Trip Loop vs Trava
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trip Loop
This app helps groups stay connected and organized during trips, even without internet. Share locations, chat, and access trip information offline. Administrators can coordinate activities and monitor group safety.
- Offline group communication
- Location sharing (optional)
- Group chat and photo sharing
- Itinerary updates
- Offline maps
- Administrator coordination tools
- Safety mode GPS tracking
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Trip Loop is the platform that helps you communicate and find your group with and without internet. You will find all the information you ‘need’ about your trip in one place. You choose with who you want to share your location with (or not share it all with incognito mode). All users / travelers can chat with their group and share pictures with them. You will always know where you need to go and how to get there, so you can stop being lost whenever you want. With Trip Loop, group administrators are able to coordinate and service their travelers within minutes. They can also automatically collect user feedback and know whenever a user checks-in into activities. In case the group faces a situation where the administration needs to know where the users are, the safety mode allows you to locate the GPS locations of users in order to better manage the situation. Each Trip Loop user has an offline range of 328 feet (100 mts), so 16 users can cover an area of 1 sq. mile and still be able to communicate texts via the Trip Loop feed, receive any itinerary updates and access offline maps to find your group and activities.
Trava
Simplify group trip planning with curated recommendations and collaborative decision-making. Generate optimized itineraries, manage group communication, and share travel memories.
- Group activity and restaurant recommendations
- Collaborative swiping for decision making
- Smart itinerary generation
- Editable trip itineraries
- Group chat and coordination tools
- Share travel memories and recommendations
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Trava makes travel planning easy and effortless, whether you’re traveling solo or with a big group. Stop tearing your hair out, chasing down people’s opinions, or endlessly researching for things to do and places to eat. With Trava, the fun starts with the planning. HOW DOES TRAVA MAKE TRAVEL PLANNING SO EASY? Handpicked activity and restaurant recommendations from local experts. Easy decision making - all group members simply swipe right or left on the activities and restaurants they’re interested in - we do the rest. Smart itineraries - with the press of a button we’ll create your trip’s optimal itinerary, customized for your preferences and optimized for logistics Our itineraries are fully editable - they can meet anyone’s needs and help keep everyone on the same page. Dedicated group chat and flight, lodging, and rental coordinators - to make communication and coordination a breeze. SHARE YOUR MEMORIES (& RECOMMENDATIONS) WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY When your trip finishes, share your memories and recommendations with friends and family using Trava’s travel-focused social media. GET INSPIRED BY EXPERTS, LOCALS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY When you aren’t traveling, Trava inspires you with fantastic scenes from around the world, and with just a tap, you can save them to your bucket list for your next trip. WHO IS TRAVA FOR? Trava is perfect for big groups, solo-trips, spring break, study abroad, bachelor and bachelorette parties, backpacking, family vacations, staycations, honeymoons, and everything in between. Trava puts the power of a local guide, a travel agent, and your best friend's recommendations all in the palm of your hand. You’ll never plan another vacation without it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trava at 83% against Trip Loop's 27%. Trava also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (22 vs 3). Trip Loop's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 Loop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trava has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 27% of Trip Loop's written reviews are positive against 83% of Trava's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Trip Loop ships an update every 5 weeks, Trava weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trip Loop | Trava |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.9% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Trip Loop, Inc | Trava Co |
Customer experience
Trip Loop
Trava
In-app purchases
Trip Loop
No in-app purchases
Trava
No in-app purchases









