Beenly vs Trace World
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beenly
Log your travel experiences by checking into places, adding photos and notes, and building a visual map of your memories. Discover new locations and share your journey with others.
- Log visited places
- Add photos and notes
- Create a travel map
- Track journey over time
- Discover new places
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Beenly — Where you've been. Beenly is your personal check-in journal for life. Log the places you visit, add photos and notes, and create a beautiful map of your memories. Share your journey, discover new places, and see where life takes you. • Check in anywhere • Save moments with photos • Track your journey over time • Explore places around the world Every place has a story. Beenly helps you remember yours. Terms of Use: https://zeekstudio.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://zeekstudio.com/privacy.html
Trace World
This app creates a personal exploration map that reveals areas as you travel through the real world. Your visited locations are saved locally, and you can customize your recent path. It offers different map styles and prioritizes user privacy with no account or data uploads.
- Exploration map reveals visited areas
- Recent track customization
- Auto-recording for travel
- Exploration level progression
- Multiple map styles
- Privacy-first design, no account needed
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TraceWorld turns every walk, ride, and trip into a personal map of where you have really been. Reveal the world as fog lifts, see density as a heatmap or dots, place your photos on the map, and look back through travel stories — privately, on your iPhone. ONE MAP, THREE VIEWS • All — your full journey at a glance: Fog, Heatmap, or Dots • 7 Days — a closer look at the past week • Today — focus on what you are doing right now RECORD AS YOU GO • Start recording when you head out; keep going in the background when you allow Always location • Choose how hard GPS works: Standard, Power Saver, or Ultra Saver (premium options for longer battery life) PHOTOS ON THE MAP • Show geotagged photos where you took them • Browse an aggregated all-photos view when you want the big picture • Photos stay on your device; TraceWorld does not upload your library FOOTPRINT MAP • See countries, regions, and cities you have lit up • Spot airports and other explored places • Open the real map and list for details, visit dates, and a clearer browse TRAVEL STORIES & IDENTITIES • Travel Stories — a timeline of trips and moves (premium) • Identities — keep commute, travel, and other lives on separate maps (extra identities are premium; your main identity stays free) BACKUP & PRIVACY • Optional iCloud backup of your exploration data to your own Apple ID • No TraceWorld account, no ads, no analytics SDK, no upload to our servers LANGUAGES Follow the system, or pick English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese (Brazil), or Italian. TraceWorld Pro is an optional one-time unlock for premium features such as Travel Stories, extra identities, and Footprint Map details. Mapping overview, recording, and the main identity stay free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Trace World at free against Beenly's free with in-app purchases. Trace World also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Beenly's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 87%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Beenly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Trace World sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beenly ships an update every 5 weeks, Trace World weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beenly | Trace World |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 87.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zeek Studio LLC | 高锋 李 |
Customer experience
Beenly
Trace World
In-app purchases
Beenly
- Weekly Pro7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Yearly Pro$19.991 Year
Trace World
- TraceWorld Pro$3.99









