# Packtale — A cozy travel packing journal

> A cozy travel packing journal (iPhone/iPad app by Wai Yin Ng.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/packtale/id6796265185 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Wai Yin Ng](https://appshunter.io/developer/6796265187)
- Category: Travel, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-08-07
- Data updated: 2026-09-12
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/packtale/id6796265185/reviews.md

## What is Packtale?

Packing isn't a chore. It's the first page of the trip.

Packtale is a packing list that feels like a travel journal: soft paper pages, washi-tape category headers, and items that gently melt into the page as you check them off. Pack the last one, and the page quietly celebrates with you.

Suggestions that check the weather
Tell Packtale where you're going and when, and it drafts your list for you — from the real forecast when departure is within two weeks, from seasonal averages when it's further out. Any destination in the world works. If rain is likely, the umbrella is already on the list.

Made for the way you actually pack
Season, rain and activity tags shape what gets suggested, and everyday items scale with the length of your trip — six days, six pairs of socks. Every category and every item is yours to rename, reorder, recolour or remove; nothing is locked.

Pack once, reuse forever
Save any trip as a template and start the next one in seconds. Pick your departure and return dates, and Packtale reminds you the evening before you leave — right when packing actually happens.

Two languages, one notebook
The whole app speaks English and Traditional Chinese, down to the item names themselves.

Yours, and only yours
Packtale is free, with no ads, no tracking and no account to create. Your lists live on your device and sync across your own devices through your personal iCloud — we run no servers and can never see your data. It works fully offline, and any list can be shared as plain text when someone else is packing too.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.3 — 2026-08-20

Packtale 1.1.3 — order things your way.

• Reorder categories in trips and templates — the ⋯ menu on any category

Everything in its place.

### 1.1.2 — 2026-08-17

Packtale 1.1.2 — twelve new destinations.

• New stickers: Okinawa, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Da Nang, Phuket, Shanghai, Beijing, Melbourne, Amsterdam, Barcelona
• Improved: dark mode themes are now easier to tell apart
• Improved: smarter Chinese destination search — nicknames and script variants now work

Where to next?

### 1.1.1 — 2026-08-12

Packtale 1.1.1 — a little touch-up.

- Fixed the Templates page background when empty

All patched up — happy travels.

### 1.1 — 2026-08-12

Packtale 1.1 — your journal, your colors.

• New: Themes — pick Mint, Cream, Blush, or Dusk in Settings; every page, card, and paper texture follows
• New: Travel stickers — a cute landmark sticker for your destination on each trip page (Tokyo, Taipei, London and more)
• New: Share a trip as a .packtale file — friends open it in Packtale and get the whole list, ready to pack
• Improved: Finished trips now rest under "Trip Memories" — tucked away, never deleted

Happy travels — see you at the airport.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-10

Packtale 1.0.1 — little things, smoother packing.

• Tapping an empty category now opens Add Items right there
• New built-in: Travel adapter
• Reorder items within a category — pick "Reorder" from the item or category menu

Thanks for packing with us.

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