Comparison

been vs Trāce

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

Head to head
About

been

Easily track and visualize the countries you've visited worldwide. Mark your travels, see your exploration statistics, and plan future adventures. Share your personalized world map with others to showcase your travel achievements.

Highlights
  • Mark visited countries
  • Visualize travel achievements
  • Track visited percentage by continent
  • Plan future travel destinations
  • Share personalized world map
  • Minimalist and intuitive design
Features
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been: countries visited map is a simple yet powerful app that lets you track the countries you've visited around the world. Just tap to mark the countries you've been to and instantly generate a beautiful, personalized world map. Visualize your travel achievements at a glance. See how much of the world you’ve explored, set future travel goals, and share your progress with friends and family. Whether you're a seasoned traveler or just starting your adventures, Been helps you stay inspired to explore more. Key Features: - Travel Map Tracker: Mark the countries you’ve visited easily. - Location Pins: Highlight visited countries with clean, vibrant pins. - Travel Stats: Check your visited percentage by continent and globally. - Bucket List: Plan and set your next destinations. - Minimalist & Intuitive Design: Focus entirely on your travel journey. - Share Your Map: Show off your travel map to friends on social media. Subscription auto-renew at the end of subscription period, unless cancelled 24-hours in advance prior to the end of the current period. The subscription fee is charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Per Apple policy, no cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Once purchased, refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Terms of use: https://sites.google.com/view/been-countries-visited-map/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/been-countries-visited-map/privacy-policy

About

Trāce

Map your travels by marking countries and US states you've visited, lived in, or want to see. Track your progress with statistics on countries, continents, and world coverage. Share visually appealing maps of your journeys.

Highlights
  • Mark countries and US states with custom statuses
  • Visualize travel progress on a world map
  • Track statistics for countries and continents
  • Generate shareable map images
  • Switch between light and dark map styles
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Trāce is a map of everywhere you've been, and it's free. No subscription, no ads, no account. Mark the countries you've visited, lived in, have booked, or want to see next. Trāce fills them in on a world map that's been drawn to look like an atlas rather than a satnav: no roads, no buildings, no pins, just land, water, borders and names. It's a globe, so you can spin it and zoom right in. It keeps the count for you. How many countries, how many continents, and what share of the world that really is. FILL YOUR MAP FROM YOUR PHOTOS Your photo library already knows where you've been. Trāce reads the location saved on your pictures, works out the countries and US states, and shows you what it found so you can confirm it. All of it happens on your phone: it reads where and when, never the pictures themselves, and nothing is sent anywhere. Nothing is marked until you say so. A TIMELINE OF YOUR TRIPS The dates on your photos put your travel in order, trip by trip, with the states a road trip crossed counted inside it. Tell Trāce which places are just everyday life and they stay off it. You can type in the older trips your phone was never around for. THE PLACES THAT AREN'T THEIR OWN COUNTRY Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, Macau, Greenland, Guam, Aruba, the US and British Virgin Islands, French Polynesia, the Cayman Islands and more. 44 territories in all, counted separately from the 198 countries, so your country total stays honest. ALL 50 US STATES States get their own map, their own stats and their own share card, Washington DC included. Other travel trackers charge extra for states. Here it's part of the app. FIVE THEMES Paper, Daybreak, Tide, Midnight and Ember. Your theme goes everywhere: the map, the lists, the share card, and the app icon on your Home Screen. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Fill your map from your photo library in about a minute, then confirm what it found - Tap a country on the globe, or tap the box on any row, to mark it Visited, Lived, Booked or Want to visit - See your trips as a timeline, and add the older ones by hand - Read a list of countries without checking a key, because each status has its own mark - Add 44 territories and islands, counted separately from countries - Track all 50 US states and Washington DC on their own map - Browse your places by continent, with progress for each one - Search for the small places that are hard to hit on a globe - Share your map, your states or your trips as a card in your current theme, to Instagram, Messages, or anywhere - Keep your map and your trips on your other devices through your own iCloud - Use it offline. No signal needed WHAT IT COSTS Nothing. Other travel maps charge for US states, for regions, or for a subscription. Trāce gives you all of it free, with no ads and no in-app purchases. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There's no account to make and nothing to cancel. Your travel history lives on your device and syncs through your own iCloud if you want it on more than one. It never touches a server of ours, and we never see your map. Reading your photos happens entirely on your phone, and no picture, and nothing read from one, ever leaves it. Trāce is the free flagship of the Āpex Suite from HYTimes App Studio. Start with the first country you remember. The map does the rest.

Screenshots

been4 screens
Trāce4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trāce at none against been's 5. Trāce also leads on ads (none vs shown). been's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (169 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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. been sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Trāce asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

been holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: been has 169 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

been ships an update every 3 weeks, Trāce every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
been versus Trāce: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbeenTrāce
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (169 ratings) — better4.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews77.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings169 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPham Van HuyHYTimes Group, LLC

Customer experience

been

All ratings162 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive77.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.6%

Trāce

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

been

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes reported
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics or statistics

Trāce

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

been

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
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  • Premium Yearly Trial3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly Trial 23 Days trial$12.991 Year
None

Trāce

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is been free?
been is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trāce free?
Trāce is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, been or Trāce?
been is rated higher. been averages 4.6 out of 5 from 169 ratings, while Trāce averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do been or Trāce have ads?
been shows ads; Trāce does not.
Which is updated more often, been or Trāce?
been ships an update every 3 weeks, and Trāce every 2 months. Most recently, been was updated on November 8, 2026 and Trāce on November 10, 2026.

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