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Head-to-head

Visit A City vs TripIt

Visit A City 4.8★ · Free to download 70
Winner Tie
TripIt 4.8★ · Free + IAP 75

Visit A City is better for travelers who want pre-planned itineraries and local suggestions, while TripIt excels at organizing existing travel reservations.

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Visit A City offers pre-designed itineraries and local attraction suggestions, ideal for sightseeing. TripIt, on the other hand, is a robust organizer for existing flight, hotel, and car reservations, with a strong focus on consolidating travel details.

Head to head

Features & Itinerary Planning tieR2R3R8R13
Visit A City Visit A City users appreciate its ability to create efficient, customized itineraries based on selected attractions and timeframes, often highlighting hidden gems and optimizing routes to avoid backtracking R2. It provides sample itineraries and suggestions for things to do R8R35. However, some users find limitations in customizing plans, such as not being able to add more than one hotel or travel between multiple cities on the same trip R3R13. There are also complaints about not being able to easily add sites not on their preloaded lists .
TripIt TripIt is highly valued for its ability to automatically pull and organize flight, hotel, and rental car information into a single itinerary, often through email forwarding . Users find it excellent for consolidating all reservation numbers and details in one place R86. However, some users report issues with email integration, where the app fails to import everything or struggles with changes to itineraries, requiring manual updates . The seat map feature is also reported as not working on the mobile app .
Ease of Use & Interface tieR6R9R10R13
Visit A City Many Visit A City users find the app easy to use and flexible for planning . However, a significant number of reviews describe the interface as clunky, not intuitive, and difficult to navigate R9R13. Users report issues with the app constantly forcing them back to the beginning, not allowing hotel address entry, or struggling to find specific functions R6R10.
TripIt TripIt is praised for its ease of use in organizing travel details and quick access to reservation numbers R104. However, some users find it poorly designed and difficult to operate, especially when manually entering documents or when changes occur . Issues with signing in or creating accounts are also reported .
Reliability & Performance tieR6R12R15R16
Visit A City Visit A City users frequently report issues with the app being slow, freezing, crashing, or not loading content R12R15R16. Some mention problems with offline maps not working or the map/GPS option failing R6R12R15. There are also reports of itineraries not showing up or being lost R15.
TripIt TripIt users also experience significant reliability issues, including the app being buggy, crashing, or losing email integration . Some users report problems with the app hallucinating and adding incorrect flights . A major concern for Pro users is being locked out of their accounts when using a VPN, which is seen as a significant inconvenience, especially when traveling .
Price & Value tieR1R4R26R35
Visit A City Visit A City is free to download, and many users appreciate its value as a free tool for trip planning R26R35. However, some users report being charged significantly more for tours through the app than the actual cost at the location, leading to accusations of scamming R1R4. There are also complaints about the app pushing expensive day tours and being inundated with booking links .
TripIt TripIt offers both a free and a paid (Pro) version. Free users find it useful for basic organization R86. Pro users appreciate features like saving confirmations and more detailed information R86. However, many Pro users feel the premium service is not a good investment, citing issues with features like airfare refund notifications being inaccurate and Pro features being pointless outside the US R102R108R119. Some paid users are also annoyed by survey pop-ups .
Customer Support tieR1R7R15R16
Visit A City Visit A City users report poor customer service, with unresponsive emails and chat features that don't provide answers R1R7R16. There is also a lack of in-app help options R15.
TripIt TripIt users also report issues with customer service, including no response to emails, unhelpful replies, and difficulty getting support for specific problems . Some users mention a lack of internal ticket logging for issues .
Pick Visit A City if

you are looking for an app to help you discover attractions and build efficient sightseeing itineraries for a single city R2.

Pick TripIt if

you need a robust tool to consolidate all your existing travel reservations (flights, hotels, cars) from various sources into one organized itinerary .

Evidence note: Both apps have a mix of highly positive and very negative recent reviews, indicating ongoing issues despite high lifetime ratings. Visit A City's negative reviews often focus on technical glitches and tour booking issues, while TripIt's negatives frequently mention bugs, VPN blocking, and dissatisfaction with Pro features.

