Been
2026
Travel passport based on your photos
Been is an iOS concept that turns your photo library into a travel passport. Countries and cities are detected automatically, so tracking stays effortless.
UI Design
AI-Assisted Development
Mobile App
Prototyping
End-to-end Design
UX Design
Project details
Been started from a simple frustration: travel apps often rely on manual input, so they become outdated quickly. I wanted a system that uses data people already have, their photos, to build a reliable “where have I been” overview.
The core feature is automatic location extraction from the photo library. Been scans photos, detects visited places, and groups them into countries and major cities. The app then visualizes progress with a filled world map, a passport style dashboard, and per country detail pages.
Beyond visited places, Been also supports planning and reflection. You can add countries and cities to a bucket list, rate places, and add short notes. A shareable “passport story” layout turns your stats into something you can post, without needing to manually curate screenshots.
In the UI, I focused on clear hierarchy and fast navigation: dashboard for overview, map for exploration, and country pages for detail. The scanning flow is designed to be transparent, showing progress and newly found locations so users understand what’s happening.
Automatic travel detection from photos
Countries and cities are added based on photo metadata
UX approach
The core idea behind the app was to remove the manual work that most travel tracking apps still depend on. Instead of asking users to enter countries, cities and travel history themselves, I designed the experience around automatically scanning photo metadata and turning that into places visited, statistics and travel insights. The UX challenge was making that automation feel clear, trustworthy and useful without requiring much effort from the user. My focus was on creating a flow where the app delivers value quickly, using existing photo data to surface meaningful travel information with as little input as possible.
