Trip Plans vs Tern for Travelers
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!
Tern for Travelers
This app helps you manage your travel plans by providing a clear itinerary and essential trip details. It offers real-time flight updates and direct access to your travel advisor for a smoother journey.
- At-a-glance itinerary
- Essential trip details
- Real-time flight updates
- Quick advisor access
- Personalized trip plans
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Effortlessly manage your travel itinerary with Tern’s free app designed for travelers. Stay in the loop with personalized trip plans meticulously crafted by your travel advisor. Ensure a smooth trip by having all the essential details at your fingertips. Key Features: • At-a-Glance Itinerary: Get a comprehensive overview of your trip with a daily schedule outlining all your planned events. • Essential Trip Details: Easily access key trip information like confirmation numbers, activity addresses, and travel documents. • Real-Time Flight Updates: Stay up to date on gate changes, delays, and cancelations with push notifications for upcoming flights. • Quick Advisor Access: Instantly connect with your travel advisor directly from the app, making communication a breeze. Make every journey memorable with Tern – download now! – Travel advisors: Tern is the all in one platform the travel industry has been waiting for. Sign up today at tern.travel to elevate your services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tern for Travelers at 100% against Trip Plans's 75%. Tern for Travelers also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Trip Plans's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 32). 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.
Tern for Travelers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trip Plans has 1.3K ratings behind it against 32, 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 100% of Tern for Travelers's.
Trip Plans ships an update monthly, Tern for Travelers fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trip Plans | Tern for Travelers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.3K ratings) | 5.0 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Travefy, Inc. | Tern Software, Inc |
Customer experience
Trip Plans
Tern for Travelers
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
Tern for Travelers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trip Plans
No in-app purchases
Tern for Travelers
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Trip Plans free?
Is Tern for Travelers free?
Which has better reviews, Trip Plans or Tern for Travelers?
Do Trip Plans or Tern for Travelers have ads?
Which is updated more often, Trip Plans or Tern for Travelers?
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