Best free travel planner app for Android (2026)

On Android, most trip planner apps promise the same three things: an itinerary, a map and planning with friends. Which one fits depends on details that the screenshots on Google Play do not show – what works without a paid plan, what still opens without mobile data, and whether the app does anything on the phone that a website cannot. This guide compares five trip planner apps for Android – including our own, YesTrip – using only what each provider states on its Google Play listing and its own website, and it says clearly where other apps are stronger.

Prices are left out on purpose: they change often and differ by country. Check the Google Play listing before you subscribe.

The short answer

If you want one free app that plans the trip and helps on the road, YesTrip is built for that: an AI day-by-day plan, a map with around 6,500 sights, a Today view with the next stop, offline maps and shared expenses – with no subscription and no paid tier. On Android it can also read receipts on the phone, send push notifications about shared trips and price alerts, and show your next stop in a home screen widget. If your trips are mainly bookings you have already made, TripIt or Wanderlog save more typing, because they import confirmation emails.

The same apps across all platforms are compared in our comparison of seven AI trip planner apps.

Five trip planner apps on Android

Each line uses what the provider states on its Google Play listing; where it says nothing, the table says "not stated".

To make the table easier to read, here is how many of five features each Google Play listing names without a paid label: AI itinerary, offline, planning with others, expense splitting and email import. "Not stated" counts as zero – the feature may exist, the listing just does not say so. Wanderlog's website describes an AI trip planner, and Stippl's App Store page mentions co-planners; neither is on their Play listing.

The count measures breadth, not quality. TripIt names few features, but the one it is known for – building the itinerary from forwarded emails – it does very well. Mindtrip is not in this list: its own FAQ names the web and an iOS app, not Android.

The apps in detail

YesTrip

Best for: a free AI plan that also works during the trip and with a group.

You say where, when and for how long, and the AI suggests a plan for every day with times, real places and the walk between them on the map. You move, remove and add stops until it fits. During the trip, the Today view shows the next stop, the way there and the tickets for the day. Travel companions join by link, vote on restaurants and day trips and add shared expenses; the app shows who owes whom. Money never goes through the app.

Pricing: free, with no subscription. The AI features use credits: 40 free credits every calendar month – enough, for example, for two long trip plans and two dozen questions. The explore map and expenses cost nothing. YesTrip earns a small commission when you book through a partner link; your price stays the same.

Weakness: there is no automatic inbox import, and there are no community travel guides.

Wanderlog

Best for: planners who want everything in one app, including road trips.

The Play listing describes a map that pins every place you add, route optimisation with times and distances, real-time collaboration with edit or view rights, budgets with bill splitting, and reservations imported by forwarding emails or connecting Gmail. Offline access to trip plans is marked Pro.

TripIt

Best for: frequent travellers who want their bookings organised automatically.

You forward confirmations to TripIt and it builds the itinerary; reservation details are available offline, the trip can be plotted on Google Maps, and plans can be synced to your calendar or shared. TripIt Pro adds real-time flight status alerts, check-in reminders, refund alerts when a fare drops and interactive airport maps.

Layla

Best for: travellers who want to chat their way to a trip.

Layla builds an itinerary in a chat, and the listing says it works with Skyscanner and Booking.com to show live flight and hotel prices. Trip ideas can be shared with travel companions. Offline use and expenses are not described.

Stippl

Best for: round trips across several cities or countries.

Stippl's listing describes a route planner with transport between stops, an hour-by-hour itinerary, a budget tracker with bill splitting, a travel journal and packing lists. Routes, itinerary, bookings and maps are available offline. The AI trip planner is marked Pro.

What the Android app of YesTrip does extra

Some features use the phone in ways a browser cannot. Today they exist only in the Android app:

• Scan receipts. Photograph a receipt and the app reads amount, date, shop and category with text recognition on the phone – nothing is uploaded. You check the values and save the expense.
• Push notifications. For shared trips, the app can tell you about new costs, polls, comments, tasks, new members and changed dates. Flight price alerts can arrive as push too, or by email. The app only asks for the permission when you turn it on in Settings or once after you share a trip, never at the first start, and quiet hours hold messages back.
• Share to YesTrip. Share an Instagram, TikTok or YouTube link from that app and YesTrip finds the places in it on the map. Share a booking confirmation from your mail app and it opens in the import of your current or next trip; flights and hotel stays are read on the phone.
• Home screen widget. The widget shows your next stop, and if a ticket is attached, a button opens it straight away. While a ticket is shown, the screen goes to full brightness for the scanner at the gate.

Reminders that it is time to go, for check-in, for the airport and a morning summary are scheduled on the phone and arrive even when the app is closed. In the browser, they only work while the tab is open. The route button hands the way to the next stop to your maps app.

Offline maps on Android

Trips, tickets, photos and chat are stored on the phone, and without a connection the app keeps working with that data. For the map, the offline package downloads the street map, place photos and routes of one trip; the app shows the size first – for the demo trips between about 14 MB (Rome) and 32 MB (Lisbon). If you add places after the download, YesTrip tells you to update the package. The AI and the search for flights, hotels and tours need internet.

If your phone plan does not cover Italy, a travel eSIM is often the cheaper fix; an eSIM for Italy^* is available from Airalo, for example. Tickets for the Colosseum or the Vatican Museums^* can be compared at Tiqets and kept with the stop in your plan. Our guide to offline maps for travel lists what else to save before you leave.

How to install YesTrip on Android

1. Open Google Play and search for "YesTrip", or use the Google Play link on our home page.
2. Install the app. It runs on Android 7.0 or later.
3. Open it and try the demo – four example trips, nothing is saved – or sign in with an email code, Google or Apple.
4. Before you leave, download the offline package of your trip on Wi-Fi, and turn on notifications in Settings if you travel with others.

The same plan is available in the browser at app.yestrip.app and in the iOS app; our guide to the best free travel planner app for iPhone and iPad covers the Apple side, and the guide to trip planners in the browser the version without an install.

What YesTrip is not

YesTrip is a planner, not a travel agency: it shows you the way to the provider but never books for you. Payment, contract and customer service stay with the airline, the hotel or the tour operator. The prices in the search are indicative, and there is no live flight status. The AI makes suggestions, not guarantees – check opening hours and connections that matter.

Rome trip planDay by day, with map and tips

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