MapMoment and VisitedPlaces compared

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Two browser workflows with different strengths

VisitedPlaces offers a free map maker without registration. Its public editor supports selecting countries, organizing multiple steps, and using different colors to tell a travel story. Steps can represent years, journeys, places lived, or places still on a wishlist. The site provides regional maps too, including the USA and Europe. It would be inaccurate to claim that it only makes static maps or cannot distinguish different kinds of visits.

The MapMoment checklist on this page uses four fixed statuses: Not visited, Visited, Lived, and Want to go. The counter includes Visited and Lived, while wishlist entries stay separate. The map and searchable checklist update together, and a local browser copy makes it easy to return to the same record. This is a simpler status-based workflow than building a sequence of story steps.

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Compare export choices before choosing a tool

VisitedPlaces publicly exposes PNG output, HTML or embed output, share links, and a Record Video control. If your goal is an embeddable animated map or a sequence with customized steps, it is worth trying those options directly. Their presence is a meaningful product capability, not something omitted to make this comparison favor MapMoment.

This MapMoment tool exports a PNG card containing the map, count, legend, and watermark, plus a link snapshot that restores selections. It does not export a video or an embeddable interactive map from this checklist. Other MapMoment tools may have different export workflows, but those should be evaluated separately. The checklist, PNG, and link features here are free; VisitedPlaces describes its public map maker as free as well.

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Keep your own backup and check the denominator

VisitedPlaces uses a generated URL as a way to keep and share a map. MapMoment keeps the current selections in browser storage and can generate a portable URL snapshot. In either workflow, a link should be treated as information that its holder can open, rather than as a password-protected account record. For this MapMoment tool, clearing browser data can remove the local copy, so keep a link if the record matters to you.

This map has 241 Natural Earth country and territory entries, excluding Antarctica. Its total can differ from another map maker's collection, so compare the places themselves instead of assuming two percentages mean the same thing. There is no automatic VisitedPlaces import here; rebuild selections manually if you want to try the workflow. The comparison below reflects public pages checked on November 10, 2026, with official sources linked for current details. Neither product is affiliated with the other.

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