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Coming to iPhone and Android

Every trip,in your pocket, even at sea

A voice-and-chat travel assistant for iPhone and Android. Flights, stays, sailings, trains, tours and the people going, kept in one place you will be able to read with no signal.

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Sample trip

Japan in spring

3 to 21 April, 2 travellers

Fri 3 Apr

Sydney to Tokyo Haneda09:40 AEST, lands 17:35 JST Booked
Hotel in Shinjuku, 3 nightsCheck in from 15:00 JST Booked

Sat 4 Apr

Day trip to Nikko2 options, 1 note Choosing

Mon 6 Apr

12 nights from YokohamaAll aboard 16:30 JST, cabin 9142 Booked
Final payment for the sailingDue 6 Jan, AUD Due soon

Assistant

Which Nikko tour has the earlier pickup?

The small-group tour, 07:15 JST from your hotel. The rail pass option leaves at 08:02 JST from Asakusa.

Pick the small-group one.

Chosen. The rail pass option is still on the list if you change your mind.

Saved on this iPad

  • Flights
  • Stays
  • Sailings
  • Trains
  • Tours
  • The people going

A trip usually lives in a dozen places: confirmation emails, a document you keep editing, screenshots, three airline apps and a notes file. Lotse will keep it as one trip on your phone, still there when the signal drops.

What it does

Being built for people who travel a lot

Talk it through, by voice or chat

You will be able to ask about your trip out loud and hear the answer back. Interrupt it, correct it, or type instead. It will know which trip you are looking at.

Readable with no signal

Every trip will be stored on your phone or tablet. Check your cabin, transfer or hotel on a twelve-night sailing or a long-haul flight.

Tickets, ready to scan

Boarding passes and QR codes will open full screen, in trip order, one per traveller, at full brightness.

Everyone going sees the same trip

You will be able to share a trip with the people travelling with you. They will add notes and react to options before anything is booked.

  • Notes on every option
  • Prices private unless you share them

Named for the harbour pilot

In German, a Lotse is the pilot who comes aboard to guide a ship through the last stretch into port. The pilot knows the local waters so the captain does not have to. The app will do the same job for a trip: keep the details straight while you watch the coast come in.

Said
LOT-see
German for
Harbour pilot
Signal flag H
I have a pilot on board

How a trip moves through Lotse

Each trip will carry through five stages, with the assistant on every screen along the way.

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  1. Plan

    Lay the trip out day by day. Keep several options for each part, with prices that show when you saw them, and a note of why you chose one.

  2. Review

    See what is booked, what is still to book, what you are waiting on and what is due. Each trip will have a to-do list that shows who each task applies to.

  3. Share

    Invite the people going. They will see the same plan and add their notes. Nothing will be sent to anyone outside your household until you approve it.

  4. Go

    On the day: what is on now, what is next, when to leave, and every ticket in order. All of it will work with no signal.

  5. Follow up

    Once you are home: confirmations still to arrive, refunds, invoices checked against charges, and the trip kept for next time.

Questions

Before you ask

Lotse is still being built. These are the answers as they stand today.

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When can I get it?

Lotse is in development and not on the App Store or Google Play yet. There is no release date.

Which devices does it run on?

iPhone and iPad, and Android phones. On a tablet it will work in either orientation, so you can plan in landscape at a desk.

Is it only for cruises?

No. A sailing is one kind of booking alongside flights, stays, trains, ferries, transfers, tours, shows, restaurants and drive legs. Cruises will get the most detail (cabin, port days, all aboard), but most trips have none.

What works without a signal?

Your trips, bookings, documents and tickets will be stored on the device and open with no connection. The assistant will need a connection for most questions; offline it will answer from what is on the device.

Does it book or pay for things?

No. It will help you weigh options, keep track of holds and deadlines, and draft enquiries, but you make every booking and payment yourself. Anything that another person would see will wait for your approval.

Where does my trip data go?

Trips will be kept on your device and synced between your own devices. Voice will go to Google to be understood, typed questions to the assistant's language model provider, and documents you add to Anthropic so their details can be read into your trip. Private notes and passport numbers will never be sent to an AI provider.

What will it cost?

Pricing has not been set.