The best alternatives to the been app

• TripStow: best for a map that fills itself in from your bookings, with flight stats and itineraries too.
• Visited: best for countries, regions and cities, with comparisons and lists.
• Skratch: best for a scratch-off map of countries and cities, with eSIMs.
• Polarsteps: best for a map filled in by GPS while you travel, with a printed book.

Prices and features are as each company published them on 22 October 2026. TripStow made this page; the other apps are trademarks of their owners and are not affiliated with TripStow.

Best for a map that fills itself in from your bookings, with flight stats and itineraries too.

TripStow builds your scratch-off map from the booking emails you forward or the flight log you import, so countries appear from your real trips, ready to scratch off, coloured by air, sea or overland, with countries you only passed through shown separately. Trips without a booking can be added by hand. It also keeps a lifetime flight log and stats, and organises upcoming trips. Its free countries visited map, on the website, needs no account.

Best for countries, regions and cities, with comparisons and lists.

Visited shows the share of the world you have seen, countries by continent, cities and your most visited places, and compares you with other travellers. Like been, places are added by hand: it does not track your location or read photo locations.^[2][3]

Best for a scratch-off map of countries and cities, with eSIMs.

Skratch is a scratch-off map you mark as you travel, with cities and regions as purchases. It also sells eSIMs for travel data.^[4][5]

Best for a map filled in by GPS while you travel, with a printed book.

Polarsteps tracks your route automatically during a trip and adds the places to your map, with stats on countries and distance and optional printed Travel Books. Places can also be added by hand.^[6][7][8]

We included active apps whose main job, or a main feature, is mapping the countries you have visited. Facts come from each company's own website, UK App Store or Google Play listing on 22 October 2026, cited below, including been's own UK App Store listing.

Is there a been alternative for Android?

Yes. Visited, Skratch and Polarsteps have Android apps, and TripStow works on Android as an installable web app. been's UK App Store listing covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Is there an app that fills in my travel map automatically?

Yes. TripStow adds countries from the booking emails you forward, ready to scratch off, and Polarsteps adds them by GPS while you travel. been, Visited and Skratch are filled in by hand.

Which app also counts my flights?

TripStow keeps a lifetime flight log alongside the map: distance, hours, airports, airlines and the planes you flew on.

Can I make a countries visited map without an app?

Yes. TripStow's free countries visited map runs in the browser with no account: tick your countries and share the map as a picture or a link.

1. been on the UK App Store (https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/been/id680148327), checked 22 October 2026.
2. Visited (https://visitedapp.com), checked 22 October 2026.
3. Visited on the UK App Store (https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/visited-travel-map-tracker/id846983349), checked 22 October 2026.
4. Skratch (https://skratch.world), checked 22 October 2026.
5. Skratch on the UK App Store (https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/skratch-travel-map-esim/id1457438876), checked 22 October 2026.
6. Polarsteps Plus (https://www.polarsteps.com/plus), checked 22 October 2026.
7. Polarsteps on the UK App Store (https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/polarsteps/id947925763), checked 22 October 2026.
8. Polarsteps on Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polarsteps), checked 22 October 2026.

TripStow facts are from the product itself. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@tripstow.com and we will correct it.

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