Comparison

Pogo vs Wanderlog

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pogo

This app helps you organize all aspects of your trip planning, from saving inspiration and sharing ideas with friends to generating personalized itineraries and storing bookings. It offers AI-powered tools to discover hidden gems and ensures all your travel documents are easily accessible.

Highlights
  • Save travel inspiration to Pinboards
  • Collaborative trip planning with friends
  • AI-powered trip itinerary generation
  • Store all bookings in one place
  • Create checklists and packing lists
  • Visualize plans on a personalized map
Features
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Plan trips together, beautifully. Pogo is the all-in-one trip planner for saving travel inspiration, building personalized itineraries, organizing reservations, and keeping every part of your trip in one place. Whether you’re traveling solo, planning with a partner, organizing a group getaway, or coordinating a family vacation, Pogo makes it easy to turn scattered ideas into one organized plan. PLAN TOGETHER Create a dedicated Pinboard for every trip and invite friends, family, or travel companions to collaborate. Everyone can save places, add ideas, and help shape the itinerary - without losing links in texts, notes, screenshots, or group chats. SAVE PLACES AND TRAVEL INSPIRATION Pin restaurants, hotels, attractions, hidden gems, and must-see spots to your trip. Use Pogo’s AI-powered search to discover ideas based on your destination and interests, then save your favorites in a tap. BUILD A PERSONALIZED ITINERARY Turn your saved ideas into a clear day-by-day travel plan. With Pogo Magic, Pogo Plus members can generate a personalized AI itinerary tailored to their interests and travel style. KEEP RESERVATIONS ORGANIZED Add or import existing flight, hotel, restaurant, and activity reservations. Keep all your booking details alongside your itinerary, so everything you need is easy to find. SEARCH HOTELS AND FLIGHTS Explore hotel and flight options through Pogo’s travel partners, including Booking.com and Skyscanner, then continue with the partner to complete your booking. Save your plans and booking details to your Pinboard for easy access. SEE YOUR TRIP ON A MAP View all your saved Pins on a personalized map. See what’s nearby, group activities by area, plan routes, and visualize your trip at a glance. PACK, PREP, AND GO Create packing lists and travel checklists, and keep important documents such as boarding passes, tickets, and confirmations together in Pogo. SAVE DREAM TRIPS WITH POGO POCKET Not ready to choose your next destination? Save interesting places, travel ideas, and inspiration to Pogo Pocket. When you’re ready, turn those saved ideas into a new trip. UPGRADE WITH POGO PLUS Unlock Pogo Magic for personalized AI itineraries, plus custom categories, custom icons, and additional ways to personalize your travel planning. Subscription options and pricing are shown in the app. From weekend getaways and city breaks to road trips and once-in-a-lifetime adventures, Pogo helps you plan every journey from inspiration to itinerary. Pogo is free to download, with optional in-app subscriptions. Download Pogo and start planning your next trip. --- Pogo Plus is available in a monthly or yearly subscription and allows you access to Pogo Plus-exclusive features, including the AI Itinerary, Custom Category and other features. https://pogo.travel/privacy - We use your information only to provide you the service you register for. https://pogo.travel/terms - Terms and conditions of use of the app Subject to the Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Wanderlog

Plan any trip, from road trips to group adventures, with this comprehensive travel app. Organize itineraries, budgets, reservations, and collaborate with friends. View plans on a map, access them offline, and get inspired by shared travel guides.