Frequently asked

Can I use Visit A City offline?
Visit A City used to have an offline downloadable map, but recent reviews indicate that the offline use feature is no longer working reliably, with users reporting issues even with strong Wi-Fi R6R12R15.
Does TripIt support multiple travelers?
Yes, TripIt allows users to share itineraries with other travelers in their party, which helps prevent miscommunications R86R104R118.
Are there issues with booking tours through Visit A City?
Yes, some users report significant issues with booking tours through Visit A City, including being charged much more than the local price and tours being unavailable or canceled without refunds R1R4R59.
Is TripIt Pro worth the cost?
Many TripIt Pro users express that the premium service is not a good investment, citing issues with features like inaccurate airfare refund notifications and Pro perks not working well outside the US R102R108R119.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R2] Visit A City 5/5 · US Optimize your travels: Love this app! Frequently use it to organize our vacation sightseeing adventures. Great suggestions of things to do and attractions near by. The time and map features help us see more without backtracking. Lots of hidden gems.
  2. [R3] Visit A City 3/5 · US Limited capacity: The program works well, but I was unable to figure out how to list more than one hotel and use the app to plot which sites to see from each hotel site. Also 10 days is maximum. Limited in allowing you to travel between different cities on the same trip. Nice listings of attractions close to each other and offers a variety of itineraries to adapt to your plans.
  3. [R8] Visit A City 4/5 · US Not bad: I like that it provides sample itineraries, but the activities itself are basically the same as on Viator, so I don’t see a reason to use both apps.
  4. [R13] Visit A City 2/5 · US Not intuitive: Cannot customize a plan ir if I can it is impossible to figure out. Website you can create custom plans and edit proposed plans.
  5. [R6] Visit A City 3/5 · US It could be better: This app constantly forces you back to the beginning. You’re on day one, every time you go into it you going to go through plan your trip, your plans and then sometimes it’s not your plans but the generic guide they give you constantly reloading. In your travels this can get really expensive. Also there used to be an offline downloadable map which was amazing.
  6. [R9] Visit A City 3/5 · US Good for itineraries, state of the art for 2006: I’m just gonna say it, the interface is kind of trash! There’s a lot of functions that would be nice, convenient, and rational to have that aren’t there, and if they ARE there, they’re not intuitive to find at all. It also gives me clunky mapquest vibes. But, if you like trip planning, it definitely gives you that satisfied feeling once you have your
  7. [R10] Visit A City 1/5 · US Can’t add hotel address: If it doesn’t know your hotel, you don’t have a starting point! You need to be allowed to enter an address because maybe my “hotel” point is an Airbnb. It’s kinda useless!
  8. [R12] Visit A City 3/5 · US Would be five star if not for the slowness: It’s a really good app and has a lot of potential but the WiFi is just slow. No matter where I go. I even tried downloading it for offline use but it doesn’t even work with WiFi.
  9. [R15] Visit A City 3/5 · US Love the app but glitching: My mom and I are on a trip and it has been working fabulously up until now. we downloaded our itinerary for our next trip and it isn’t showing us anything, even with strong wifi it says that the “network is slow”! There’s no way to address needing help in the app either.
  10. [R16] Visit A City 1/5 · US Not able to use: For 3 days not able to use site. Nothing is loading, can’t open any guides. Customer service not responding to emails
  11. [R1] Visit A City 1/5 · US Scam: Son intermediarios y cobran mucho mas por un paseo que los que realmente cuesta en el lugar nos vendieron un tour por 162 y en el lugar costaba 57 dolares, y lo peor no responden los mails y no hay otra forma de comunicarse con ellos
  12. [R4] Visit A City 1/5 · US Fraud/ scam: I booked a tour for my family at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. Upon arrival, a mass was in progress, which prevented us from participating in the tour as scheduled. After the mass concluded, we attempted to proceed with the tour but were escorted out by security and informed that a private mass would immediately follow and that no tours would be permitted. We then spoke w
  13. [R26] Visit A City 5/5 · US Very handy and efficient: This is an extremely helpful app. Have used it many times. Love that it provides a map with all the attractions and can create custom itineraries or use one of the defaults suggested based on travel days and can be used offline as well which helpful when traveling overseas and limited access to cellular or wifi. This is my go to app when planning trips and it’s free. Othe
  14. [R35] Visit A City 5/5 · US Excellent app if you like to travel!: This app gives you everything you need if you’re planning a trip: highlights of cities, sights along with nearby sites so you can optimize your touring - and a map! Can’t go wrong with this app.
  15. [R7] Visit A City 2/5 · US No help: I use the chat feature and they seem to never have answers to my questions need to. Peak to a live person
  16. [R86] TripIt 5/5 · US Great app for organizing travel: So glad to have this app. You can at a glance share the itinerary and share with your loved ones. Was using free version for a while but have switched to the paid version which allows you to save all of the confirmations and more details provided by hotels and tour companies so you don’t have to search through emails or printouts.
  17. [R104] TripIt 5/5 · US Convenient!!: Love this as I can share with the other travelers in my party. There are no miscommunications!
  18. [R118] TripIt 5/5 · US Love this app!: I love this app because it keeps me connected with who I’m traveling with and my family can keep me informed of their travel plans. Great product.
  19. [R59] Visit A City 1/5 · GB SCAM- AVOID USING: They advertise activities for the days you choose that aren’t available till later dates in the year then claim they don’t do refunds due to their cancellation policy to make themselves free money. Currently awaiting information from my lawyer on how to my rights to take them to court
  20. [R102] TripIt 3/5 · GB Good basic functionality but Pro features pointless outside of US: I have used Tripit for many years and tried the Pro version last year. While the basic functions work extremely well, Pro is no great feature for me. The perks that it comes with do not really work outside of the US. Seat tracker, security times etc are generally not available in the UK/EU and baggage carousel info is hit and mi
  21. [R108] TripIt 3/5 · GB Tripit: Don't pay any money for this App the premium service is rubbish
  22. [R119] TripIt 1/5 · US Paid for Pro Subscription primarily for airfare refund notification feature: I have received at least ten notifications from TripIt Pro claiming that a flight I have booked is not cheaper and I should contact the airline for a refund. I subscribed specifically for this feature. Feature is garbage. Every single notification of claiming reduced airfare has me going and checking. Yup. Wrong.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store