Looking for an app that can track where you have been? Map all the countries, cities, regions, and places you have been to not just in the past few weeks but in a lifetime?
If you have tried been app, and are looking for a better experience or more features here are some alternative apps that may be what you are looking as well as their pros/cons.
Been App
Been app allows users to map all their countries that they have been to. They have a globe display and started map display. They also offer widgets that you can add to your home page, which is unique to this app. You can create a timeline and compare your map with friends. Overall, a great app for those that are looking for simple counter of countries visited.
Skratch – Where I’ve been
Skratch app allows users to map their travels by country and also has a unique feature of adding photos and videos from your phone to the app. They also showcase popular destinations and places with curated blog posts. There paid features that allow you to map by city or regions and create unique themes.
Pin Traveler: Travel Tracker
Pin Traveler is a travel tracker app that uses Google Maps to track where you have been by adding pins to countries, cities, places. The app is free for the first 50 pins, after which there is a subscription that is required to continue to pin places of interests or cities. This is the closest app to Google Maps Travel Tracker.
Mark O’Travel: Where I’ve Been
Mark O’Travel: Where I’ve Been
Mark O’Travel app is a similar country tracker app. Which like all the other apps gives you basic stats and a travel map. For regional maps there is an additional cost per country. There is also a national park feature and world heritage sites.
Visited: Travel Map With Lists
Visited app is the ultimate travel map app. It is different to Been, Mark O’Travel, Pin Traveler and Skratch. While every app has a travel map, Visited allows you to customize the map with any colors of your choosing. You can map where you have been, want to visit or have lived. You can add notes to your travels by adding information to each country you have been to or with to travel. You get unique travel stats that go beyond number of countries been to. For example, you can see top countries to visit from your lived in country. You can also see how you rank among other international travelers. You can map all the states that you have visited and cities. But what is really unique about Visited is its travel list feature.
Travel lists allow users to select places of interest by travel category. With over 150 travel categories including national parks, art museums, wine destination and surf spots to name a few, there is not a travel category you would not find. If any place or travel list is missing, simply email the developers and they will add. Each travel list comes with its own stats. You can also add all those places to your wishlist for the ultimate bucket list. If you ever wondered where to go to next? Visited can help solve that problem, by ranking countries on your bucket-list by the total number of places and cities you want to visit at those countries. Therefore, you can keep track of all places and cities that you wish to visit.
If you are looking for a unique gift for those that travel, you can order a travel poster with all the countries that the person has been to or you wish to travel to in the future. It is easy to order straight for the app, and does not take more than 5 minutes to complete.
Finally, the app is available on iOS and Android, and has been translated to 30 languages.
