LocalMagnifier vs Been Here?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LocalMagnifier
Discover local information, activities, and community happenings. Whether you're new to a city, visiting, or a daily commuter, this app helps you explore your surroundings. Find out what's happening where you live, work, and play.
- Discover local information
- Find activities and places
- Community information
- Explore new neighborhoods
- Navigate towns
- Stay updated on local happenings
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Find relevant and needed local information, activities, places, and community information. Just relocated to a new city? Great, let LocalMagnifier help you get familiar with your new neighborhood. Visiting from out of town? Perfect, let LocalMagnifier help you navigate the town. Are you a daily commuter? Fantastic, let LocalMagnifier help you know what's happening at your work location. LocalMagnifier helps you Find What's Local where you Live, Work, and Play! Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Been Here?
This location-based app lets you jot down notes tied to specific places. It helps you recall past thoughts when you revisit locations and can optionally send you reminders.
- Location-based note-taking
- View nearby points of interest
- Write notes for specific places
- Access past notes for locations
- Optional notifications for places
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Have you ever been to the same place and wondered what your thoughts were the last time? BeenHere is a location-based note-taking app that allows you to view nearby points of interest and write notes. BeenHere helps you quickly access past notes for nearby places and can optionally send you notifications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Been Here? at none against LocalMagnifier's shown. Been Here? also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 13 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). LocalMagnifier's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for LocalMagnifier against 5.0 for Been Here?. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LocalMagnifier has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
LocalMagnifier ships an update every 13 months, Been Here? every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and July 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LocalMagnifier | Been Here? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LocalMagnifier Inc | Siyu Yue |
Customer experience
LocalMagnifier
Been Here?
In-app purchases
LocalMagnifier
No in-app purchases
Been Here?
No in-app purchases
