Been: which countries-visited app should you download?

Updated 1 November 2026

Search "been" on the App Store and you'll find several unrelated apps from different companies, with near-identical names and icons. Three of them have been around since 2013–2022; a fourth and fifth arrived in July 2025.

Ratings are US App Store and Google Play figures as of 1 November 2026.

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Why people leave the Been apps

We read the App Store and Google Play reviews of all four. The same complaints come up again and again.

• Features moved behind a paywall. After REBR rebuilt its app in July 2026, regions that used to be free now need Premium, and Google Play reviewers were not happy about it.
• Paid features that didn't work, or vanished. Buyers of Prostachki's lifetime Premium reported US cities greyed out or placed in the wrong state (2025), and one lost the purchase entirely, with "restore" doing nothing (July 2026).
• Pay before you can use it. Pham Van Huy's app asks for a subscription up front, and reviewers mention nonstop pop-ups to pay (spring 2026).
• No sync between devices. VINCI's app has an iCloud switch, but a reviewer found nothing syncs unless you export on one device and import on the other (August 2026).
• Missing cities, with no way to add them. Reported for VINCI's app (May 2026) and Prostachki's (July 2026).
• Logging everything by hand. One VINCI reviewer asked for exactly what the Been apps don't do: log places automatically from GPS, instead of spending hours ticking long lists (May 2026).
• Same name, different app. An Android user installed Prostachki's "been" thinking it was the one they had on iPhone, and found it was not.

Read the reviews yourself: VINCI, REBR, Prostachki, Pham Van Huy.

Been: feature comparison

BeenEverywhere is the only one that's fully free, logs places automatically and runs in a browser; the Been apps win on a native Android app (two of them), a bucket list and a 3D globe.

Prices are US App Store, 1 November 2026; each app lists several price points, which usually means price tests or regional offers.

The apps at a glance

BeenEverywhere

Best for: travelers with years of trips to catch up on, and country collectors counting UN, UN+ and TCC lists. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, web. Price: free, no in-app purchases, no ads.

Pros

• Logs places automatically from your photos and background location, on your phone
• Any city, town or village, plus 1,121 historic/travel regions, all free
• UN 193, UN+ 256 and Travelers' Century Club side by side
• Full web app, synced live with iOS; export to XLSX, CSV, KML

Cons

• No native Android app yet; Android users use the web app
• No bucket list, by design
• Newer than the Been apps (2025); the timeline view is iOS only

been (VINCI APPS)

Best for: an animated timeline of your travels, from the longest-running app of the group. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro. Price: free; Premium $2.29 one-time, or $4.99/week, $19.99/year.

Pros

• On the App Store since 2013, 10K ratings
• US states free; "wish" status for places you want to visit
• Chronological map and timeline video (Premium)

Cons

• Cities, airports and regions outside the US are Premium
• Ads, and usage data used to track you
• Reviewers report iCloud sync doesn't work between devices
• English only; everything is logged by hand

been — travel map & tracker (REBR)

Best for: a plain country map, on iPhone or Android. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Android. Price: free with ads; Premium $9.99 one-time.

Pros

• The simplest app of the group
• Premium is a one-time purchase, not a subscription
• Native Android app with 1M+ downloads; sync when signed in

Cons

• Regions, cities, globe and wishlist need Premium; regions were free before the July 2026 rebuild
• Ads, and identifiers used to track you
• Everything is logged by hand

been: track visited countries (Prostachki)

Best for: a trip log with stops, transport and city ratings. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Android. Price: free; Pro from $4.99/week to $19.99/year, or a lifetime purchase.

Pros

• Trips with several stops and transport modes
• 9,000+ airports; free home-screen widgets
• No tracking; backup export and import

Cons

• Many price points for the same Pro plan
• Reviewers reported broken paid city tracking (2025, since fixed) and a lost lifetime purchase (2026)
• English only; everything is logged by hand

been: countries visited map (Pham Van Huy)

Best for: a minimal country checklist. Platforms: iPhone, iPad. Price: subscription, from $0.99/week to $12.99/year.

Pros

• Very simple; bucket list and per-continent progress

Cons

• Subscription required; reviewers report constant pop-ups to pay
• Countries only: no regions, cities or visit dates
• Identifiers used to track you; English only

Which one should you download?

Pick by how you travel, not by the name.

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FAQ

Is BeenEverywhere the same as the Been app? No. BeenEverywhere is a separate app by a different developer. There are at least four unrelated apps called "been", made by VINCI APPS, REBR AS, Prostachki Ltd and Pham Van Huy.

Which "been" app is the original? "been" by VINCI APPS, first released in July 2013 and earlier published by Apparata AB. It has the most App Store ratings of the group (about 10,000 in the US).

What is the best Been travel app alternative? If you want automatic logging, a web version, or everything free with no ads, BeenEverywhere. If you mainly need a native Android app, REBR's or Prostachki's "been".

Is there a free Been app without ads or subscriptions? All four Been apps are free to download but sell Premium; three of them offer weekly or yearly subscriptions, and VINCI's and REBR's show ads. BeenEverywhere has no in-app purchases and no ads.

Can a Been app find the countries I've visited from my photos? None of the four Been apps advertise photo import. BeenEverywhere scans your photo library's location data on your phone and fills in your map automatically.

Does BeenEverywhere work on Android? Not as a native app yet. The full web app works in any Android browser and syncs live with the iOS app.

What are "historic/travel regions"? The Been apps split countries into administrative units: states, provinces, counties, municipalities. Those borders are drawn for running a country, not for visiting it. Slovenia, for example, has 212 municipalities, but travelers know it as 6 regions. BeenEverywhere uses those historic regions, the same ones tourist boards and travel guides like Bradt, Lonely Planet, Wikitravel and Wikivoyage are built on, so ticking off a region means you've seen a distinct part of the country.

Can I move my data from a Been app to BeenEverywhere? BeenEverywhere imports any XLS, XLSX or CSV file and detects the columns itself. Prostachki's "been" can export a plain-text copy of your data; check the other apps' own export options before switching.

Sources

All store pages read on 1 November 2026 (US storefront).

• been — App Store (VINCI APPS)
• been — travel map & tracker — App Store (REBR)· Google Play
• been: track visited countries — App Store (Prostachki)· Google Play
• been: countries visited map — App Store (Pham Van Huy)

Updated 1 November 2026. BeenEverywhere is our app; every other app was checked against its App Store and Google Play listings and reviews on that date.