Comparison

Pogo vs Live

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

Live

Features
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Live-Loop is a real-time travel companion app by City Discoverer that delivers personalized, location-aware recommendations while travelers are in a destination. Using live inputs like location, time, weather, and user preferences, it dynamically suggests nearby restaurants, attractions, neighborhoods, and experiences, helping users decide what to do next in the moment. The app combines a personalized discovery engine, curated neighborhood guides, flexible trip planning, and themed micro-itineraries in one platform. Unlike static guides, recommendations continuously adapt to each traveler’s context. Users begin with a short onboarding to set travel party, style, and interests, which shape all recommendations. The core engine ranks places based on factors like distance, opening hours, weather, time of day, and user profile. The main “Now” screen shows a live feed of nearby suggestions with key details and filters for categories like food, culture, outdoor, nightlife, and hidden gems, with list, map, or dashboard views. Live-Loop also offers curated neighborhood guides, providing area overviews, highlights, and insider picks to help users explore by location. The app includes themed micro-itineraries (“loops”) such as food walks, cultural days, or quick nearby plans, each populated with real places. A built-in trip planner lets users organize multi-day trips, save places, add notes, and adjust plans. Saved places are accessible across cities. User profiles store preferences like travel style, interests, and budget, continuously refining recommendations. Users can also request new cities, which are added via an internal admin system that manages destinations, places, and content. Overall, Live-Loop combines real-time recommendations, personalization, guides, itineraries, planning tools, and saved places to help travelers discover and navigate destinations dynamically during their trip.

Screenshots

Pogo4 screens
Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Live at none against Pogo's 8. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pogo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Live asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pogo versus Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPogoLive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (468 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings468 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size207 MB44 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPogo Travel LtdAFWEBTECH

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

Live

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pogo free?
Pogo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Live free?
Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pogo or Live have ads?
Neither Pogo nor Live shows ads.

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