WhatsApp, a shared doc, TripIt or Check The App?
The short answer: chat in WhatsApp, plan where to go wherever you like, and keep the group's days in Check The App.
The questions a group asks on the day
| A WhatsApp group | A shared doc | TripIt | Wanderlog |  Check The App | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What is on now? | Scroll back through the chat | Find today in the doc | The bookings on the trip | The day's list of places | It opens on it |
| When do we leave? | Ask the organiser | Work it out | When to leave for the airport, with Pro | Times between places | A leave-by time, from where you are |
| Has the plan changed? | Only for events set up in the chat | An email, if you turn it on | Flight alerts, with Pro | An email, if it is turned on | Every phone gets a notification |
| Who is going to what? | Going or not, one event at a time | If someone wrote it down | Who is on the trip, not each plan | One list for everyone | Each person's own plan |
| Where are the photos? | Up the chat | Not what it is for | No shared album | No shared album | On the activity they were taken at |
Checked against each app's own website on 26 October 2026.
Where each one is good
A WhatsApp group
Everyone is already in it, and it is free.
A shared Google Doc
One place, and anyone you share it with can change it.
TripIt
Brilliant for your own bookings: forward the emails and it builds your trip.
Wanderlog
Good for planning where to go together, with maps and ideas for places.
When Check The App is not the one
- Finding things to do. It holds the plan you make; it does not suggest places.
- Booking. Flights, hotels and tables are booked where you always book them.
- People without the app. Everyone joining needs it, on iPhone for now (Android is coming soon), though nobody needs an account.
- Big groups, for now: up to 30 people on an itinerary while we launch.
Can we keep the WhatsApp group?
Yes. Keep chatting there, and put the plan in Check The App so it does not get buried.
Can I bring in a plan from a Google Doc?
Yes. Copy it, then Make an itinerary, Start from the plan you have, and paste it in.
What does it cost?
Nothing while we launch, for up to 30 people.
Keep the chat. Put the plan in the app.
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