Pilot does everything you use Stippl for, just more flexible, simpler, and free, and you can book your stays through it too. Here is how they compare side by side.
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| Trustpilot rating | 4.4 ⭐ | 2.9 ⭐ |
| Pricing | Completely free | Free / $24.99/yr |
| AI itinerary generator | YesFree in Pilot; Stippl keeps AI itineraries behind its paid PRO plan | Yes |
| Heart items for voting | YesHeart an idea to vote on it as a group; Stippl has comments but no built-in voting | No |
| Rich text formatting in notes | YesFormat notes with headings, bold, and links, not just plain text | No |
| Book hotels in the app | YesBook your stay in the app; Stippl sends you out to Booking.com or Airbnb to book | No |
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Both plan a trip well. Pilot keeps the AI planner and offline free where Stippl charges for them, and lets you book your stays at private hotel rates instead of sending you to other sites.
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| Planning and collaboration | ||
| Heart items for voting | YesHeart an idea to vote on it as a group; Stippl has comments but no built-in voting | No |
| Rich text formatting in notes | YesFormat notes with headings, bold, and links, not just plain text | No |
| AI itinerary generator | YesFree in Pilot; Stippl keeps AI itineraries behind its paid PRO plan | Yes |
| Itinerary builder | YesFlexible by design: map out all your ideas and reshape the plan however you want | Yes |
| Real-time collaborative editing | YesPlan together in one shared trip, then book the stay together in the app | Yes |
| Offline access on mobile | YesFree in Pilot; Stippl keeps offline access behind its paid PRO plan | Yes |
| Booking and savings | ||
| Book hotels in the app | YesBook your stay in the app; Stippl sends you out to Booking.com or Airbnb to book | No |
| Member-only hotel rates | YesPrivate deals straight from hotels, the kind usually saved for travel agents, across 3,000,000+ stays | No |
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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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Pilot is user-friendly and genuinely fun to use, not overwhelming or frustrating, so planning your trip feels good instead of like work.
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Pilot is completely free, with no paywall on the basics. Stippl gates even basic features behind its paid plan. Because people can book through Pilot, we earn from hotels, so we never have to charge you to plan.
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With Pilot you book your stays right in the app, at private rates straight from hotels, the kind usually reserved for travel agents, across more than 3,000,000 stays, so you get better rates. Stippl shows you options but sends you to another site to book.
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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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Stippl rates around 4.6 to 4.7 on the app stores, though a recurring theme in its reviews is the app crashing and lagging mid-plan. Pilot is rated 4.7 overall and 4.8 on the App Store by 50,000+ travelers, and reviewers keep coming back to how smooth and simple it is to use, and a support team that steps in when something changes.
Stippl is an all-in-one trip planner app used to plan an itinerary with a budget and packing list. It organizes an itinerary, but you book your stays on other sites and some features sit behind a paid plan.
Pilot is a trip booking and planning app where you plan the whole trip and book your hotel at private rates, the kind usually reserved for travel agents. Where Stippl organizes a trip you book elsewhere, Pilot keeps planning free and books the stay too.
Yes, Pilot covers the same planning as Stippl, but keeps the AI planner and offline access free where Stippl gates both behind PRO at about 25 dollars yearly. Pilot also books your stay at private rates, while Stippl sends you out to Booking.com.
Stippl has a free tier, but its AI itinerary generator and offline access sit behind Stippl PRO at about 25 dollars yearly. Pilot is completely free, including the AI planner and offline use, and adds in-app hotel booking at private rates Stippl does not have.
Stippl PRO is about 25 dollars yearly and mainly unlocks AI itineraries and offline access, so whether it's worth it depends on how much you use those. Pilot gives you both free and adds what PRO can't, booking your hotel at private rates.
No, Stippl helps you find and organize hotels but links you out to sites like Booking.com or Airbnb to book. Pilot books over 3,000,000 hotels in the app at private rates straight from hotels, so the booking lives with the rest of your trip.
Stippl earns from its PRO subscription and referral commissions when it sends you to other sites to book. Pilot is free because it earns from hotels when you book, not from charging you to plan, so the whole planner including AI and offline stays free.
Pilot is completely free, including the AI planner and offline access that Stippl charges for, and covers the same flexible planning, maps, and notes. It also adds in-app hotel booking at private rates, so it does more than both Stippl's free and paid PRO tiers.
Use Pilot for a free, flexible planner that's simple to use and books stays at private hotel rates. Stippl fits the narrow case where you want its expense splitter or AI travel videos and are happy to pay PRO and book hotels yourself.
Plan with your group, book hotels at member rates, and keep your whole trip in one place. Completely free.
