Short answer: Google Maps Timeline automatically records your location history in the background so you can look back at where you've been. WHIB is the intentional, private alternative — instead of logging every movement, you choose the specific places that mattered and capture their five senses. If you want a passive record of everywhere, use Timeline. If you want a meaningful, private map of the moments you actually care about, use WHIB.
How the two compare at a glance:
| Feature | WHIB | Maps Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Passive background location history | ||
| You choose what gets remembered | ||
| Sensory memory capture (5 senses) | ||
| Purpose-built as a travel journal | ||
| Private by default | Account-tied | |
| Countries-visited tracking | ||
| Share memories with chosen friends | ||
| Free tier |
Yes. Where Timeline passively records your location in the background, WHIB only stores the places you deliberately add, and your memories are private by default. It's built to be a travel journal, not a location-history log.
No. WHIB has no always-on GPS tracking. You capture a place — an 'engram' — in about 20 seconds when a moment is worth keeping, including its sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures.
WHIB shows a world map of the places and countries you've chosen to remember. It won't reconstruct every step automatically — that's the point: it's the memories you selected, not a full movement history.
Yes, WHIB is free to start. Whib+ adds expanded limits and premium features (4,99 €/month or 49,99 €/year).
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