Stippl is a long-trip companion: itinerary and budget planners, an AI planner that drafts day-by-day plans, packing lists, eSIM, a travel journal, reels and photobooks. Trusted by 1.5 million travellers, and aimed squarely at backpackers and long-haul trips.
Most travel apps are built for the one-week holiday. Stippl is built for the three-month one. It handles the itinerary, but the surrounding features are what give it away: a budget planner that tracks spend across a long trip, packing lists, an eSIM so you land connected, a travel tracker and scratch map, a journal, and reels and photobooks for afterwards. Stippl says 1.5 million travellers use it, and the tone of the whole product is backpacker rather than business traveller.
The AI planner sits in the middle: tell it where you're going and it drafts day-by-day plans and notes per destination in a couple of minutes, which you then personalize. Group travel is properly supported, and there's a creator side where travel bloggers publish itineraries other people can copy. That last bit makes it feel more like a community than a utility, which suits the long-trip crowd.
The marketing leans hard on free, but independent reviewers note that AI-generated itineraries and booking imports sit behind the paid tier. Worth knowing before you plan your gap year around the free plan. The core planning and budgeting still work without paying.
Backpackers, career-break travellers and anyone whose trip has more than four stops and a real budget to defend. For a long weekend in Rome it's more app than the trip deserves; use Wonderplan or GuideGeek instead.
The best fit for long, multi-country trips where money and memories both need tracking. Just read the pricing page before assuming free means free.
