Comparison

Expats Guide vs Flags

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

Head to head
About

Expats Guide

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Expat Guide es una aplicación de contacto entre los usuarios, que cuenta con información relevante únicamente sobre la cuidad de Arequipa.

About

Flags

Automatically create a visual map of countries visited using photo dates. Track your travel history, count visited locations, and generate a digital passport. Offers premium features for detailed insights and city-level mapping.

Highlights
  • Automatic country mapping from photos
  • Visited country and continent counter
  • Travel history timeline
  • Digital passport for sharing stats
  • Manual entry for missing data
  • City and region mapping (Premium)
  • Favorites map (Premium)
Features
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Your photos already know where you've been. Flags turns them into a private map of every country you've visited — automatically, in seconds. Open the app and your world map is already filled in. No typing, no checkboxes, no sign-in. Just your footprint, drawn from the dates already in your photo library. WHAT YOU GET, FREE • Countries Visited Map — your whole footprint on one world map • Country & continent counter — how many you've reached, and what's left • Travel Timeline — your history, year by year, month by month • Digital Passport — a clean snapshot of your stats to share BUILT FROM YOUR PHOTOS, NOT YOUR LOCATION • Reads only the dates in your photo library — never the photos, never your GPS • Fill any gaps with a fast manual add • Results in seconds that feel like a time machine PRIVACY BY DESIGN • No GPS tracking • No account, no sign-up • Synced privately with iCloud — only you can ever see your data • Share if you want — as an image, never your data FLAGS PREMIUM — $19.99/year (Start with a 7-day free trial.) • Insights — the full story your camera roll has been keeping • What you actually love — the places your photos say you couldn't resist • Real counts, real streaks, and the year everything changed • What comes next — your pace, your next country, your next milestone Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Expats Guide4 screens
Flags4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Expats Guide at none against Flags's 5. Expats Guide also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.1). Flags's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flags sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Expats Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Expats Guide ships an update every 6 weeks, Flags every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 4 level
Expats Guide versus Flags: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpats GuideFlags
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRonald Paz AguilarZEROCREW AI LTD

In-app purchases

None

Expats Guide

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Flags

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Expats Guide free?
Expats Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flags free?
Flags is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Expats Guide or Flags have ads?
Neither Expats Guide nor Flags shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Expats Guide or Flags?
Expats Guide ships an update every 6 weeks, and Flags every 5 days. Most recently, Expats Guide was updated on September 18, 2026 and Flags on September 21, 2026.

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