Pappus Travel Planner vs Pilot

Pappus Travel Planner builds day-by-day trip itineraries with destinations, transport, times, and costs. Itinerary items can include places, transport legs, shared-ticket groups, reorderable entries, and alternative plans. Trip information is stored in a portable SQLite file; the app says it needs no account or server and uploads nothing. It works offline except for optional connection searches and map tiles, which rely on network services. Optional Transitous searches cover public transport, trains, buses, and other operator routes, and results can be imported with live times refreshed. Maps use OpenStreetMap tiles, and GPX tracks can be added to itinerary legs. Costs can be tracked across currencies, custom categories, and exchange rates, with spending statistics and settle-up calculations. Photos and documents can be attached to entries, groups, or trips. Trips can be shared as importable .tpt bundles or exported as PDF or .ics, though PDF and calendar exports cannot be imported back. The free software is licensed under GNU GPL version 3 or later, with no warranty stated.

Pilot is a trip-planning and booking app for building itineraries, finding stays and activities, and sharing plans. Its itinerary builder combines routes and map pins with notes, checklists, files, and booking details; plans can be rearranged with drag and drop. Travelers can invite others by email or link, collaborate without a group-size limit, set view-only access, chat, and vote on options. AI can generate itineraries and suggest activities, and can parse imported booking files into trips. The site lists over 3.2 million stays, millions of activities, local food categories, and more than 60 explore filters. Pilot runs on the web, iOS, and Android, with offline itinerary access on mobile, though some mobile functions are limited during early development. Users can export trips to PDF for offline access or printing. The core Pilot plan is free. Group-rate sourcing is also free for groups of 8 or more; full-service retreat planning costs $49 per night.