U.S. Lighthouse Guide Downloads & RevenueU.S. Lighthouse Guide · App Store
U.S. Lighthouse Guide is #10 in Travel Paid in United States and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Developerlighthousefriends.com LLC
CategoryTravel
Price9.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 5.0 (7)
Version1.9.0
Age rating9+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)500+ worldwide
U.S. Lighthouse Guide update history & changes
Last change · 10 events since 12 Jul 2026Full timeline ↓✏️Description updated✏️New iPad screenshots📦Updated to version 1.9.0📦Updated to version 1.8.0🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Its developer released another app: Canadian Lighthouse Guide
Full timeline · 10 events
- ✏️U.S. Lighthouse Guide: description updated· US
- ✏️U.S. Lighthouse Guide: new iPad screenshots· US
- ✏️U.S. Lighthouse Guide: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · US
- 📦U.S. Lighthouse Guide updated to version 1.9.0NEW: To Visit
Tap To Visit on any lighthouse's page to save it for later. Find your To Visit list on the Journal tab, and filter Map, Search, Browse and Nearby to show only those lighthouses. To Visit syncs with iCloud and is included in your CSV and PDF exports.
NEW: Your Lighthouse Year
The card on the Journal tab opens the recap of your latest year, and Recap on each year in Journal Entries opens that year. A recap tells the year's story in a few lines and lists its lighthouses month by month. Tap a Did you know? fact to see which lighthouses it's about. Tap Share to send the year as an image made for posting, or to print, save or share it as a PDF. Your latest year also shows your USLHS Passport as it stands today: your patch, your entries, and how many more the next level needs.
Also new
• The Journal tab shows Favorites and To Visit as two tiles side by side.
• Journal Entries is grouped by year, newest first.
• Importing a CSV marks a lighthouse Visited when its row has a visit date.
• Visited today? offers to date a visit when you mark a lighthouse visited while you're there.… more - 📦U.S. Lighthouse Guide updated to version 1.8.0• Your visited and stamped lighthouses: tap Visited or Stamped at the top of the Journal tab to see them, grouped by state.
• Plan your next lighthouse trip: show only the lighthouses you haven't visited, the stamps you can still collect, or your favorites.
Use the new My journal section in the Map and Search filters, or the buttons at the top of any lighthouse list in Browse.
• Track your USLHS passport progress: the Stamped list now shows your progress toward the U.S. Lighthouse Society's passport achievement levels.
Add the entries the app doesn't track to see where you stand.
• Replace or clear your journal: import a backup and choose Replace my journal, or start over with Clear journal in Settings → Journal data.
• Every lighthouse now has a Notes tab that opens with your own journal entry. Tap the card to edit it.
• The Favorites, Visited and Stamped lists show more lighthouses at once and let you jump to a state.
• Updated lighthouse information.… more - 📦U.S. Lighthouse Guide updated to version 1.7.0• Collaborate on your journal: you and the people you invite can keep one journal together, with visits, stamps and notes in step on everyone's devices.
Tap More, then Settings, and look under Sync.
• Export your journal as a CSV file or a printable PDF, from Settings → Journal data or the Export button in the Journal tab.
• Import a journal from a CSV export or a spreadsheet you filled in yourself, and undo the whole import if it's not what you wanted.
• Journal guide: step-by-step help for collaboration, export and import, under Settings → Journal data.
• After each update, the app now shows you what's new. The full list is under About → What's New.… more - 🆕U.S. Lighthouse Guide first spotted by AppInsider#49 in Top Paid · Travel · United States
- 📦U.S. Lighthouse Guide version 1.6.1This release is built from your feedback:
• Nearby: Browse now opens with the lights within reach of where you are, in distance order, each showing how far away it is.
Set your own search radius. Your location never leaves your device.
• See yourself on the map: a new button recenters on your location and shows a live blue dot.
• Choose which app opens Directions: Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Waze — with an option to remember your pick.
• Filter the map by state or region.
• Four lighthouses join the app — Hog Island (VA), Buzzards Bay Entrance (MA), Wawatam (MI) and the Lilac Lighthouse Tender (NY).… more - 🆕U.S. Lighthouse Guide: its developer released another app: Canadian Lighthouse Guide
- 🆕U.S. Lighthouse Guide released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
5.0 ★
7 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#10
Travel PaidMeasured
U.S. Lighthouse Guide on the App Store
App details
App ID
6781851661
Publisher
lighthousefriends.com LLC
On the store since
Jul 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
9+
1 content note below
Languages
1
EN
Size
91 MB
Also listed in
Reference
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
U.S. Lighthouse Guide downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where U.S. Lighthouse Guide's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | TravelPaid | #10 |
Apps near U.S. Lighthouse Guide on the chart
Travel Paid, around #10.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
5.0 ★
7 ratings
Measured
Ratings
7
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
5.0★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
20/100
faster than 0% of Travel apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about U.S. Lighthouse Guide
From the 6 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express extreme satisfaction with the app's comprehensive historical data and user-friendly interface for lighthouse enthusiasts. The absence of ads and tracking is frequently highlighted as a major positive differentiator from previous resources.
Mostly positive (100% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and privacy.
What people like
- Features & content: “The convenience and tracking features are an added plus”
- Privacy & data: “Breath of fresh air that there is NO TRACKING!”
About U.S. Lighthouse Guide
U.S. Lighthouse Guide is your offline companion to more than 800 lighthouses across the United States. Explore the coasts and the Great Lakes, dig into the history and details of each light, and keep a journal of the ones you've visited and the ones you still want to see. Then look back on each year's lighthouses, told as a story.
