Comparison

Where am I vs Wigemo

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

Head to head
About

Where am I

Discover your current location, nearby points of interest, and their details. Access Wikipedia information, including images and links, sorted by relevance or distance. Navigate directly to locations on a map.

Highlights
  • Identify current location, area, and country
  • Lookup location details on Wikipedia
  • View thumbnail images of nearby Wikipedia articles
  • Sort articles by rank or distance
  • Open map with current or selected location
  • Switch Wikipedia language
  • Metric and imperial units
Features
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Did you ever wonder where you are while you travel and what might be interesting nearby? With this app long distance travels don't have to be boring anymore. Features: - get name of the nearest place, its area and country - look up the location, area and country name on Wikipedia - links to nearby Wikipedia articles - thumbnail images of nearby Wikipedia articles - sort Wikipedia articles by rank or distance - open the map with your current location or the location of the selected Wikipedia article - switch the Wikipedia language - metric and imperial units Ad supported freeware version

About

Wigemo

This app helps you save, manage, and discover places. It integrates with Wikipedia to provide information and allows importing data from various sources. You can also plan routes and receive notifications when near saved locations.

Highlights
  • Save and manage favorite places
  • Wikipedia integration for place information
  • Import from GPX, KML, CSV, photos, and other apps
  • Automatic notifications for saved locations
  • Route planning and management
  • Export places to GPX, KML, or CSV
Features
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Wigemo is a Maps app with connection to Wikipedia for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Apple Watch. Save and manage your favorite places and locations, save the places you want to visit, plan your next vacation, manage the geo caches you've found or want to find, find sights and much more. Thanks to the connection to Wikipedia, you can easily read the Wikipedia article for the places. Import places from GPX, KML or CSV files, from photos, web sites, from Booking (App and Web), Google Maps, Apple Maps, Yelp... The app can automatically notify you if you approach certain saved locations, so you won't miss them. Supported Maps - Apple Maps (Standard, Satellite, Hybrid, Flyover, 3D Buildings), - OpenTopoMap (Topographical map) - Mapbox Maps via additional subscription (Streets, Outdoors, Light, Dark, Satellite, Satellite+Street). These high-quality maps are much more detailed (especially in nature, hiking trails, paths, outdoor activity etc.) - Any number of additional raster maps can be included via additional "tile server" features (with an additional one-time purchase) Search - POI search via Apple Maps - Search via Wikipedia - Search for search terms - Search for coordinates - Search for places nearby certain reference locations - Filter search results by categories Details for places - Display Web page or Wikipedia article of the place - Phone number (incl. option to call the number) - Address - Visited status - Category - Color (used for the pins on the map) - photo Manage Places - Places can be saved in lists - Move places from one list to another - Show or hide lists and their places on the Map (so you can concentrate on those places you are currently interested in) - Places can be show/hidden based on their "visited" status - There are multiple styles available for the pins on the Map (a simple disc, icon of the category, photo, different sizes) Import Places - You can import geo locations from other Apps via "share" feature, via AirDrop, from cloud service, from the photo album, the address book - Supports photos (with GPS coordinates), Web addresses, GPX, KML, and CSV files, geo coordinates - Recognized are many web sites with geo tags, embedded google maps, the booking web site, Wikipedia, Yelp etc. - Apps which can share suitable data are for example the Booking App, Apple-Maps, Web-Browser Export Places - Places can be exported as GPX, KML, or CSV file (individually, whole lists or even all lists at once) - You can share the data with other Apps ur export them to cloud services - iCloud Sync can be used to synchronize the places between multiple iOS devices - You can also sync the places between iPhone and Apple Watch Routes - A route stores a path from A to B, including additional information and notes for waypoints - Import routes from GPX/KML files - Create routes manually - Use the "directions" feature to create routes - Save and organise any number or routes - Display routes on the map Other Features - The App can send a notification if the user approaches saved places - A crosshair with geo coordinates can be shown on the Map - A scale allows to estamate distances on the map Apple Watch - The App on the Apple Watch supports the search via Wikipedia - Places can be organized in lists - Places can be shown/hidden on the map (based on lists, and visited status) - Places can be saved on the watch - The Watch App can run independently from the iPhone App. Note: The App supports even older iOS releases back to iOS 12. But the full feature set requires iOS 14 and newer. Only search features relying on Apple's map services can be limited under iOS 12 or 13, the search via Wikipedia will work under all iOS releases. e.g. filtering search results by POI category requires at least iOS 13. The search for POIs near a certain location requires iOS 14 and later. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Where am I4 screens
Wigemo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Where am I at Free against Wigemo's $2.99. Where am I also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Wigemo's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 19 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Where am I is free to download; Wigemo costs $2.99 up front. Wigemo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Where am I asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Where am I against 5.0 for Wigemo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Where am I's written reviews are positive against 67% of Wigemo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Where am I ships an update every 19 months, Wigemo every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Where am I versus Wigemo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhere am IWigemo
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB45 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPiet JonasAlexander Clauss

Customer experience

Where am I

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wigemo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Where am I

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Wigemo

Subscriptions3
  • Mapbox Subscription (1 Month)$0.491 Month
  • Mapbox Subscription (6 Month)$2.496 Months
  • Mapbox Subscription (1 Year)$3.491 Year
One-time1
  • Map Tile Server Feature$1.99

Questions

Is Where am I free?
Where am I is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wigemo free?
Wigemo costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Where am I or Wigemo?
Where am I and Wigemo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Where am I or Wigemo have ads?
Neither Where am I nor Wigemo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Where am I or Wigemo?
Where am I ships an update every 19 months, and Wigemo every 6 weeks. Most recently, Where am I was updated on October 21, 2026 and Wigemo on October 7, 2026.

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