then recorded, mapped and kept on your cloud storage forever. Start the travel explore the game, while memorizing the places you visit in a neat way. Grow your level and increase your visit percentages for every continent. Have fun exploring the world!
⭐️ FEATURES
✅ Records your tracks and maps travel (even when the app running in the background).
✅ Shows everywhere you have been on the map at the same time with its advanced trip and travel mapping.
✅ Analyses your statistics around the world, around every continent, and around every country and territory.
✅ Lots of badges to motivate you to explore more around the world.
✅ Support for Importing tracks through GPX or KML files.
✅ Support for syncing your data with Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive.
✅ Super high-accuracy offline reverse geocoding database that provides the most accurate statistics.
🤔 Why Fog of World?
💖 Fog of World is the first iOS app that brings the fog of war idea into the real world map back in 2012 and provides free updates since then.
💖 Fog of World remains the best app to render the fog overlay and is the only app that shows you high-resolution tracks. Don't believe it? Download the copycat apps and compare the results with Fog of World screenshots.
💖 No other copycats can show the tracks with seamless thickness changes while zooming in and zooming out the map.
💖 There is no user account of Fog of World. All of your data are saved in your device. You have 100% privacy.
💖 You can sync or back up your data to Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Nutstore. But only you have access to them. We don't.
💖 The database is designed to use as little storage as possible while providing high performance.
💖 Fog of World is the only app that truly works around the world since China uses the GCJ-02 coordinate system due to political reasons. Other copycats either work correctly in China or the rest of the world, but not both.
Map your trips, memorize and start your world adventure with Fog of World. It’s like having world atlas and yourself to explore and conquer it.
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What's new in 3.7.4
Now you can manually edit your recorded tracks to perfect your map.
• Correct wandering paths caused by signal interference in cities.
• Add missing tracks from tunnels & subways.
• Erase inaccurate points from GPS drift.
To enter editing mode, go to: Settings > Database > Track Editor