The 6 Best Been App Alternatives for Tracking Countries in 2026

Been is the default answer when someone asks for a simple country-counting app. Tap a country, watch it fill in, see your percentage of the world. More than a million people have downloaded it for exactly that.

That simplicity is also why people look for a Been alternative. Been will not remember the trattoria in Rome. Region tracking, the 3D globe, and country notes sit behind a one-time Premium purchase. And if you landed here because you mixed up Been with Countries Been, those are two different products.

We compared the publicly documented features and pricing of the 6 best Been alternatives for 2026. If you want the wider country-counting category first, start with our roundup of the best apps to track countries visited.

Atlasi is our app. We've tried to be straight about what it does and doesn't do — the comparison table below includes where it loses.

The Top Been Alternatives at a Glance

1. Atlasi: The Best Alternative If You Care About the Places

If your frustration with Been is that a green Italy tells you nothing about where you ate, stayed, or wandered, Atlasi is the alternative built for that gap.

Been marks the country. Atlasi logs the specific spots inside it — Food, Stay, Place, or Experience — then bundles them into a public link you can send to a friend who does not have the app.

Key Features

• Categorized entries: Tag each stop so a Japan trip is not one undifferentiated pile of pins.
• Shareable lists: Publish a list and get a URL that opens in any browser.
• Photo Import: Rebuild past countries from geotagged photos instead of tapping a map from memory.
• 227 countries and territories: Remote places like the Faroe Islands and French Polynesia count on their own.

Pros

• Useful when someone asks for recommendations, not just a count.
• No background GPS, so battery impact stays low.
• Country tracking itself is not paywalled.

Cons

• No 3D globe and no state/province checklist.
• You have to log places; the map will not fill itself from a tap.
• iPhone and iPad only today.

Verdict: Choose Atlasi if you outgrew a country checklist and want the restaurants and stays to travel with the stamp. We also wrote a direct Atlasi vs. Been comparison.

2. Skratch: The Best Alternative for a Scratch-Off Map

Been markets itself as a living scratch map. Skratch is the app that actually feels like scratching a poster on your wall.

It tracks countries, then goes down to cities, regions, states, and attractions. You can pin short videos to the map. Skratch also layers in travel utilities Been does not attempt, such as eSIMs and a visa checker.

Key Features

• Digital scratch-off visualization.
• Regional and city-level tracking.
• Home-screen widgets for your count.
• Practical extras (visas, eSIMs) if you want the map to do more than decorate.

Pros

• Strong visual payoff when you mark a new country.
• 2M+ travelers and a large public review base.
• Available on more than one platform.

Cons

• Detailed regional maps sit behind a subscription, not a one-time purchase.
• Heavier than Been if all you wanted was a percentage.

Verdict: Choose Skratch if the tactile scratch is the feature you actually wanted from Been. For a wider look at that visual category, see our roundup of digital scratch-off map apps.

3. Visited: The Best Alternative for Stats and Lists

Visited started as a travel-statistics app and still behaves like one. You get percentage of the world, city counts, regional breakdowns, and how your number compares with other users.

It also keeps bucket lists Been does not: Wonders of the World, beaches, museums, and dozens of themed collections. You can order a printed poster of your map.

Key Features

• Country, city, and regional maps.
• Friend comparison and traveler-type stats.
• Journal notes by country.
• Printed travel posters.

Pros

• Closest "Been, but more numbers" swap.
• Strong if you like checking things off famous lists.
• Regional tracking for the US, UK, Canada, Australia, France, and Germany.

Cons

• The home screen packs stats, lists, and upsells at once.
• Overkill if you only wanted to color in countries.

Verdict: Choose Visited if you left Been because the passport stats were too thin.

4. Countries Been: The Best Alternative If You Wanted the Globe

Search "Been app" and you will also find Countries Been. It is a different product: a browser globe you can use with no account, plus iOS and Android apps that add states, regions, and 140,000+ cities.

You mark each place as been, lived, or want-to-go. That three-way coding is the feature Been's free tier does not match; Been's free wishlist is capped at five spots.

Key Features

• Interactive 3D globe in the browser.
• Been / lived / wishlist categories.
• Optional city and region layers in the native apps.
• No signup required to start on the web.

Pros

• Fastest way to build a globe without installing anything.
• Clear visual difference between lived-in and visited.
• Useful if you thought Been already had a free 3D globe (Been's globe is Premium).

Cons

• Easy to confuse with Been when you are comparing reviews.
• Native extras (states, cities, cloud sync) are app-only.

Verdict: Choose Countries Been if the 3D globe was the screenshot that sold you, and you do not need restaurant-level logging.

5. Mark O'Travel: The Best Free Regional Alternative

Been puts states, provinces, prefectures, and counties behind Premium. Mark O'Travel keeps that regional depth free.

The interface looks older than Been or Atlasi. There is no polished passport card to share. For travelers who want to tick English counties or Japanese prefectures without a paywall, that trade is acceptable.

Key Features

• Deep regional breakdowns.
• Custom map colors.
• No charge for the regional layers.

Pros

• The regional feature Been charges for, without the purchase.
• Flexible if you count below the country line.

Cons

• Dated UI.
• Weak sharing compared with Been's passport image export.

Verdict: Choose Mark O'Travel if region tracking was the only reason you considered Been Premium.

6. PolarSteps: The Best Alternative If You Wanted a Route, Not a Checklist

Some people install Been, mark 40 countries, and realize they wanted a line on a map of the trip they just took. PolarSteps is that app: background GPS, a growing route, and an orderable photo book.

It is a poor Been clone. It is a good next app if country counting was never the real job.

Key Features

• Passive GPS tracking.
• Steps (photos and notes) along the route.
• Printed travel books.

Pros

• Zero-effort record of where you walked and drove.
• iOS and Android.

Cons

• Background location uses more battery.
• Hard to pull a restaurant list out of a chronological route.

Verdict: Choose PolarSteps if you wanted a journey, not a tally. We cover that category in PolarSteps alternatives.

How to Choose a Been Alternative

• If you want places and shareable lists, not just a filled-in country: Download Atlasi.
• If you want the scratch-off poster feeling: Use Skratch.
• If you want stats, lists, and a poster: Try Visited.
• If you only wanted a 3D globe: Open Countries Been.
• If you still only want a percentage: Stay on Been. The free tier already does that job.

Pricing and features verified September 2026. Competitor plans change; check each app's own pricing page before you buy.