Trip Plans vs myAmaCruise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trip Plans
Access your detailed travel itinerary offline, presented beautifully and clearly. View daily event summaries, get quick access to contact and navigation info for locations, and chat directly with your travel advisor without needing an internet connection.
- Offline itinerary access
- Daily event summaries
- Location contact and navigation
- Direct chat with travel advisor
- Beautiful and easy-to-understand format
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The Trip Plans app lets you view your detailed itinerary from your travel advisor on your iPhone. No data or internet connection? No problem! All your trip details will still be there presented in a beautiful and easy to understand format. - See a summary of your trip with how many events you have on each day. - On each day, view detailed information for each event. - Quickly pull up phone numbers and navigation for the places on your trip. - Chat with your travel advisor directly in the app. No more messy email chains! Your travel advisor will send you an email with a link to open your specific trip. Bon Voyage!
myAmaCruise
Enhance your river cruise with live ship tracking, destination details, and personal photo albums. Access daily newsletters with excursion schedules and onboard activities.
- Live cruise tracking map
- Destination and excursion information
- Personal cruise photo album
- Photo geotagging on map
- Email and social media sharing
- Electronic Daily Cruiser newsletter
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The myAmaCruise mobile app is packed full of features specifically designed to enhance your river cruise experience. Access a live cruise tracking map showing your cruising route, the location of your ship as well as photos and information about each of the destinations and shore excursions you will experience along the way. Upload your river cruise photos to your personal cruise album. Photos will pin automatically to your live cruise tracking map so you can easily recall where each one was taken. You can also send your friends a beautiful email postcard of each of your photos or share on Facebook and Twitter. During your cruise you will be able to access an electronic version of your Daily Cruiser newsletter which provides up-to-date information about the day ahead including a detailed schedule of shore excursions, on-board activities and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: myAmaCruise at 32K against Trip Plans's 1.2K. myAmaCruise also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
myAmaCruise holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myAmaCruise has 32K ratings behind it against 1.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Trip Plans's written reviews are positive against 83% of myAmaCruise's.
Trip Plans ships an update monthly, myAmaCruise every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Trip Plans | myAmaCruise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) | 4.9 (32K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews | 82.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K | 32K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Travefy, Inc. | AmaWaterways, LLC |
Customer experience
Trip Plans
myAmaCruise
User reviews
Trip Plans
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📚 Comprehensive trip information
- 🗓️ Organized daily itinerary
- 💬 Convenient communication with travel agent
- 🌐 Offline access to trip details
- 🗺️ Helpful maps and navigation
Room to improve
- 🔗 Issues with links and navigation
- 📝 Limited ability to add/edit trip details
- 🤖 Inconsistent data updates from travel providers
- 🗣️ Chat feature needs improvements (timestamps, scrolling)
- 🔄 Difficulty continuing trips with new travel agents
myAmaCruise
From 32K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Excellent service and hospitality
- 🍽️ Delicious and high-quality food
- 🛳️ Beautiful and well-maintained ships
- 🗺️ Interesting and informative excursions
- 👨✈️ Friendly, professional, and attentive staff
Room to improve
- 🛏️ Mattresses too firm for some
- 🧹 Cleaning equipment in hallways can be unsightly
- 🚶♀️ Some walking tours too difficult for certain guests
Bugs and requests
Trip Plans
Reported bugs
3 issues- Itinerary not always accurately reflecting trip details
- Occasional app crashes or login issues
- Unreliable offline access to trip information
Requested features
5 requests- Calendar integration for trip events
- Ability for travelers to add their own bookings
- Customizable notification settings
- Improved print/download options for itineraries
- Enhanced data synchronization across providers
myAmaCruise
Reported bugs
1 issue- App login and cruise selection issues for some users
Requested features
2 requests- More access inside castles and churches during tours
- Improved room storage options
In-app purchases
Trip Plans
No in-app purchases
myAmaCruise
No in-app purchases
