Free Wanderlog alternatives in 2026, compared honestly
Wanderlog packs maps, collaborative planning and place recommendations into one free app. Here's how the alternatives compare, and where it still leads.
Wanderlog is one of the most complete free trip planners around — a place database, collaborative maps, and email-based booking import. If you're comparing free alternatives, here's an honest look at what Wanderlog does well, where people get stuck, what the alternatives (Reveldays among them) offer, and how to move your bookings over. Checked September 2026.
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Every price and feature below was checked in September 2026 and can change — check the provider's own page before you decide.
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| Feature | Wanderlog | Reveldays | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan, or a paid Pro plan | Free forever for the tracker | checked September 2026 |
| Import bookings | Forward a confirmation email, or connect Gmail | Forward a confirmation email, or upload the PDF | one-tap Gmail import is on our roadmap and not live yet |
| What the trip cost | A manual budget you fill in yourself | Every forwarded booking totalled automatically, in the currency you paid | checked September 2026 |
| Collaborative trip maps | Yes — a core feature, with place recommendations | Yes, on your trip's own map | checked September 2026 — this is where Wanderlog still leads |
| Sharing a trip with others | Share a link; collaborators can edit | Invite people with a role — owner, editor or viewer | |
| Real trips to borrow from other travellers | No | Yes — browse anonymised public trips and clone one | |
| Place and restaurant recommendations | Yes — a large built-in database | Not built as its own feature yet | checked September 2026 |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, web | Installable web app (iOS, Android, desktop) |
What Wanderlog does well
- Its place database and collaborative maps are genuinely strong — friends can drop pins, vote and comment on the same trip map together.
- It's free at a level of completeness most competitors reserve for a paid tier, which is likely part of why it's grown so large.
- Booking import by email forward works the same way TripIt's does, and it's a smooth part of the flow.
Where people get stuck
- Wanderlog's budget tool is a manual entry field, not something that fills in from your actual bookings — people end up re-typing numbers they've already paid. (a recurring complaint in Wanderlog review and comparison threads)
- With so many features in one place, some people find the interface busy compared to a simpler booking tracker. (a theme in 'Wanderlog vs' comparison posts)
- There's no way to browse a real trip someone else actually took and start from it — planning still begins from a blank map. (a gap noted across several alternative-app comparison posts)
The alternatives
TripIt Pro
Frequent flyers who want flight alerts above everything else
Price: Free plan, or $49/year for Pro · How bookings get in: Forward a confirmation email — checked September 2026
Wanderlog
People who want maps, place recommendations and collaborative planning in one free app
Price: Free plan, paid tier available · How bookings get in: Forward a confirmation email or connect Gmail — checked September 2026
Tineo
Travellers who want an AI-assisted itinerary alongside email import
Price: Free plan, paid tier available · How bookings get in: Forward a confirmation email — checked September 2026
Holicay
Travellers who want browsable destination itineraries as a starting point
Price: Free plan, paid tier available · How bookings get in: Manual entry, with some import — checked September 2026
Reveldays
Travellers who want the trip's real cost and real trips to borrow from, free, without a paid tier on the tracker
Price: Free forever for the tracker · How bookings get in: Forward a confirmation email, or upload the PDF
How to move your bookings over
Forward the booking confirmation emails you still have to your Reveldays import address.
For older bookings, upload the confirmation PDF or add the details by hand.
Wanderlog doesn't offer a bulk export of your trips, so moving over means re-forwarding or re-adding each booking rather than importing a file.
Questions
- Is there a free Wanderlog alternative?
- Yes. Wanderlog itself has a generous free plan; Reveldays is free for the whole tracker, with no paid tier gating cost tracking or booking import.
- Is Wanderlog Pro worth it?
- If you want its full map and collaboration tools without limits, yes. If you mainly want your bookings organised and to see what a trip cost, a simpler free tool may be enough.
- Can I export my trips from Wanderlog?
- Wanderlog doesn't offer a bulk export. Moving to another tool means forwarding or re-adding your bookings there.
- Does Reveldays import directly from Wanderlog?
- No — there's no direct import between the two. You forward your booking confirmation emails to Reveldays the same way you'd forward them anywhere else.
- What does Reveldays do that Wanderlog doesn't?
- It totals your forwarded bookings into what the trip actually cost automatically, and lets you browse and clone real, anonymised trips other travellers have taken.
Ready when you are.
Checked 19 September 2026.
Sources: Wanderlog.
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