EXPLORE THE COAST
• Browse lighthouses state by state, each with photos and rich descriptions
• Detailed records: location, history, characteristics, and visitor info
• See where each lighthouse stands on the map
• Filter the map by state, or by the details you care about
FIND LIGHTHOUSES NEAR YOU
• See which ones are closest to you and how far away each is
• Choose how far to look — widen or narrow the search radius any time
• Recenter the map on where you are with one tap
KEEP YOUR JOURNAL
• Log visits, favorites, and passport stamps
• Add your own notes and visit dates
• Keep a To Visit list of the lights you still want to see
• Your Lighthouse Year: each year's visits told as a story, month by month, ready to share as an image or PDF
• Follow your USLHS Passport: your achievement level, your patch, and how many entries reach the next level
• Export your journal as a PDF or CSV, and import from a CSV
• Watch your progress grow state by state
• Syncs automatically across your iPhone and iPad via iCloud — no sign-in required
• Share your journal with friends or family and collaborate on it
LISTEN, HANDS-FREE
• Tap the speaker icon on any lighthouse page to have its history read aloud — pick your voice and speed in Settings
• Podcast-style mini-player: pause, resume, or skip back and ahead a sentence at a time
• Keeps reading while you browse other tabs or with your screen locked
BUILT FOR THE ROAD
• Works offline — lighthouse data, history, and main photos are bundled in the app (live maps and full photo galleries need a connection)
• Directions open in the navigation app you prefer — Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze
• No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking
Whether you're a lifelong "lighthouse bagger," chasing passport stamps, or just planning a coastal road trip, U.S. Lighthouse Guide helps you discover, find, and remember the beacons along the way.
Privacy policy: https://lighthousefriends.com/privacy-policy.html
EXPLORE THE COAST
• Browse lighthouses state by state, each with photos and rich descriptions
• Detailed records: location, history, characteristics, and visitor info
• See where each lighthouse stands on the map
• Filter the map by state, or by the details you care about
FIND LIGHTHOUSES NEAR YOU
• See which ones are closest to you and how far away each is
• Choose how far to look — widen or narrow the search radius any time
• Recenter the map on where you are with one tap
KEEP YOUR JOURNAL
• Log visits, favorites, and passport stamps
• Add your own notes and visit dates
• Keep a To Visit list of the lights you still want to see
• Your Lighthouse Year: each year's visits told as a story, month by month, ready to share as an image or PDF
• Follow your USLHS Passport: your achievement level, your patch, and how many entries reach the next level
• Export your journal as a PDF or CSV, and import from a CSV
• Watch your progress grow state by state
• Syncs automatically across your iPhone and iPad via iCloud — no sign-in required
• Share your journal with friends or family and collaborate on it
LISTEN, HANDS-FREE
• Tap the speaker icon on any lighthouse page to have its history read aloud — pick your voice and speed in Settings
• Podcast-style mini-player: pause, resume, or skip back and ahead a sentence at a time
• Keeps reading while you browse other tabs or with your screen locked
BUILT FOR THE ROAD
• Works offline — lighthouse data, history, and main photos are bundled in the app (live maps and full photo galleries need a connection)
• Directions open in the navigation app you prefer — Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze
• No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking
Whether you're a lifelong "lighthouse bagger," chasing passport stamps, or just planning a coastal road trip, U.S. Lighthouse Guide helps you discover, find, and remember the beacons along the way.
Privacy policy: https://lighthousefriends.com/privacy-policy.html
Latest updates
1.9.0
NEW: To Visit
Tap To Visit on any lighthouse's page to save it for later. Find your To Visit list on the Journal tab, and filter Map, Search, Browse and Nearby to show only those lighthouses. To Visit syncs with iCloud and is included in your CSV and PDF exports.
NEW: Your Lighthouse Year
The card on the Journal tab opens the recap of your latest year, and Recap on each year in Journal Entries opens that year. A recap tells the year's story in a few lines and lists its lighthouses month by month. Tap a Did you know? fact to see which lighthouses it's about. Tap Share to send the year as an image made for posting, or to print, save or share it as a PDF. Your latest year also shows your USLHS Passport as it stands today: your patch, your entries, and how many more the next level needs.
Also new
• The Journal tab shows Favorites and To Visit as two tiles side by side.
• Journal Entries is grouped by year, newest first.
• Importing a CSV marks a lighthouse Visited when its row has a visit date.
• Visited today? offers to date a visit when you mark a lighthouse visited while you're there.
1.8.0
• Your visited and stamped lighthouses: tap Visited or Stamped at the top of the Journal tab to see them, grouped by state.
• Plan your next lighthouse trip: show only the lighthouses you haven't visited, the stamps you can still collect, or your favorites.
Use the new My journal section in the Map and Search filters, or the buttons at the top of any lighthouse list in Browse.
• Track your USLHS passport progress: the Stamped list now shows your progress toward the U.S. Lighthouse Society's passport achievement levels.
Add the entries the app doesn't track to see where you stand.
• Replace or clear your journal: import a backup and choose Replace my journal, or start over with Clear journal in Settings → Journal data.
• Every lighthouse now has a Notes tab that opens with your own journal entry. Tap the card to edit it.
• The Favorites, Visited and Stamped lists show more lighthouses at once and let you jump to a state.
• Updated lighthouse information.
1.7.0
• Collaborate on your journal: you and the people you invite can keep one journal together, with visits, stamps and notes in step on everyone's devices.
Tap More, then Settings, and look under Sync.
• Export your journal as a CSV file or a printable PDF, from Settings → Journal data or the Export button in the Journal tab.
• Import a journal from a CSV export or a spreadsheet you filled in yourself, and undo the whole import if it's not what you wanted.
• Journal guide: step-by-step help for collaboration, export and import, under Settings → Journal data.
• After each update, the app now shows you what's new. The full list is under About → What's New.
Store changes
What U.S. Lighthouse Guide changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Description updated
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
8 screenshots (was 8)
