Comparison

Hostelz vs PlacePlot

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

Head to head
About

Hostelz

Features
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Stop opening ten browser tabs to find a cheap bed. Hostelz compares hostel prices across the world's major booking sites at once, so you instantly see the lowest price for the same room. Whether you're backpacking Southeast Asia, weekending across Europe, or just figuring out where to sleep tonight, Hostelz helps you find the right hostel at the right price. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Compare prices from multiple booking sites side by side • Find hostels near you with location-based suggestions • Check real availability and spot the cheapest dates • Browse by city and neighborhood to stay where you want • Tap straight through to book wherever the deal is best WHY TRAVELERS USE HOSTELZ • One search instead of ten — save time and money • Honest, transparent price comparison • Built for people who count every euro, dollar, and baht • Find hostels you'd never spot on a single platform Hostelz pulls live prices and availability through trusted travel partners, then points you to the best option. You book securely on the provider's site. Pack light. Travel far. Spend less. Download Hostelz and find your next bed.

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PlacePlot

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PlacePlot is a trip planner that works the way you actually plan. Pin every place you want to see on one map, then turn it into a day-by-day itinerary you can follow. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Pin places on a Google map and see the whole trip at once - Add a place by name search, a dropped pin, a Maps link or coordinates - Tap search for sights worth visiting near your part of the map - Make your own categories with colours and icons - Measure the distance along a chain of places - Build a day-by-day itinerary by dragging places onto it - Add blocks that are not places, like travel, meals and rest - Set each trip's own start and end hours - Write notes and addresses on any place - Share the whole trip as a PDF - Export as GPX, KML or a JSON backup, and import it back - Back up and restore your whole library - Light and dark, kilometres or miles - Open any place in Google Maps for turn-by-turn directions PUT THE WHOLE TRIP ON ONE MAP Everything you have been saving up goes on one map, so you finally see the shape of the trip. Type a place name and pick it from the list, or paste a Google Maps link, and the place lands where it should. Your own categories and colours keep the beaches, the food and everything you promised the kids apart at a glance. KNOW WHAT IS WORTH DOING ON THE SAME DAY A list of place names never tells you which two are ten minutes apart and which are across the city. Pick a few pins and PlacePlot draws the line and gives you the distance, in kilometres or miles, so a day stops being guesswork. When you are ready to actually go, hand the place off to Google Maps for real directions. THEN GIVE EVERY DAY A SHAPE Drag a place onto a day and it becomes a block you can slide to a new time or stretch to a longer visit. Add the things that are not places at all, a train, a nap, dinner with someone. Set your own hours so an early start or a long evening fits. Days are just days, so a trip works before you have booked a single date. SHARE THE PLAN WITH WHOEVER IS COMING One tap turns the trip into a PDF: the places, the categories, and every day laid out hour by hour. Send it in a message, print it, or keep it for the flight. Nobody needs the app to read it. If you want the raw data instead, a trip also exports as GPX, KML or a JSON backup that carries the itinerary too. WHO ACTUALLY USES IT Families planning a week abroad, road trips, city breaks and group holidays. Travel agents, guides and planners use the PDF to hand a client a finished itinerary, with no app to install and no login. NOBODY ELSE SEES YOUR TRIP There is no account to make and no email to hand over. We do not store your trips, your pins or your day plans, and there is no server of ours behind this app. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is synced, and nothing is shared unless you send it yourself. No ads, no analytics, no tracking of any kind. PlacePlot is free to start. An optional one-time unlock lifts the trip limit and adds your own categories, with no subscription and nothing that expires.

Screenshots

Hostelz4 screens
PlacePlot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hostelz at none against PlacePlot's 1. PlacePlot's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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. PlacePlot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hostelz asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hostelz ships an update every 2 months, PlacePlot every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Hostelz versus PlacePlot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHostelzPlacePlot
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperESPAI KREATIV LtdPradipta Das

In-app purchases

None

Hostelz

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PlacePlot

One-time1
  • PlacePlot Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is Hostelz free?
Hostelz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlacePlot free?
PlacePlot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hostelz or PlacePlot have ads?
Neither Hostelz nor PlacePlot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hostelz or PlacePlot?
Hostelz ships an update every 2 months, and PlacePlot every 3 days. Most recently, Hostelz was updated on October 18, 2026 and PlacePlot on October 13, 2026.

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