Comparison

Tripcast vs SplitRoute

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
Currently charting
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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

SplitRoute

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Every group trip runs on two or three apps: one for the plan, one for the map, one for who owes what. SplitRoute is all of it in one place — and all of it works with no signal. NO ACCOUNT, EVER No email, no password, no signup wall. Start a trip and share an 8-character code. Whoever has the code is in. BUILT OFFLINE-FIRST, NOT OFFLINE-LATER Not a paid extra and nothing to download in advance. Add an expense on a plane, reorder the itinerary on a train, tick off the packing list in a tunnel. It syncs when you get signal back. SPLIT ANYTHING, HOWEVER YOU LIKE Equal, exact amounts, percentages or shares — no limits and no counting how many expenses you added today. Live exchange rates, cached so they work offline. Debt simplification turns a tangle of IOUs into the fewest payments that settle it. THE WHOLE TRIP, NOT JUST THE BILL • Day-by-day itinerary with times, bookings and confirmation codes • Map of every stop with real walking and driving routes, places to tap and add, and areas you can save for offline use • 7-day weather for where you are going • Shared packing lists, assignable to whoever is carrying what • Receipt photos on any expense • Budget pacing, so you see the overspend coming EXPORTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY USEFUL CSV free. A formatted PDF booklet and a multi-sheet spreadsheet on the paid tier. PRICING, PLAINLY Free covers one active trip, with everything above except the PDF booklet and spreadsheet exports. $2.99 unlocks one more trip; $19.99 unlocks everything for good. Both are one-time purchases, not subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://splitroute-23d8d9.gitlab.io/privacy.html

Screenshots

Tripcast4 screens
SplitRoute4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SplitRoute at every 4 days against Tripcast's every 2 months. Tripcast's advantage is chart position (#167 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Tripcast sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and SplitRoute sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $39.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tripcast ships an update every 2 months, SplitRoute every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Tripcast versus SplitRoute: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTripcastSplitRoute
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews49.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#167 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB50 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCluster Labs, Inc.Arden Hilario

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

SplitRoute

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
4 purchases

SplitRoute

Subscriptions2
  • SplitRoute Operator Monthly$39.001 Month
  • SplitRoute Operator Annual$390.001 Year
One-time2
  • Single Trip Pass$2.99
  • Lifetime Explorer$19.99

Questions

Is Tripcast free?
Tripcast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SplitRoute free?
SplitRoute is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tripcast or SplitRoute have ads?
Neither Tripcast nor SplitRoute shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tripcast or SplitRoute?
Tripcast ships an update every 2 months, and SplitRoute every 4 days. Most recently, Tripcast was updated on October 24, 2026 and SplitRoute on October 24, 2026.

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