Comparison

WanderMap vs TripIt

These are fundamentally different tools. WanderMap is a trip planner — build itineraries visually on a map. TripIt is a trip organizer — consolidate booking confirmations into a timeline. Here's how they compare.

TL;DR

Choose WanderMap if you want to plan trips on a map, track budgets with multi-currency support, collaborate with your travel group in real-time, or split costs. Choose TripIt if you primarily need to organize booking confirmations from email, get real-time flight alerts, or track loyalty points across airlines. They're complementary tools — many travelers use both.

Fundamentally Different Tools

The most important thing to understand is that WanderMap and TripIt serve different phases of travel. TripIt is a post-booking organizer — forward your confirmation emails and it builds a chronological itinerary. It's excellent at this. WanderMap is a pre-booking (and during-booking) planner — drop pins on a map, draw routes, research activities, track budgets, and collaborate with your group. If you need to plan a trip from scratch, WanderMap is the tool. If you've already booked everything and want it organized in one place with flight alerts, TripIt is the tool.

Visual Planning vs Text Lists

WanderMap's defining feature is its map-first interface. Your trip lives on an interactive world map with pins for every destination, color-coded routes between them, transport icons, and snap-to-road routing along actual roads. TripIt has no map interface at all — it's a chronological text list of your bookings. If you're a visual thinker who wants to see the spatial relationship between destinations, WanderMap's approach is fundamentally different. If you just need a clean list of your hotel check-ins and flight times, TripIt's simplicity is an advantage.

Budget Tracking

TripIt has zero budget tracking features. Period. It integrates with SAP Concur for corporate expense reporting, but individual travelers get nothing. WanderMap includes comprehensive budget tracking: per-stop breakdowns, daily burn rate charts, spending by category, multi-currency auto-conversion with live exchange rates, cost splitting among group members, and settlement summaries. If managing trip finances matters to you, this isn't even a contest.

Collaboration

TripIt's sharing is one-directional — you share your itinerary with others, but there's no collaborative planning. No co-editing, no voting on activities, no comments, no real-time presence. WanderMap is built for group trip planning with real-time co-editing, live presence indicators, activity voting, threaded comments on stops, and notifications when plans change. Only the trip owner needs a Pro plan; everyone else joins free.

Where TripIt Wins

Let's be honest about TripIt's strengths. Its email-to-itinerary parsing is best-in-class — forward a confirmation email and it extracts all the details automatically. TripIt Pro's flight disruption tools (real-time alerts, alternative flight suggestions, seat tracking, gate change notifications) are genuinely valuable for frequent flyers. And its loyalty points tracker consolidates miles across airlines and hotels. These are travel-day features that WanderMap doesn't offer — they're different categories of tool.

Pricing

WanderMap Pro is $29.99/year. TripIt Pro is $49/year — that's 63% more expensive. WanderMap also offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. TripIt doesn't offer a Pro free trial. Both have functional free tiers, though they cover very different feature sets. Many users have noted that some TripIt Pro features (flight alerts, boarding passes) now duplicate functionality available for free in airline apps, reducing the perceived value of the $49 price tag.

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

Feature WanderMap TripIt
Core Approach
Primary purpose Trip planning (before you book) Trip organizing (after you book)
Primary interface Interactive world map Chronological list
Map visualization Full-screen, color-coded routes No interactive map
Email auto-import —
Destination discovery Community templates —
Trip Planning Features
Drop pins on map —
Route visualization Color-coded, snap-to-road —
Accommodation tracking Auto-parsed from email
Activity scheduling Manual entry only
Drag-and-drop reorder —
Timeline view
Map + Timeline split view —
Budget & Expenses
Budget tracking —
Multi-currency support Pro —
Cost splitting Pro —
Settlement summary Pro —
Spending by category —
Daily burn rate —
Collaboration
Real-time co-editing Pro —
Live presence indicators Pro —
Activity voting Pro —
Comments on stops Pro —
Trip sharing
Travel Day Features
Flight status alerts — Pro
Seat tracker — Pro
Gate change notifications — Pro
Alternative flight suggestions — Pro
Points/miles tracking — Pro
Airport security wait times — Pro
Platform & Pricing
Web app
Mobile app Coming soon iOS + Android
Pro price (annual) $29.99/yr $49/yr
Free trial 14 days, no card None
Document storage (free) — 3 per trip
Document storage (Pro) Unlimited 25 per trip

Choose WanderMap if you...

  • Want to plan trips visually on an interactive map
  • Need budget tracking with multi-currency support
  • Plan group trips and need cost splitting
  • Want real-time collaborative planning with voting and comments
  • Are in the planning phase — before or during booking
  • Want a more affordable Pro plan ($29.99 vs $49/yr)

Choose TripIt if you...

  • Want automatic itinerary building from confirmation emails
  • Need real-time flight alerts and gate change notifications
  • Track loyalty points across airlines and hotels
  • Travel frequently for business and use SAP Concur
  • Need a native mobile app with offline access
  • Prefer a post-booking organizer over a planning tool

Frequently Asked Questions

Is WanderMap a good alternative to TripIt?
It depends on what you need. WanderMap is a better trip planner — if you want to visually plan itineraries, track budgets, collaborate in real-time, and split costs. TripIt is a better trip organizer — if you want to auto-import booking confirmations from email and get flight alerts. They serve different phases of the trip lifecycle.
Does WanderMap have email auto-import like TripIt?
Not currently. TripIt's email-to-itinerary parsing is one of its strongest features. WanderMap focuses on the planning phase — building itineraries visually on a map before and during booking, rather than organizing confirmations after.
Is WanderMap cheaper than TripIt Pro?
Yes. WanderMap Navigator is $29.99/year compared to TripIt Pro at $49/year — that's 39% less. WanderMap also offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card, while TripIt doesn't offer a free trial for Pro.
Can I use both WanderMap and TripIt together?
Absolutely, and many travelers do use complementary tools. Use WanderMap for the planning phase — building itineraries, visualizing routes on the map, tracking budgets, and collaborating with your travel group. Use TripIt on travel days for flight alerts, gate changes, and organized boarding passes.
Does TripIt have budget tracking?
No. TripIt has no built-in budget tracking, multi-currency support, or cost splitting features. It integrates with SAP Concur for corporate expense reporting, but individual travelers don't benefit from this. Budget tracking is one of WanderMap's strongest advantages over TripIt.

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