Comparison

Tripcast vs myAmaCruise

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

Head to head
About

Tripcast

Share your travel experiences privately with friends and family. Create trip albums, receive live photo updates, and collect everyone's photos in one place. Browse photos by location and stay connected through comments and likes.

Highlights
  • Live photo updates
  • Private trip albums
  • Collect photos from multiple users
  • Map-based photo browsing
  • Location-based photo tagging
  • Real-time comments and likes
  • Private sharing away from social media
Features
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* Featured as “New and Noteworthy” by Apple * Tripcast lets you share your travel photos with the people who want to see everything, not just the highlights. Start a trip, invite your friends and family to the album, and give them live photo updates from the road! The best way to share your trip: • Make updates instantly: Update your family and friends in real time • Stay in touch: Ask questions, leave comments, and like posts Build an album with everybody: • Vacationers assemble!: Collect everyone's trip photos in one place • Easy backup: Download them all when you get home Map it out: • Effortless tagging: Photos are automatically added to the trip map • Browse by location: View photos by where they happened, not when Everyone is using Tripcast to share their travels: • Keep it private: Share only with the people who care the most, away from social media • Apps for everyone: Access Tripcast through gorgeous apps for iPhone and the web • Bring everyone along: Notifications keep friends and family updated whenever there's activity How it works: 1. Create: Make an album for your trip 2. Invite: Pick friends and family to follow along 3. Update: Post photos and videos as you travel Built by the team that created Cluster, featured as a Best New App in the App Store! Tripcast Club is a monthly or annual subscription to give admins more control over their groups. Check it out by visiting the Settings → Subscription Settings section of the app. By purchasing a subscription you agree to Tripcast's Terms of Use: https://tripcast.co/terms/ and Privacy Policy: https://tripcast.co/privacy/

About

myAmaCruise

Enhance your river cruise with live ship tracking, destination details, and personal photo albums. Access daily newsletters with excursion schedules and onboard activities.

Highlights
  • Live cruise tracking map
  • Destination and excursion information
  • Personal cruise photo album
  • Photo geotagging on map
  • Email and social media sharing
  • Electronic Daily Cruiser newsletter
Features
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The myAmaCruise mobile app is packed full of features specifically designed to enhance your river cruise experience. Access a live cruise tracking map showing your cruising route, the location of your ship as well as photos and information about each of the destinations and shore excursions you will experience along the way. Upload your river cruise photos to your personal cruise album. Photos will pin automatically to your live cruise tracking map so you can easily recall where each one was taken. You can also send your friends a beautiful email postcard of each of your photos or share on Facebook and Twitter. During your cruise you will be able to access an electronic version of your Daily Cruiser newsletter which provides up-to-date information about the day ahead including a detailed schedule of shore excursions, on-board activities and more.

Screenshots

Tripcast4 screens
myAmaCruise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: myAmaCruise at none against Tripcast's 4. myAmaCruise also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Tripcast sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. myAmaCruise asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Tripcast against 4.9 for myAmaCruise. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.2K and 33K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Tripcast's written reviews are positive against 83% of myAmaCruise's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tripcast ships an update every 2 months, myAmaCruise every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tripcast versus myAmaCruise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTripcastmyAmaCruise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.2K ratings)4.9 (33K ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.6% of reviews82.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.2K33K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB98 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCluster Labs, Inc.AmaWaterways, LLC

Customer experience

Tripcast

All ratings7,203 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive49.6%
Neutral12.0%
Negative38.5%

myAmaCruise

All ratings32,441 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews173 reviews
Positive82.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative11.6%

User reviews

Tripcast

From 7.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient photo sharing
  • 🌍 Geo-location tagging
  • 🤝 Good for group trips
  • 📚 Useful for creating travel journals

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🔍 Difficult to upload and organize photos
  • 🔒 Login and account issues
  • 📝 Inability to edit posts
  • 🗺️ Unreliable map functionality

myAmaCruise

From 33K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Excellent service and hospitality
  • 🍽️ Delicious and high-quality food
  • 🛳️ Beautiful and well-maintained ships
  • 🗺️ Interesting and informative excursions
  • 👨‍✈️ Friendly, professional, and attentive staff

Room to improve

  • 🛏️ Mattresses too firm for some
  • 🧹 Cleaning equipment in hallways can be unsightly
  • 🚶‍♀️ Some walking tours too difficult for certain guests

Bugs and requests

Tripcast

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Invites not being sent to users
  • Uploaded photos not displaying properly
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • Account login and access issues
  • Inconsistent app behavior across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow editing of posts and comments
  • Improve photo upload and organization
  • Add support for multiple photos per post
  • Implement password reset functionality
  • Enhance map integration and location tracking

myAmaCruise

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • App login and cruise selection issues for some users

Requested features

2 requests
  • More access inside castles and churches during tours
  • Improved room storage options

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Tripcast

Subscriptions4
  • Tripcast Friend$4.991 Month
  • Tripcast Pro$9.991 Month
  • Tripcast Friend$49.991 Year
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  • Tripcast Pro$99.991 Year
None

myAmaCruise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tripcast free?
Tripcast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is myAmaCruise free?
myAmaCruise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tripcast or myAmaCruise?
myAmaCruise is rated higher. Tripcast averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.2K ratings, while myAmaCruise averages 4.9 from 33K ratings.
Do Tripcast or myAmaCruise have ads?
Neither Tripcast nor myAmaCruise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tripcast or myAmaCruise?
Tripcast ships an update every 2 months, and myAmaCruise every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tripcast was updated on November 6, 2026 and myAmaCruise on November 8, 2026.

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