Pappus Travel Planner vs Roadtrippers

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.

Roadtrippers helps travelers discover places, plan routes, book, and navigate road trips. Its route planner estimates fuel costs and finds places within a chosen distance of a route. The company says its database covers millions of places in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Autopilot uses traveler insights to suggest stops that users can accept or decline, and friends can collaborate on a trip in real time. Plans set saved-trip and stop limits: Free allows one saved trip with three stops; Basic allows three trips with 20 stops each; Pro allows five trips with 50 stops each; Premium allows unlimited trips with 150 stops each. Campground search covers more than 50,000 campgrounds, with filters, reviews, and booking for thousands of sites. RV routing accounts for vehicle dimensions, weight, and propane status, but RV GPS features are available only in the United States. The service has web, iOS, and Android apps, supports saved-plan syncing, reservation import, shared itineraries, offline access, and Apple CarPlay voice directions.