TravelSwallow vs TREK
TravelSwallow
travelswallow.app
TREK
liketrek.comSide by side
| Figure | TravelSwallow | TREK |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €2.90/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 11 | 2 |
| Spec score · AI Travel Planners | 8.5 (#19) | 9.1 (#3) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Maps and weather | Plans include Google Maps search links for stops and current weather plus a five-day forecast from Open-Meteo. | OpenStreetMap is the default place search, Google Places is optional, and 16-day forecasts use Open-Meteo without API keys. |
Plans
TravelSwallow
- FreeFree
- Plus€9.90 a month
- Pro€24.90 a month
- Add-on: +5 travel plans€4.90 a month
- Pack: 5 AI generations€2.90 a month
- Pack: 25 AI generations€9.90 a month
- Pack: 100 AI generations€29.90 a month
- 5 AI generations€2.90, paid once
- +5 travel plans€4.90 a month
- 25 AI generations€9.90, paid once
In their own words
TravelSwallow
TravelSwallow has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
TREK
TREK is a self-hosted travel planner for organizing trips collaboratively in real time. Users can arrange places by day, optimize routes by distance, and send a day to Google Maps for turn-by-turn directions. Collaborators can edit itineraries together, see live presence, chat, run polls, track attendance, and share read-only public links. Reservation records hold confirmation numbers, files, and statuses for flights, stays, and restaurants. Budgets support multiple currencies and per-person or per-day totals; packing lists include templates and item assignments. OpenStreetMap is the default place search, Google Places is optional, and 16-day forecasts use Open-Meteo without API keys. Optional addons include travel statistics, vacation planning, journaling, and MCP integration. TREK runs on operator-controlled hardware, stores trip data in a SQLite file, and supports scheduled snapshots with retention policies. It can be installed as a PWA and has deployment documentation for Docker, Kubernetes, Unraid, Proxmox, Raspberry Pi, and Apple Silicon, with AMD64 and ARM64 images. It is open source under AGPL-3.0 and free for personal and internal company use.