Polarsteps review
7.5/10★★★★★Plan, track and relive trips, with an AI planner that learns from past journeys
- Best for
- Multi-stop and long trips you also want to track and share
- Price
- Freemium · from €8.99/month
Free: Planning (including the AI Trip Planner), tracking and sharing are free and ad-free - Platforms
- iOS, Android
- Made by
- Polarsteps B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands · since 2015
- App store ratings
- iOS 4.9★ (9.7K) · Android 4.7★ (196K)
What it is
Polarsteps is a travel app for planning trips, tracking your route automatically on a map, and turning trips into reels and printed Travel Books. Its AI Trip Planner builds multi-stop itineraries on the map, optionally learning from your past trips, and explains why each suggestion fits you. Polarsteps says the planner combines its own editorial content with Anthropic's Claude.
Latest: Polarsteps launched its paid Polarsteps Plus subscription in August 2026, after adding an AI itinerary builder built with Claude in June 2025.
What the AI does
- Generates multi-destination itineraries directly on the map
- Learns from your past trips (opt-in)
- Accounts for must-sees, things to avoid and companions
- Explains why each suggestion fits you
- Realistic routes and travel times between stops
Pros and cons
- AI planning is free and ad-free
- Planning, automatic tracking and memories in one app
- Huge user base (20M+) with high ratings
- Plus is optional and mostly extras
- Mobile-first; web planning not confirmed
- Personalisation works best once you've tracked past trips
- Less detail for day-by-day city plans than dedicated planners
How it scores
A free AI planner inside a polished all-in-one travel app with huge adoption. Planning is route-level rather than detailed daily schedules.
Feature checklist · 2 of 9
- Plan and refine trips by chatting with the AI (no)
- Edit the itinerary directly (reorder, add or remove stops) (yes)
- Group trip planning with shared editing (no)
- Flight or hotel prices you can book from the plan (no)
- Imports bookings from confirmation emails (no)
- Plans from links, videos, photos or documents (no)
- Map view with routes or travel times (yes)
- Offline access to your plan (no)
- Help during the trip: alerts, nearby tips or translation (no)
Alternatives
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- Google Gemini & AI Mode 8.2/10People already using Google who want live flight, hotel and map data in one plan
- Wanderlog 8.1/10Group trips where several people edit the plan together
- Mindtrip 8.0/10Travellers who want a free, chat-first planner with booking built in
- Tripadvisor 7.6/10Travellers who trust crowd reviews and want hotels, food and sights in one plan
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