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NomadPoint
vs Polarsteps
Plan exit & re-entry
Days you could stay if you entered that day
- 20 Oct
Leave
Could stay until 28 Oct
- 20 Apr
Enter
Up to 90 days
Currently in
Thailand
No visa needed
On your Spain passport
47
days left
Asia
Spain
Japan
● Visa-free · 90 days
Thailand
● Visa-free
Indonesia
● e-Visa on arrival
India
● e-Visa required
Gate changed
now
TG 431 to Bali now boards at D4, 11:15
Gate
D4
Boards
11:15
Seat
23A
Was gate D2. Your trip is updated.
Polarsteps
Polarsteps is a travel journal. It tracks your route automatically and turns it into something lovely to share and look back on. It is not a planner and does not claim to be. NomadPoint sits at the other end of the trip: planning the route, and tracking the visa and passport rules that govern it. Plenty of people use both.
Where it wins
- Automatic route tracking and journey logging
- Beautiful travel journals and printed photo books
- Great for sharing your travels with family and friends
- Route visualisation on a map
Polarsteps is free with optional paid extras such as printed books. NomadPoint is free to download and use. NomadPoint Pro is optional: $7.99/month or $29.99/year in the US (priced lower in most other countries), with weekly and one-time lifetime options.
NomadPoint
These are not really competitors. Polarsteps is a record of where you have been; NomadPoint is the plan for where you are going and what you are allowed to do there. Using both is a perfectly sensible setup.
What NomadPoint adds
- Planning ahead rather than recording after the fact
- Visa and entry requirements per destination, for your passport
- Rolling-window day counting (Schengen 90/180, CA-4)
- Flights, stays and activities on one forward-looking timeline
What NomadPoint tracks for you
Plan exit & re-entry
Days you could stay if you entered that day
- 20 Oct
Leave
Could stay until 28 Oct
- 20 Apr
Enter
Up to 90 days
Plan around Schengen 90/180
Pick when you leave and come back. See how long you can stay.
Currently in
Thailand
No visa needed
On your Spain passport
47
days left
Passport valid
OKIndonesia needs 6 months left on arrival. Yours has 3 years.
How long you can stay
Visa status and days left, for your passport.
Asia
Spain
Japan
● Visa-free · 90 days
Thailand
● Visa-free
Indonesia
● e-Visa on arrival
India
● e-Visa required
Entry rules for every country
Visa-free, e-visa or visa required, per destination.
Up next
in 5 days
Fly to Bali
BKK → DPS · TG 431
4h 30m
Terminal from the pattern we hold · belt from past arrivals
Departs
11:55
Arrives
17:25
Gate changed
now
TG 431 to Bali now boards at D4, 11:15
Gate
D4
Boards
11:15
Seat
23A
Was gate D2. Your trip is updated.
What is next, and when
Delay and gate change alerts with Pro.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Polarsteps | NomadPoint |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic route tracking | Core feature | Not the focus |
| Travel journal and sharing | Core feature | Not the focus |
| Forward travel planning | Not available | Core feature |
| Visa requirements per passport | Not available | Per destination |
| Schengen 90/180 day counting | Not available | Rolling window, whole area |
Questions
Is NomadPoint an alternative to Polarsteps?
Not really. They solve opposite halves of a journey. Polarsteps documents a journey after it happens. NomadPoint plans it in advance and tracks visa and passport rules while it is underway. They work well together.
Does Polarsteps track visas?
No. Polarsteps is a journalling and route-tracking app and does not calculate entry allowances.
Plan your next journey.
Free to download. Plan the whole journey and see how long your passport lets you stay in each country.
Free on the App Store