Comparison

Countried 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

Countried

Features
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Countried is the simplest way to track your travels across all 195 countries on Earth. Mark countries as visited, watch your world map fill up continent by continent, and see exactly how much of the planet you've explored — down to the percentage. TRACK YOUR TRAVELS • Browse all 195 countries and tap to mark them visited • See your progress broken down by continent — Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania • View recently added countries at a glance EARN BADGES AS YOU EXPLORE Unlock 50+ badges across five categories as your passport grows: • Milestones — First Stamp, Jet Setter, Globetrotter, Century Club, and more • Continents — complete Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, or Oceania • Regions — Scandinavia, the Silk Road, Caucasus Trail, Gulf Explorer, and more • Collections — G7 Grand Tour, Island Hopper, Tiny Titans, Landlocked Legend • Activity — streaks and speed runs for the dedicated traveler SHARE YOUR WORLD Generate a shareable map card showing your visited countries and send it to friends, family, or social media in one tap. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data stays on your device. No account required, no tracking, no cloud sync. Whether you've visited 2 countries or 150, Countried gives your travels the home they deserve.

About

Globetrail

Track your travels on interactive maps, discover country facts, and plan future adventures. Automatically reconstruct trips from your photos and share your travel year in a video. Offers free basic features with an optional PRO subscription for advanced customization and unlimited diary entries.

Highlights
  • Interactive globe and flat maps
  • Country, region, and city details
  • UNESCO World Heritage sites
  • Trip reconstruction from photos
  • Yearly travel summary video
  • Sharing and comparison features
  • Widgets and Apple Watch app
Features
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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

Countried4 screens
Globetrail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countried at none against Globetrail's 3. Countried also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 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. Countried asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Countried versus Globetrail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountriedGlobetrail
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB117 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSW TECH LLCAumatex srls

In-app purchases

None

Countried

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

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