CogniMap: Memory Map Journal
Pin places, feelings & photos
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Map the world the way you remember it. Pin places by emotion, sketch your neighborhood from memory, and discover the shape of your personal mental map.
CogniMap — Your Personal Mental Map
Every place you've ever been holds a memory. A feeling. A version of you that existed there.
CogniMap lets you build your own mental map — a living record of the places that have shaped who you are, drawn not by geography, but by emotion and memory.
What is a Mental Map?
In geography, a mental map is the personal, subjective picture of the world we carry in our minds. It's not about accuracy — it's about meaning. The places we remember most vividly loom large. The places tied to strong emotions feel closer. CogniMap brings this concept to life on your iPhone or iPad.
How It Works
Pin any place — a childhood home, a café where something changed, a park you return to for peace — and attach an emotion: Love, Nostalgia, Calm, Fear, or Dislike. Then set its salience: how strongly that place lives in your memory.
Switch between two views:
Geo View — See your memories layered over a real 3D map, anchored to the places where they happened.
Mental View — Watch your world transform into an abstract constellation of memory, where places cluster by feeling and grow in size with significance.
Features
Attach photos to bring each memory to life
Navigate between geographic and mental map perspectives
Emotion layers: Love, Nostalgia, Calm, Fear, Dislike
Built on Google Maps for precise, beautiful 3D geography
Why CogniMap?
We all carry invisible maps inside us — maps of meaning, not miles. CogniMap makes yours visible. Use it to reflect on the places that matter, rediscover forgotten memories, or simply understand yourself a little better through the geography of your own life.
See the map only you could draw.
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NEW — Sketch from Memory
• Choose any area on the map, cover it with a blank sheet, and place your spots from memory.
• See how far each remembered spot is from its real location — shown on both the Geo map and the Mental view.
• The Memories list now shows your sketch error for each place.
IMPROVED — Apple Maps
• The Geo view now uses Apple Maps with satellite imagery and realistic 3D buildings.
OTHER
• Added a small banner ad to support continued development.
• Users in the EEA, UK and Switzerland can review or change their privacy choices anytime from the Memories list.
• Bug fixes and stability improvements.
The developer, Toru Kawaguchi, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Toru Kawaguchi
- Size
- 19.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.2 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.2 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- Copyright
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