Places Been vs Been There
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Places Been
This app helps you track all the countries, states, cities, and specific places you've visited. You can mark locations, create a bucket list of future destinations, and generate a personalized flag map of your travels. It also offers travel inspiration and allows you to share your journey with others.
- Track visited countries, states, and cities
- Create and manage a bucket list
- Generate a personal flag map
- Import travel maps from other services
- Share travel maps and pinned places
- Offline database of cities and landmarks
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Keep track of all countries, states, cities and places that you visited on your trips! "Places Been" is a travel tracker app that allows you to conveniently search and mark those places, as easy as placing pins on your travel map. Visited places are beautifully displayed with their corresponding country flag on a map. The app automatically generates a list of all visited countries and states/provinces/regions based on the cities you tagged. It also helps you to keep track of your personal Bucket List - all places that you are still planning to visit and your fav places in the world. As a bonus you can create your personal Flag Map based on the countries that you visited - similar to a scratchmap! Complete list of features: • Travel tracker: Tagging of visited cities, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, national parks and airports & cruise ports • Tracking of visited US American National Park, US National Monuments and Nationalparks of many more countries! • More than 8000 commercial airports of the world to track • Mark your favorite places and create your bucket list • Travel inspiration: Find landmarks and inspiring places for your next trip / in your next destination • Extensive offline database containing all cities > 500 inhabitants in the world • Complete list of all countries of the world including their flags • List of all states, provinces or regions for the following countries: United States (US), Canada (CA), Germany (DE), Austria (AT), Switzerland (CH), Spain (ES), Italy (IT), France (FR), United Kingdom (GB), Australia (AU), Brasil (BR), Portugal (PT), Ireland (IE), Poland (PL), Sweden (SE), Romania (RO) and more • Highlighting of visited countries, continents and states/regions based on tagged places • Manage of your own Bucket-List (places you want to visit) • Generate your personal Flag Map (flags of visited countries within their country shapes) • Stats about the places that you traveled to • Import of TripAdvisor My Travel Map / "Where I've Been" Map • Share your pinned places and your maps via Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp with your friends and family • View your personal travel map online from any device Are you a world traveler or do you want to travel the world? Start your travelmap now and remember where you've been and what you've seen!
Been There
Track your travel history and compare it with friends. Discover new places and see who has explored the most locations. A fun way to gamify your adventures and share experiences.
- Track visited locations
- Share with friends
- Compete with friends
- Discover new places
- Gamify travel experiences
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See where you and your friends have been and compete with friends to visit more places
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Been There at none against Places Been's 10. Been There also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Places Been's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Places Been sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Been There asks for nothing beyond the download.
Been There holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Places Been has 1.2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Places Been ships an update monthly, Been There fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Places Been | Been There |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.2K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrik Rieskamp | Jared Jones |
Customer experience
Places Been
Been There
Bugs and requests
Places Been
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Purchased features not working as expected
- Data loss and disappearing user progress
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Full-screen map view
- Ability to add custom locations
- Country-level tracking
- Improved sync and backup options
Been There
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Places Been
- Canada National Parks$1.99
- United Kingdom National Parks$1.99
- Italian National Parks$1.99
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- US National Parks & Monuments$2.99
- Airports of the World$3.99
- Ports of the World$3.99
- Places Been PRO Upgrade$4.99
- World's Top Sights$4.99
- Places Been PRO PLUS Upgrade$6.99
- Places Been TRAVELER Edition$19.99
Been There
No in-app purchases
