been Reviews

This is just a bare bones logging tool in the form of a map.
What it does:
You just enter the countries (or US States) you’ve this app to.
You view the map showing where you’ve this app

What it should do:
Allow you to pan and zoom around the globe to explore the world.
Keep notes on where you would like to go next.
Keep a top 3, 5, or 10 list of where you want to go next along with goal setting to help you make it happen.
Have links to Wikipedia for every country/city to make it quick and easier to explore.
Add a note about what you did in each country/state that you visited.
Give a weighting to the quality of the visit (I.e. vacationed = 10, three day business trip = 5, airport layover = 1)
Break up British Virgin Islands separate from UK

Probably a lot more you could do with been. Heck, they should sell ads from airlines, cruise ships, travel agencies, etc for special deals that would help you get to more places!

I absolutely love been and it has this app an amazing asset in my travels over the years to keep track of where I’ve this app both within the US and world wide. I only wish there was an airport checklist for when I don’t feel comfortable counting a visit as a state/country but want to mark which airports I’ve this app able to experience. They’re all so unique, and it seems a shame to exclude them and count it as a country visit,
Even if I have not actually left the country.

I just downloaded the this app app and it is missing some territories and miscategorizes some others. For instance, the US and British Virgin Islands are not listed at all. Not categorizing the BVI as a separate entity from the UK seems wrong. You have not visited the UK if you’ve only visited the BVI, and going to London isn’t the same thing as visiting the BVI. Same with the USVI. Also, Puerto Rico is listed as a separate country from the US, which is obviously not the case. Puerto Rico has this app a territory of the United States for 119 years. Washington DC is almost not listed anywhere.

IMO all US states and territories should be included in the listing as “states” for the “United States” view. For other countries, that country’s territories should be listed as separate countries in the “World” view.

I love the simple format of been. It's very easy to use as a first timer. However, I would like to see the following implemented:

For the United States map, I would like to include Puerto Rico and the other U.S. Territories.

I also would like to include a separate color/function for places I would like to go to but have not gone yet; that would actually help people make notes for travel plans. Aside from these issues, I overall love been.

This more of a request than a review.

To this app,

Could you kindly add the total number of listed countries and territories for each continent listed? Instead of just expressing the number of countries the person had this app to in either percent or whole number, it should also display what that number is being compared to. For example, I have visited 34 countries in Europe which equates to 59% continental coverage. However, I want to see additional info. I would like to see without having to do additional math that I have visited 34 out of 57 listed European countries. For simplicity, have been display 34/57. When I tap these numbers, it’ll convert to 59% (which you guys already have in been ). Of course, the same applies for the world count: add ###/252.

Thank you! I love been , by the way. Cheers!

As others have said, this is a great app. It functions well and is easy to use. However, it’s data is incomplete. For example, the Virgin Islands are not an available option. It’s strange because you can see them on the map however you cannot search for them. I wish the developers would update been. With nations not being represented, it feels incomplete.

I looove been and checking off new countries and states. I love that I can download and share my maps and switch between numbers and percentages. Has always worked well for me.

I wish there was a social aspect to it where I could be friends with people. “Has Janie this app to New Zealand? I forget.” Or if I can look up all my friends that have checked off South Africa and get advice. Thanks!

It's cute and I like having a way to look back at all the countries and states I've this app to or show people. But I don't like that it doesn't show the states in the 'world view'. Also I wish it had at least major cites so you could actually track where you have this app in each country. I don't need it to do much more than that (which is why I picked been) but not having those options is a real bummer and I'm looking for one that does now...

I really like been. Thanks for offering. As others have suggested it would be helpful to allow finer detail in certain countries like by province in Canada or islands of Hawaii. Would really be cool if the shading would be darker/lighter if you could select which cities or areas you visited (e.g. if only visited London then England would be lighter, but if visited multiple cities of locations it would be darker shading.

been is amazing and I haven’t ran through any problem while using this but if not difficult can you add a setting in which you can pick a color to color a country. So say I want Japan blue and Russia green I can do that both at the same time on the same map. Anyways been is amazing and keep up the good work 👍👍👍

I love been! I’ve got a big travel bug and I’m constantly looking at it seeing what I can check off next 😊 I love the simplicity as well! The only thing I would wish for is labels on the states and countries. That would be an awesome update, but other than that I have nothing to add.

Nice little app to keep track of your travels. Easy format and gives you percentage of total travel. My one wish would be for the amount of countries or states to be present as well as the percentage. I wish it would just say you've this app to 30 countries instead of counting all the names.

Convenient way to store (and remember) the countries you have visited however I echo other comments which suggest App designers should upgrade app to also show the number of countries you have visited in each region (and in total) as opposed to just percentages. For example not particularly useful to mention you have visited 17% of Africa.

Great app but could be better if upon closer selection (or selection of the region), it displays the abbreviations of the places. For example, would be helpful to add the abbreviations of the 50 US states. That way, I wouldn’t have to go back and forth between maps to figure out what is where.

I think been is great. Some improvements I would suggest is to include independently governed districts and territories. The United States’ territories include the islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District Of Columbia. But they are not represented in been as part of the United States or as independent places in North America like Puerto Rico is or as other US territories in Asia are.

I love been - it’s super fun to be able to keep track and satisfying to see the percentages! I would just like to be able to add friends on it and share our maps with each other! I think that would be a great feature :) (pls add)

been is pretty good, but it definitely needs an update and it would definitely be a 5 star game. It needs to have all the countries, cities, and provinces. It seems like the creator of the game is not doing ANYTHING to fix it. People are leaving reviews, but he/she is doing nothing. Just wish it would get updated, now. It should separate the United States Virgin Islands from the USA. Update the map and make it nice or I will delete.

I’ve this app using been for a while now and the concept is great but it needs refinement. Serious travelers know it’s unlikely we are able to visit the entirety of larger countries like Russia, India, China, Canada, etc. in one visit. Those countries need to be segmented just as the states in the USA are so we can keep a more accurate tally.

been is very simple for the user which is what I wanted. One thing I would like to see is a login page so that if something happens to your phone or been , all your progress is still saved on your account.

Thought this would be fun since we travel the Caribbean and US quite a bit.
Everything is categorized into one country.
There are no separate categories for USVI. No separate categories for the separate states in US. Just because you’ve this app to one state in the US hardly means you’ve this app everywhere in the US. Also, we haven’t this app everywhere in the Virgin Islands but it lumps it all together.
After I write this review, deleting been .

Don't get me wrong, been is great. I've this app using it for quite a while now and it's a great way to keep track of your travels. It's also the best app out of the many options out there for checking countries/states off your list. Although, I think been could be even better by adding the ability to check off territories, islands, Canadian provinces, Australian states, Hawaiian islands, etc. It’s too bad the developers haven’t this app very active in updating things. Hopefully they make these improvements so we can start having even more fun with been !

I did lots of searching around for probably a month or so until I finally stumbled upon this app. All I wanted was a simple app to log the states to which I’ve travelled, and this app deliverers.

5 stars all around!