Top 15+ Android and iOS Apps for Trip Loggings

When you are traveling or experiencing a new place or activity, no one wants to stare at their phone or tablet the whole time. However, you want the memories of your trips and travel to last forever, and you want to share those memories with friends and loved ones back home.

The best travel logs combine both worlds with stunning features and interfaces to document your memories, photos and videos of the places that you visit and simple, easy-to-use design. These 15 trip logging apps let you easily capture the memories, so you can get back to enjoying it in the moment.

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In order to use all features of these travel logging apps to the fullest and never miss a single route or memory of your trip, it’s better to take care of instant connectivity services when you are abroad. Using DATA SIM card or a portable WiFi router on the Lifetime plan from Keepgo, you will never go offline whatever destination you choose for your next trip.

1. Evernote

For those little notes that you want to tuck away for yourself, whether it is reminding you of the sweet café that you visited in Paris or how you felt when you first stepped off the plane in Brazil, Evernote is the app to use. You may already use Evernote to jot down your to-do lists, recipes and document anything else that comes to mind. However, it also the 21st century alternative to carrying around a leather bound travel journal that will take up space in your suitcase and could be lost during your trip.

You can also use it with IFTTT, an app that connects all your devices so that they interact with each other, to connect it to Gmail and make note of itineraries and trip details. Evernote is free to use on the web and on iOS and Android mobile devices, but unlocking some advanced features will cost you extra.

2. Journi

Journi is one of the most versatile travel log apps available. You can take photos, share them with friends and family and send them automatic updates about your travels in a few clicks. Plus, the app can syndicate your posts to Twitter and Facebook. You only need to share an update once or you can choose to keep it private and only send your messages to a private group of friends that you create on the platform. The app is available for free on iOS devices.

3. Bonjournal

Bonjournal combines a simple, easy-to-use interface with a beautiful minimalistic trip logging design. Users can keep track of each of their trips and organize them into personalized photo albums. Blogging on the app is super simple. If you don’t want to type out big blocks of text on your smartphone or tablet, the app syncs to a website with your own travel blog URL. You can share your travels by just sharing the link. You can test the app out with a free download on the Apple store.

4. Minube

Minube is a bit of a newcomer to the travel app game, but it has a lot of impressive features that make it one of the fastest-growing players. It acts as a travel planner and organizer, and you can even book hotels on the app. It also suggest more places to visit based on your location and interests. You can keep track of the places that you visit as well with photos that will be automatically tagged and added to your trip log, which you can also share as a guide for other travelers. The free mobile app can be downloaded on both iOS and Android devices.

5. Tripcast

If you are traveling in a group or participating in a volunteer project, Tripcast is one of the best trip logging apps to use. You can create shared photo albums, so that every member in your group can add the photos that they take on their phone and save them in one place. Everyone can view photos and share them with loved ones to keep in touch. The app will create a map for you based on photo geotagging, and you can see where you’ve traveled. Plus, you can use it on the web as well as on iOS and Android devices.

6. Momento

Perhaps the greatest feature with the trip logging app Momento is the power to connect all of your posts to a wide range of networks like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Spotify and even Medium. It’s so versatile that it doesn’t only have to be for when you travel. It serves as a journal to chronicle everything that you can imagine from pregnancy, work and daily life journals. However, the app is only available to download on iOS devices and you must pay a small price to enable some features.

7. Geospike

For those that don’t really care too much for writing but still want to capture their trip moments, Geospike is the app for you. The app, which you can download on  the Apple store for free, allows user to log their trips with photos and an interactive map. It doesn’t have all the “bells and whistles” as some of the other travel apps, but its strengths are its impressive mapping features and simplicity. It has almost zero learning curve, so anyone can use it to log their trips. Plus, you can syndicate posts to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr quickly.

8. Day One

Day One is another easy-to-use trip logging app. One of the biggest benefits for users is that it can serve as a way to journal daily life or around a specific event, activity or trip. You can check the weather and tag your location, as well as other posts to search for them in the future. All of your logs can be accessed later and saved or exported in a PDF file, and you can add an extra layer of security with your own passcode to unlock your log. But, it is only available on iOS devices and will cost you between $5 and $10 to download.

