Comparison

UNESCO World Heritage Collect vs Eclipse Nav

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

Head to head
About

UNESCO World Heritage Collect

Discover and track UNESCO World Heritage Sites with detailed information, geographic data, and customizable lists. Plan your travels, document your adventures, and gain insights into your travel habits. Features include site lists, search filters, and personalized statistics.

Highlights
  • Track visited and favorite sites
  • Detailed site information
  • Map view of heritage locations
  • Customizable heritage lists
  • Powerful search and filters
  • Personalized travel statistics
  • Export/import visited lists
Features
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UNESCO World Heritage Collect is the ultimate companion for world travelers passionate about discovering and tracking UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Whether you’re an avid adventurer or simply curious, this app helps you seamlessly keep track of the sites you’ve visited and plan the ones you’d love to explore. Packed with detailed information, the app offers curated insights on each World Heritage Site, along with precise geographic data to make navigating to nearby locations effortless. With an array of customizable lists, powerful search options, and advanced filters, finding sites that spark your interest has never been easier. Additionally, the app provides personalized statistics on your travel habits, offering a unique perspective on your journey through cultural and natural wonders. Created by a fellow traveler passionate about World Heritage, the app strives to be your go-to tool for exploring these iconic destinations and documenting your adventures, whether on your mobile phone or tablet. And with more exciting features in the pipeline, the journey is just beginning! Current features: * Several Heritage Lists: by country, alphabetically, by inscription year and by distance from the user * Detailed information about the sites, including a community-based rating from https://www.worldheritagesite.org/ * A list of tentative sites, thanks to the work done by the community at https://www.worldheritagesite.org/ * The list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, with information, videos and more! * Powerful filters to search for specific heritage sites in the lists * Track the sites that the user has visited * Track the user's favourite sites * Use the map to locate heritage sites around the user and all over the world * Statistics to give the user more insights about what they like and where they have been * Export/import the visited list, so that you can seamlessly transfer your data from other apps * Exploit image meta-data recognition to let the user automatically mark sites as visited * When marking sites as visited, give the option to pair a visit date to a visit, so that the user can see visited sites chronologically Features to be added: * Allow the user to pair photos with each of the visited sites * And much more, depending on user feedback!

About

Eclipse Nav

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Plan your eclipse viewing experience with real-time cloud cover forecasts, precise path of totality mapping, and multi-language support. Get accurate navigation to the path of totality. Maximize your chances of being in the path of totality under clear skies! Choose between different NOAA, Canadian, and European weather models. View long-range cloud cover forecasts up to 5 days in advance! As the eclipse draws closer, get high-resolution cloud forecasts updated hourly and satellite cloud cover images updated every 5 minutes! If you're already traveling to view the eclipse, wouldn't you want to maximize your chance of seeing totality? Find the closest location in the path of totality with the best chance of cloud-free skies. Find optimal viewing locations under clear skies! Maximize your chances of being in the path of totality with clear skies. View eclipse track paths. Get precise start and end times of all eclipse phases for any location. Find the duration of totality at any location. Find the distance to the centerline of your viewing location. Check current and forecast cloud cover. View predicted cloud coverage based on US, Canadian, and European models - up to 5 days in advance! Not sure which cloud model to use? Our “Automatic Cloud Model” feature picks the most optimal one as the event gets closer. Cloud cover forecasts updated hourly; current satellite cloud cover images updated every 5 minutes. All total, annular, and hybrid eclipses from 2017 to 2050 are supported! Choose between English, Spanish, French, German, or Chinese.

Screenshots

UNESCO World Heritage Collect4 screens
Eclipse Nav4 screens

Verdict

The call

UNESCO World Heritage Collect and Eclipse Nav are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

UNESCO World Heritage Collect ships an update every 2 weeks, Eclipse Nav weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
UNESCO World Heritage Collect versus Eclipse Nav: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUNESCO World Heritage CollectEclipse Nav
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size222 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon HengeveldDoug Pedrick

In-app purchases

None

UNESCO World Heritage Collect

No in-app purchases

None

Eclipse Nav

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UNESCO World Heritage Collect free?
UNESCO World Heritage Collect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Eclipse Nav free?
Eclipse Nav is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do UNESCO World Heritage Collect or Eclipse Nav have ads?
Neither UNESCO World Heritage Collect nor Eclipse Nav shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UNESCO World Heritage Collect or Eclipse Nav?
UNESCO World Heritage Collect ships an update every 2 weeks, and Eclipse Nav weekly. Most recently, UNESCO World Heritage Collect was updated on October 24, 2026 and Eclipse Nav on October 27, 2026.

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