Haze Explr vs Find A Bench!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Haze Explr
Discover hidden urban exploration spots and share your findings with a community of like-minded adventurers. Contribute your own discoveries to unlock access to exclusive locations, ensuring a trusted network of explorers.
- Discover urbex locations
- Share exploration experiences
- Unlock shared locations
- Contribute to community access
- Map of forgotten places
- Find abandoned buildings and ruins
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Find urbex & off-the-beaten-path locations and share your experiences with other explorers. The more you contribute to the community, the more locations you unlock. This helps to make sure that locations are only shared with explorers who will respect them. Explore abandoned buildings, ghost towns, ruins, natural sights, and other forgotten locations on the map created by the Haze Explr community. Find adventures, make memories Terms of Service: https://app.haze-explr.com/terms/ © 2026 Haze Explr
Find A Bench!
Discover the perfect resting spot with this app. Explore benches in your vicinity or worldwide, view detailed information, and find unique or scenic locations. Save your favorite spots for future visits.
- Discover benches nearby or globally
- View detailed bench information
- Explore user insights and photos
- Find viral and featured benches
- Bookmark favorite benches
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Welcome to Find A Bench, the ultimate guide to discovering benches near you or anywhere in the world. Whether you're looking for the perfect spot to enjoy your coffee, watch a sunset, or just rest your feet, we've got the bench for you. Explore benches in your area or search in regions of interest Click on individual benches to view detailed info, user insights, and photos Discover viral and featured benches with unique backstories and scenic views Inspect fascinating benches loved by the community Relive your top bench moments in pictures Bookmark your favourite benches From quiet park corners to iconic scenic overlooks, start your bench-hunting journey now.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Find A Bench! at none against Haze Explr's 2. Find A Bench! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Haze Explr's advantage is ratings volume (857 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Haze Explr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Find A Bench! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Find A Bench! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Haze Explr has 857 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Haze Explr's written reviews are positive against 78% of Find A Bench!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Haze Explr ships an update monthly, Find A Bench! every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Haze Explr | Find A Bench! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (857 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.4% of reviews — better | 77.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 857 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eclectic Services LLC | Lukas Vermeire |
Customer experience
Haze Explr
Find A Bench!
Bugs and requests
Haze Explr
Reported bugs
2 issues- Locations disappearing from account
- Unable to create account or get approved
Requested features
4 requests- Favorite/bookmark locations
- Offline mode for memos and location data
- Ability to filter by location type
- Notification when near unlocked locations
Find A Bench!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Haze Explr
- Haze Edgerunner$5.001 Month
- Haze Edgerunner Overclocked$10.001 Month
Find A Bench!
No in-app purchases
