Brownbook vs Wheree

Brownbook is a global business listing directory where people can add listings, update details, and review businesses. Owners can claim listings to verify information and take control, enrich profiles with text, photos, and videos, and receive alerts about reviews. Brownbook also offers BLINX, a mobile-optimised business bio page with a short URL and QR code. The free business listing costs nothing. For bulk listing work, the Publisher API supports searching, inserting, editing, and deleting listings; it costs $0.10 a month, billed per listing per month, and requires a signed API agreement and an authorized OAuth key or token. Commercial users may not submit more than five listings for gain unless using the authorized API under a commercial agreement. Brownbook says listings can support search visibility and attract customers. The service is available on the web and through an API, and offers help pages and an email contact form.

Wheree is a local discovery app and website for finding businesses and services through listings, reviews, and relevance-based search. Search by location or category, then filter by features, distance, ratings, and other preferences. Recommendations draw on user reviews and interests. You can save unlimited collections, share places, and collaborate with travel companions; community Q&A lets users ask about businesses and receive answers from other Wheree users. The app is available on Android, iOS, and the web, with a free app plan at free. Business owners can claim a listing, edit details and photos, manage and respond to reviews, and report spam or abuse. Wheree for Business offers reports on visits and traffic sources. Wheree says reviews are limited to verified users and describes AI-assisted detection of fake and paid reviews. It says sponsored listings and advertisements are labelled and do not affect organic search rankings. The App Store listing says usage data may be used to track users across other companies’ apps and websites; Apple notes that this information is developer-reported and unverified.