Planner showdown
Wanderlog vs TripIt vs TripBoard: Which Trip Planner Fits How You Travel
These three are not really competitors — they solve different halves of the same trip. Work out which half is your problem and the choice makes itself.
閱讀繁體中文版- Wanderlog vs TripIt
- trip planner app
- travel itinerary
- TripIt Pro
Comparison posts usually line these apps up feature by feature and declare a winner. That is the wrong frame. Wanderlog is where you decide what the trip will be: places, days, a map, someone else editing alongside you. TripIt is where you file a trip you have already booked: forward the confirmation emails and it assembles a timeline. TripBoard is the one that assumes nobody wants an account and that the trip involves other people's money. Pick by which sentence describes your next trip.
Feature comparison#
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| TripBoard | Wanderlog | TripIt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core job | Plan the days and settle the money, with no sign-up | Discover places and build a day-by-day plan on a map | Turn booking confirmations into one organised timeline |
| Account required | No | Yes | Yes |
| Offline itinerary | Yes after the first load; data lives in your browser | Yes — free tier, per the official blog | Not stated in the official docs; test in airplane mode |
| Offline maps | No | Premium, from $40 per year, per the official blog | No |
| Auto-import from email | No — you enter plans yourself | Reservation import is supported | Yes — this is its main feature; Pro adds automatic inbox scanning per the official docs |
| Expenses and splitting | Multi-currency expenses and free splitting, no cap on people | Budget tracking in the free tier, per the official blog | None |
| Flight alerts | No | No real-time alerting | Real-time alerts are a Pro feature, per the official docs |
| Documents per trip | Notes and booking references inside the trip; no file storage | Attachments supported | 3 on free, up to 25 on Pro, per the official docs |
| Pricing model | Free tier; Pro is a one-time USD $69 | Free tier; premium from $40 per year, per the official blog | Free tier; Pro is an annual subscription (price not stated on the official page) |
Verified Sept 2026 against official docs. Third-party plans and limits change without notice — check the vendor's own pages before you commit. TripBoard's column comes from the product itself.
Wanderlog: strongest when the trip is still an idea#
Wanderlog is built around places. You collect candidates, drag them onto days, and the map shows you immediately that the museum and the restaurant are forty minutes apart. Collaboration is real — two people can shape the same day. Per its official blog, the free tier covers most of this, including full itinerary planning with offline access, budget tracking, the colour-coded map and recommendations; offline map access is the premium line, starting at $40 per year.
Pros
- Place discovery and route sanity-checking inside the planner.
- Per the official blog, offline itinerary access is included in the free tier.
- Genuine multi-person editing for trips planned by committee.
Cons
- Every collaborator needs an account.
- Offline maps are a paid annual feature, per the official blog.
- Budget tracking is not a settlement: it will not tell four people who owes whom.
TripIt: strongest when the trip is already booked#
TripIt does one thing extremely well: you forward the airline, hotel and car-rental confirmations, and it produces a single ordered itinerary with confirmation numbers in the right places. For someone flying monthly that is worth real money. Per the official Free vs Pro page, Pro adds real-time flight alerts, automatic plan capture from your inbox, fare refund monitoring, seat and alternate-flight tools, airport maps and up to 25 documents per trip against 3 on free. Two things that page does not say: what it costs, and whether anything works offline — so test airplane mode before you rely on it.
Pros
- Unbeatable at consolidating bookings you made across a dozen sites.
- Per the official docs, Pro's real-time flight alerts often beat the airline's own notifications.
- Clean day-of-travel view: what is next, where, and which confirmation number.
Cons
- It does not help you decide anything: there is no discovery, no map planning.
- The official Free vs Pro page does not mention offline access at all.
- No expenses and no splitting.
- An account is mandatory, and it wants access to your booking emails.
TripBoard: strongest when the trip involves other people's money#
TripBoard starts from a different assumption: the person organising the trip should not have to make five other people register for anything. It runs in the browser, keeps the trip in local storage, and puts the day plan, the multi-currency expenses and the settlement on one screen. Share the result as a plain link — the recipient opens a web page. (If your group chats in LINE, the same settlement drops in as a card.) Foreign spend can be checked against the exchange rate tool, and the forecast lives on the weather page.
Pros
- No sign-up for you and none for the people you share with.
- Offline after the first load: view, edit and log expenses with no signal.
- Splitting is free with no cap on participants, and computes the fewest transfers.
- One-time Pro (USD $69) instead of an annual subscription.
- 21 free templates to start from — see the Japan itinerary template guide.
Cons
- No place discovery or reviews: you bring the ideas.
- No email import — bookings are typed in, not forwarded.
- No offline maps and no flight alerts.
- Free tier keeps 1 trip at a time; data lives in one browser, so export a backup before switching device.
Pick by trip, not by feature count#
- Two friends planning three weeks in Europe from scratch: Wanderlog to decide, then TripBoard if you also need to split the costs at the end.
- A consultant flying every other week: TripIt, with Pro if flight alerts matter to you.
- Six people going away for a long weekend: TripBoard — one person plans, everyone opens a link, and the settlement is free with no cap on people.
- A hiking trip with no signal: read offline trip planners compared first; the itinerary and the map are separate problems.
FAQ#
Is Wanderlog or TripIt better?
They answer different questions. Wanderlog is for building a plan — places, days, maps, collaboration — and per its official blog the free tier includes offline itinerary access. TripIt is for organising bookings you already made, with Pro adding real-time flight alerts per the official docs. If you are deciding, use Wanderlog; if you are filing, use TripIt.
Do Wanderlog or TripIt split expenses?
Neither offers a settlement. Wanderlog has budget tracking per its official blog, which tells you what the trip costs but not who owes whom. TripIt has no expense features at all. If splitting is the point, TripBoard does it free with no cap on participants, with multi-currency entries backed by the exchange rate tool.
Is TripIt Pro worth it?
It depends entirely on how often you fly. Per the official Free vs Pro page, Pro's headline items are real-time flight alerts, automatic plan capture from your inbox, fare refund monitoring, seat tools, airport maps and 25 documents per trip versus 3. If you take a couple of trips a year, the free tier already does the filing.
Can I use a trip planner without creating an account?
Yes — TripBoard runs entirely in the browser, so there is nothing to register for, and people you share with just open a link. Wanderlog and TripIt both keep trips on their servers and require accounts. More options in Wanderlog alternatives.
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