Comparison

PanAm Explorer vs Open World

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

Head to head
About

PanAm Explorer

Features
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Everything you need for your Pan American Highway adventure in one place. PanAm Explorer makes overland travel social and lets you track and share your journey from Alaska to Argentina (and everywhere in between). Full Pan American Highway Map - Use the map to plan your trip and find highlights along the route. - See what attractions are nearby your current location. - Filter the map by favourites, countries or custom tags. - Click a pin to find more information. - Track, log, and share your trip - Track your vehicle’s journey using road directions - exact miles no more tracking with straight lines. - Draw routes to visualise your progress along the Pan-American Highway. - Keep a rich, interactive logbook of your journeys with descriptions, photos and steps. Share your PanAm adventures within and outside the app - Share your real-time location, route, and destination to connect with fellow travellers (or hide your location). - Share a social portal so friends and family can view your trip stats. - Enhance your social media with custom animations. Discover & connect with fellow travellers - See where friends are in real time, plus find new friends on the road. - Discover travellers who’ve driven your route and get first-hand advice. - Filter the map to see only the travellers and highlights you care about. - Be as social or as private as you want - Choose to be live on the map all the time, pin your location, or not shown at all. - Share your trips to the community feed or keep them private. Plan your trip - Use the handbook to plan your trip, get essential information, and help with logistics. - Access advice on visas, road rules, ferries, and shipping. - Favourite articles to read later or to highlight important information. Make the app yours - Share your bio, vehicles type and social media on the app and start connecting today. Join overlanders, bikers, cyclists, and more from across the Americas. We are PanAm Explorers.

About

Open World

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Open World Travel is the travel app for people who want better trips — not just more options. Discover where to go next, plan trips around what actually matters to you, track your travel history, and connect with friends and other travellers along the way. Whether you’re looking for your next destination, building an itinerary, or simply keeping your travels in one place, Open World helps you turn travel inspiration into real plans. **DISCOVER DESTINATIONS THAT FIT YOU** Stop scrolling endless lists of random places. Open World helps you find destinations that match your travel style, interests and preferences. Build your travel profile, rate places you’ve visited, and get recommendations based on the kind of experiences you actually enjoy. Whether you’re into nature, food, surfing, city breaks, culture, adventure or off-the-beaten-path places, Open World helps you uncover destinations that feel right for you. **PLAN TRIPS WITH AI** Open World helps you go from “I want to travel” to an actual trip plan in minutes. Use the AI planning flow to create trips based on your preferences, travel style and goals. You can keep it quick by answering only the most important questions and generating a trip fast — or continue with more detailed questions to get a more tailored recommendation. This makes trip planning more flexible: * **Fast mode:** answer a few key questions and get a trip idea quickly * **Detailed mode:** go deeper for a more personalized trip recommendation * **Structured planning:** create trips using the same clean planning flow instead of juggling notes, tabs and screenshots **TRACK YOUR TRAVELS** Keep a record of where you’ve been and build your personal travel history over time. Track countries you’ve visited, rate destinations, and shape a travel profile that becomes smarter with every trip. Your travel history doesn’t just live in a spreadsheet or camera roll anymore — it becomes useful. The more you add, the better your recommendations and travel insights become. **CONNECT WITH BUDDIES** Travel is better when it’s shared. Add buddies on Open World and explore each other’s travel worlds. See what countries your buddies have visited, what destinations they loved, and where they’re planning to go next. Open World helps you discover overlap between your plans and theirs — so you can spot when a friend is heading to the same country, compare experiences, or get inspiration from people you know. With Buddies, you can: * Connect with friends and other travellers * Explore each other’s travel profiles * See upcoming trips and shared destination overlap * Discover when someone in your circle is traveling to the same country **TRAVEL RECOMMENDATIONS WITH CONTEXT** Open World combines your travel profile, your ratings, your planning preferences and your social travel graph to give you recommendations with more context than a generic travel app. Instead of only asking “Where should I go?”, Open World helps answer questions like: * Where should I go next based on places I actually liked? * What destination fits my current trip idea? * Which of my buddies will be in the same country as me? * What should I plan if I want a quick trip suggestion vs. a more personalized one? **BUILT FOR MODERN TRAVELLERS** Open World is for curious travellers, planners, repeat explorers and anyone who wants one place to discover, plan, track and share travel. Use Open World to: * Find your next destination * Plan trips with AI * Build and refine your travel profile * Track countries and travel experiences * Connect with buddies and compare travel overlap * Turn inspiration into real travel plans Your next trip starts here.

Screenshots

PanAm Explorer4 screens
Open World4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Open World at every 4 days against PanAm Explorer's fortnightly. 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

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

PanAm Explorer ships an update fortnightly, Open World every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
PanAm Explorer versus Open World: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPanAm ExplorerOpen World
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB58 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPanAm Explorer LtdNext Orbit UG (haftungsbeschrankt)

In-app purchases

None

PanAm Explorer

No in-app purchases

None

Open World

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PanAm Explorer free?
PanAm Explorer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Open World free?
Open World is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PanAm Explorer or Open World have ads?
Both PanAm Explorer and Open World show ads.
Which is updated more often, PanAm Explorer or Open World?
PanAm Explorer ships an update fortnightly, and Open World every 4 days. Most recently, PanAm Explorer was updated on October 6, 2026 and Open World on October 13, 2026.

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