Comparison

Explore the Flags vs Countries 195

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

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About

Explore the Flags

Discover flags, capitals, languages, and greetings from 195 countries. Engage with interactive maps, quizzes, and coloring activities to deepen your understanding of world geography and vexillology. This app offers a comprehensive, ad-free, and offline experience for all ages.

Highlights
  • Explore 195 countries and their details
  • Interactive world map with terrain and satellite views
  • Quizzes for flags, capitals, and greetings
  • Coloring templates for national flags
  • Offline functionality
  • Multiple player profiles
  • Achievements and travel tracking
Features
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Explore the Flags is a love letter to flags and world geography, for curious kids and lifelong enthusiasts alike. Whether you are a 7-year-old discovering your first flag or an adult who can already name every capital, Explore the Flags is built to feed a genuine passion for the world. Travel all 195 countries, their flags, capitals, languages, native greetings, and fun facts, then go deeper with states, provinces, quizzes, oceans, and an interactive map. A Breath of Fresh Air Remember when apps were just good? No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No accounts. No tracking. You buy Explore the Flags once, and it is yours forever: every country, every activity, every future update. It even works almost entirely offline. The only time it reaches for the internet is for optional extras like terrain maps and photos of state birds, trees, and flowers. That is the whole catch. There isn't one. Explore 195 Countries Browse every country across six continents. Each shows its flag, capital, language, a native greeting with phonetic pronunciation, and a fun fact. Hear Hello in 40+ Languages Built-in text-to-speech reads greetings aloud in each country's own language, connecting geography to real culture. For Flag and Geography Enthusiasts If vexillology is your thing, you will feel right at home. Study every national flag, all 50 US state flags, and the UK nations. Browse flags by color and design, explore states and provinces across 36 countries, and test yourself with streak-based quizzes and country-silhouette challenges. Quiz Me Two ways to play. Teacher Mode lets the child become the teacher, showing questions and judging the grown-up's answers. Solo Streak Mode keeps your streak alive as you chase your best. Quiz capitals, flags, greetings, and languages. Interactive World Map Pan and zoom a colorful world map, tap any country, and pull up its details instantly. Switch to terrain and satellite views when you want to go deeper. Color the Flags Tap-to-fill simplified flag templates with a friendly color palette, using the real flag as a guide. Achievements and Travel Tracking Unlock dozens of achievements and mark the countries and states you have visited to watch your exploration grow. And there is more: Country Challenge medals, a Name That Shape silhouette quiz, Geo and Region Golf, an oceans explorer, multiple player profiles, and dark mode. Why Explore the Flags Exists If The InfoDump LLC were some mega-corporation, this would be a lifelong subscription that requires a shrubbery to cancel. It is not. It is a dad named Jamal. His son is hyperfixated on flags. When Jamal went looking for an app to feed that love, every option was a mess of ads, pop-ups, and "unlock the rest for $9.99/month." So he built the one his son actually deserved. One day his son, who is autistic and emerging-verbal, was zoomed way in on the map, tapping a tiny speck of an island, but nothing came up. He looked at his dad and asked, "Dad, what about South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?" Jamal had to Google it, and his son was right. Not only was it a real place; it was the exact island he had been tapping. So Jamal added it. That is how this app grows: one curious question at a time. Sometimes the kid teaches the dad. Pay once. Yours forever. No ads, no subscriptions, no tracking, ever.

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Countries 195

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Countries 195 makes learning the world feel like a game. Learn all 195 countries and build connections between the facts that matter: Japan → Tokyo → Japanese Yen → Japanese → JP → JPN → +81 → Asia → UTC+9 Explore flags, capitals, populations, currencies, languages, country codes, regions and world time — then reinforce what you know through quick quizzes, flashcards and challenges. LEARN THE WORLD Explore all 195 countries in one searchable collection. Search by country, capital, currency, language, code or time zone and quickly discover the information connected to each place. MASTER THE ESSENTIALS Learn and practise: • Countries and flags • Capital cities • Population • Currencies and currency codes • Languages • ISO country codes • International calling codes • Internet country domains • Continents and regions • UTC offsets and time zones PLAY TO REMEMBER Turn geography into quick challenges with: • Flag Sprint • Country Chain • Capital Match • Capital Rush • Which Country? • Population Challenge • Time Traveller Practise both directions — recognise a country from its flag, find a country from its capital, identify currencies, compare populations and calculate the time around the world. UNDERSTAND WORLD TIME Learn UTC offsets, common time-zone abbreviations, seasonal clock changes and the International Date Line. Time Traveller asks practical questions such as: “If it’s 09:00 in London, what time is it in Tokyo?” BUILD MASTERY Countries 195 tracks what you have seen, what needs more practice and what you have mastered across different skills. Your goal is simple: 195 countries. One world. Learn them all. No account required. Learn at your own pace and watch your mastery of the world grow.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Countries 195 at $1.99 against Explore the Flags's $2.99. Explore the Flags's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On 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

Explore the Flags costs $2.99 and Countries 195 $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

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Explore the Flags versus Countries 195: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExplore the FlagsCountries 195
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe InfoDump LLCThomas Richardson

In-app purchases

None

Explore the Flags

No in-app purchases

None

Countries 195

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Explore the Flags free?
Explore the Flags costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countries 195 free?
Countries 195 costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Explore the Flags or Countries 195 have ads?
Neither Explore the Flags nor Countries 195 shows ads.

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