9. Polarsteps

Polarsteps is an easy and intuitive travel log application for Android and iOS. Once installed and activated, it automatically tracks all routes and places that you have visited. It tracks your trips shows your routes by means of a colorful map. All that a traveler needs to do to make the app work properly is to carry a smartphone in the pocket and make sure there is instant Internet connection wherever they travel. 

Also, it lets you add stories and calculate statistics of the countries that you have visited. The app is integrated with popular social media platforms, thus letting you share your achievements with your followers. By means of your location-tagged photos, the app can create a travel log, which you can further print as a memory about your journey.

10. Journey

Journey is Google Editors choice of the best travel log applications. The application is used by millions of users worldwide. This is a travel diary that will help you keep your travel memories for a lifetime. The application lets you add your photos and videos that you took during your trip and attach audio files or text notes. The app can also add weather and location details to your journal entries. Additionally, the app lets you export your diaries to DOCX and PDF files to share your entries or just save them to your hardware. The app is available for both Android and iOS.

11. Penzu

Penzu app isn’t built for travelers specifically. This is a journal app for Android and iOS users. With its help, travelers can make notes in both online and offline modes. At the same time, it provides free syncing opportunities across the web and multiple mobile platforms. It lets you create fully customized journal covers, add photos from your trips in travel logs, and categorize them with custom tags.

12. Diaro

Similar to Penzu, Diaro app features an intuitive interface that can work flawlessly in the online and offline modes. It’s easy to categorize your content and bring better structure to your travel notes due to the app’s support of custom folders and tags. Additionally, it allows you to create diary entries featuring geotagged photos and maps. 

Being available for Android and iOS, the application offers multi-lingual support and a number of data sharing options that let you export your travel logs and benefit from cloud syncing opportunities.

13. Diarium

Diarium application is only available for Android and iOS users. With its help, you can create journals in a calendar interface. The app lets you attach drawings, audio files, write stories, tag several entries for a day, as well as include a sitemap with the location where a certain event was recorded. Along with your journals, the app displays your calendar events, weather info, fitness data, and other data.

Diarium supports the possibility to export your journal entries together with their media attachments in DOCX and HTML formats.

14. LifeTales 

LifeTales works as a free life journal where you can archive your personal stories or travel journeys in a private, safe environment. It also includes an option to share stories and selected journals with selected groups of people. You can also add the story behind the pictures by text or audio. If you travel with family or friends, the app also lets you collaborate on stories with other people.

LifeTales app is available for web browsers, iOS, and Android.

15. Travelopy

Travelopy is a free travel journal app. It lets you create create entries, auto tags entries with location tags, and group entries into a Journey. The app lets you discover places in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan & South Korea based on recommendations by fellow travelers and influential bloggers.

16. TripLog Mileage Tracker & Expense Log

TripLog app lets you save time and money by automating mileage and expense capture you maximize your mileage tax deductions and reimbursements. It’s one of the most popular applications suited for individual and corporate use. It provides accurate mileage tracking for tax deductions and mileage reimbursement for every type of business, big or small. The application offers diverse options that can suit every user, ranging from self-employed driving a car for their business to enterprises offering mileage reimbursement to their employees. 

17. Driftr

Driftr app will come in handy for planning, booking, recording, and sharing your adventures on a single platform. It’s designed as a social network who enjoy spending a lot of time on the road. The application supports photos and videos. It welcomes travelers to share their advice and experience (especially from secluded locations) with fellow vacationers. Driftr keeps you connected on any device, anywhere in the world, and can even be used offline to manage moments and experiences from secluded locations.

The Driftr app is available for iOS and Android devices. 

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Although some trip logging apps offer offline saving, don’t risk losing your precious trip moments. Finding reliable WiFi connection when you’re traveling can often be challenging, and data roaming charges are incredibly expensive. Instead, you can document your travels with Keepgo’s fast, inexpensive and reliable international mobile SIM cards and mobile WiFi hotspots.

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