--- title: "TripIt alternative for a flight log — honest comparison · Orbit" description: "TripIt is a travel itinerary organiser. Here is what Orbit does instead, what it does not do, and what moving actually involves — including the parts that count against us." url: https://orbitflights.app/alternatives/tripit --- TripIt # TripIt remembers what is next. Orbit remembers what has been. Forward it a confirmation email and it builds a tidy itinerary — flights, hotels, cars, all in order, ready for the trip you are about to take. It is very good at that, and that is not what a logbook is. ## Read this before you switch **Orbit cannot import your flights.** Not from TripIt, not from anywhere — there is no importer yet. Moving a logbook across means typing it in. This is the one comparison on the site that is not really a competition. If you have used TripIt for years, your account is one of the best records of your own travel that exists — which makes it an excellent place to read your flight history off when you are building a logbook. It is less work than it sounds: three fields per flight — where from, where to, and when. Orbit derives the distance, the hours, the countries, the continents and every milestone from those. The [method for rebuilding a history](https://orbitflights.app/blog/reconstruct-your-flight-history) is written up in full. The free tier holds 15 flights, so you can find out whether you like it before deciding whether to carry the rest across. ## Orbit and TripIt, row by row Including the rows Orbit loses. A table where one side wins everything is an advert, and you would be right not to believe it. __Orbit compared with TripIt, feature by feature.__ | | Orbit | TripIt | | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | | Platforms | Partly. Android. iPhone in development. | Yes. iOS, Android and web. | | Log flights from any date | Yes. Any date, back to your first. | Partly. Keeps past trips, not a logbook. | | Import from another app | No. Nothing yet — flights are typed in. | Yes. From email. | | Adds flights from your email | No | Yes. The whole idea. | | Live tracking and delay alerts | No. It's a logbook, not a tracker. | Partly. Alerts on TripIt Pro. | | 3D globe of your flights | Yes. Real orthographic projection, drag to spin. | No | | Works offline | Yes. All 8,801 airports on device. | Partly | | Export your data | Partly. CSV, on Pro. | Partly. Via third-party tools. | | Works without an account | Yes. Guest-first. Sign in only to sync. | No. Account required. | | Free tier | Partly. 15 flights, then Pro. | Yes. Free tier, then Pro. | | Price | Yes. $19.90/year or $49.90 once. | Partly. Free; Pro is about $49 a year. | | Ads | Yes. None, on any tier. | Not checked | Checked against TripIt’s own site and public sources on 6 October 2026. Anything marked “not checked” is exactly that — not a quiet no. ## Orbit, on the screen The parts of the table above that are easier to see than to read. Lifetime totals — the thing an itinerary app has no reason to build. Everywhere you have been, rather than where you are going next. ## What TripIt does better - It builds itineraries from your email automatically, which Orbit does not do at all. - It covers hotels, cars and trains; Orbit only knows about flights. - It is genuinely useful during a trip. Orbit is for afterwards. ## What Orbit does better - It organises what is next; Orbit remembers what has been. - A globe and lifetime totals, which an itinerary app has no reason to build. - No account needed to start, and no subscription to see your own history. ## Asked and answered ### Is TripIt a flight logbook? Not really. TripIt organises trips you are about to take and keeps the old ones around as itineraries. A logbook is the other way round: the point is the accumulated total — distance, hours, countries, the shape of the map. ### Should I use Orbit instead of TripIt? Probably alongside it rather than instead. They solve opposite halves of the same subject: TripIt remembers what is next, Orbit remembers what has been. ### Can I use my TripIt history to fill in Orbit? Yes, and it is one of the better sources — every flight with a date and a route, already in one place. There is no importer, so it is a matter of working down the list, but the list itself is the hard part and you already have it. ## What Orbit works out for you You enter an airport pair and a date. Everything below is computed from the airports’ own coordinates — which is why entering a flight takes a few seconds rather than a form. - [São Paulo – Singapore, 15,995 km →](https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-sin) - [Singapore – New York, 15,341 km →](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sin-to-jfk) - [Singapore – Newark, 15,337 km →](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sin-to-ewr) ## Start with the flights you remember. The long ones first — they carry most of the distance and most of the milestones. Free for your first 15, no account needed, no ads on any tier. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) ## Sources - [TripIt ↗](https://www.tripit.com/) - [TripIt on the App Store (Pro in-app price) ↗](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tripit-travel-planner/id311035142) - [OpenFlights — importing from TripIt ↗](https://openflights.org/html/import) TripIt is a trademark of its owner and is named here only to describe what it does. Orbit is not affiliated with it. --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/alternatives/tripit for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt