Mapstr

Mapstr is a consumer app for keeping the places you want to remember on one interactive map. Addresses are saved, grouped with tags and kept on maps that the owner can set to private or public. The home page adds a social layer: several people can work on the same map, friends' reviews appear next to a place, and users can follow official maps published by magazines, guides and influencers.

Places can be brought in from Google Maps, Foursquare, Instagram and TikTok, and the app can alert you when you come near a saved spot. A trip planning feature and personalised suggestions sit on top, and a table can be reserved from inside the app. The service runs as iOS and Android apps plus a web version. Mapstr states its own figures of more than 4 million users and 105,456,789 saved places, which we report as its claims. The footer gives no legal entity, owner or country.

• Tagged maps of saved places. Every saved address sits on an interactive map and can carry tags, so a list of restaurants, museums or bars stays searchable by theme. The pages do not state a limit on places or maps.
• Private or public maps. Each map can be kept to yourself or opened to others. That choice lets one account hold a personal wish list and a published guide side by side, though the pages do not describe finer sharing permissions.
• Shared editing. The home page says several people can collaborate on the same map. For a group trip this means everyone adds spots to one list, but the pages read do not explain roles or conflict handling.
• Imports from other services. Places can be imported from Google Maps, Foursquare, Instagram and TikTok. This matters for people whose saved spots are scattered across apps, although the import steps themselves are not documented on the home page.
• Proximity alerts. The app notifies you when you approach a place you saved. It works as a reminder while walking through a city, and the pages do not say how close you must be or how the alerts can be tuned.
• Place pages and reservations. A place page shows the address, opening hours, phone, website and photos, with friends' reviews and official maps alongside. A table can be reserved from the app, but the pages name no booking partner.
• Trip planning and suggestions. A trip planning feature and personalised suggestions are listed, and official maps from magazines and guides can be followed. The home page gives no detail on itinerary format, day-by-day scheduling or export.

• A group planning a city break. Friends share one map, each adding restaurants and sights they found, and the tags separate food from culture. Everyone sees the same list on the phone while walking, with alerts near saved spots.
• A traveller with spots saved all over the internet. Someone who bookmarked cafes in Google Maps and videos on Instagram or TikTok can import those places into one map. The home page names these sources, so the clean-up happens in one app.
• A reader who follows trusted curators. The official maps from magazines, guides and influencers can be followed, which suits a person planning a weekend from a known editor's picks and then adding private notes on a map of their own.

The pages we read describe the product rather than a setup procedure. The home page offers the app on Google Play and the App Store, a web version at web.mapstr.com and an English site at en.mapstr.com. A practical first step is to install the app or open the web version, create a map, and bring in saved places from one of the named sources: Google Maps, Foursquare, Instagram or TikTok.

After that you can tag places, choose whether the map is private or public, and invite others to edit it. The home page does not mention a trial period or an account type that must be chosen first, and it does not describe how long an import takes or how duplicates are handled. Trip planning is listed as a feature, but the steps for building a trip are not shown on the page we read.

Mapstr is a map of saved addresses first and a trip planner second. Places are tagged, each map can be private or public, several people can edit one map, and imports arrive from Google Maps, Foursquare, Instagram and TikTok.

Proximity alerts fire near a saved place. The footer names no company, owner or country, and the cost of any paid tier is unverified.

The travel itinerary planner apps list places Mapstr 12 of 13: the products next to it are Wonderplan above and Mindtrip below. Established names take the places after the first three, in ranked order, and we give no numeric score.

The vendor states no country of establishment, so Mapstr is left out of the regional count for this list.

Mapstr starts from places rather than days.

You save addresses on a tagged map, import them from other apps, and let friends add to the same map.

Official maps from magazines and guides can be followed, and alerts fire when you walk near a saved spot.

A trip planning feature exists, though the home page does not describe it.

It suits collecting ideas for a destination, not building a timed itinerary.

In the catalogue: Consumer plans not shown on the pages read; business pro links carry no price.

The pages we read show no prices for Mapstr. The home page links to Mapstr pro pages for restaurants, hotels, bars and brands, but those links carry no price or plan name, and the consumer plans are not shown either. The home page does not mention a trial period. Because of that, we cannot say whether the app itself is paid, ad-supported or free for individuals, and we do not guess. Anyone who needs a cost figure should check the app store listings or ask the vendor, since a business using the pro offer could face a separate arrangement. Our category entry records the cost of any paid tier as unverified, and this page keeps the same position until the vendor publishes figures that can be read and cited.

Read from mapstr.com when Best Travel Itinerary Planner Apps in 2026 was last reviewed (13 November 2026).

The home page states that Mapstr commits never to sell or share user data. That is a commitment in the vendor's own words, and the pages we read do not describe how data is stored, where it is hosted, how long it is kept or how an account can be deleted. No certifications are named. Because maps can be set to public, users decide what becomes visible, and the shared-editing feature means collaborators see the places on a shared map.

The footer reads Mapstr 2024 with all rights reserved and gives no legal company name, owner, country or address, so we cannot say which legal system or data protection regime applies. Buyers who need that information should read the privacy terms inside the app or ask the vendor directly.

Integrations the vendor names (9):

• Google Maps
• Foursquare
• Instagram
• TikTok
• Google Play
• App Store
• Web version (web.mapstr.com)
• Table reservation inside the app
• Official maps from magazines and guides

We pick the closest products in the same guide by tags, price model and region.

• Polarsteps (#4 of 13): Travel tracker that records your route and shares the trip story. Best for: Backpackers who want the route recorded and shared with family afterwards.
• Furkot (#8 of 13): Suits: Motorcyclists and drivers who plan long routes with overnight stops.
• Layla (#9 of 13): AI trip drafts refined by human advisors who handle bookings.
• Travefy (#10 of 13): Not for: individuals planning their own holiday on a budget. Itinerary builder and client CRM for travel agents with proposals.
• Wonderplan (#11 of 13): AI itinerary generator that saves each plan as a PDF.

Read from the vendor’s own pages on 12 November 2026.

• mapstr.com: Features, imports, sharing, proximity alerts, platforms, data commitment, footer, pro links without prices, own usage claims
• mapstr.com: Absence of a trial period, company name, owner and country on the home page
• mapstr.com: Press mentions and the stated 4.8 App Store rating, reported as the vendor's own claims
• mapstr.com: Web version and English site addresses

We test for four things rather than for features: setup time, price in practice, exit and audience. On those tests Mapstr lands at place 12 of 13. Details: how we rank software.