The Trip List vs Packing List*
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Trip List
Discover over 350 curated to-do lists for destinations worldwide. Use these lists to plan your activities or as customizable checklists during your travels.
- 350+ destination to-do lists
- Activity planning
- Customizable checklists
- Travel inspiration
- Offline use
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Over 350 to do lists for destinations around the world. You can browse the lists and find what to do or you can use the lists as a customizable checklists during your travels.
Packing List*
Easily create and manage travel checklists for vacations or business trips. Mark items as packed to ensure you don't forget anything. Features a simple interface to add, edit, and delete items.
- Create and manage packing lists
- Mark items as packed
- Add, edit, and delete items
- Simple and easy to use interface
- Never forget items
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A very easy to use and efficient app to list and track of all of the items you need for a vacation, business travel or any other traveling. It uses the newest and best UI interface and is very simple to help you list your items that you want to bring with you and mark them as packed once you add them to your luggage. Never miss any items again that you need for your traveling. * Simple & Easy To Use * Great To Help Your Traveling * Never Forget Items To Pack * Mark Each As Completed & Packed * Add, Edit Delete Items Easily * Improve Your Vacations or Business Travels
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Trip List at 100% against Packing List*'s 50%. The Trip List also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). Packing List*'s advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Trip List holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Packing List* has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of The Trip List's written reviews are positive against 50% of Packing List*'s.
The Trip List ships an update every 2 weeks, Packing List* every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Trip List | Packing List* |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vacation Inbox, Inc | Steve Veloudos |
Customer experience
The Trip List
Packing List*
In-app purchases
The Trip List
No in-app purchases
Packing List*
No in-app purchases
Questions
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