Comparison

Cruise Hive vs Chic Trip

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

Head to head
About

Cruise Hive

This app helps you plan and organize your next cruise. Save cruise details, map out daily itineraries, and track packing lists. Collaborate with friends and family on plans and compare your preparation with other cruisers.

Highlights
  • Save cruise details
  • Day-by-day itinerary mapping
  • Group planning with friends and family
  • Packing lists and checklists
  • Shore excursion planning
  • Cost estimation for drinks, gratuities, and WiFi
  • Cruise readiness leaderboard
Features
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Meet the ultimate companion for your next cruise. From the team behind Cruise Hive, one of the world's most-read cruise news sites, comes an app that brings everything you need to plan, organize and count down to your sailing into one beautifully simple place. Save your cruises, map out every day, and let the built-in tools handle the tricky details, then see how your planning stacks up against fellow cruisers. Whether it's your first cruise or your fiftieth, Cruise Hive keeps you organized and ready to sail. PLAN YOUR CRUISES Keep every cruise in one place and watch the countdown to departure tick down. • Save your cruises with the ship, cruise line, dates and destination • See a day-by-day itinerary for every sailing • Count down the days until you set sail PLAN CRUISES TOGETHER! Plan your cruise together. Invite friends and family to your cruise and plan it as a group: everyone sees the same itinerary and Daily Plans, can mark who’s going on each plan, and shares packing and checklist items so nothing gets packed twice. A friendly Readiness Leaderboard shows who’s most prepared for sail day. MY ITINERARY A new tab shows your cruise on a map, with your route from port to port. Tap any day to fly the map there and see that day's plans, the ship's times and the weather in port. Tap the route button to zoom back out to the whole trip. PLAN EACH DAY Map out what you're doing on every day of the cruise. • Add your plans: excursions, meals, shows and reminders • Set a time and it slots into that day's schedule • Your next plan shows right on the home screen SHORE EXCURSIONS FOR EVERY PORT See tours and tickets for each port on your cruise, day by day, from trusted partners. Filter by price, length, activity level and group size, save your favorites, and search any port worldwide. Add a tour to your Daily Plans with its timings worked out for you, and we'll even remind you when you need to be back on board. Once it's booked, mark it as booked so your whole day is in one place. SEE HOW YOUR PLANNING COMPARES A little friendly perspective on where you stand. • Compare how far ahead you're planning against the typical time for your cruise line • Find out whether you're ahead of the pack or leaving it late WORK OUT THE COSTS The trickier spending decisions, solved before you sail. • Drinks: see whether a drinks package is actually worth it • Gratuities: estimate your daily tips and compare every cruise line • WiFi: compare the ship's internet plans at a glance PACKING AND PREP As departure gets closer, make sure nothing gets left behind. • A packing list based on where you're heading, ticked off as you go • A pre-cruise checklist of the key to-dos and documents YOUR CRUISE AT A GLANCE See how your planning is shaping up in one place. • Track your overall cruise readiness • Keep an eye on your packing and checklist progress • See an estimated cost for drinks, gratuities and WiFi CRUISE NEWS Stay in the loop with the latest from Cruise Hive. MY DOCUMENTS A feature that's for Gold members only that allows you to store important documents for each cruise. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.cruisehive.com/privacy-policy

About

Chic Trip

Features
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Your entire Paris trip, planned by locals and carried in your pocket. Chic Trip is the travel app for Chic Trip clients. Your personal day-by-day Paris itinerary lives here: every museum with timed entries, every restaurant reservation, walking routes between stops, and your concierge's insider notes for each moment of the day. - Day-by-day itinerary built around you by a team that lives in Paris - Every booking in one place: restaurants, museums, tours, transfers - Walking distances and directions between every stop - Insider concierge notes: where to sit, what to order, when to arrive - Works offline, in the metro or on the plane - Your plans stay up to date in real time when your concierge adjusts them Chic Trip is a Paris trip planning and booking concierge for American travelers. We design your days and book everything for you, so you simply arrive and enjoy. Start your trip at chic-trip.com.

Screenshots

Cruise Hive4 screens
Chic Trip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chic Trip at none against Cruise Hive's 4. Chic Trip also leads on ads (none vs shown). Cruise Hive's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cruise Hive sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Chic Trip asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cruise Hive ships an update every 4 days, Chic Trip fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cruise Hive versus Chic Trip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCruise HiveChic Trip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCruise Hive LimitedWanderchic Travel

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Cruise Hive

Subscriptions4
  • Silver — Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Gold — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Silver — Annual$19.991 Year
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  • Gold — Annual$49.991 Year
None

Chic Trip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cruise Hive free?
Cruise Hive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chic Trip free?
Chic Trip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cruise Hive or Chic Trip have ads?
Cruise Hive shows ads; Chic Trip does not.
Which is updated more often, Cruise Hive or Chic Trip?
Cruise Hive ships an update every 4 days, and Chic Trip fortnightly. Most recently, Cruise Hive was updated on November 5, 2026 and Chic Trip on October 31, 2026.

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