Travel Planner Guide: Tripsy

This app is a must have for trip planning. It’s so much better than every other alternative I’ve tried, it’s not even a competition. The paid features are also really worth it.

Hi there, I use Tripsy for several years, so far so good (except for som issues on timezones 😉). However, I am traveling to Africa, Namibia and Botswana, in November. It appeared that Apple Maps cannot find any routes, showing straight lines on the map. Google Maps is missing som significant roads. My question is whether it is possible to use Google Maps for the overview map and calculations between points in order to get a better forecast of traveling time. There is a very good chart app of Africa, Tracks4Africa which is 200% better than G or A maps. It should be fine to be able to use T4A as default app for traveling. The option to get live flight info is very welcome. It might be very handy to be able to register seat nrs, gate nr, boeking nr and boarding pass nr (presenting QR or barcode), enabling a full paperless experience at the airport. Regards Jaa van der Spek Keep on doing good work!

You need a account (and subscription) if you want to sync your information across your Apple devices (didn’t we have iCloud for that?) Please add iCloud sync for people who doesn’t use the auto-fill in itinerary function for people who doesn’t want to copy their private sensitive information to other external servers. You even need a Tripsy account just for syncing the information from the app to your local Calendar. Why? This app can hold your complete itinerary of your trips. You can add all necessary documents of your trip, so you have a copy of them always within reach. I didn’t used the optional account for this app, so I didn’t get any real time flight information (and couldn’t sync between my Apple devices). All major airlines or airports can give you information (and notifications) for FREE. So I used that. Privacy Terms: This is a company located at the USA. We all know, the USA doesn’t care much about privacy, like Europe does. So this app doesn’t mention European GDPR-legislation in their privacy terms. (Also a reason not to sync my private sensitive information -with a account- to their servers). They say “we care about your privacy”, but when companies write this, they probably won’t. Missing categories: “Total expenses” which can be automatically filled by the input of the total costs per category (also missing this field at all the categories) from the other categories. So the app calculates easily the total expenses of your trip.

They REALLY want you to pay. Without it you can barely do anything and they keep spamming notifications constantly to get you to try pro. So deleted the app and just used google, which does the same thing without spamming 👍

The subscription for this app is too expensive for non-frequent flyers. You also need a account (and subscription) if you want to sync your information across your Apple devices (didn’t we had iCloud for that?) Ok that was the negative side of the app (and also those why I stopped using it after a month subscription). Now the positives. This app can hold your complete itinerary of your trips. You can add all necessary documents of your trip, so you have a copy of them always within reach. I didn’t used the optional account for this app, so I didn’t get any real time flight information (and couldn’t sync between my Apple devices). But all major airlines or airports can give you information (and notifications) for FREE. So I used that. Privacy Terms: This is a company located at the USA. We all know, the USA doesn’t care much about privacy, like Europe does. So this app doesn’t mention European GDPR-legislation in their privacy terms. (Also a reason not to sync my documents-with a account- though their servers). They say “we care about your privacy”, but when companies write this, they probably won’t. Missing categories: “Total expenses” which can be automatically filled by the input of the total costs per category (also missing this field at all the categories) from the other categories. So the app calculates easily the total expenses of your trip.

Using tripsy is great. I like the map view and the ability to browse through the days. Tripsy’s concept is similar to that of Tripit, which I have used many years ago. If you find the price too steep, consider subscribing to Setapp and enjoy the pro version of Tripsy at no additional cost.

Alleen betaalde versie en die is alleen interessant wanneer je van de groepsfunctie gebruik maak. Voor solitair gebruik is de app zinvol maar veel te duur

Looks promising but I’ll pass. 5 euros a month. It feels I need to be on a trip every week to even make use of that price.

The best travel app. The other one works but this one is magic

This app needs to be cleaner for me, but it’s still better than Wanderlog, which is everything everywhere, Wanderlog is basically the equivalent of messy piles of paper on your desk and no, you really don’t know where anything is, it’s just a stress inducing guessing game, not an organized mess, just a mess. I prefer TripIt because it files things neatly under each day. With a clear, simple and clean scroll through of each day, not pictures, adds, and stuff all over the place. Notes, photos, documents, etc., can be added right underneath the activity. It also uploads the info from my email more accurately.