Know a country before you land.
Spin the globe, tap a country, and in a few minutes you know what matters: the practical facts, what’s different from home, the places worth seeing, the words to remember and the anthem. It all works offline.
Written for where you’re from.
Most guides read like an encyclopedia. Countrywise tells you what will feel different for you. A German going to Japan reads a different list than an American going to Egypt. Pick a pair and see.
Your world, at a glance.
A clean globe with country outlines only: no clutter, no street maps. Places you’ve been fill in, the next trip is striped, and the country you tap lifts off like a sticker. A bottom sheet gives you a one-line teaser and opens the briefing.
Filled, with your total next to it
Striped, with a countdown chip
Lifted, with the briefing one tap away
Any country or place
One long, easy page per country.
Nine sections in a fixed order, with a sticky switcher so you can jump straight to the one you need.
The 30-second card
Capital, language, currency, time difference from home, plugs, driving side, emergency numbers, tipping, water at restaurants, SIM cards and the apps locals use. Anything unlike home is marked.
Safety, with the source
Today’s travel advice in the ministry’s own words, never an invented score. We show who said it and when we checked, and link to the official page. If your ministry doesn’t publish data, we show Germany, the US and the UK side by side.
Coming from home
The heart of the app: “at home vs. here” pairs grouped into money, manners, eating, transport, religion and gestures. They’re written for your home country, and they say so when something is just like home.
Must-see places
The top towns and places, each with one line on why it matters, plus every World Heritage site on a small map of dots. Every photo credits its author and licence.
Words to remember
About 20 phrases per country, each in the local script with a transliteration, the meaning in your language and audio. Tick them off as you learn them.
Strange & surprising
Five to ten playful facts that make you look twice. Each one links to its source.
The anthem, line by line
A full-screen player with karaoke lyrics: the original script, the transliteration and a translation into your language, plus the story behind it.
National animals
Every country’s national animal, drawn in our own flat style, with its local name and one good story.
Green pheasantJapan · キジ
Steppe eagleEgypt · عقاب السهوبMoney, coins and notes
The currency at a glance: ATM and payment tips, and every coin and note drawn to scale, so you know them before you hold them.
Here it’s the law
The differences that can cost you money or freedom, at the top of every comparison, each linked to its source.
During your trip
Public holidays and free-entry days that fall on your dates.
Mon, 23 Nov 2026 · Japan
Health
Recommended vaccinations, malaria risk and altitude, with the source and the date we checked.
Back up without an account
Your passport and trips back up to a single file you keep.
Ready before you fly.
Save a trip and Countrywise counts down, saves the whole briefing for offline use, and builds a checklist from the facts: the adapter you need, cash, the visa rules for your passport, and emergency numbers stored on your phone.
A passport that fills itself in.
Mark a country as visited and its stamp lands on your passport page. Each region has its own stamp shape. Your world map fills in, and the places you visited are listed under each country.
Cards worth posting.
Five templates in story, square and portrait formats. Toggle dates, stats or a photo. A card never shows your exact location.
In your language, from your country.
Arabic mirrors the whole app from right to left. Japanese gets its own rounded type. German’s long words wrap instead of getting cut off. Anthem translations and phrase meanings appear in whichever language you pick.
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Honest about where it comes from.
Countrywise summarises public sources and never pretends to be the official one. For safety and entry rules, we always show the source and the date we checked, and link straight to the official page.
