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Polarsteps, Been, Visited, Wanderlog and the EU’s Schengen calculator, side by side with Trekit: what each one is for, what it does well, and where it stops. From their own pages, as of October 2026.
A travel map that is your profile: where you’ve been, want to go, and the next trip, planned with friends.
A trip tracker and journal: your route, steps with photos and stories, and a printed book after.
A checklist map of the countries and US states you’ve visited.
A checklist map of countries and regions, with bucket lists and travel goals.
An itinerary planner: day-by-day plans, bookings and a map, with friends.
The European Commission’s own 90/180-day calculator.
Scroll sideways on a phone. “—” means the app doesn’t do this, as far as its own pages say.
| Feature | Trekit | Polarsteps | Been | Visited | Wanderlog | EU Schengen calculator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | In the browser, on your phone and computer. Nothing to install; add it to your home screen if you like. | An app (App Store) and a website. | An iPhone and iPad app. | iPhone, iPad and Android apps. | iPhone and Android apps and the web. | A page on the European Commission’s website. |
| Bringing in trips you’ve already taken | From your Google Maps Timeline, Google Maps Saved places, your photos’ locations and dates, or a pasted list. All read in your browser; photos are never uploaded for this. | Add past trips and their steps by hand on the website. No GPX or other location-file import. | Tick the countries and states, with the date if you like. | Tick countries, states and regions; add dates and notes by country. | Forward booking emails, or connect Gmail, to bring reservations into a trip. | Type each stay’s entry and exit dates. |
| Tracking you as you travel | No background tracking. “Trekit here” pins where you are once, when you ask. | Automatic route tracking, switched on per trip: about 4% of battery a day, works offline, not live. | — | — | — | — |
| What each place holds | Been, want to go or planning; a note, the month, up to 3 photos, and a drawing as its pin if you want one. | Steps with photos, videos and stories; spots and activities; how you got there. | A country or state, with a date. | A country, state or region; notes, dates and over 150 themed lists. | Stops with notes, links, times, bookings and costs. | — |
| Your map as a page to share | trekit.app/@you, with your places and notes. You choose: anyone with the link (the default), public, or only me. | Per trip: only me, followers (the default) or everyone. New accounts approve each follower. | Share the map as a picture to social apps; compare maps with friends who have the app. | Share your map with friends; compare your stats with other travellers. | Invite people by email or a link, to edit or just view the plan. | — |
| Planning the next trip | Stops, dates, places and things to do, on the same map as everywhere you’ve been. Friends edit the same trip; afterwards, tick what you made it to. | An AI itinerary, planned steps, stays and transport; forward booking emails to the plan. | — | Lists, dates, hotels and notes for a plan. | Day-by-day itineraries, a route optimiser, times and distances, budgets and bill splitting. | A planning mode to check a future stay. |
| Following other travellers | Follow friends and travellers; see where they’ve been lately and add their places, with their note, to your map. No likes, no ads, no algorithm. | Follow other explorers and see where they went; followers get your trip updates. | — | — | Browse travel guides and itineraries other users shared. | — |
| On your own blog | A picture or a live map of your whole map, one line of code; it updates as you travel. | An embed link for a basic map of one trip, from the website. A WordPress plugin exists, by a third party, not officially supported. | — | — | — | — |
| Getting your data out | “Export my map” gives you everything as a file, any time, in the app. | Download a copy of your data from the website; the link comes by email. No PDF export. | — | — | Export your places to Google Maps. | — |
| Printed | — | Travel Books and posters, printed and shipped. | — | Your map as a printed poster. | — | — |
| Days in each country, for visas and tax | Comingdays per country from the places and dates already on your map, for the Schengen 90/180 rule and residency. | — | — | — | — | Counts the days you have left under the 90/180 rule. In its own words, “a helping tool only”. |
| Offline | The map page keeps working offline after your first visit. | Tracks, and lets you edit steps, without a connection; syncs later. | — | — | Offline access is part of the paid plan. | — |
| What it costs | Free. Everything in the app is open to everyone. | Free, with an optional subscription for 3D maps, map styles, elevation and step statistics. | Free, with a paid unlock for regions in 25+ countries, cities and airports, more globe views and a timeline video. | Free, with in-app purchases for more regional maps. | Free, with a paid plan for offline access and AI features. | Free. |
Two-app pages: Trekit or Polarsteps · Trekit or Been
And Trekit: one map of everywhere you’ve been, filled in from your Google Maps Timeline and photos in your browser, that is also your profile and the place the next trip gets planned with friends. Free, nothing to install, no tracking.
We wrote it from each app’s own store listing and help pages, as of October 2026, and linked every page we used below. If something is out of date or wrong, email jacob@trekit.app and we’ll fix it.
Polarsteps if you want a trip tracked as it happens and printed after. Been or Visited for a quick countries checklist. Wanderlog for a detailed itinerary with your bookings in it. Trekit for one map of everywhere you’ve been, from the years before you had any app, that is also your profile and the place the next trip gets planned.
Not from their files yet. The same years are in your Google Maps Timeline and your photos, and Trekit reads both in your browser.
No. Nothing runs in the background. “Trekit here” pins where you are once, when you tap it, and doesn’t keep your position.
Yes, free right now, everything open to everyone.
Because long-term travellers and nomads asked for day counting, and the EU’s own calculator is the reference every other counter copies. Trekit’s version, counting from the places and dates already on your map, is coming.
Everything above about another app comes from its own store listing, website or help pages, read in October 2026. Apps change; if a line is out of date, email jacob@trekit.app and we’ll fix it. The names are used only to say which app is which.