How Visited Countries builds your countries-visited map

Visited Countries is a personal travel record. It can use information associated with photos you choose to make available, then lets you add or correct countries manually. The point is not to prove a universal list of countries; it is to make your own history easier to see and maintain.

Build from evidence you already have

Photos can provide dates and places that help reconstruct trips. A photo history is never complete by default: some journeys contain no photographs, and an image from a trip may not represent every place you visited.

That is why a photo-based map should begin with review. Look at suggested entries in the context of the trip you remember. Keep the ones that match your definition and correct or ignore those that do not. The map is designed to be corrected, not treated as an official record.

Keep the definition yours

There is no universal rule for what counts as having “visited” a country. You may count only countries where you left an airport, include every border crossing, or include a childhood visit you know happened even when no digital evidence remains. Visited Countries lets you maintain the record that makes sense to you.

Use manual additions where your definition includes a place that photo history did not capture. The manual additions guide offers a simple way to keep that decision consistent as your map grows.

Private by design

The current App Store listing describes an on-device approach without a Flags account or GPS tracking. Optional sync uses your private iCloud rather than Flags-operated cloud storage. That is a different model from a real-time travel feed: the app is designed around your personal map rather than an account-based public profile.

See privacy and permissions for the practical limits of that promise. Review your map periodically, particularly after importing new photo history, so it continues to reflect your own definition of a visit.