Is there a free alternative to Tripsy?
Yes, and this is the closest of the three comparisons. Tripsy is a polished Apple-ecosystem planner across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Watch, at $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year, and it is the more mature app. Camipack covers fewer devices — iPhone only — but costs nothing, needs no account, keeps a packing list per traveller, and shows where you are standing on a downloaded map with no signal.
Which one you actually want
Most comparison pages are written by whoever is selling. This one names the cases where the other app wins.
Choose Tripsy
- You want it on iPad, Mac or Apple Watch — Camipack is iPhone only.
- You want the more mature, more polished planner, and it shows.
- You want weather forecasts and travel statistics.
- A subscription is fine with you.
Choose Camipack
- You want it free — no subscription, no trial, no tier.
- You would rather not create an account, and want no analytics or servers.
- Packing is the problem — a list per traveller.
- You want offline maps and your position with no signal.
What Camipack does
- Reads your ticket from a photo or a PDF, on the device
- 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
- Free, with no account, no analytics and no servers
Feature by feature
A marker sits in the column that leads. A dash means the feature is not in that product’s published materials — not that it is impossible.
| Camipack | Tripsy | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — every feature | Free tier, $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr |
| Platforms | iPhone only (iOS 26+) | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch |
| Account required | None | Yes |
| Ticket import | Photo or PDF, read on the device | From email or by hand |
| Flight tracking | Live Activity, terminal, gate, status | Flight alerts |
| Offline maps | Included, downloadable | — |
| Your position offline | Blue dot by GPS | — |
| Packing lists | One per traveller | — |
| Analytics on you | None — no servers | Standard product analytics |
Questions people actually ask
Is there a free alternative to Tripsy?
Camipack is free with no paid tier and no trial. Tripsy is the more mature planner and runs on more Apple devices; Camipack is iPhone-only but adds offline maps, per-traveller packing lists and on-device ticket reading at no cost.
Does Camipack work on iPad or Mac?
No. Camipack is iPhone only. If you plan on an iPad or a Mac, Tripsy is the better fit — it covers iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.
Which trip planner has packing lists per person?
Camipack keeps a separate list for every traveller on the trip, rather than one shared checklist, which is the difference that matters once you are packing for children.
Which trip planner works without a subscription?
Camipack. Every feature is included free — offline maps, flight tracking with a Lock Screen countdown, packing lists, budget and document reading — with no account and no analytics.