Comparison

Countries Been vs Magic Dictionary

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Countries Been

Visually track your travel history and future aspirations on a personalized world map. Mark countries and cities visited, lived in, or wish to explore. Share your travel map with friends and discover new destinations.

Highlights
  • Customizable world map
  • Track visited countries and cities
  • Mark places to visit
  • Explore new destinations
  • View popular site images
  • Share travel map on social media
  • Track US states and select international regions
Features
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Want to keep track of all the places you've traveled to? Or show your friends what parts of the world you've seen? Countries Been is your personalized map of the world - mark every country and city you've visited, lived in, or want to visit, and watch your own travel map come to life. Perfect for the adventurer, globe-trotter, and travel-minded person. Highlights: • Create your own personal travel map • Mark countries, states, and cities as Been, Lived, or Want • Track your progress with detailed travel statistics • Discover places and get inspired for your next trip • Share your travel map with friends Browse the world on an interactive 3D globe or a searchable list, and add places to your colorful visual checklist as you explore, plan, or reminisce. Look up weather, photos, and Wikipedia/Wikivoyage info for thousands of destinations - useful for planning your next trip or just satisfying your travel curiosity. Share your map to your favorite social networks to compare with friends or for bragging rights. States and provinces for over 25 countries can be explored and added to your map, with more added regularly. Additional Features: - Browse the world on an interactive globe or a full list of places - Explore and mark over 140,000 places worldwide - Complete list of countries with flags and capitals - Monthly weather for thousands of cities - Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, and photos for most places - Sign in with Apple, Google, Facebook, email, or continue as a guest

About

Magic Dictionary

Create and manage your own personalized dictionaries with custom languages and key-value pairs. Search by word or meaning, import existing dictionaries, and add new entries to expand your knowledge base.

Highlights
  • Personal incremental dictionary
  • Search by word or meaning
  • Create custom dictionaries
  • Store key-value pairs
  • Import and merge dictionaries
  • English pronunciation
  • Quick/filter search
Features
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-Personal Incremental Dictionary application. -Search by word. -Search by meaning. -Create custom dictionary in user own language. -Store any key-value pairs to keep track of anything. -Make note and memo. -Quick/filter search for the first n characters. -English pronunciation. -Enter key word -Tap Word button to view list of meanings. -Tap Meaning button to view list of words. -All in one custom incremental dictionary in a single search in multiple languages: Thai-Eng Eng-Thai Eng-Eng Thai-Any Eng-Any Any-Any -It is all-in-one multi-languages dictionary. -It is suitable for quickly retrieve the word meaning. -Type in the word then search for meaning or type in the meaning and search for word, just toggle the segmented control key-value button. -You can add or edit any word in any languages you like into existing word. -You can also create new word in your own language. -Moreover, You can can create anything, objects, human, animal, nature, social, tech, stars, whatever in key-value pair and incorporate into existing dictionary. Incremental dictionary will grow from time to time, but does not block any search performance due to extraordinary hash function. -You can import dictionary in whatever language you like and merge with existing dictionary. Format of dictionary is Key::Value, one line per word, e.g. word::meaning next word::next meaning Each word, the token needed are :: and a newline (\n). Save dictionary into text file, upload to Google Drive or iCloud, Then open app and choose Import button to import dictionary file. -Hash key or value search. -Filter partial first n char key search. -Filter partial anywhere value search. -Segmented toggle key and value search. -fix word pronounciation -Built-in 118,xxx words dictionary. contains 36,xxx words of oxford English-English dictionary. contains 40,xxx words of Thai-English dictionary. contains 40,xxx Eng-Thai words. contains 1xx words of country-capital dictionary, e.g. Thailand::Bangkok contains 1xx words of wonder-country dictionary, e.g. Stonehenge::England -User can adds new word at will. Add your own custom language of English translation into existing dictionary. Unlimited incremental user-defined dictionary. Faster display in table view. Usage: 1. Just type word in Thai or English in the search text field. 2. Select word or meaning segment to lookup by word or meaning. 3. Filter words displayed in tableview as typing or switching segment from word to meaning or vice versa. 4. In Tableview, Tap on the desired word to view or edit in Textview. 5. Tap Add Word button to save. 6. Double tap any word in Textview to look up. 7. Tap Back button to return to previous word search. 8. Tap ViewAll button to display all words in tableview. 9. Swipe left in tableview to delete that word-meaning from the dictionary. 10. Tap New (+) button to insert new word-meaning pair. 11. Tap Export button to share dictionary word to other app. 12. Tap Import button to import existing word::meaning dictionary text file, each line delimits by :: (e.g. dict.txt) from iCloud, Drive or phone and merge with existing one. 13. Tap My Dictionary? button to view more information. 14.Can create new word-meaning in every language into dictionary and then look up for word or meaning. 15. Tap speaker button to pronounce the current word. Your Wisdom, Your knowledge, Your things Your Personal custom dictionary Store anything you like to remember good for student to note anything and retrieve anytime good for people to store things to remember - create custom dict of any key-value pairs as many as needed - quickly retrieve dict using partial key or value search - build what need, get what build -toggle key/value segment to choose where to search -enter keyword in textfield to search Gain Wisdom through Personal Dictionary application, All in one custom incremental dictionary in a single search in multiple languages.

Screenshots

Countries Been4 screens
Magic Dictionary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Countries Been at Free against Magic Dictionary's $1.99. Countries Been also leads on rating (3.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (30 vs 1). Magic Dictionary's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Countries Been is free to download; Magic Dictionary costs $1.99 up front. Countries Been sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Magic Dictionary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countries Been holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countries Been has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countries Been ships an update every 2 months, Magic Dictionary every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Countries Been versus Magic Dictionary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountries BeenMagic Dictionary
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.7 (30 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews63.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB10 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperDaniel KnoblauchMudarmeen Munlin

Customer experience

Countries Been

All ratings30 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive63.0%
Neutral13.0%
Negative24.1%

Magic Dictionary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countries Been

One-time1
  • iOS Remove Ads$1.99
None

Magic Dictionary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countries Been free?
Countries Been is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Magic Dictionary free?
Magic Dictionary costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countries Been or Magic Dictionary?
Countries Been is rated higher. Countries Been averages 3.7 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Magic Dictionary averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Countries Been or Magic Dictionary have ads?
Countries Been shows ads; Magic Dictionary does not.
Which is updated more often, Countries Been or Magic Dictionary?
Countries Been ships an update every 2 months, and Magic Dictionary every 3 months. Most recently, Countries Been was updated on October 10, 2026 and Magic Dictionary on October 7, 2026.

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