Comparison

Opulist vs WhereTo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Opulist

Discover stunning hotels, restaurants, and bars with a curated guide to design-forward locations. Find beautiful places based on city, category, or desired vibe, with gorgeous photography to preview your next destination.

Highlights
  • Curated guide to stunning places
  • Search by city, category, or vibe
  • Gorgeous photography previews
  • Design-forward hotels, restaurants, bars
  • Discover spots near you and while traveling
Features
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Ever wish there was a Yelp, but only for the beautiful places? Same. That's why we built Opulist: a hand-picked, curated guide to the most beautiful hotels, restaurants, and bars actually worth your time. No messy reviews. No bad lighting. Just design-forward spots worth visiting. WHAT YOU GET • A curated guide to stunning places to stay, eat, and drink • Search by city, category, or the exact vibe you're after • Gorgeous photography, so you see a place before you ever set foot in it • Design-forward hotels, restaurants, bars, and cafes, hand-picked not crowd-sourced • Beautiful spots near you and wherever you travel next Flip through the photos. Find somewhere stunning. Go. Because where you go should feel as good as it looks. Download Opulist and discover the most beautiful places to stay, eat, and drink, in your city and beyond.

About

WhereTo

This travel app focuses on your desired experiences and budget, rather than just airports. It suggests destinations scored based on your personal preferences and provides transparent pricing with no hidden fees. Group trip planning is also streamlined to find common ground among travelers.

Highlights
  • Vibe-based destination suggestions
  • Personalized scoring for destinations
  • Transparent pricing with no hidden fees
  • Integrated flight and hotel packages
  • Detailed destination blogs and vibe breakdowns
  • Group trip planning with collaborative voting
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Where will your vibes take you? WhereTo is a travel app that does things a little differently. Most travel apps ask which airport you're flying into, show you hotels around it, then surprise you in the cart with fees and add-ons. We're turning that on its head. You tell us when you want to go, how much you want to spend, and most importantly your Vibes (what you want to do and experience). Then our Vibe Engine goes to work and hands you back a list of destinations, not airports, that match your criteria. Every one of them is scored on what YOU'RE looking for. Santorini might be a 94 for you and a 77 for someone else. HOW IT WORKS Tell us your budget range, dates, home airport, and who's coming. Then the fun part: pick your vibes. We've mapped and scored more than 12k of them across 900+ places worldwide. Don't worry, we don't expect you to sift through all 12k. You'll pick from a set of categories; each one opens into 5 to 12 vibes. Just tap the ones you like. The Vibe Engine goes through all 12k+ and finds what matches. What comes back is a set of destinations, each scored individually for you: your vibes, your dates, your home airport, your budget. If you're curious, every destination shows you the math on how it scored. Found the right one? Book it. Each destination comes with a suggested flight and hotel package that fits your budget. Don't like the hotel we picked? No problem, we show you all the other hotels and flights as well. Taxes and fees are already in the price you see. No surprises at checkout, ; we hate that too. Never heard of a destination we suggest? We figured, so we researched for you. Every one of the 900+ destinations has a short blog, about 1,000 words. We also break down which part of the world it's in and show you every vibe that matches. And yes, because we're nerds, we scored all of those too and cited sources. SOUNDS COMPLICATED? Honestly, it was for us. But we made sure it isn't for you. We broke how people travel into four types: * Don't know or care where you go, but know what you want to do? WhereTo Discover is for you. * Know you want the Caribbean but not which island? WhereTo Explore is your go-to. * Already know it's Santa Barbara, CA? WhereTo Direct takes you straight there. * Girls' beach trip or a family getaway? This is where Wander Together shines. All four work the same way: budget, dates, and vibes in, and scored destinations out. PLANNING A GROUP TRIP? Group trips usually go like this: someone suggests a trip, everyone gets excited, and 50 group messages later nothing is settled. Wander Together was built to solve that. Someone creates the trip, sets a per-person budget, and invites the people they want to travel with. Everyone picks their own vibes, then the Vibe Engine collects them, finds where they overlap, and returns destinations that match what everyone wants to do. Each is scored on the group's collective vibes. From there, everyone votes, comments, and tags with emojis. Once the destination is settled, you vote on the hotel. One person pays for the whole group, each member pays their own way, or some mix of the two. That part is up to your group. NO ADS! The only thing we sell you is a trip. No banners, no sponsored results, and no hotel or airline paying to sit higher on your list. Your information is not for sale. BOOKING INFORMATION Flights and hotels booked through WhereTo are fulfilled by our booking partner. Pricing, cancellation policies, and change rules are shown before you buy, and prices are confirmed before payment. Airfares include applicable taxes and government fees. Free to download and no subscription fees, just a free account. 18 and older on trips that depart from US airports for destinations worldwide. NEED HELP? Help Center: support.wheretotrips.com Support: support@wheretotrips.com Terms: wheretotrips.com/legal/terms/ Privacy: wheretotrips.com/legal/privacy/ Delete your account anytime in Settings or by emailing support@wheretotrips.com

Screenshots

Opulist3 screens
WhereTo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Opulist at none against WhereTo's shown. Opulist also leads on ratings volume (30 vs 2) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Opulist against 5.0 for WhereTo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Opulist has 30 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Opulist ships an update every 4 days, WhereTo weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Opulist versus WhereTo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpulistWhereTo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (30 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings30 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB78 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperOpulistVC Innovations Group LLC

Customer experience

Opulist

All ratings30 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WhereTo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Opulist

No in-app purchases

None

WhereTo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Opulist free?
Opulist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WhereTo free?
WhereTo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Opulist or WhereTo?
Opulist and WhereTo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 30 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Opulist or WhereTo have ads?
WhereTo shows ads; Opulist does not.
Which is updated more often, Opulist or WhereTo?
Opulist ships an update every 4 days, and WhereTo weekly. Most recently, Opulist was updated on October 31, 2026 and WhereTo on November 6, 2026.

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