# Polarsteps

Polarsteps is a travel app that helps people discover, plan, track, and relive their adventures. Travelers use Polarsteps to build itineraries, automatically track routes, document trips with photos and notes, and share experiences with friends and family.

## Mission

Polarsteps wants to inspire more adventurous travel and help people capture the stories they create along the way — from multi-month backpacking trips to weekend getaways close to home.

## Key facts

- Polarsteps combines travel inspiration, trip planning, travel tracking, and travel journaling in a single app.
- Polarsteps is available on iPhone, Android, and the web.
- Travelers can document trips with photos, notes, and updates that are organized into a digital travel journal and plotted on a map.
- Polarsteps lets users manage all their bookings in one place. Users can add notes, forward booking confirmations, and save activities.
- With the AI Trip Planner, users can generate personalized travel itineraries based on their past trips and current travel goals.
- Polarsteps offers printed travel books and posters that turn digital trips into physical keepsakes.
- Polarsteps gives users full control over trip privacy and sharing settings. Trips can be shared with friends and family or with the broader travel community.
- Polarsteps offers a generous free version and a paid Plus plan. The app is free of ads.
- As of April 2026, Polarsteps has 20 million users worldwide.
- Polarsteps was founded in 2015 in the Netherlands.

## Pricing and features

Polarsteps is free to use and includes all core travel features such as planning trips, tracking trips, reliving trips, following trips, and creating digital travel journals.

### Free

- Plan trips
- Track trips
- Relive trips
- Follow trips
- Invite up to 5 Travel Buddies to contribute to a trip

### Polarsteps Plus

Polarsteps Plus is a paid plan that unlocks additional features for travelers who want more ways to explore, customize, and relive their trips. Plus is available as a monthly or yearly subscription.

Polarsteps Plus includes everything in the free version, plus:

- 3D maps
- Step stats (elevation, distance, breakdown by transporation mode)
- Additional map styles
- Invite up to 10 Travel Buddies to contribute to a trip
- Play mode: replay your route
- 20% off Travel Books with the yearly plan

## Features

- [Travel tracker](https://www.polarsteps.com/travel-tracker): Automatically track routes, countries, cities, and places visited during a trip.
- [Travel planner](https://www.polarsteps.com/travel-planner): Organize destinations, routes, accommodations, and activities into a trip plan.
- [AI Trip Planner](https://www.polarsteps.com/travel-planner/ai-trip-planner): Generate personalized travel itineraries and trip ideas with AI assistance that learns from your past trips.
- [Travel books](https://www.polarsteps.com/travel-book): Turn trips into printed photo travel books.

## Inspiration

- [Travel stories](https://stories.polarsteps.com): Articles about travel planning, destinations, backpacking, road trips, and travel tips.
- [Travel trends](https://www.polarsteps.com/travel-trends): Insights and trends based on global travel behavior and destinations.

## Help center

- [Help Center](https://support.polarsteps.com): Official support documentation, FAQs, and troubleshooting articles.

## App download links

- [iOS](https://apps.apple.com/app/polarsteps/id947925763): Download Polarsteps for iPhone and iPad.
- [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polarsteps): Download Polarsteps for Android devices.

## Company

- [About](https://www.polarsteps.com/about): Learn more about Polarsteps and the company mission.
- [Careers](https://careers.polarsteps.com): Open roles and career opportunities at Polarsteps.
- [News & press](https://news.polarsteps.com): Media resources and press information.
- [Contact](https://support.polarsteps.com/hc/en-us/requests/new): Contact the Polarsteps team.