Been alternatives

Best Been alternatives in 2026

Been has been around since 2014 and still tracks countries fine, but a new generation of apps do more — especially on iPhone. Here are the best alternatives worth trying today.

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Been is one of the longest-running visited-countries apps on the App Store. If you just want a cross-platform country checklist, it still works. But more and more travelers are switching to apps that layer memory journaling, viral share formats, and deeper regional coverage on top of the classic visited-countries core. If you are shopping for a Been alternative in 2026, these are the seven picks worth knowing about — ranked from best overall for iPhone travelers to more specialized options.

Why people leave Been

They want trip memory pages with photos and notes, not just a country checklist
Cities are paywalled in Been — they want city tracking in the free tier
They want granular European regional tracking (Nordics, Balkans, Mediterranean)
They want shareable formats like the viral flag calendar for Instagram and TikTok
They want a modern iOS-first design language, not a cross-platform compromise
They want a Spotify soundtrack per trip to replay the music of each journey

The 7 best Been alternatives

Voyy

Our pick

The modern iPhone-first travel tracker and memory journal — visited countries, US states, cities, and European regions, plus trip pages with Spotify soundtracks and the viral flag calendar.

Best for

iPhone travelers who want a tracker that doubles as a memory journal and the most granular regional coverage on iOS

Platforms

iPhone only

Price

Free, Voyy Pro subscription unlocks regions, stats, cloud sync

Pros

City tracking included in the free tier (Been paywalls it)
Spotify soundtrack per trip — unique to Voyy
Viral flag calendar export for Instagram and TikTok
European regional tracker: Nordics, Balkans, Mediterranean
400+ subdivisions across 6 countries (Voyy Pro)
iOS 26 Liquid Glass UI and first-class widgets

Cons

iPhone only — no Android, Mac, or web version
Newer to the App Store (2025) compared to Been (2014)

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Polarsteps

Auto-GPS route tracker and travel diary, available across iOS, Android, and the web with a physical Travel Book product and a maturing AI itinerary planner.

Best for

Travelers who want automatic route tracking for upcoming trips and a print travel book product

Platforms

iOS, Android, web

Price

Free, Polarsteps Plus subscription

Pros

Battery-efficient automatic GPS route tracking
Cross-platform: iOS, Android, web
Printed Travel Book from your trips
Social feed for friends and family to follow along

Cons

GPS-centric — harder to backfill decades of past trips
No Spotify integration or flag calendar
Drifts toward planner territory, away from pure tracking

Visited

Long-running visited-countries and US-states tracker with a clean world map and granular state/province tracking.

Best for

Travelers who want the traditional visited-countries + US-states experience without bells and whistles

Platforms

iOS, Android

Price

Free, Premium subscription

Pros

Mature visited-countries tracker with long App Store tenure
US states and some subdivisions supported
Cross-platform options

Cons

City-level tracking is premium
No European regional groupings
No memory journal layer or viral share formats

TripMemo

Manual-entry memory journal with no GPS drain and a clean trip timeline — Voyy's closest positioning twin but cross-platform.

Best for

Travelers who want the memory-first, no-GPS model and need Android support

Platforms

iOS, Android

Price

Free, paid tier

Pros

Manual entry — backfill past trips easily
No background GPS drain
Available on Android

Cons

No Spotify integration or flag calendar
No European regional depth
Cross-platform design, not iOS-native polish

Pin Traveler

Minimalist pin-on-a-map visited-countries tracker for travelers who want a clean scorecard and nothing else.

Best for

Travelers who want the simplest possible visited-countries app

Platforms

iOS, limited cross-platform

Price

Free with paid extras

Pros

Dead-simple country tracking
Clean map view

Cons

No trip memory pages
No regional or subdivision tracking
No viral share formats

Countries Been

Modern 3D globe visited-countries tracker with a clean aesthetic — closest to Voyy in visual polish but without the memory journal layer.

Best for

Travelers who want a visually polished 3D globe tracker without trip memory features

Platforms

iOS

Price

Free with paid extras

Pros

Beautiful 3D globe view
Modern design language
Clean free experience

Cons

No memory journal layer
No Spotify integration or flag calendar
No European regional tracker

Mark O'Travel

Long-running visited-countries app popular in Germany and Europe, with a focused country-tracking experience and German localization.

Best for

European travelers who want a tenured app with German-language UI today

Platforms

iOS

Price

Free with paid extras

Pros

German-language UI and App Store listing
Long App Store tenure
Focused country tracker

Cons

Minimal trip memory features
No Spotify or flag calendar
No granular regional tracking

Verdict

If you are leaving Been and you are on iPhone, Voyy is the pick that most directly trades Been's cross-platform parity for depth: memory journal pages, Spotify soundtracks, the viral flag calendar, free city tracking, and the most granular European regional coverage on iOS. If you want auto-GPS and cross-platform access, Polarsteps remains the default. If you want a minimal traditional checklist, Visited or Pin Traveler are fine. The shortest version: modern iPhone travelers who want more than a checklist should start with Voyy.

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Frequently asked questions

Why switch from Been at all?

Been still works as a cross-platform visited-countries checklist, but many iPhone travelers want more: trip memory pages, cities in the free tier, European regional tracking, and viral share formats like the flag calendar. Been does not offer those things, so people shopping for 'more than a checklist' tend to look elsewhere.

What is the best Been alternative for iPhone?

Voyy, for most iPhone travelers. It matches Been on the visited-countries core and adds a memory-journal layer Been does not have: trip pages with photos and notes, Spotify soundtracks, the viral flag calendar export, city tracking in the free tier, and the most granular European regional coverage on iOS.

What is the best Been alternative if I need Android?

Polarsteps or TripMemo. Polarsteps is the auto-GPS option with a maturing feature set and cross-platform access. TripMemo is the memory-first manual-entry option and is the closest philosophical twin to Voyy — without the iOS-exclusive polish.

Is Voyy free?

Voyy is free to download and includes country tracking, city tracking, trip pages with photos and notes, the flag calendar, and home screen widgets. Voyy Pro is an auto-renewable subscription that unlocks European regions, US states, 400+ subdivisions, advanced travel stats, unlimited trip photos, watermark-free sharing, and cloud sync.

Does Voyy have city tracking like Been Premium?

Yes — and in Voyy, city tracking is free. In Been, city-level tracking is part of the paid tier. If you specifically want cities without paying, Voyy is the more generous pick.

Can I import my Been data into Voyy?

There is no direct Been-to-Voyy import today. Because Voyy is built around manual entry, adding your visited countries takes just a few minutes — select countries, add dates, and Voyy updates your map and stats instantly.