SmarTravel vs Rapym

From planning your trip to the moments on the road — all in SmarTravel. Build your itinerary, pack, convert currency, stay on top of safety alerts and turn your memories into a vlog, all in one place. No more juggling notes, map pins and calculator apps. [Trip chat with your travel buddies] - Invite friends with one link and edit the itinerary together - Share photos and messages as things happen - Long-press a place to add it to your plan, or share your location in one tap [Disaster & safety alerts for your destination] - We watch for earthquakes, storms and floods and alert you if one hits your destination - No need to register regions — your itinerary is your alert area - Instant alerts while you travel, quiet daytime alerts before you leave - Local emergency numbers (police, ambulance) for every country - Destination weather with 7-day and hourly forecasts [Turn a screenshot into an itinerary] - Snap a schedule you made in a spreadsheet, Notion or another app and upload it - We read the plan in the image and sort it by day for you [Forward a booking email, get an itinerary] - Forward or paste flight and hotel confirmation emails and your itinerary fills itself in - Upload e-tickets and hotel confirmations as PDFs or photos too - Arrival card fields like Visit Japan Web and ESTA are pre-filled from your bookings [Coming to Korea] - Korea e-Arrival Card and K-ETA guides, with your flight and hotel details ready to copy - A Korea guide in English: T-money, taxis, apps, etiquette and the 1330 travel hotline - Live subway arrivals, last-train alerts and crowd levels in Seoul and Jeju [Time-based itinerary] - Day-by-day plans down to the minute (transport, stays, food, sights) - Add and edit outbound and return flights, including each leg of a connection - Multi-country trips (e.g. Tokyo, Bangkok and Da Nang in one trip) [Smart route planning] - No dates yet? Save the places you want to visit and we'll split them into days by distance - Reorder saved places to cut travel distance - See travel time to the next stop between cards, and tap for directions - Switch each leg between walking, transit and driving [Trip map] - Places in your plan appear as pins by day - Color-coded pins for stays, food and sights - Mark a place done, leave a one-line review and add photos right on the spot [When you can't speak the language] - Show taxi drivers your destination in the local language, in big letters - Make an allergy and diet card in the local language to show at restaurants - Copy addresses and booking numbers in one tap, and translate with voice playback [Reusable packing checklist] - Your list carries over to your next trip (90+ templates: passport, wallet, adapter and more) - See how ready you are at a glance [Travel budget] - Log expenses in the local currency and see totals in your currency of choice - Daily groups, category stats and bill splitting with your group - Snap a receipt and the expense is logged instantly [Footprint map] - Places you visit light up on your map after every trip - Fill them with your travel photos to make a map that's yours - From the world map down to regions, with country maps for Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, the US and more - Rebuild past trips just by picking photos — we use their dates and locations - Photos are read on your device. Only the photos you choose are uploaded [Memories in 3-second clips, made into a vlog] - Capture 3-second clips and photos for each plan, then auto-create a reel-style video - Add many photos from your gallery after the trip and they're sorted by place and time [Top spots] - Recommended spots by city with photos — add them to your plan in one tap - Not ads: we show how many real travelers saved each place [Browse other travelers' trips] - Explore places and routes from public itineraries and copy the ones you like - Photos, exact dates and notes are never shown publicly - Report and block tools, reviewed by our team within 24 hours

Find Japan's best spots from short videos, book for 100 yen, and check real-time waits by AI call. Ever planned a trip to Japan and run into this? • Scrolled through Shorts and Reels saving restaurants, then can't remember where each one was or whether it needs a reservation • Google Maps said it was open, but the door was shut when you got there • Showed up and got turned away because walk-ins aren't allowed, or the wait was longer than expected Rapym solves both problems at once. Find it, check it, get there — all in one app. Rapym Clips: every recommendation, one map Restaurants saved from short videos start to blur together as your trip gets closer. Rapym Clips pulls together restaurant videos for any destination you search, right alongside their location on the map. No more digging back through TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. Save the ones you like and build your own shortlist. Check Now: is there a table right now Just tap a button. Rapym's AI calls the restaurant directly and checks in real time, usually within 90 seconds: - Is it open right now? - Is there a table available? - How long is the wait? Skip this check and you might not find out it was a wasted trip until you're standing outside. 100 Yen Booking: anywhere in Japan Doesn't matter if a restaurant only takes phone reservations or needs an online booking. Just give us the date and party size, and Rapym handles the rest for 100 yen. Coverage keeps expanding. Pricing can vary by booking method, and some restaurants requiring course selection or prepayment may not be supported yet. Directions: no need to switch apps Once you've found a spot, get directions right in Rapym or hand off to Google Maps in one tap. Perfect for travelers who • Save restaurants from short videos • Want to check wait times before heading out • Hope to visit local spots, ramen shops, and izakayas that only take phone bookings • Want to stay flexible around weather or schedule changes • Find phone calls in Japanese intimidating • Don't speak Japanese but don't want to miss out on amazing local restaurants Showing up blind and turning back is a very different trip from showing up already knowing you're in.