Tripals vs TripCount

Say goodbye to chaotic group travel planning. Tripals is the most easy-to-use and the only true collaborative travel planner. It helps you plan trips with your friends in one shared space so you can focus on building great itineraries and creating lasting memories, not chasing information across chats and tools. What you can do with Tripals: COLLABORATE: Build a group itinerary with your friends, keep your own plan handy, vote on plans through quick polls, and split expenses effortlessly. STORE: Save flights, stays, and tickets of the entire group in one secure place, auto-organized and easily accessible anytime to every traveler. GET INSPIRED: Browse travel ideas curated by local experts, access trips and destinations that only the true adventurers know and plan your trips directly from there.

Split travel expenses with friends — without the spreadsheet drama. TripCount is a privacy-first travel expense calculator. End-to-end encrypted, free for personal use, built in Barcelona by an indie developer who actually goes on trips. WHY TRIPCOUNT • End-to-end encrypted — only people on the trip can read what was spent • Works offline — log expenses on the plane, sync when you land • Multi-currency with daily FX rates from the ECB • Settle up with one tap: shows the minimum number of transfers • Free receipt scanning with on-device OCR • Sign in with Apple, Face ID protection for your encrypted trips No subscriptions. No ads. No selling your data. PRIVACY All expense data is encrypted on your device before it leaves your phone. The server stores ciphertext only. We can't read your trips, and neither can anyone else. Even your photos are encrypted client-side before upload. WHO IT'S FOR • Friend groups travelling together • Roommates splitting bills • Couples managing shared expenses • Anyone tired of awkward "you still owe me…" conversations Built in Barcelona. Free for personal use.