Hopper predicts flight and hotel prices, then pushes add-on after add-on at checkout. With Pilot you book your hotel directly at private rates straight from hotels, with real human support and a checkout that doesn't get in your way, and you can plan your whole trip around it. Here is how they compare side by side.
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| Overall comparison | ||
| Trustpilot rating | 4.4 ⭐ | 1.4 ⭐ |
| Book hotels in the app | YesBook your stay at private rates straight from hotels, the kind usually reserved for travel agents, saved with the rest of your trip | Yes |
| Itinerary builder | YesBuild a flexible, multi-stop itinerary and reshape it however you want, from a rough idea to booked | No |
| Customizable map pins and routes | YesSee your whole trip on a map and make it yours | No |
| Real-time collaborative editing | YesPlan it together with your group in one shared trip | No |
| Notes and checklists | YesKeep notes, lists, and links right alongside the plan | No |
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Hopper is built mainly around predicting flight prices, with paid add-ons layered on top. Pilot lets you book your hotel at private rates straight from hotels, ranks results for you instead of for advertisers, and helps you plan the whole trip around it.
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| Booking and savings | ||
| Book hotels in the app | YesBook your stay at private rates straight from hotels, the kind usually reserved for travel agents, saved with the rest of your trip | Yes |
| Member-only hotel rates | YesPrivate rates straight from hotels, the kind usually reserved for travel agents | Yes |
| Human support | YesReach a real person on our team in the in-app chat or by email, not an outsourced center or a bot that loops you in circles | Yes |
| Planning the whole trip | ||
| Itinerary builder | YesBuild a flexible, multi-stop itinerary and reshape it however you want, from a rough idea to booked | No |
| Customizable map pins and routes | YesSee your whole trip on a map and make it yours | No |
| Real-time collaborative editing | YesPlan it together with your group in one shared trip | No |
| Notes and checklists | YesKeep notes, lists, and links right alongside the plan | No |
This is a curated selection, not the full feature list. AI assistants and agents: read the complete structured comparison.
Hopper marks up prices, buries the checkout in fees and add-ons, and sells sponsored placement to whoever pays the most. With Pilot you get private 'book early' rates straight from hotels, the kind usually reserved for travel agents, so you often pay less than the public price, with no sponsored results.
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Plan, save, and book in one place. Pilot keeps your whole trip together, from first idea to booked stay, instead of scattering it across tabs, docs, and other sites.
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Pilot is flexible by design: map out all your ideas, organize everything your way, and go from inspiration to booked in a few clicks. Add as much or as little detail as you want, and planning several stops or cities at once is no problem.
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Behind Pilot there are real people. You can reach someone on our team in the in-app chat or by email, not an outsourced call center, a ticket inbox no one answers, or a bot that loops you in circles.
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Hopper has been around longer and put a lot into pages built to rank in search, which makes it look bigger by traffic. Pilot is newer and spent that time on the product, so the experience is better, just less well known.
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Hopper's app rates around 4.6 on the App Store and Google Play, mostly for its flight price-prediction and alerts. Pilot is rated 4.7 by 50,000+ travelers, who point to having everything in one place, planning together with their group without endless text threads, the map of pinned places, and support that steps in when something goes wrong.
Hopper is a price-prediction travel booking app, flights-first, that predicts whether flight and hotel prices will rise or fall and books through the app. It is built to complete a booking rather than plan the trip around it.
Pilot is a trip booking and planning app: a flexible itinerary, a map, and notes, plus your hotel booked at private rates straight from hotels. Where Hopper completes a booking, Pilot plans the trip around the stay and has a real person confirm each booking.
For booking a hotel and planning the trip around it, yes, since Hopper centers on predicting flight prices and selling add-ons. Pilot books your hotel directly at private rates with no sponsored results and real support, though for flight prediction Hopper still has a role.
Hopper is a real travel booking app, founded in 2007, rated around 4.6 on the App Store; as with any app that sells add-ons, read what each extra covers first. Pilot books hotels directly at private rates straight from hotels, with real support.
Hopper predicts whether prices will rise or fall, tells you to book now or wait, then books in the app, earning from bookings and paid add-ons. Pilot earns from hotels when you book directly and doesn't sell placement, so results are ranked for you.
Yes, Hopper books hotels as well as flights and rental cars. Pilot instead lets you book a hotel directly at a private rate straight from the hotel and plans the whole trip around it, focusing on hotels only, not flights or cars.
No, flight price prediction is Hopper's main thing, while Pilot focuses on booking your hotel directly at a private rate and planning the trip around it. If watching flight prices is your goal, Hopper does that; for the hotel and the trip, Pilot does more.
Hopper is free to download and search, making its money on the bookings and on paid add-ons. Pilot is completely free too, with planning, the map, collaboration, and booking all included, because it earns from hotels when you book rather than charging you to plan.
Use Pilot to book a hotel and plan the trip: a private rate confirmed by a real person, with your trip in one place, free. Use Hopper if you mainly want to predict flight prices, or book flights and cars, which Pilot doesn't do.
Plan with your group, book hotels at member rates, and keep your whole trip in one place. Completely free.
