Comparison

GoHere vs BorderBuddy

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

Head to head
About

GoHere

Discover and share favorite places with friends. Get trusted recommendations for city trips and holidays from people you know. Ask friends for tips and find the coolest spots together.

Highlights
  • Share favorite locations
  • Get tips from friends
  • Review places
  • Ask friends for recommendations
  • Discover cool spots
  • Pre-loaded tips
Features
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There is a ton of tourist books and travel apps... But who gives you the best tips when you go for a city trip? Exactly, through your friends! It is much more fun to get tips from and give tips to people you know. This way you can value the tip better and you are sure that you can trust the tip. GoHere is THE app to use and share with your friends. You can share and review your favourite locations together. To start, we have already added a ton of awesome tips to visit! Going on a holiday but you can’t find any reviews? Then you’re always able to ask for reviews from your friends! This way you can always find the coolest places to go! Share some reviews and GoHere!

About

BorderBuddy

Features
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Cross the Singapore–Malaysia border prepared. BorderBuddy puts everything for a Woodlands or Tuas crossing into one app — arrival cards, live checkpoint traffic, cross-border buses, fuel prices and FX. ARRIVAL CARDS • Malaysia MDAC: save travellers and trips once, then fill the official form quickly • Passport scan: capture a traveller's details from the passport MRZ • Singapore Arrival Card (SGAC) for air arrivals, with a manual-fill helper • Land-crossing QR wallet: store your MyICA crossing codes and show them full-screen LIVE CROSSING • Checkpoint traffic cameras (Woodlands & Tuas) from official open data • Crossing routes with live traffic • Cross-border bus arrivals & crowding for 160 / 170 / 170X / 950 • RON95 / RON97 fuel prices and the SGD–MYR rate at a glance EXPLORE JB • Hand-curated malls and petrol stops near the checkpoints — every entry verified by hand, never scraped PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your passport data is encrypted and stays on your device • Face ID protects your saved info; clipboard copies self-clear in 60 s • No account, no sign-up, no location-history tracking • English and Chinese Made for people who cross often: weekend JB runs, family trips, daily commutes. Data sources: data.gov.sg / LTA (traffic & buses). The app never submits forms for you — you always review and submit yourself.

Screenshots

GoHere4 screens
BorderBuddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GoHere at none against BorderBuddy's 1. BorderBuddy's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. BorderBuddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GoHere asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoHere ships an update every 3 months, BorderBuddy monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
GoHere versus BorderBuddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoHereBorderBuddy
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppfocus B.V.Xiaofeng Feng

In-app purchases

None

GoHere

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

BorderBuddy

One-time1
  • MDAC Autofill Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is GoHere free?
GoHere is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BorderBuddy free?
BorderBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GoHere or BorderBuddy have ads?
Neither GoHere nor BorderBuddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoHere or BorderBuddy?
GoHere ships an update every 3 months, and BorderBuddy monthly. Most recently, GoHere was updated on October 16, 2026 and BorderBuddy on October 9, 2026.

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