Comparison

Been There vs Dotted

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

Head to head
About

Been There

Track your travel history and compare it with friends. Discover new places and see who has explored the most locations. A fun way to gamify your adventures and share experiences.

Highlights
  • Track visited locations
  • Share with friends
  • Compete with friends
  • Discover new places
  • Gamify travel experiences
Features
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See where you and your friends have been and compete with friends to visit more places

About

Dotted

Automatically maps your travel history by scanning your photos. See which countries you've visited light up on a world map and revisit past trips with a visual timeline. Share your adventures with custom cards or AirDrop entire trips to friends.

Highlights
  • Automatic country mapping from photos
  • Visual travel timeline
  • Personalized world map
  • Trip sharing features
  • Home screen widgets
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Your camera roll is already a travel journal. Dotted just shows it to you, country by country. Scan your photos once and watch every country you've visited light up on a world map made of dots. No typing, no spreadsheets, no forgotten trips. Years of travel, mapped in seconds. YEARS OF TRAVEL, MAPPED IN SECONDS • See every country you've visited without typing a single name • Photos auto-grouped into trips by date and location • Forgotten that long weekend in Lisbon? Dotted finds it • Private by design: photos never leave your device WATCH YOUR WORLD FILL WITH DOTS • Your personal atlas, drawn as a dot-by-dot world map • Every country you've been to lights up • Spin the globe or flatten the map with one tap • 265 countries and territories to discover A TRAVEL DIARY THAT WRITES ITSELF • Browse every trip on a visual timeline, grouped by year • Tap any trip to revisit the photos from that time • Your wanderlust, archived SEE HOW MUCH OF THE WORLD YOU'VE EXPLORED • The exact percentage of the world you've covered • Country, continent, and year-over-year progress • Stats that make you want to book the next trip SHARE YOUR STORY • Beautiful share cards built for Instagram Stories, TikTok, and Threads • AirDrop entire trips to friends in seconds • Friends can add your shared trip to their own map with one tap YOUR MAP, ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • Widget with your travel map at every unlock • Country count and next trip countdown widgets EVERYWHERE YOU ARE • Travel data syncs via iCloud • Pick up on iPhone or Mac without missing a beat FOR EVERY KIND OF TRAVELER Weekend wanderers, backpackers, digital nomads, or anyone who wants to see how much of the world they've explored. If you've got a camera roll, Dotted works for you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Been There4 screens
Dotted4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Been There at 5.0 against Dotted's 1.0. Been There also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). Dotted's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Dotted sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Been There asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Been There holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Been There ships an update fortnightly, Dotted weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Been There versus Dotted: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeen ThereDotted
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJared JonesINNCODER AS

Customer experience

Been There

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dotted

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Been There

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Dotted

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Pro$1.997 Days
  • Yearly Pro3 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$24.99

Questions

Is Been There free?
Been There is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dotted free?
Dotted is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Been There or Dotted?
Been There is rated higher. Been There averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Dotted averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Been There or Dotted have ads?
Neither Been There nor Dotted shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Been There or Dotted?
Been There ships an update fortnightly, and Dotted weekly. Most recently, Been There was updated on September 30, 2026 and Dotted on October 15, 2026.

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