Trip Plans vs EF Traveler
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!
EF Traveler
This app provides group leaders and travelers with real-time access to detailed itineraries and important logistical information for their tours. Leaders can manage secure payments and communicate with participants, while travelers receive updates and can provide feedback.
- Real-time itinerary updates
- Access logistical and group info
- Secure payment processing
- Direct chat with participants
- Provide tour feedback
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The backbone of any great trip is an itinerary that’s expertly designed, thoughtfully personalized, and updated in real time. The “EF Traveler” app gives teachers and travelers easy access to detailed itinerary information from the Tour Director leading their group. Teachers can also use the app to process secure payments and share tour feedback directly with EF. Features available: • View detailed itinerary information and receive updates specific to your tour(s) • Access important logistical and group information • Provide tour feedback to EF from the road • Process secure payments on your own device • Send chat messages to tour participants without sharing your phone number
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trip Plans at 75% against EF Traveler's 31%. Trip Plans also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.7) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 129). 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.
Trip Plans holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trip Plans has 1.3K ratings behind it against 129, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Trip Plans's written reviews are positive against 31% of EF Traveler's.
Trip Plans ships an update monthly, EF Traveler every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trip Plans | EF Traveler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.3K ratings) — better | 2.7 (129 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 30.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 129 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Travefy, Inc. | Signum International AG |
Customer experience
Trip Plans
EF Traveler
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
EF Traveler
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trip Plans
No in-app purchases
EF Traveler
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Trip Plans free?
Is EF Traveler free?
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