10 Best Trip Planner Apps of 2026

Wanderlog is the most complete planner here for the price. Its core idea is a single screen where your itinerary sits next to a map, with each day in its own color, so you can see how far apart your stops are and reorder them. The free plan is generous: unlimited places, live collaboration with friends, imports of flights, hotels and car rentals, and smart recommendations. Wanderlog also gathers hotel and Airbnb options, has a budgeting tool that splits bills, and includes packing checklists. Pro, which starts at $39.99 a year, adds offline access on mobile, automatic Gmail scanning for reservations, route optimization, export to Google Maps, unlimited attachments, unlimited AI assistance and flight and car rental deals. The main catch is that offline access sits behind Pro, which matters if you travel without data. Pro is annual only, with no monthly option. Frequent flyers who mostly want flight alerts may prefer TripIt or Tripsy.

TripIt is the organizer for people whose trips are mostly bookings. You forward confirmation emails to plans@tripit.com, or connect Inbox Sync for Gmail, Yahoo or Microsoft, and TripIt files flights, hotels and cars into one itinerary that you can also edit on the web and in the app. The free version covers the itinerary, sharing and a map view. Pro is where TripIt pulls ahead of most rivals for frequent flyers: alerts for delays, cancellations, gate changes and baggage claim on any airline, Alternate Flights for rebooking, Seat Tracker, Fare Tracker for refund eligibility, Point Tracker for loyalty balances, Go Now reminders, risk alerts and interactive maps for 103 airports. Inner Circle gives a partner or assistant automatic access to every trip. TripIt is weaker at the inspiration side of planning, so pair it with Wanderlog or Tripomatic if you still need to pick sights. TripIt's pricing page did not load from our location, so its price is marked pending.

Tripsy is the most refined itinerary keeper on this list. Forward your reservation emails and it lays out flights, stays and activities in one trip, then keeps you posted on flight delays, gate changes and baggage information. Group features are thought through: each guest can be a collaborator or view-only, and you decide whether they see documents and expenses. A favorite guest can be added to new trips automatically. Expenses work in several currencies per trip, and everyone on the trip can add their own. You can store reservations, notes, photos, links and documents per trip and sync everything to your calendar. A free plan exists, and Tripsy Pro costs $59 a year or $299 once, both shareable with family. The trade-offs are price and focus. Pro is pricier than Wanderlog's, and Tripsy is built mostly for organizing what you have booked rather than discovering places. It is designed with Apple users first, although Android and web versions are offered.

Pilot covers a lot without a paywall. Its pricing page says the app is always free, and it lists features that rivals often charge for, including offline access on mobile, PDF export and file attachments. The itinerary builder is flexible: arrange items by day, category or person, drag and drop, color-code map pins, and attach links, files, costs and confirmation numbers to anything. Group features are the focus. You can invite as many people as you like by link or email, give edit or view-only rights, and use a basic group chat per trip, with hearts as a light voting system. Pilot also lets you book stays in the app, from 3.2 million hotels, hostels and rentals, and shows travel requirements and eVisas for over 200 countries. AI QuickStart can draft an itinerary. Pilot is a younger product, flight suggestions were still listed as coming soon, and its pricing page does not list automatic flight alerts, so frequent flyers may want TripIt alongside it.

Tripomatic, which used to be called Sygic Travel, is the best planner here for deciding what to see. You browse millions of places with photos, addresses and opening hours shown day by day, add them to a shortlist, then drag them into days on a map. The AI assistant can plan a whole trip or one day, find things near your hotel and reschedule stops. Routing covers walking, cycling, driving, taxi, public transport and flights, with traffic-aware driving times. Each day shows a weather forecast, and a cost estimator gives daily budgets in your own currency. Tours and tickets come from GetYourGuide. You can share trips with edit or view rights and export to PDF, GPX or KML. Planning is free on web, iOS and Android. Premium adds unlimited AI planning, offline maps and multi-stop routing extras, with a 7-day trial, but its page only showed a price in Polish zloty from our location, so the USD price is pending.

