Plan, track and relive your adventures with Polarsteps. Keep your friends and family up to date. Whether it’s a six-month trip or a weekend canoeing close to home, Polarsteps is here to capture and share your journeys as they unfold.
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 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
Great app, love the ability to tell stories and only recently found the planning section, which is good too… But would be so much better if it was optimised for iPad, battery life generally better due to bigger batteries and would make it far easier to plan if I could for example have the existing planning list on the left and a map on the right.It also makes a better reading platform for consuming other travellers stories.Keep up the good work
Travel along!
Catherine dV
Fantastic app that keeps one up to date with a trip in real time. The map shows you with great accuracy the route being taken, and the photographs and running commentary create a wonderful documentary to enjoy!
Developer Response
Thanks for the kudos 🙌 really appreciate it! Cheers
I want the Oak who does the upkeep of this app to read:
Danisele08
Firstly, great app and I’ll change my rating soon, I just want to communicate a necessary fix. 1. I think you should add a feature where you can manually break up and connect trips: For example: when I went from JHB to Cape Town, I made a single trip. Then I started a new trip for going to Brazil. Then I left Brazil to go to Argentina & because I was traveling and busy, I didn’t update the trip to end Brazil & start Argentina. But if I want to split them, I’ll loose the progress and steps I’ve taken in the last few days.. 2. Add a tab where you can click through the combined trip of that day like it’s an instagram highlight without having to go back and forth between the different dots and movements of the day. Love the app, just wanna help with app development suggestions from end user! ❤️
Janis & Polarsteps
Berniverous Binnekicker
This app allowed me to stay in contact with a great person on his travels , without been intrusive at all in his journey experience , but lovely to see each step of progress , in a wonderful format that is easy to use
Hey 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
Version 10.7.3
The developer, Polarsteps B.V., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Provider
Polarsteps B.V.
Size
211.3 MB
Category
Travel
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it is not open, which can decrease device battery life.
