OpenStop vs Been
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenStop
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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 :)
Been
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | OpenStop | Been |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Technische Universitaet Chemnitz | Moritz Alexis Colin |
In-app purchases
OpenStop
No in-app purchases
Been
No in-app purchases