Highlights
  • Create trip itineraries
  • Budget and track expenses
  • Organize flight and hotel reservations
  • View places on a travel map
  • Collaborate with friends in real-time
  • Export plans to Google Maps (Pro)
  • Access trip plans offline
Features
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Wanderlog is a free travel app (with an optional Pro subscription) for planning every kind of trip, including road trips and group travel: create a trip itinerary, budget costs, organize flight and hotel reservations, view places to visit on a map, and collaborate with friends. With Pro, you can also export your trip to Google Maps and link your Gmail account. After your trip, share a travel guide to inspire other travelers. - See flights, hotels, and attractions in one place (like TripIt and Tripcase) - View plans on a travel map & map your route (like Roadtrippers) - Rearrange the order of places easily by drag-and-drop - Planning a road trip? Add unlimited stops for free, optimize your route, view times & distances between places, and export places to Google Maps - Planning group travel? Invite friends and collaborate in real-time just (like Google Docs) - Automatically import reservations by forwarding emails or connecting your Gmail - Add things to do from top guides with 1 click (like Tripadvisor and Google Trips/Google Travel) - Access your trip plans offline - Add notes and links to your stops - Have your trip plans automatically sync across devices - Set budget, track expenses, and split bills with a group ------- SEE IT ON A MAP Every time you add a place to visit, it’s immediately pinned on your Google Maps-based travel map. No need to pull up different travel apps and websites to organize plans and see them on a map - you can do it all in the Wanderlog trip planner app! Plus, if you’re visiting points in order, lines will connect the different pins on the map so you can see your route (perfect for road trips!). You can also export all your places to Google Maps too. STORE PLANS OFFLINE All your plans are automatically stored offline on the Wanderlog travel planner app - especially helpful during a road trip with poor signal and international travel. GET ON THE ROAD Looking for a road trip planner? Travelers can plan their trips and stops with Wanderlog. See your route on a map, or try our route optimizer to automatically rearrange and plan your route to save travel time. See estimated times & distance traveled between places to make sure it all fits, and total time and distance traveled for a given day to make sure you’re not driving too long. Plus, you can add unlimited stops along your road trip for free. COLLABORATE WITH FRIENDS For group travel planning, add your tripmates with their email address or by sharing a link to the itinerary. Like for Google Docs, everyone can collaborate in real-time. Set permissions and choose whether people can edit or just view your travel plans. STAY ORGANIZED Access flights, hotels, and attractions in one app. Forward flight and hotel confirmation emails to import them directly into your trip plan, or connect your Gmail to automatically add them. Prefer to keep high-level plans? Make generic lists like ‘Things to do’ and ‘Restaurants’ you want to eat at. Traveling on a tight schedule and want to create a detailed itinerary? Organize your day by adding start (and end) times, perfect for keeping track of tickets and reservations. GET INSPIRATION & INFORMATION For each place, see key info like a description and picture of the place, average user ratings with links to reviews, opening hours, address, website, and phone number. Stay inspired by exploring top travel guides from the web that feature viewpoints, attractions, and restaurants, and from lists from Google Trips and Google Travel, as well as by other Wanderlog users, and add things to do from those guides to your trip plan with 1 click. CONTROL YOUR SPENDING Set a budget for yourself or a group. Take control of your spending and keep track of all expenses. For a group trip, split a bill with other people and easily calculate the cost. Keep a record of who paid for what, how much everyone owes, and settle debts between tripmates. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pogo4 screens
Wanderlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Wanderlog at 35K against Pogo's 467. Wanderlog also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 58%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pogo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Wanderlog sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wanderlog holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wanderlog has 35K ratings behind it against 467, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Pogo's written reviews are positive against 77% of Wanderlog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pogo ships an update every 10 days, Wanderlog weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Pogo versus Wanderlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPogoWanderlog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (467 ratings)4.9 (35K ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.4% of reviews77.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46735K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#5 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size207 MB192 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPogo Travel LtdVacation and Travel Planner App LLC

Customer experience

Pogo

All ratings467 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive58.4%
Neutral9.1%
Negative32.5%

Wanderlog

All ratings35,250 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews1,959 reviews
Positive77.3%
Neutral5.0%
Negative17.7%

User reviews

Pogo

From 467 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Great for planning trips
  • 🚀 Convenient organization of travel details
  • 👍 Collaborative trip planning
  • 🌟 Aesthetically pleasing design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • ⚠️ Unreliable app performance
  • 🔍 Difficult to search and find locations
  • 💤 Slow loading times
  • 🗑️ User data loss after updates

Wanderlog

From 35K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Intuitive interface
  • 🚀 Seamless integration with email and maps
  • 🚀 Comprehensive trip planning
  • 🚀 Helpful suggestions and recommendations

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional performance issues and glitches
  • 🐛 Limited customization options
  • 🐛 Lack of support for certain transportation modes (e.g., ferries)
  • 💰 Expensive subscription cost

Bugs and requests

Pogo

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • No pinboards showing up
  • Categories and map not loading properly
  • Duplicate lists created unexpectedly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to tick off visited locations
  • Improved map functionality
  • Itinerary view with date/time order
  • Region-based search options

Wanderlog

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Itinerary tab freezing and scrolling issues
  • Inconsistent behavior when adding places to the itinerary
  • Issues with email forwarding and automatic import of reservations

Requested features

6 requests
  • Packing list feature
  • Improved offline functionality
  • Better localization support
  • Ability to copy/move items between trips
  • More detailed budget and expense management tools
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  • Integration with additional travel services (e.g., AllTrails)

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Pogo

Subscriptions5
  • Pogo Plus - Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Pogo Plus - Monthly2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Pogo Plus2 variants$4.991 Month
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  • Pogo Plus7 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Pogo Plus - Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
9 purchases

Wanderlog

Subscriptions9
  • Wanderlog Pro: Monthly Plan7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Wanderlog Pro: Monthly Plan7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Wanderlog Pro: Monthly Plan7 Days trial$16.991 Month
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  • Wanderlog Pro: Annual Plan7 Days trial$31.991 Year
  • Wanderlog Pro: Annual Plan7 Days trial3 variants$39.991 Year
  • Wanderlog Pro: 20% discount7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Wanderlog Pro: Annual Plan1 Month trial$49.991 Year
  • Wanderlog Pro: Annual Plan7 Days trial3 variants$49.991 Year
  • Wanderlog Pro: Annual Plan7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Pogo free?
Pogo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wanderlog free?
Wanderlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pogo or Wanderlog?
Wanderlog is rated higher. Pogo averages 4.7 out of 5 from 467 ratings, while Wanderlog averages 4.9 from 35K ratings.
Do Pogo or Wanderlog have ads?
Neither Pogo nor Wanderlog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pogo or Wanderlog?
Pogo ships an update every 10 days, and Wanderlog weekly. Most recently, Pogo was updated on September 17, 2026 and Wanderlog on September 24, 2026.

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