Zip Code vs Where Am I?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zip Code
Easily find zip/postal codes for your current location or search by city name. This intuitive tool helps you quickly locate area codes or zip codes without hassle, perfect for travelers and professionals.
- Find current zip/postal code
- Search zip code by city
- Search area code by city
- Search city by area code
- Simple interface
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Zip code is a tool that allows you to easily find the zip/postal code for your current location or search for an area code based on a city name or vice versa. With its simple and intuitive interface, you can quickly find the information you need without any hassle. Whether you are a frequent traveler, a business professional, or just need to find the area code for a specific location, the Zip Code app is the perfect solution for all your needs.
Where Am I?
Discover detailed administrative boundary information for your current location in your preferred language. This fast, multilingual app links locality data to relevant Wiki pages and provides GPS coordinates in multiple formats.
- Detailed administrative boundary information
- Multilingual support (147 languages)
- Fast, sub-millisecond response times
- Links to relevant Wiki pages
- GPS data in Decimal, DMS, and MGRS formats
- Powered by BigDataCloud API
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Where Am I? - Locality Info shows where you are with clear locality names, coordinates, and nearby administrative context. Choose the language used for locality names separately from the app interface language. This is useful when travelling, driving, or checking how a place is named locally. BigDataCloud supports locality names in more than 100 languages. Features: - Current locality and place-name hierarchy - Coordinates, altitude, speed, course, and accuracy - Driving mode for quick glanceable locality information - Home Screen widget and CarPlay Dashboard widget support where available - Locality language and app interface language settings - Privacy-focused design: no account, no login, and no personal identity information collected The app sends location and network context to BigDataCloud to return locality information and improve geolocation quality. It does not collect your name, email, phone number, contacts, photos, calendar, or messages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Where Am I? at none against Zip Code's shown. Where Am I? also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Zip Code's advantage is ratings volume (547 vs 41). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Zip Code against 4.8 for Where Am I?. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zip Code has 547 ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Zip Code's written reviews are positive against 50% of Where Am I?'s.
Zip Code ships an update monthly, Where Am I? every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zip Code | Where Am I? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (547 ratings) | 4.8 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 547 — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IDB LLC | BigDataCloud |
Customer experience
Zip Code
Where Am I?
In-app purchases
Zip Code
No in-app purchases
Where Am I?
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is Where Am I? free?
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