leave.app

What It Is

Leave is a shared collaboration app for group travel, positioned as a “shared home” for group trips. It aims to bring itinerary planning, expense splitting, document storage, notes/tasks, and trip group chat into one place, so important information does not get buried in ordinary chat history. The product is currently in private beta and offers an iOS early-access waitlist.

Core Features and Collaboration

Based on the information disclosed so far, Leave’s core modules include a shared itinerary timeline, travel chat, expense splitting, and file/resource storage. The itinerary module can record flights, meals, activities, and open ideas; the collaboration module includes group chat, polls, reactions, and shared items, all tied to a specific trip; the expense module supports receipt uploads, split allocation, balance tracking, and settlement; and the resource module can store notes, tasks, confirmations, documents, and files. Its strength lies in organizing information around the full travel workflow—from planning to settle-up—rather than serving as a single-purpose tool.

Pricing, Trial, and Platforms

The page does not disclose any plans, pricing, payment methods, or free-tier policy. At present, it only states that users can join the waitlist for a beta invitation, with a promise of no spam and the ability to unsubscribe at any time. In terms of deployment, only iOS early access is explicitly mentioned; there is no visible information about Web, Android, self-hosting, or private enterprise deployment.

Security, Integrations, and Developer Capabilities

The terms state that users are responsible for the travel details, messages, photos, files, and payment-related information they upload or share. They also note that the service may be continuously updated or changed, and that every feature is not guaranteed to remain uninterrupted at all times. The page does not disclose encryption, compliance certifications, data residency, permission models, third-party integrations, APIs, or developer support, so it should not be regarded as a mature enterprise-grade collaboration platform.

Pros, Cons, and Who It’s For

Leave’s advantages are its focused use case and clear information structure, making it especially suitable for friends, families, or small groups planning trips together and splitting expenses. Its drawbacks are that it is still in private beta and public information is limited, with pricing, security, platform coverage, and service support all remaining unclear. Accessibility from China is unknown. If stable access to the iOS beta or overseas email invitations is difficult, alternatives include WeChat/QQ groups plus shared documents, Feishu/DingTalk spreadsheets, Notion, Google Sheets, TripIt, or Splitwise.