Waystop vs Wanderlog.
Both put your days on a map and let your group plan together. The difference is who does the planning. In Wanderlog you build each day yourself, with an AI assistant on the side. In Waystop you ask Chat to plan a day and it comes back as one card: stops in order, lunch and dinner, with the opening hours and the travel time between them. One tap adds it. Then the plan comes along on the trip and tells you when to leave.
Free to plan every trip. $1.50 of Chat credit to start, no card needed.
Side by side
| What you need | Wanderlog | Waystop |
|---|---|---|
| Planning a day | You add places yourself; an AI assistant suggests ideas | Ask Chat and the whole day comes back as one card you add with a tap |
| Opening hours | Shown on each place | Checked for the day you’re there before a stop lands on your plan |
| Changing the plan | Drag and edit by hand | Ask for a rain plan or a cheaper dinner; each change is a card you approve, with Undo |
| On the trip | Your itinerary and map | Leave-by times, the next stop on your lock screen, which train to take |
| Offline | With Pro | Free: routes, tickets, documents and the forecast download to your phone |
| Splitting costs | Budget and expense splitting | “Sam paid for dinner” becomes who owes whom, in any currency |
| Planning on a laptop | Full web planner | Phone only |
| Bookings from your email | Forward or connect Gmail | Paste text, screenshots or PDFs into Import |
Wanderlog details from its app listing and help pages, checked October 2026. Features change; check their site for the latest.
Which one to pick
You like building every day by hand, you plan at a desk, or you want your bookings pulled in from Gmail. It’s a strong free planner, and road trips are its home ground.
You’d rather say what you’re into and get a day back, with places that are actually open and the walks worked out. And you want the same app to get you through the day: when to leave, what the menu says, who owes whom.
Things you can ask Chat
Questions
Is Waystop free like Wanderlog?
Planning is free in both. Waystop gives every account $1.50 of Chat credit with no card; after that, Chat, photo questions, web answers and imports use credit you add in the app, $5, $10 or $20 at a time, and it never expires. Wanderlog’s planner is free, with a yearly Pro subscription for offline access, route optimization and more AI messages.
Can I move a Wanderlog trip into Waystop?
Yes. Copy the itinerary text, or take screenshots of it, and paste them into Import. Waystop turns it into a day-by-day timeline with every place looked up on Google Maps.
Does Waystop have a website for planning on a laptop?
No. Waystop is an app for iPhone and Android. If you plan mostly at a desk, Wanderlog’s web planner is a real advantage.
Can my group plan together?
Yes, in both. In Waystop you invite people from the People screen as editors or viewers, and everyone sees the same plan on their phone. On a trip you own, your credit pays for their Chat messages too.
Also see Waystop vs TripIt and how Waystop differs from planning in a chatbot.
Plan your next trip with Chat.
Free to plan, no card needed. $1.50 of credit to try Chat, and an itinerary that’s yours to edit by hand for as long as you like.