Mapmory vs been
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mapmory
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Track the countries you have visited on a golden scratch map. Reveal real satellite terrain, collect digital passport stamps by year and see how much of the world you have explored. No account required. YOUR PERSONAL TRAVEL MAP Tap a country you have visited to scratch away its gold surface. Spin and zoom the 3D globe or switch to a classic flat world map. Watch your travel story take shape, one country at a time. PASSPORT STAMPS AND TRAVEL STATS • Collect digital stamps for visited countries, grouped by visit year. • Add or edit the year of each visit whenever you like. • See your share of the world and your progress across continents. • Track individual states and provinces in the USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. KEEP YOUR BUCKET LIST CLOSE Save countries you would love to visit and keep your next dream destinations in view. YOUR TRAVELS STAY WITH YOU Your visited countries and travel entries are stored locally on your device. No account required. Mapmory is the digital companion to the envami scratch-off travel map.
been
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Where in the world have you been? been is a simple, beautiful way to track every country you've visited and see your travels come to life on a world map. Tap a country on the map — or pick from the checklist — and it lights up in warm amber. Watch your personal map fill up trip after trip, and see exactly how much of the world you've explored. WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT • Tap-to-mark world map — visited countries glow, the rest stay muted • Your progress at a glance — a clean percentage of the world you've seen • Organized by region — Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Oceania, each with its own visited count • Fast bulk editing — a searchable checklist to add or remove countries quickly • Share your map — export a snapshot of your travels to send to friends • Light & dark themes — follows your system or set your own • 197 sovereign countries, ready to explore PRIVATE BY DESIGN been works fully offline. There's no account, no sign-up and no tracking. Your travel list stays on your device — nothing is collected, transmitted or shared. GREAT FOR • Frequent travelers and digital nomads • Bucket-list planning and goal setting • Anyone who loves maps and remembering where they've been Start tapping — your map is waiting. Note: the map is schematic and simplified, shown for personal travel tracking only. The app counts sovereign countries and takes no position on disputed borders.
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Verdict
Mapmory and been are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mapmory ships an update every 5 weeks, been every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mapmory | been |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tobias Muller | Stanislav Kozlovskii |
In-app purchases
Mapmory
No in-app purchases
been
No in-app purchases








