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Per-day cap that travels
One daily limit for the whole trip, so a cheap week in Laos can quietly fund a splurge in Japan.
iPhone & iPad · Backpacking budget app
Make your backpacking budget last the whole trip.
Six weeks or six months, a dozen currencies and a lot of cash. A backpacker travel budget lives or dies on one number: what you can spend per day. PocketTrip keeps that number honest across every border, so you reach the last country with money still in your pocket.
The long-trip problem
On a long trip, small leaks sink the ship
A weekend break can survive a bit of overspending. A long trip can't. Go three euros a day over for four months and you're a whole country short at the end. The thing that gets you is rarely one big splurge. It's a hundred tiny cash withdrawals you never quite added up. Budgeting a long trip really comes down to noticing that drift early, while you can still steer.
One running average, not a stack of receipts
PocketTrip turns your whole trip into a single per-day figure. Log a hostel here, a night bus there, and the app shows what you're actually averaging against your cap. When you're under, you can relax. When you're over, you find out today, not four countries later when the ATM finally says no. That one number is the difference between a budget you can steer by and a guess you'll regret.
- Set one per-day cap for the entire trip
- See your real daily average update with every expense
- Log cash by hand in a few taps, no card trail needed
- Works fully offline, on buses and off-grid
- Everything stays private on your device
How it works
Budget a six-month trip in three steps
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Divide your kitty by days
Take what you've saved, subtract flights and insurance, and split the rest across your travelling days. That's your per-day cap. Set it once and let it guide the whole route.
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Log every country in its own money
Baht, dong, pesos, rupiah: add each expense in the local currency and PocketTrip converts it back to your home currency with live rates. One total follows you across every border.
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Adjust your pace, not your panic
If a pricey country pushes your average up, slow down somewhere cheaper. Small course corrections early beat a desperate week of instant noodles at the end.
Built for the road
A backpacking budget app that expects cash and borders
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Cash-first logging
Most backpacking spend is cash. Add a market meal or a dorm bed by hand in a couple of taps, no bank feed required.
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Any currency, one total
Cross a border and just keep logging. Live rates roll every currency back into a single home-currency figure.
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Offline on the night bus
Trips live on your device, so you can log expenses without signal and sync later when Wi-Fi turns up.
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Spending by country
See which countries drained the kitty and which barely dented it. Gold for planning the rest of the route.
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Split with your crew
Travelling with dorm mates? Share taxis, group dinners and rooms, and settle up before you go separate ways.
FAQ
Backpacker budgeting, answered
Can one budget cover a trip through many countries?
Yes. PocketTrip logs each expense in the local currency and converts it back to a single home currency with live rates, so one running total and one per-day cap follow you from country to country. You see spending broken down by country, so it's easy to spot where you burned through your budget and where you saved.
How do I track cash spending as a backpacker?
Backpacking runs on cash. Street food, dorms, buses and market stalls rarely leave a card trail. PocketTrip is built for logging cash by hand in a few taps, or you can snap a receipt and on-device AI fills in the details. Because it works offline, you can log a night-market dinner before you've even found your hostel Wi-Fi.
Is the free version enough for a long backpacking trip?
The free tier covers one trip with up to 25 expenses, which is fine for a short getaway. A multi-month backpacking trip usually blows past that, so most long-haul travellers upgrade to Pro for unlimited trips and expenses. Pro is € 4,99/month, € 19,99/year or € 49,99 once for lifetime access.
What happens when a country turns out pricier than planned?
Watch the per-day cap. If a pricier country is eating into your average, you can slow down long before the money runs out: cheaper dorms, more self-catering, a few extra days somewhere affordable. Spotting the trend early is what keeps a long trip from ending short.
Before you fly out
Give your kitty a fighting chance.
Free on the App Store for iPhone & iPad. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited trips when the road gets long.
