TravelSmart vs ColletteCompass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TravelSmart
Discover and book package tours departing from major Vietnamese cities. Find detailed itineraries, compare tour operators, and share your travel experiences with a community of enthusiasts. Features convenient payment options and helpful travel utilities.
- Search package tours by keyword, destination, and price
- Detailed tour itineraries and operator information
- Community reviews and photo sharing
- Convenient online and offline payment options
- Create and share travel experiences
- Travel utilities: weather, maps, currency converter
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We are proud to be one of the first Vietnamese travel App created uniquely for travel lover community in Vietnam. TravelSmart App provides useful features for selections of packages tours which are departed from Can Tho City. HCMC, Danang, Hanoi .... and organized by many liable and famous tour operators in Vietnam. With a clear classification by destination, departure points, tour types, price, organized travel agent .... together with nice pictures, simple interface, easy to watch, elegant color which will help users easily select suitable tours, tourist information search and sharing essential travel enthusiasts with TravelSmart community. The highlighted features of the App including: 1. Search for “Package Tour”: only by typing the key word of the Tour name, Domestic or Outbound tour, travel agents, departure date, tour price and departing point… into the search tool, many results will be get back shortly in a list format. The tour list is showed order by number of views and mostly like from the community, will help you easy to find the needed tour and make final decision. 2. Providing reliable reference sources to assist you choose qualified tours: App introduce details of the tour, normal and promotional rates, availability, viewing times. “Tour itinerary” provides the estimated travel & date, the specific tourist destinations classified by departure / return place, sightseeings, hotels, restaurants ... which will be very convenient for user to track the tour. You also can see information about the organized travel agents including their history, organized tours and tours are opening for sale, together with comments, the tour quality evaluation shared by people who used to join the tour. 3. Convenient & quick payment tool: you can choose 01 of 03 forms of payment: by credit card online, by bank transfer, or cash collected at home or at a requested address. 4. Sharing your passion and travel experiences: - See all assessment, feedback, and engage comment, share photos with other members and the TravelSmart community. - Evaluate the service quality on tour way, let the tour guides and the travel agent know immediately about your satisfaction, and request an upgrading or changing from their side if needed. - The tool “Create new places” will make you comfortably write to share your knowledge, experiences about your favourite attraction and post to TravelSmart App with your own images. - You can also learn, explore new & fascinating sights shared by the other travel lovers of the TravelSmart community. - Learn about the “domestic and foreign travel upcoming highlights” and share with your friends via Facebook, mail, ... 5. The supportive utilities: TravelSmart App provides many additional utilities to operate efficiently your travel activities including: providing history and referral information, the weather and temperature, interacting maps, travel guide for all tourist places, offer online currency converter tool which is convenient for shopping, and other "Tourist Tips" which provide the necessary information for your trip. 6. Account Management and bonus saving for many privileges: all your activities on the TravelSmart App like buying tour products, sharing tour programs, tourist destinations, tourism events , travel tips, write post about tourist sites, comments, reviews about the location and quality of tour services etc… will be automatically recorded and converted into "points" saved in your account. You should collect as many bonus points as possible to exchange to "Travel gifts" or "discount voucher" which can be used to buy new tour on TravelSmart App.
ColletteCompass
This digital travel companion enhances guided tours with comprehensive destination knowledge and itinerary details. Discover local attractions, find nearby points of interest, and navigate with an interactive map. It provides essential tour information, making exploration richer and more convenient.
- Tour details and itinerary
- Destination information
- Nearby search for attractions
- Interactive map
- Hotel and transfer information
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Hold the entire world in your hands. The Collette Compass app provides our guests with a wealth of travel knowledge. Enhance your guided tour with this easy to use digital companion that never leaves your side. Discover the best of your destination. Tour Details See exactly what is included on tour. You’ll always have your personal hotel and transfer handy along with your daily itinerary. Destination information Enjoy a richer experience. Immerse yourself in local knowledge and learn more about the places you are visiting. Search Make the most of your free time on tour. Find the best nearby restaurants, historical sites, attractions and more. Map Enjoy peace of mind mixed with the freedom to explore with our interactive map. Now you can go anywhere and find your way back! We are ready to show you the world. Download Collette Compass today. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ColletteCompass at 4.7 against TravelSmart's 2.9. ColletteCompass also leads on ratings volume (436 vs 7) and review sentiment (92% vs 75%). TravelSmart's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ColletteCompass holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ColletteCompass has 436 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of TravelSmart's written reviews are positive against 92% of ColletteCompass's.
TravelSmart ships an update every 2 months, ColletteCompass every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | TravelSmart | ColletteCompass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (436 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 92.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 436 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | NexleSoft | Collette Travel Service, Inc. |
Customer experience
TravelSmart
ColletteCompass
Bugs and requests
TravelSmart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ColletteCompass
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues after device changes
- Inconsistent flight information updates
- Crashing when accessing certain screens
Requested features
4 requests- Landscape mode support for tablets
- More detailed daily itinerary information
- In-app messaging for tour groups
- Ability to view all upcoming trips, not just upcoming
In-app purchases
TravelSmart
No in-app purchases
ColletteCompass
No in-app purchases









