Comparison

Barrière Collection vs Not Back Yet

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

Head to head
About

Barrière Collection

Enhance your hotel stay with a virtual concierge. Access hotel services, book amenities like dining and room service, and connect with staff in real-time. Discover local activities and manage your stay effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Virtual hotel concierge
  • Order room service and breakfast
  • Reserve restaurant tables
  • Access concierge services
  • Real-time messaging with hotel
  • Discover hotel activities and events
Features
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Prepare your stay and make the most out of the unique services offered by your Barrière Collection hotels, all available at your fingertips! Live the unique Barrière Collection experience. Access all of your hotel’s services before and throughout your stay thanks to this virtual concierge. The Barrière Collection application enables you to: - Find all of the useful information about your hotel - Order your breakfast, room-service, etc. - Reserve a table in one of your hotel’s restaurants - Enjoy all of the concierge services of your hotel on your device (wake-up call, transportation, etc.) - Discover the advice of your concierge (activities, events, etc.) - Discuss with your hotel through a dedicated real time messaging system - Engage with your hotel’s social networks (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) - Check the weather - And many more unique services offered by your hotel (boutiques, spa treatments, activity bookings, etc.)

About

Not Back Yet

Follow a couple's journey to all 195 countries with dispatches, photos, and travel records. Discover saved places, build your own trips, and test your geography knowledge with a daily game. Everything works offline and is ad-free.

Highlights
  • Follow global travel journey
  • View country travel records
  • Play geography guessing game
  • Build custom trip itineraries
  • Discover nearby saved places
  • Access photo and film mosaic
  • Works offline
Features
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Not Back Yet is the companion app to notbackyet.com - following Max & Hailey's journey to every country on Earth. THE FEED Open on the Now card: where we are today, and what's next. Scroll back through the whole journey — dispatches, photos, and border-crossing stamps from every stay — or scroll ahead to the route still to come. EVERY COUNTRY A stamped ledger of all 195 countries. Each one opens into a full native page: photo reels, the travel record, trips, when to go, and every place we saved. THE WHERE GAME A daily round of five photos from the road. Name the country, or pin the exact spot on the map for the big points. Streaks, timed mode, and a crazy mode for the deep cuts. THE WALL Every photo and film from the journey in one endless mosaic, with films that play as you scroll. TRIP BUILDER Turn our favorite places into your own trip — pick a city, set your days, and get an itinerary built from spots we actually visited. NEARBY Traveling? See our saved places around you — restaurants, bars, hotels, and sights — with our notes and photos. Location stays on your device. FAVORITES Our running top-ten lists: hotels, meals, dives, airports, and more. Everything works offline once loaded. No account, no sign-in, no ads.

Screenshots

Barrière Collection4 screens
Not Back Yet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Not Back Yet at every 4 days against Barrière Collection's every 3 months. Barrière Collection's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Barrière Collection against 5.0 for Not Back Yet. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barrière Collection ships an update every 3 months, Not Back Yet every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Barrière Collection versus Not Back Yet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarrière CollectionNot Back Yet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB13 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGroupe Lucien BarriereQuorum Platform LLC

Customer experience

Barrière Collection

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative50.0%

Not Back Yet

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Barrière Collection

No in-app purchases

None

Not Back Yet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Barrière Collection free?
Barrière Collection is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Not Back Yet free?
Not Back Yet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Barrière Collection or Not Back Yet?
Barrière Collection and Not Back Yet are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Barrière Collection or Not Back Yet have ads?
Neither Barrière Collection nor Not Back Yet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Barrière Collection or Not Back Yet?
Barrière Collection ships an update every 3 months, and Not Back Yet every 4 days. Most recently, Barrière Collection was updated on October 24, 2026 and Not Back Yet on October 14, 2026.

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