Polarsteps: iPhone vs Android
Polarsteps gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Polarsteps by Polarsteps B.V. 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 & Local FreePolarsteps at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-28. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Polarsteps is a travel companion app for adventurers and casual travelers that combines AI-powered itinerary planning, automatic route tracking, and social sharing features to document and relive journeys. The app demonstrates strong traction in European markets, particularly France where it ranks #5 in Travel Free and #19 in Travel Grossing, while also maintaining visibility in Germany's grossing charts at #13.
Similar apps: TripIt, Strava, Day One
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Polarsteps’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 10 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v10.11.0, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 10k+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 10k+ | 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 |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.9 ★ | 10k |
| Google Play | 4.7 ★ | 198k 1.8k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.7 ★ weighted by ratings | 208k |
What users say about Polarsteps
From the 76 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's ease of use for automatically tracking trips and sharing updates with family, often praising the resulting physical photo books. However, complaints focus on restrictive video length limits, unexpected subscription costs, and occasional bugs in trip planning features.
Mostly positive (86% 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 iPhone
Polarsteps gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Polarsteps is #6 in Travel Grossing in Germany and charting in 12 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026
Travel GrossingPolarsteps at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-28. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Polarsteps is a travel companion app for adventurers and casual travelers that combines AI-powered itinerary planning, automatic route tracking, and social sharing features to document and relive journeys. The app demonstrates strong traction in European markets, particularly France where it ranks #5 in Travel Free and #19 in Travel Grossing, while also maintaining visibility in Germany's grossing charts at #13.
Similar apps: TripIt, Strava, Day One
Polarsteps on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Polarsteps’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 10 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
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 |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | TravelGrossing | #6 |
| France | TravelFree | #7 |
 United States | TravelGrossing | #50 |
| France | TravelGrossing | #12 |
| Germany | TravelFree | #22 |
 China | TravelGrossing | #49 |
 United Kingdom | TravelGrossing | #40 |
 Japan | TravelGrossing | #73 |
| France | All AppsFree | #75 |
 Australia | TravelGrossing | #29 |
| Italy | TravelGrossing | #31 |
 Canada | TravelGrossing | #48 |
 Netherlands | All AppsFree | #44 |
| Australia | TravelFree | #55 |
 Saudi Arabia | TravelGrossing | #38 |
| Canada | TravelFree | #119 |
 United Arab Emirates | TravelGrossing | #73 |
Apps near Polarsteps on the chart
Travel Grossing, around #6.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
What users say about Polarsteps
From the 76 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's ease of use for automatically tracking trips and sharing updates with family, often praising the resulting physical photo books. However, complaints focus on restrictive video length limits, unexpected subscription costs, and occasional bugs in trip planning features.
Mostly positive (86% 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, October 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 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Travel & Local FreePolarsteps at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-21. 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 with automatic route tracking, social sharing, and digital memory preservation. The app holds strong top-3 free rankings in France and the Netherlands while maintaining consistent grossing chart positions across diverse markets including Germany, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, indicating broad international monetization success beyond its core European user base.
Similar apps: TripIt, TravelSpend, Strava
Polarsteps on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v10.11.0, 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 |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| France | Travel & LocalFree | #3 |
| Germany | Travel & LocalFree | #14 |
| Netherlands | Travel & LocalFree | #3 |
| Germany | Travel & LocalGrossing | #17 |
| United States | Travel & LocalFree | #104 |
 India | Travel & LocalGrossing | #22 |
| France | All AppsFree | #66 |
 Mexico | Travel & LocalGrossing | #22 |
 Indonesia | Travel & LocalGrossing | #22 |
| Australia | Travel & LocalFree | #34 |
| Saudi Arabia | Travel & LocalGrossing | #27 |
| United Kingdom | Travel & LocalFree | #99 |
| United Arab Emirates | Travel & LocalGrossing | #21 |
 Turkey | Travel & LocalGrossing | #22 |
| Netherlands | Travel & LocalGrossing | #23 |
| Canada | Travel & LocalFree | #76 |
 Thailand | Travel & LocalGrossing | #24 |
 Vietnam | Travel & LocalGrossing | #23 |
| Italy | Travel & LocalFree | #122 |
 Spain | Travel & LocalFree | #138 |
 Sweden | Travel & LocalFree | #155 |
Apps near Polarsteps on the chart
Travel & Local Free, around #3.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
What users say about Polarsteps
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's ability to track journeys and share them with family via an interactive map and photo book features. However, recent updates have caused significant frustration regarding slow photo uploads and the removal of trip description fields.
Mostly positive (96% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and its features and content. The main complaints are about recent updates, and privacy and spam.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Great and easy app to use”
- Features & content: “has great features, and respects privacy”
- Useful: “brilliant app would recommend”
- Fun: “We’ve really enjoyed using it”
Common complaints
- Updates: “did update now won't load any photos to steps”
- 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 10.17.0
Store changes
What Polarsteps changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.