NomadPoint vs Nomad Table: Meeting People vs Planning

Updated 18 October 2026 with Nomad Table's current App Store listing.

People compare these two because both have "nomad" in the name. They do different jobs. Nomad Table helps you meet people where you are. NomadPoint helps you plan where you are going and work out how long you are allowed to stay.

What Nomad Table does well

Nomad Table is listed on the App Store as "nomadtable: travel friends", by Nomadtable Inc. (App Store). It is a social app for solo travelers and expats. Its listing describes:

• joining or creating activities, such as a meal or sightseeing
• seeing solo travelers near you in your current city
• group chats with travelers who will be in the same place as you on a future trip
• AI suggestions for activities and venues
• messaging and optional profile verification

It is free to download. Nomadtable Plus shows the full list of nearby travelers, who viewed your profile and more overlapping travelers. In the US App Store, Plus costs $8.99 a week, $19.99 a month or $89.99 a year. The app has a 4.7 rating from about 21,000 ratings and runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

If you have just landed somewhere and want company for dinner, it is built for that.

What Nomad Table does not cover

Its future-trip feature puts you in a chat with people travelling at the same time. The listing does not describe building an itinerary, tracking flights or counting visa days. Once you have picked the next country, these questions are still open:

• When does your current visa-free stay end?
• How many Schengen days do you have left?
• Is your flight on time, and has the gate changed?
• Do your accommodation dates line up with your flights?

What NomadPoint is built for

NomadPoint is a free travel planner for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, and it also works in a browser.

Multi-country planning. Stays across several countries, joined by flights, in one itinerary. You can import bookings by forwarding confirmation emails or from your calendar, and share the journey with the people you travel with.

Flights. Live status, with alerts for delays and gate changes in Pro.

Visa rules and day counting. Entry rules for the passport you hold, and a count of days used and days left in each country. Schengen is counted correctly: 90 days in any 180 across the whole area, not 90 per country. NomadPoint counts from the stays you have already entered, so you do not have to do the arithmetic yourself.

Side by side

When to use which

Use Nomad Table to find people to spend time with in the city you are in.

Use NomadPoint to plan the stays and flights ahead, and to keep track of how many days each passport allows you in each country.

They do not overlap much, so using both is reasonable. NomadPoint holds the plan, and Nomad Table helps you meet people once you arrive.

Why NomadPoint is a planner

Spreadsheets and general itinerary apps work well for one holiday with a start and end date. They do not account for several countries in a row, visa rules that depend on your passport, or a Schengen allowance that rolls forward every day. NomadPoint is built for that kind of travel, and the core planning and visa counting are free.