Lonely Planet vs 2Wander
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lonely Planet
Discover curated travel advice from local experts for over 400 destinations worldwide. Explore guides, walking tours, and interactive maps to find hidden gems, save points of interest, and build custom itineraries. An AI assistant provides quick answers to your travel questions.
- Expert-vetted destination guides
- Interactive maps with local recommendations
- Save points of interest to travel collections
- Build custom itineraries
- AI-powered travel assistant
- Exclusive member content
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Travel the world with the Lonely Planet app. Every recommendation, route and restaurant we share is vetted by our global community of 450+ local experts for different kinds of travelers. Explore their curated travel advice inside our trusted guides to 400+ places all across the globe: Italy, Vietnam, Ireland, Spain, Japan, Costa Rica, Portugal and Greece. More on the way, too. Not sure where to go, or what to do once you're there? Browse destination guides, explore walking tours and use our interactive maps to uncover locals’ favorite restaurants, places to stay, museums and hidden gems. Save whatever catches your eye to travel collections to use whenever you’re ready to plan your next trip. Then build an itinerary from everything you've saved, or just edit one of ours. Or just ask our AI Assistant your burning travel questions – such as, where to eat in Rio. Faster answers, always and only rooted in actual advice from real Lonely Planet experts. The Lonely Planet app is your travel app for discovering, saving and planning to make the most of every vacation. Unlock even more as a Lonely Planet member with exclusive access to premium itineraries, walking tours and experiences in our app plus more travel perks and Lonely Planet benefits. See our Terms&Conditions: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/legal/app-terms
2Wander
Organize group trips with shared itineraries, budgets, and communication tools. Plan destinations, transport, activities, and packing lists. Track expenses, split costs, and scan receipts for seamless group travel management.
- Group trip planning
- Shared itineraries
- Budgeting and expense splitting
- Chat and polls for groups
- Task and packing lists
- Receipt scanning
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2Wander brings trip planning, budgets, and crew coordination into one place. Plan a trip with destinations, dates, stays, transport, activities, tasks, and packing lists. Save places and organize travel ideas before you go. Traveling together? Invite your crew to keep itineraries, chat, polls, files, tasks, and shared trip decisions in the same workspace. Use Money to build a trip budget, record expenses, split costs, track settlements, and scan receipts when you choose to use the optional receipt feature. 2Wander is free to download. Optional in-app purchases unlock paid access: Trip Pass unlocks paid features for one trip, while Pro unlocks paid features across your trips. Prices are shown in the app before purchase. Some features require an account and an internet connection. Optional permissions, including location, camera, photo library, microphone, contacts, notifications, and Face ID, are requested only when you use the related feature. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ 2Wander Terms of Use: https://www.2wander.app/legal/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 2Wander at 100% against Lonely Planet's 58%. 2Wander also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Lonely Planet's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (218 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Lonely Planet sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $72.00 per year and 2Wander sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
2Wander holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lonely Planet has 218 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Lonely Planet's written reviews are positive against 100% of 2Wander's.
Lonely Planet ships an update every 2 weeks, 2Wander every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lonely Planet | 2Wander |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (218 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 218 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #135 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lonely Planet Global, Inc. | 2W Inc. |
Customer experience
Lonely Planet
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In-app purchases
Lonely Planet
- Annual Membership$72.001 Year
- Trip Pass$30.00
2Wander
- 2Wander Pro7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- 2Wander Pro + Wanda$18.991 Month
- 2Wander Pro Yearly14 Days trial$44.991 Year
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- 2Wander Pro7 Days trial$44.991 Year
- 2Wander Pro + Wanda$119.991 Year
- Per‑Trip Pass$9.99
