Comparison

Been Maps vs Globetrail

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

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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.

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Globetrail

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Every country you’ve been to, filled with its own flag. Globetrail turns your travels into a map you’ll love to look at, helps you remember every trip, even the ones you forgot, and shows you where to go next. Tap a country to mark it, or let Globetrail find your past trips in your photos. No account, no sign-up: your travels stay on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. THREE MAPS, ONE WORLD • Globe: a realistic Earth to spin, with your countries lit up • Planisphere: a flat map where every visited country wears its flag • Detail: Apple Maps, down to regions, cities and the places you’ve seen A PAGE FOR EVERY COUNTRY, REGION AND CITY Facts, capital, languages and currency, Wikipedia in your language even offline, and everything you saw there. Mark a city and its region and country follow. COLLECTIONS, UNESCO AND WONDERS The complete UNESCO World Heritage List, more than 1,200 sites, and ten collections to complete: the new seven wonders of the world and of nature, peaks, volcanoes, waterfalls, lakes, deserts, national parks, islands and coasts, iconic monuments. Each one has its trophies. TRIPS FOUND IN YOUR PHOTOS Globetrail reads only where and when your photos were taken, right on your iPhone, and rebuilds your trips. Keep a diary with stops and dates, and turn the places you want to go into a plan with a countdown. YOUR YEAR IN TRAVEL Every December, your year told in stories and in a globe video made on your iPhone, ready to share. MADE TO SHARE A passport with a stamp for every country, a poster of your map to print, photos with your flag or your flight as an overlay, and a QR code or link to compare countries with a friend. STATS AND TROPHIES Continents, percentages, streaks and a timeline of your years, more than 90 trophies and Game Center leaderboards. ON THE ROAD • Arrival Notice: land in a new country and Globetrail asks whether to mark it • Nearby: the UNESCO sites, wonders, cities and countries around you that you haven’t visited yet ALWAYS AT HAND Widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy, your trip as a Live Activity, an Apple Watch app with complications, Siri and Shortcuts, Spotlight, and a Control Center button that marks the country you’re in. FREE AND PRO Free, with no limit on what you mark: countries, regions, cities, UNESCO sites and collections, the three maps, every country page, stats, trophies, widgets, Apple Watch, iCloud sync, your year in travel, comparing with friends and up to three trips in the diary. Globetrail PRO, as a subscription or a one-time purchase, adds the Earth, Antique paper, Ink and Neon map styles, an unlimited diary with all your photos, the full photo import with regions, cities, places and every trip, all the photo overlay templates, the printable passport and poster, PRO statistics (distances, extremes, languages, currencies and your percentile), alerts near UNESCO sites, wonders and collection places, four alternative app icons and sharing without the Globetrail mark. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your travels stay on your device and in your iCloud; Globetrail only sends anonymous usage statistics, which you can turn off in Settings. In 11 languages, on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Been Maps4 screens
Globetrail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Been Maps at none against Globetrail's 3. Been Maps also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Globetrail sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Been Maps asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Been Maps versus Globetrail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeen MapsGlobetrail
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMALTE ANTHESAumatex srls

In-app purchases

None

Been Maps

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Globetrail

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Monthly$2.991 Month
  • PRO Yearly$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • PRO Lifetime$29.99

Questions

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

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