Comparison

Addo Safari vs BeLocal App

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

Head to head
About

Addo Safari

Features
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Addo Elephant National Park — your complete guide, in your pocket and fully offline. Whether it's your first safari or your tenth, Addo Safari helps you find your way, identify every animal, and remember every sighting — no signal required. FIND YOUR WAY, OFFLINE • A detailed offline map of the whole park — camps, gates, roads, picnic spots and points of interest • Orientation deep in the bush with no data connection — never take a wrong turn on a game drive again IDENTIFY EVERY ANIMAL • 219 species — mammals, birds and reptiles — each with high-quality photos • Smart new search: filter by type, search by name, or use the "describe the animal" wizard to identify what you just saw • Behavior, habitat and the best time and place to spot each one PLAN THE PERFECT DRIVE • 17 routes, each with distance, drive time, surface and a star rating • Know before you go: 9 rest camps and gates with photos, facilities and tips KEEP YOUR SAFARI DIARY • Log every sighting in a single tap and build your personal Addo journal across visits • Earn badges as you explore and track your own statistics — your most-spotted species and more WORKS ANYWHERE Everything runs offline, so you save data and battery while you're in the park. LANGUAGES English, Afrikaans, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese and Italian. SUBSCRIPTION Unlock the full experience — offline maps, road and camp guides, the wildlife encyclopedia, the safari logger and your personal insights — with a weekly, monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Also available for Kruger, Serengeti, Masai Mara, Pilanesberg, Etosha and Addo — plus The Safari Guy companion app to log sightings across Eastern and Southern Africa. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.thesafariguy.co.za/privacy-policy

About

BeLocal App

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BeLocal is your personal map of the places worth remembering. Every time you discover a great restaurant, a hidden bar, a coffee shop you'll want to go back to — save it. BeLocal turns your favorite spots into a living, personal map you can revisit, organize, and share. SAVE & ORGANIZE Tag every place you visit with a category — restaurants, bars, nightlife, shops, and more — and watch your own city map fill up with color-coded pins. Build themed collections ("Roma Weekend", "Best Coffee in Town") to keep your recommendations organized and easy to find. DISCOVER THROUGH FRIENDS See the places your friends love, not just what an algorithm thinks you'll like. Tag friends in your posts, follow the people whose taste you trust, and let their pins show up right alongside yours. IMPORT YOUR EXISTING LISTS Already have a Google Maps list of saved places? Import it in one tap and watch it turn into an interactive, shareable BeLocal map. TRACK YOUR JOURNEY See your stats — cities visited, spots saved, collections built — and check the leaderboard to see how your local exploring stacks up. SEARCH, FAST Find a place, a friend, or a city in seconds with fast, in-app search across your maps and collections. Built for people who explore with intention — and want their favorite places to live somewhere better than a random screenshot folder.

Screenshots

Addo Safari4 screens
BeLocal App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BeLocal App at none against Addo Safari's 5. BeLocal App also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). 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. Addo Safari sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. BeLocal App asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Addo Safari ships an update every 3 weeks, BeLocal App weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Addo Safari versus BeLocal App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAddo SafariBeLocal App
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size605 MB61 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTjarko KweeASSE SRLS

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Addo Safari

Subscriptions5
  • 1 Week Subscription$5.997 Days
  • 1 Month Subscription$9.991 Month
  • 1 Year Subscription$19.991 Year
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  • Africa Monthly$24.991 Month
  • Africa Yearly$39.991 Year
None

BeLocal App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Addo Safari free?
Addo Safari is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeLocal App free?
BeLocal App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Addo Safari or BeLocal App have ads?
Neither Addo Safari nor BeLocal App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Addo Safari or BeLocal App?
Addo Safari ships an update every 3 weeks, and BeLocal App weekly. Most recently, Addo Safari was updated on November 8, 2026 and BeLocal App on November 6, 2026.

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