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Pappus Travel Planner
What it is
Pappus Travel Planner builds day-by-day trip itineraries that bring destinations, transport, timing, and costs together. Itinerary items can include places, transport legs, shared-ticket groups, and alternative plans, and users can reorder them. Optional Transitous searches find public transport, train, bus, and other operator routes; results can be imported and live times refreshed. Trip maps use OpenStreetMap tiles, and GPX tracks can be added to itinerary legs. Cost tracking supports multiple currencies, custom categories, and exchange rates, with spending statistics and settle-up calculations. Photos and documents can be attached to itinerary entries, groups, or trips. The app works offline apart from optional connection searches and map tiles. Trip data is kept in a portable SQLite file; the app says it needs no account or server and uploads nothing. Trips can be shared in importable .tpt bundles or exported as PDF or .ics, but PDF and calendar exports cannot be imported back. It is free software under GPL version 3 or later, with no warranty stated.
For and against
For
- Free software under GPL version 3 or later
- Offline itinerary access
- Costs support multiple currencies
- Attachments stay inside the trip database
- Supports importable .tpt bundles
Against
- Calendar sync is not available
- PDF and .ics exports cannot be imported back
- Android has no store listing yet
- Windows builds are unsigned
The verdict
Pappus Travel Planner combines itinerary building, expense tracking, maps, and trip attachments, with offline use and portable SQLite storage. Note that calendar sync is absent and PDF or .ics exports are one-way.
Who it suits
It suits travelers who want to organize transport, plans, and shared expenses in one itinerary. It is also a fit for people who want offline access and trip data stored in a portable file.
Plans and prices
Free software
GPL-3.0-or-later; no warranty stated
Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
On the record
- Attachments
- Photos and documents can be attached to an itinerary entry, group, or trip and are stored inside the database file.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Calendar sync
- Nogithub.com · read 21 Sep 2026
- Costs
- Costs can be tracked in multiple currencies with custom categories and exchange rates, and the app provides spending statistics and settle-up calculations.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Data ownership
- Trip data is stored in a portable SQLite file, and the app says it requires no account or server and uploads nothing.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The README says Android, Linux, and Windows builds are available from Releases; Android has no store listing yet, and Windows builds are unsigned.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Exports
- Trips can be shared in an importable .tpt bundle with attachments, or exported as PDF or .ics; PDF and calendar exports cannot be imported back.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Itineraries
- Users can build day-by-day itineraries with places, transport legs, times, shared-ticket groups, reorderable items, and alternative plans.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Languages and themes
- The app supports English and German, with light, dark, and system theme options.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- License
- Pappus Travel Planner is free software under GNU GPL version 3 or, at the user's option, any later version, and the license disclaims warranty.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Maps
- Trip maps use OpenStreetMap tiles and support importing GPX tracks onto itinerary legs.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Offline use
- The app works offline except for optional connection searches and map tiles, which use network services.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Pappus plans trips day by day, including destinations, transport, and costs by category and person.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Support and security
- The README directs security reports through a separate route and says they should not be posted as public issues.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Transport search
- Optional real connection search uses Transitous to find public transport, trains, buses, and other operator routes, and can import results and refresh live times.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
