Where Am I vs SimpleEdit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Where Am I
This app provides location details for visually impaired users and anyone needing a simple way to find their position. It features audible instructions, large buttons, and swipe gestures to announce street names, house numbers, postcodes, towns, and What3Words coordinates.
- Audible location announcements
- Street name and house number
- Postcode/zip code
- Town name
- What3Words integration
- Map view with real-time updates
- Shake gesture for location
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Description:- This app is designed specifically for the visually impaired but anybody can use it as a simple way of finding your current location. The approach is an easy to use interface, with only a few big buttons, swipe gestures and shaking of the iDevice. The main 2 unique features are that it has speech built in and with a simple ‘double tap’ on the main screen, it tells you the road or street you are in. If you are near a property, it also says the house number. The help instructions are ‘audible’ so no need to read text or use VoiceOver if you want help, just shake your iDevice. It displays and says 4 pieces of information:- The house number and road / street. The postcode / zip code. The town name. The What3Words system for your location. On the second screen it displays a map of the area you are in but zoomed into a small area, so that you could get help form a sighted person for directions. As you move the view updates and speaks the road you are in, if you pass a junction it also says that road name. If you are traveling on a bus this process can be useful to indicate when you’re nearing where you want to alight. The data entry screen is to type / paste either “What 3 Words” or a “latitude & longitude” values and view the information on the main screen. To access the screen, just do a very long touch anywhere on the main screen white area. Basic method of use:- 1/ When you start the app it gathers 4 details of your location and displays them on the screen. 2/ Using either the large blue ‘Refresh Button’ or a one finger ‘double tap’ anywhere on the screen and it speaks the road name of your location. 3/ If you ‘double tap’ with two fingers, it reads out all 4 lines of information. 4/ If you touch and hold any of the 4 light blue text boxes it copies the displayed text to your clipboard which you send to a friend. 5/ If you touch and hold the large ‘Refresh Button’ it prepares an email with all your current location details. When the email appears you can add the address of the person you want to send it to. 6/ In Map screen if you Double Tap with 4 fingers this disable both buttons and turns them red, repeat operation to reverse status. This is useful if you put your iPhone in a pocket to hear the speech and don’t want to accidentally action either button. 6/ If you need help using the app there is a button bottom right that ‘speaks’ the instructions. Loc button:- The ‘Loc’ button at the bottom of screen does two things. It speaks the latitude & longitude and then copies this information to the clipboard. Swipe Gestures:- 1/ To view the map, just swipe horizontally either from Left to Right or Right to Left. 2/ Swiping Up with 2 fingers speeds up the speech and Down slows it down. These rates of speech are remembered when you open the app. Shake Gesture:- In Main or Map screens, a quick shake to hear your current location. Compatibility:- Where Am I is Universal and compatible with any iPad that can access the internet, iPhone 4s, to any of the latest iPhone’s. Requires iOS 8.2 or later.
SimpleEdit
This is a straightforward plain text editor that allows you to open and edit various text files. It offers a view-only mode for data detection and a rewind feature to restore original file states. The app supports customization of fonts and keyboard types for a personalized editing experience.
- Open text files from Files app
- View-only mode with data detection
- Rewind button to revert changes
- Supports dark mode and multiwindow
- Customizable font family and size
- System font picker integration
- Switchable native iOS keyboard types
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A simple plain text editor built using SwiftUI. Features: • Open any text file or compatible data files as UTF8 encoded text from the Files app. • Enter view-only mode for data detection (links, phone numbers, addresses, …). • Rewind button to revert files to their original state. • Supports dark mode, multiwindow, and state restoration. • Customise font family & size used for editing. • Select fonts using the system font picker, which shows fonts installed in the Settings app. (Settings → General → Fonts) • Switch between native iOS keyboard types (default, number pad, phone pad, URL, web search, Twitter, …).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Where Am I at 4.5 against SimpleEdit's 3.5. Where Am I also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 27.0). SimpleEdit's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 2). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SimpleEdit sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Where Am I asks for nothing beyond the download.
Where Am I holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimpleEdit has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Where Am I ships an update every 2 months, SimpleEdit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Where Am I | SimpleEdit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 3.5 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 65.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Herring | Jamie Froggatt |
Customer experience
Where Am I
SimpleEdit
In-app purchases
Where Am I
No in-app purchases
SimpleEdit
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$3.99
- Generous Tip$9.99