Stippl bundles the parts of a trip that other apps split up. The free plan includes unlimited trips, destinations and activities, unlimited co-planners, a budget tracker with currency conversion and expense settling, 24 predefined packing lists, a travel journal with up to 50 pictures per post, and a travel reel video for each trip. That makes it a good fit for long multi-stop trips where you plan, spend and record as you go. Stippl Pro adds unlimited AI trip and day-plan generation, AI route optimisation, forwarding of reservation emails, calendar sync, PDF export, expense export, custom budget categories and a 20% discount on printed photo books. Pro is a single monthly plan that you can cancel any time. The downside is that booking imports by email sit behind Pro, while Wanderlog includes imports for free. Stippl's Pro page showed only a EUR price from our location, so the USD price is pending.

KAYAK Trips is the simplest free option for keeping bookings together. KAYAK says the tool is free and works no matter where you book, so flights and hotels bought elsewhere can sit next to anything booked through KAYAK search. Trips keeps bookings in one place, adds them automatically, and gives real-time updates on cancellations, delays and gate changes, which covers one of the main reasons people pay for TripIt Pro. You can share an itinerary with your group and set editing permissions, and you can plan and manage trips of any length. The limits are in planning depth. KAYAK's Trips page does not describe offline access, document storage, budgets, route optimization or exports, so for building a sightseeing plan you will want Wanderlog, Pilot or Tripomatic. If you already compare flights and hotels on KAYAK, Trips is an easy, free way to hold the results.

Polarsteps is the trip app for the part after planning. It does plan: you can add stays and activities, generate an itinerary and add planned steps. Its real strength is tracking. The app records your route automatically, keeps tracking offline, and typically uses less than 4% battery a day, according to Polarsteps. Family and friends can follow along for free, and you decide whether a trip is private, for friends or public. Afterward you get travel stats, a scratch map and Trip Reels, and you can order a printed Travel Book. Polarsteps says planning, tracking, sharing and following stay free. Polarsteps Plus adds 3D maps, step stats with elevation, more map styles, up to 10 Travel Buddies and 20% off Travel Books on the yearly plan, with no free trial at the moment. Plus showed EUR prices from our location, so the USD price is pending. Polarsteps does not manage reservations or flight alerts, so pair it with TripIt or Tripsy for bookings.

Roadtrippers is built for one kind of trip: driving. Its database holds millions of points of interest plus curated Extraordinary Places, and you build a route by adding gas stations, stays, attractions and trails along the way. The Trip Distance Tool shows where to refuel, eat and rest based on how far you want to drive. Overlays for cell coverage, public lands and wildfire smoke help in remote areas, and Autio adds location-based audio stories. RVers get the most value: higher tiers add RV-specific routing that avoids low bridges and roads with weight or propane limits, overnight RV parking and campground booking, though RV routing works in the US only. The free plan is tight at 1 saved trip with 3 stops. Basic is $35.99 a year for 3 trips and 20 stops, Pro is $49.99 and Premium is $59.99 a year with 150 stops, navigation, live traffic and offline maps. Monthly plans skip the free trial.

Mindtrip is the AI-first option. Instead of dragging places onto a map, you tell its travel assistant what you like, such as street food over fine dining or direct flights under a set budget, and it remembers those preferences for future trips. The assistant suggests flights, stays and restaurants, explains why each one fits, and lets you book directly on Mindtrip or have the assistant handle details. You can build a trip that keeps your itinerary, ideas and bookings in one place. Mindtrip also watches for price drops, flight changes and restaurant availability, and you can create agents to monitor anything else you care about. Recommendations draw on guides from travelers and local experts. The trade-offs: you have less hands-on control over day plans and routes than in Wanderlog or Tripomatic, and the site did not list any prices or plans when we checked, so its pricing is marked pending.