Plaques vs World Heritage Passport
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plaques
Explore the history of the British Isles through a vast database of blue plaques and memorials. Discover nearby historical sites using GPS, build an itinerary, and access detailed information via Wikipedia links. This app serves as a guide to significant historical figures and events.
- Database of over 10,000 plaques
- Offline browsing of locations and biographies
- GPS to find nearby plaques
- Itinerary building
- Search by name or address
- Links to Wikipedia for more information
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The British Isles are alive with history. For hundreds of years, blue plaques and other memorials have been put up in locations which have a particularly significant connection to historical figures and events. Let this app be your guide as you explore this rich and varied history. You're never very far away from a little piece of the past. With a database of over 10,000 plaques drawn from OpenPlaques.org, this app is ideal for any visitor to the UK. * Includes a database of locations and basic biographical data which you can browse while off-line. * Uses GPS to list nearby plaques. (GPS is supported but not required.) * Build an itinerary of plaques you would like to view. * Search by famous name or address. * Links to Wikipedia to bring you full information on the historical figures commemorated.
World Heritage Passport
Discover and track your visits to over 1,200 World Heritage Sites globally. Log your travels, earn stamps, and visualize your progress on a world map. Perfect for dedicated travelers who want to document their exploration of global wonders.
- Browse 1,273 World Heritage Sites
- Detailed site information and photos
- Track visited sites and sub-components
- Receive country passport stamps
- Visualize progress on a world map
- Filter sites by type and status
- Earn exploration achievements
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1,273 World Heritage Sites. One passport to discover them all. Whether you've seen three wonders or three hundred, Heritage Passport turns a lifetime of travel into a journey you can actually see — every visit logged, every site waiting, every continent within reach. Built for travelers who don't just pass through. The ones who keep the ticket stubs. The ones who want to know, precisely, how much of the world they've seen. — EVERY SITE, EVERY DETAIL — - Browse all 1,273 inscribed sites, from the Pyramids of Giza to the Great Barrier Reef - Learn from rich site pages with photos, descriptions, and official inscription criteria - Visualize multi-part sites broken down by component — perfect for serial properties like the Silk Roads or the Great Spa Towns of Europe - Filter for your preferences with detailed filters like Cultural, Natural, Mixed, In Danger, or Transboundary — YOUR JOURNEY, YOUR WAY — - Check in to mark sites you've visited - Bookmark the ones still on your list - Receive passport stamps for every new country you visit - Track visited sub-components to plan your return trip and see them all - See your progress at a glance as your passport fills up - Earn special achievements as you explore — BUILT TO LAST — - Beautiful world map with every site plotted - Fast, clean, and ad-free - Links out to trusted sources for deeper reading
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plaques at none against World Heritage Passport's 1. Plaques also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). World Heritage Passport's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. World Heritage Passport sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Plaques asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Plaques against 5.0 for World Heritage Passport. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Plaques ships an update every 12 months, World Heritage Passport every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plaques | World Heritage Passport |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Just About Managing | Sterling Digital |
Customer experience
Plaques
World Heritage Passport
In-app purchases
Plaques
No in-app purchases
World Heritage Passport
- Heritage Passport Pro$9.99
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