Travel Tracker & Trip Planner for countries & U.S. states you've been to
Polarsteps helps you plan, track, and relive adventures with an AI itinerary planner, destination snapshots, transport planning, and automatic route tracking. It holds top local ranks in NL (#1), CH (#2), and BE (#3), and has a strong rating of 4.72 from 168,152 reviews. With 10,000,000+ total downloads and 270K in the last 30 days, the app shows sustained global momentum.
Pros & Cons
AI-powered itinerary planning for personalized trips
Automatic route tracking on a beautiful world map
Social sharing with traveler tips and privacy controls
Travel Books feature to print your journeys
Limited emphasis on offline maps or offline planning
Destination guides or offline tools are not highlighted in feature listings
Uses multiple permissions including location and background services, which may raise privacy considerations
About Polarsteps
Polarsteps is a travel & local app developed by Polarsteps Travel.
How many times has Polarsteps been downloaded?
Polarsteps has been downloaded 11 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 270 thousand times. It is ranked #1 in travel & local.
What is the rating of Polarsteps?
Polarsteps is rated 4.72 out of 5 stars, based on 180 thousand ratings.
Is Polarsteps free?
Polarsteps is free to download. The APK download size is 75.87 MB. The latest version available is 9.34.0. The last update was on June 5, 2026.
What are the requirements for Polarsteps?
The app has a content rating of Medium Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play September 2016.
Description
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.
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
Recent changes: 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
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Really great app for my family and friends to follow our trip without sending pics to loads of different people
★★★★★Lis Middup· Jun 10, 2026
Great way to share my friends travel experience. Easy to use
★★★★★Briana Amoroso· Jun 11, 2026
The best way to have your family and friends track your travels! Love it.
★★★★★Meg Mueller· Jun 2, 2026
Loved being able to share our trip with family and friends. Easy to use, easy to write up our activities and share photos.
★☆☆☆☆Matthew Warburton· Jun 3, 2026
App not updating and support page reporting does not work
★★☆☆☆B C· Jun 3, 2026
When trying to add something in Spots and Activities in the search bar, it just keeps spinning. Nothing is ever found. Just a blank page no matter what, or where, you put in the search bar.
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Trust & Safety: Polarsteps requests extensive permissions including location (with background access), media access, contacts, notifications, and internet, supporting real-time tracking, sharing, and updates. Foreground services and data sync are used to keep trips current and safe.
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