# PocketPal - Travel Buddy

> PocketPal - Travel Buddy (iPhone/iPad app by Up Labs Limited.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocketpal-travel-buddy/id6774113297 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Up Labs Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/1822755414)
- Category: Travel
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 74 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-01
- Data updated: 2026-07-18
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocketpal-travel-buddy/id6774113297/reviews.md

## What is PocketPal?

PocketPal is an AI travel buddy built for travelers, digital nomads, and anyone exploring a new place.

Ask travel questions, understand local essentials, save locations, and get practical help while you are on the go.

Whether you are preparing for a trip, arriving in a new country, or trying to figure out what to do next, PocketPal helps you get oriented faster.

Key features:

• AI travel assistant
Ask questions about local travel, safety, culture, transportation, connectivity, and everyday logistics.

• Country-aware travel help
Get more relevant answers based on where you are or where you are planning to go.

• Nearby essentials
Find useful places like cafes, ATMs, hospitals, pharmacies, and other local points of interest.

• Saved places
Save places you want to remember, revisit, or organize for your trip.

• Travel-friendly tools
Get practical support for the small decisions that come up while traveling, from local context to connectivity.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-07-12

- Improved chat reliability, consent handling, and local AI setup.
- Added local AI model selection during onboarding.
- Improved download progress, pause, resume, cancel, and failure recovery.
- Refined Places search, nearby results, city lookup, and map controls.
- General stability and user experience improvements.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-05

Fixed an issue preventing local AI from responding reliably. Also improved chat behavior when Cloud AI is off and no local AI model installed.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-01

No release notes.

## Related topics

[pal travel](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/pal-travel)

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