Is there a free alternative to TripIt Pro?
For most of what TripIt Pro charges $49 a year for, yes. TripIt is unbeaten at one thing: forward a confirmation email and the itinerary builds itself, and Pro adds real flight-disruption help. Camipack never reads your inbox — flight tracking is free either way — but it packs for everyone, and it keeps a map and your position working with no signal, all at no cost. Camipack Pro ($3.99/mo, optional) reads the ticket photo itself on the device with nothing uploaded, which TripIt can't match at any price, and adds daily forecasts, today's exchange rate and live calendar sync.
Which one you actually want
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Choose TripIt
- Your bookings arrive by email and you want them parsed with no effort.
- You fly often and want disruption alerts, seat tracking and fare monitoring.
- You need web or Android — Camipack is iPhone only.
- You want airport maps and terminal guidance.
Choose Camipack
- You would rather not connect an inbox to anything.
- Packing is the problem — a list per traveller, which TripIt does not do.
- You want offline maps and your position with no signal, at no cost.
- You do not want to pay $49 a year.
What Camipack does
- Free flight lookup and background tracking, by number
- A live flight countdown on the Lock Screen
- A packing list for every traveller, not one shared checklist
- Offline vector maps — and the blue dot works with no signal
- Budget as you plan and as you spend, with who paid
- No account, no analytics, no servers — Pro or not
- Pro (optional, $3.99/mo): reads ticket photos, PDFs and receipts, adds daily forecasts and today's exchange rate, and keeps your calendar in sync
Feature by feature
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| Camipack | TripIt | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free to plan; Pro $3.99/mo for scanning, forecasts, rates and calendar sync | Free tier, Pro $49/yr |
| Platforms | iPhone only (iOS 17+) | Web, iOS, Android |
| Account required | None | Yes |
| Ticket import | Type the number, free; scan photo/PDF is Pro | Forward a confirmation email |
| Flight tracking | Free — Live Activity, terminal, gate, status, background checks | Pro: delays, gates, seats, fare monitoring |
| Offline maps | Included, downloadable, free | — |
| Your position offline | Blue dot by GPS | — |
| Packing lists | One per traveller | — |
| Analytics on you | None — no servers, Pro or not | Standard product analytics |
Questions people actually ask
Is TripIt Pro worth it?
If you fly often and your bookings arrive by email, the disruption alerts and fare monitoring are the strongest part of it. If you mostly plan family trips and pack for several people, most of the $49 goes on features you will not open.
Is there a free alternative to TripIt?
Camipack is free for planning, packing, offline maps, budgets and flight tracking. A $3.99/mo Pro subscription (optional) adds ticket and receipt scanning, daily forecasts, today's exchange rate and live calendar sync, versus TripIt Pro's $49/yr for delay alerts and fare tracking.
Can I add a flight without connecting my email?
Yes, and it's free. Type the flight number and Camipack looks up the airline, gate and times, then checks for changes in the background — no email connected, ever. With Camipack Pro you can also scan the ticket itself (photo or PDF) instead of typing the number.
Which travel app works offline?
Camipack downloads real vector maps for your trip’s area and keeps tickets, routes and packing lists on the phone, so it works in aeroplane mode — including the blue dot showing where you are.
Compared with other trip planners
Camipack is free to plan
No account, no analytics, no servers. Pro ($3.99/mo, optional) adds ticket and receipt scanning, daily forecasts, today's exchange rate and live calendar sync.
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