Comparison

Been Maps 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 Maps

Features
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Features: • Import your Google Maps saved places from Google Takeout • See all countries you've visited at a glance • Discover countries you haven't visited yet • Beautiful interactive world map with visited country markers • Filter and search through all countries • Clean, modern design inspired by leading travel apps Statistics: Track your travel progress with detailed statistics showing: - Number of countries visited - Countries still to visit - Total countries in the world Map View: • Interactive world map powered by OpenStreetMap • Pinch to zoom and pan around the globe • Green markers highlight all your visited countries • Auto-centers on your visited locations List View: • Browse all countries in a beautiful card layout • Filter by visited, not visited, or view all • Search by country name or code • See country flags for easy recognition Privacy: All data processing happens locally on your device. Your Google Maps data is never uploaded to any server. We respect your privacy. How to Get Started: 1. Export your Google Maps saved places from Google Takeout 2. Select "Saved" (Gespeichert) collections 3. Download and extract the ZIP file 4. Load the JSON file in Been 5. Explore your travel history! Perfect for travel enthusiasts, digital nomads, and anyone curious about their global footprint.

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. 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 - Tap a country on the globe, or tap the box on any row, to mark it Visited, Lived, Booked or Want to visit - 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 as a card in your current theme, to Instagram, Messages, or anywhere - Keep your map 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. 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

Been Maps4 screens
Trāce4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Been Maps at 3 against Trāce's 1. Been Maps also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Been Maps versus Trāce: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeen MapsTrāce
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMALTE ANTHESDennis Hodgson

In-app purchases

None

Been Maps

No in-app purchases

None

Trāce

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Been Maps free?
Been Maps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trāce free?
Trāce is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Been Maps or Trāce have ads?
Neither Been Maps nor Trāce shows ads.

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