TripIt: Travel Planner
86
Quality Score
Excellent
TripIt: Travel Planner
by TripIt
High confidence
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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TripIt: Travel Planner is an iOS app from TripIt in the Travel category, currently rated 4.8★ across 302,090 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 86: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Travel app, that means strong product-market fit. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$1.6M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.7M – $2.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.0M – $3.8M
per month
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
286 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
302,090 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$1.6M
Snapshots tracked
286
since Nov 2024
🤖Also on Android
$482/mo · 95K ratings · 4.7★
View →
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$220K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $165K – $295K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a month at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (225 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
| ⚙ 17.5y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$104K |
Total estimate
$220K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$35.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $26.0M – $45.0M · 22× MRR multiple
💸
~159× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| 📅 17.5y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
22× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
23.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
460K
Daily active
69K
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 📅 17.5y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 55%
Also possible
React Native
Flutter
Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.
Signals we read
| 📦 App bundle size | 225 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Travel |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-07-24 · 65 days ago
0 · Active
50 · At risk
100 · Abandoned
Heuristic risk score from time-since-last-update + ratings velocity proxy + Editor's Choice / curated featuring signals. Calibrated against 2024-2025 app-store ranking decay reports. Not a guarantee — a quiet app with a healthy codebase looks the same as an abandoned one until something breaks. Full math on /methodology.
Risk signals
| 📅 65 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.6M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.6M – $2.1M
12 months
$1.7M – $2.6M
24 months
$2.0M – $3.8M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 55/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.6
Product Quality
9.7
Revenue Strength
6.2
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $640K - $3520K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.84★ across 302,090 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $28.8M-$51.2M.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 14 of 14 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (302,090 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (17y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Localized (5 languages)METRIC | +$600 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v20.7.1
• TripIt is celebrating 20 years of travel innovation! As we continue to look forward, we’re also taking a look back at the last two decades. Keep your app up-to-date–we’ve got lots planned for this milestone year.
• Stay informed, on your terms.… Full release notes →
• Stay informed, on your terms.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- TripIt: Travel Planner
- Developer
- TripIt
- Bundle ID
- com.tripit.tripitmobile
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, JA, ES
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $1.6M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇦🇺#8 /100 🇮🇳#11 /100 🇺🇸#15 /100 🇨🇦#15 /100 🇬🇧#21 /100 🇩🇪#31 /100 🇧🇷#38 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 4.0★ · 53.1% 5★ · 12.2% 1★
5★26 (53%)
4★11 (22%)
3★4 (8%)
2★2 (4%)
1★6 (12%)
+511 ratings/week
Praise: great ×13 love ×12 best ×4 amazing ×2 fantastic ×2Complaints: broken ×2 hate ×1 terrible ×1 bug ×1 refund ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Love TripIt
Great app for keeping track of your travel logistics, couldn’t travel without it. Love the flight check in reminders, prices updates and it builds my historical travel logistics!…
★★★★★ Buen organizador de viaje
Para estar más completa le falta poder guardar fotos…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ 20 years of loyalty, repaid with a 404
20 years a user, most of them Pro. On 8/29/26 TripIt killed all third-party sync — Flighty, Tripsy, everything — after promising existing connections would keep working. What's left is an unreliable manual calendar feed. My travel hist…
★☆☆☆☆ Why do I have to log in every single time
LOVE this app, but the login experience is terrible. I hate the fact I have to log in every time I use it, and it’s worse if your account is connected to Google, you can’t even toggle the remember me. Incredibly frustrating.…
📈Ratings growth310,124 ratings+69279% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank7 countries
🇦🇺AU#8 /100
🇮🇳IN#11 /100
🇺🇸US#15 /100
🇨🇦CA#15 /100
🇬🇧GB#21 /100
🇩🇪DE#31 /100
🇧🇷BR#38 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#8 now · best #8 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter4 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline4 releases tracked
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
Join nearly 20 million travelers on the world's highest-rated travel planner app for trip and itinerary organization!
TRAVEL ITINERARY
As soon as you book a flight, hotel, rental car or other travel plan, simply forward it to plans@tripit.com and we’ll automatically add it to your comprehensive itinerary. Seamlessly sync travel plans to your calendar or share them with anyone you choose.
RESERVATION DETAILS
No more frantically searching through your inbox for important details about your travel plans, like when your flight gets in or the confirmation number for your hotel.… View full description on the official store →
TRAVEL ITINERARY
As soon as you book a flight, hotel, rental car or other travel plan, simply forward it to plans@tripit.com and we’ll automatically add it to your comprehensive itinerary. Seamlessly sync travel plans to your calendar or share them with anyone you choose.
RESERVATION DETAILS
No more frantically searching through your inbox for important details about your travel plans, like when your flight gets in or the confirmation number for your hotel.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 225 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 17.3+🔖 v20.7.1🔄 updated 2mo ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, JA, ES📂 Travel💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2009 (17y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
17 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v20.6.1 → v20.7.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,013 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v20.6.0 → v20.6.1
→ 30 days after: revenue +$14.3K/mo · reviews +2,030 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v20.5.0 → v20.6.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$14.3K/mo · reviews +4,616 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$21.8K/mo · rating +0.86★ · reviews +296,932 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.96 → 4.84 (improved 0.88★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$21.8K/mo · rating +0.86★ · reviews +296,932 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$21.8K/mo · rating +0.86★ · reviews +296,937 medium · co-occurring
2025-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.10★ · reviews +41 high confidence
2025-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +35 high confidence
2025-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +29 high confidence
2025-01
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.07★ · reviews +34 high confidence
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.75 → 4.21 (dropped 0.54★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.07★ · reviews +34 high confidence
2024-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.07★ · reviews +34 high confidence
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 4.18 (dropped 0.32★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.54★ · reviews +30 low · multiple changes
2024-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.54★ · reviews +30 low · multiple changes
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.88 → 4.44 (dropped 0.44★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.54★ · reviews +30 low · multiple changes
2024-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.54★ · reviews +30 low · multiple changes
2024-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating −0.54★ · reviews +30 low · multiple changes
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #1Ranked for 2 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
trip planner·#1🇺🇸travel planner·#2🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — tripit.com
- Tech stack
- AWS SES · Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.78251★ | 52,714 | 4.78251★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.83695★ | 4,097 | 4.83695★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.76513★ | 28,850 | 4.76513★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.68384★ | 7,332 | 4.68384★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.67482★ | 4,087 | 4.67482★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.76818★ | 23,157 | 4.76818★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.78483★ | 4,378 | 4.78483★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.5907★ | 2,690 | 4.5907★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.841★ | 310,875 | 4.841★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for TripIt: Travel Planner: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 302,090 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does TripIt make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, TripIt earns approximately $1.6M/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
Is TripIt profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $220K and monthly revenue $1.6M, TripIt looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does TripIt have?▴
Estimated audience: ~23.0M lifetime downloads, ~460K monthly active users, and ~69K daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.
What apps are like TripIt?▴
Browse the full Travel category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
What is TripIt built with?▴
Our heuristic places TripIt on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is TripIt still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 2 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would TripIt sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $35.0M (marketplace range $26.0M – $45.0M). Calculated as 22× monthly revenue using the standard multiple for the detected monetization model + adjustments for age, rating quality and category demand. Calibrated against 2024-2026 Flippa / Acquire.com / MicroAcquire closed-deal medians.
When was TripIt last updated?▴
TripIt last shipped a new version on 2026-07-24 — 2 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes TripIt?▴
TripIt is published by TripIt on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is TripIt's BU Score?▴
TripIt has a BU Score of 86/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.