Comparison

OpenStop vs Been

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

Head to head
About

OpenStop

Features
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The goal of the app is to collect barrier data in public transportation with your help and make it available on OpenStreetMap so that EVERYONE can benefit from it. By asking simple questions about stops, the app enables citizens to collect data in their surroundings in an accessible way. The data shall be the foundation for better routing especially for impaired people and lead to a renovation of non accessible stops, as well as many other things we ourselves can't even imagine right now. Thank you for your contribution to better public transportation :)

About

Been

Features
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Been is a privacy-focused place journal for your iPhone. It helps you remember and revisit the places you have been without sending your location history to a server. Been uses iOS visit events, groups them into places, and turns them into a personal journal, map, and simple statistics. All data stays on your device. There is no account, no cloud sync, no social network, and no external tracking. Your visits, places, names, stats, and exports belong to you. With Been, you can: Build a private journal of places you visit Name places and find them again later Browse your visits in a chronological journal View your places on a map See local statistics about visits and places Export your data as JSON when needed Been is not a live tracking tool. iOS decides when approximate visit events are detected and delivered to the app, so visits may appear late, be approximate, or occasionally be missing. Been is for people who want to understand their own routines and memories without giving away their location data.

Screenshots

OpenStop4 screens
Been4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Been at every 2 weeks against OpenStop's every 6 months. OpenStop's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OpenStop ships an update every 6 months, Been every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
OpenStop versus Been: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenStopBeen
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechnische Universitaet ChemnitzMoritz Alexis Colin

In-app purchases

None

OpenStop

No in-app purchases

None

Been

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OpenStop free?
OpenStop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Been free?
Been is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OpenStop or Been have ads?
Neither OpenStop nor Been shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OpenStop or Been?
OpenStop ships an update every 6 months, and Been every 2 weeks. Most recently, OpenStop was updated on September 17, 2026 and Been on September 14, 2026.

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