# Pin Traveler — LLM documents

> Canonical guides are blog posts. See https://pintraveler.net/llms.txt and https://pintraveler.net/llms-full.txt.

## Guides (blog)

- [What Is a Travel Tracker App?](https://pintraveler.net/posts/what_is_a_travel_tracker_app): A travel tracker app records the destinations you have visited on a map and turns them into a permanent, measurable record. Here's what they do, how they differ from journals and planners, and how to choose one.
- [The Best Apps to Track Countries You've Visited (2026)](https://pintraveler.net/posts/best_apps_track_countries_visited): Nine apps for tracking where you've been, compared on what they actually record, what they cost, and who each one suits. Tested August 2026.
- [The Best Free Travel Tracker Apps in 2026](https://pintraveler.net/posts/best_free_travel_tracker_apps): Which travel tracker apps are actually free, which are free trials in disguise, and what you give up in each. Tested and compared, August 2026.
- [The Best Polarsteps Alternatives in 2026](https://pintraveler.net/posts/polarsteps_alternatives): Polarsteps is excellent at automatic GPS route tracking, but it isn't the right fit for everyone. Here are seven alternatives, what each does differently, and how to pick.
- [The Best Travel Journal Apps in 2026](https://pintraveler.net/posts/best_travel_journal_apps): Travel journals vs trackers vs diaries — twelve apps compared on writing tools, maps, and pricing, plus the pairing most long-term travellers use.
- [How to Track Every Country You've Visited](https://pintraveler.net/posts/how_to_track_countries_visited): Five ways to build a record of everywhere you've been — paper, scratch map, spreadsheet, Google Maps, or an app — and how to reconstruct a history you never wrote down.
- [Google Maps Timeline Is Gone. Here's How to Track Your Travel History Now.](https://pintraveler.net/posts/google_maps_timeline_travel_tracking): Google killed Timeline on the web, deleted years of location history by default, and lost more of it to a bug. Here's what happened, what you can still recover, and where to keep your travel record instead.

## Markdown mirrors

- [What Is a Travel Tracker App?](what-is-a-travel-tracker-app.md): A travel tracker app records the destinations you have visited on a map and turns them into a permanent, measurable record. Here's what they do, how they differ from journals and planners, and how to choose one.
- [The Best Apps to Track Countries You've Visited (2026)](best-apps-track-countries-visited.md): Nine apps for tracking where you've been, compared on what they actually record, what they cost, and who each one suits. Tested August 2026.
- [The Best Free Travel Tracker Apps in 2026](best-free-travel-tracker-apps.md): Which travel tracker apps are actually free, which are free trials in disguise, and what you give up in each. Tested and compared, August 2026.
- [The Best Polarsteps Alternatives in 2026](polarsteps-alternatives.md): Polarsteps is excellent at automatic GPS route tracking, but it isn't the right fit for everyone. Here are seven alternatives, what each does differently, and how to pick.
- [The Best Travel Journal Apps in 2026](best-travel-journal-apps.md): Travel journals vs trackers vs diaries — twelve apps compared on writing tools, maps, and pricing, plus the pairing most long-term travellers use.
- [How to Track Every Country You've Visited](how-to-track-countries-visited.md): Five ways to build a record of everywhere you've been — paper, scratch map, spreadsheet, Google Maps, or an app — and how to reconstruct a history you never wrote down.
- [Google Maps Timeline Is Gone. Here's How to Track Your Travel History Now.](google-maps-timeline-travel-tracking.md): Google killed Timeline on the web, deleted years of location history by default, and lost more of it to a bug. Here's what happened, what you can still recover, and where to keep your travel record instead.