Nova Travel Planner vs PointKeep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nova Travel Planner
Organize all your travel details, from flights and hotels to tasks and packing lists, in one convenient app. Access your information offline and sync across devices for stress-free planning.
- Centralized trip details (flights, hotels)
- Task tracking for travel preparations
- Consolidated itinerary view
- Customizable packing lists
- Offline access to trip information
- Automatic syncing across devices
- Unlimited trip management
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Somewhere between "did I pack everything" and "did I remember to hold the mail," most travel apps stop helping. Nova doesn't. It holds every detail of a trip — flights, hotels, cars, your itinerary, your packing list, and the travel to-do list nobody else builds — in one place, whether or not you have a signal. THE TRAVEL TO-DO LIST YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEEDED Book the sitter. Hold the mail. Refill the prescription. Submit the expense report. Nova gives your pre-trip and during-trip errands their own dedicated list, so they don't get lost in email, texts, or sticky notes. EVERY DETAIL, ONE PLACE Flights, hotels, rental cars, and notes on who's watching your pets, kids, or home while you're away are all attached to the trip they belong to, tappable to edit, gone the moment you swipe to delete. YOUR DAYS, IN ORDER Events and flights merge into a single day-by-day itinerary, so you always know where you need to be and when without cross-referencing three confirmation emails to find out. NEVER PACK FROM SCRATCH Build a default packing list once, organized into your own sections, and every new trip starts already stocked. Unlimited items, unlimited trips, with work trips tinted differently from personal ones so you can tell them apart at a glance. 9AM MEANS 9AM, EVERYWHERE Set a time for something on your trip, and it stays exactly what you set even when you land in a different time zone. Nova doesn't let your device's clock quietly shift your plans on you. OFFLINE ISN'T AN AFTERTHOUGHT Every confirmation detail lives on your phone, not just in the cloud so a dead zone or a foreign SIM card never leaves you stranded without your itinerary. KEEP YOUR INFORMATION TO YOURSELF No sign-up, no account, no personal information required. Nova just needs to know about your trip, not you. Everything syncs quietly across your own devices, and nowhere else. RIGHT AT HOME ON ANY SCREEN Built to fit an iPhone SE without feeling cramped, and just as sharp stretched across a full iPad and looks great in both light and dark mode. A SMALL WAY TO DO GOOD 10% of every Nova subscription goes to A21, an organization working to end human trafficking. Try it free for 3 days, then continue with a subscription that gives back. Nova Travel Planner is available for a Basic monthly ($.99) or yearly ($12.99) subscription that supports continued improvements and new features. Both offer a free trial to give you time to get to know Nova and decide if it works for you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://driftlightapps.com/privacy-policy/ Nova. Everything your trip needs, nothing it doesn't.
PointKeep
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Never let your miles or points expire again. PointKeep keeps every airline, hotel, and card balance in one place, tells you what it is all worth, and warns you before points slip away. Fully manual and private: you enter the numbers, and nothing ever leaves your iPhone. TRACK EVERY PROGRAM Add your airline miles, hotel points, and credit card rewards, each with its balance, type, and an optional expiry date. WHAT YOUR POINTS ARE WORTH Set your own value per point for each program and PointKeep shows the estimated value of every balance and your grand total at a glance. Value charts show where your points sit, by program and by type. EXPIRY ALERTS Give a program an expiry date and PointKeep counts down the days, flags what is expiring soon, and can send a local reminder before the balance is gone. See every expiry on one timeline. LOG EARN AND REDEEM Record the points you earn and the ones you spend, with a running balance and a net for each program, so your numbers stay honest. EXPORT A SUMMARY Share a points summary PDF or a CSV of every program straight from the share sheet, ready to print or keep. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no cloud, no tracking, and no bank, airline, or hotel linking. Everything you enter stays on your iPhone. FREE AND PRO Free tracks a couple of programs with balances, values, and activity. A single one-time purchase ($9.99) unlocks unlimited programs, expiry alerts, and PDF and CSV export. Pay once, keep it forever. No subscription. A note on value: the value per point is your own rough estimate for planning, not a guaranteed cash value. PointKeep uses real program names only as examples and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PointKeep at 18.0 against Nova Travel Planner's 26.0. 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. Nova Travel Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and PointKeep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nova Travel Planner ships an update monthly, PointKeep every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nova Travel Planner | PointKeep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Numinous Productions LLC | InnovaLabWorks |
In-app purchases
Nova Travel Planner
- Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly1 Month trial$12.991 Year
PointKeep
- PointKeep Lifetime$9.99
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