Comparison

Where Am I? vs Where Am I

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 detailed administrative boundary information for your current location in your preferred language. This fast, multilingual app links locality data to relevant Wiki pages and provides GPS coordinates in multiple formats.

Highlights
  • Detailed administrative boundary information
  • Multilingual support (147 languages)
  • Fast, sub-millisecond response times
  • Links to relevant Wiki pages
  • GPS data in Decimal, DMS, and MGRS formats
  • Powered by BigDataCloud API
Features
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Where Am I? - Locality Info shows where you are with clear locality names, coordinates, and nearby administrative context. Choose the language used for locality names separately from the app interface language. This is useful when travelling, driving, or checking how a place is named locally. BigDataCloud supports locality names in more than 100 languages. Features: - Current locality and place-name hierarchy - Coordinates, altitude, speed, course, and accuracy - Driving mode for quick glanceable locality information - Home Screen widget and CarPlay Dashboard widget support where available - Locality language and app interface language settings - Privacy-focused design: no account, no login, and no personal identity information collected The app sends location and network context to BigDataCloud to return locality information and improve geolocation quality. It does not collect your name, email, phone number, contacts, photos, calendar, or messages.

About

Where Am I

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Do you want to know what address you are at and in which city? This is the perfect app for you! The app geolocates you and shows you the city and street where you are. In addition, you can view the coordinates, altitude, location accuracy and a detailed map of where you are. Sharing your location is easy with the integrated share button. To summarise, in the app you can see: - City - Address - Geographic coordinates - Altitude - Map And you can also: - Share the address to your contacts.

Screenshots

Where Am I?2 screens
Where Am I3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Where Am I? at 3 against Where Am I's 1. Where Am I? also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Where Am I? ships an update every 6 weeks, Where Am I every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Where Am I? versus Where Am I: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhere Am I?Where Am I
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (41 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBigDataCloudAndrea Montinovo

In-app purchases

None

Where Am I?

No in-app purchases

None

Where Am I

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Where Am I? free?
Where Am I? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Where Am I free?
Where Am I is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Where Am I? or Where Am I have ads?
Neither Where Am I? nor Where Am I shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Where Am I? or Where Am I?
Where Am I? ships an update every 6 weeks, and Where Am I every 2 months. Most recently, Where Am I? was updated on September 23, 2026 and Where Am I on September 12, 2026.

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