Comparison

Pack The Bag vs iSuitcase

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pack The Bag

Never forget essential items for your trip again. This app helps you create, manage, and share detailed packing lists. Prepare for your journey efficiently and avoid last-minute stress or unexpected costs.

Highlights
  • Pre-defined item library
  • Customizable lists and categories
  • Item weight tracking
  • List sharing via email and Airdrop
  • Packing reminders
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Have you ever forgotten something really important for your trip? This will never happen again with Pack The Bag! No more incomplete hand-written packlists for your upcoming journey, no more bad feelings or expensive surprises at the airport. Make your next trip the best trip ever. Pack The Bag for iOS helps you managing your packlists. You and your bag will be well-prepared, you will save the trouble of thinking about all the items that you want to carry along on your journey. Pro version: no ads, all features! Import your lists from Pack The Bag Free with only 2 clicks! - Choose from more than 700 items in 27 categories - Easily create, edit and delete items and categories - Maintain your items in the inventory list without the need to create a packlist - Assign a weight to your items to prevent expensive surprises at the airport - Create new packlists by copying from existing lists - Pack your items without running around by optionally sorting by storage locations - Send and share packlists by email - they can be imported on any other iOS device - Airdrop support: Exchange lists with devices in your surrounding - Packing reminder push notification: Define a date when your device should remind you to start packing - Define an icon for your packlist - Sort lists by name or date or reoder them manually - Duplicate a category with all included items (e.g. child 1, child2, …) - Add a filter to display how many items are not yet packed in a list - Color schemes: Choose from different colors - or define your own color - Support for Apple Watch - pack your items on the watch - Supported Languages: English, German, Turkish You have ideas how to improve the app? You found issues? Send feedback to the Pack The Bag team directly from inside the app - your support is highly appreciated!

About

iSuitcase

Never forget essential items for your trips again. Create custom packing checklists or use pre-made templates to ensure you have everything you need for vacations or business travel.

Highlights
  • Create custom packing checklists
  • Use default checklist templates
  • Organize items for trips
  • Prevent forgetting essentials
  • Suitable for vacations and business trips
Features
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Have you ever faced with situation when you're leaving for vacation or a business trip and suddenly find out that you have forgotten something important at home? You can forget about this problem with this app. Just create your own checklist (or use default one) and that's it.

Screenshots

Pack The Bag4 screens
iSuitcase3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pack The Bag at monthly against iSuitcase's every 4 months. Pack The Bag also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 67%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pack The Bag sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and iSuitcase sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pack The Bag ships an update monthly, iSuitcase every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pack The Bag versus iSuitcase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPack The BagiSuitcase
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (36 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings36 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas KrawczykGrigory Konovalov

Customer experience

Pack The Bag

All ratings36 ratings
Positive61.1%
Neutral11.1%
Negative27.8%
Written reviews255 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative15.7%

iSuitcase

Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Pack The Bag

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to add new items or categories
  • Packing mode not displaying items correctly
  • List data lost after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add notes and descriptions for items
  • Ability to permanently delete unwanted items/categories
  • One-tap reset to unpacked state
  • Improved packing list layout for printing
  • Integration with other travel apps

iSuitcase

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pack The Bag

One-time2
  • Donate$0.99
  • Upgrade to Ad-free version$1.99
1 purchases

iSuitcase

One-time1
  • Disable all ads$1.99

Questions

Is Pack The Bag free?
Pack The Bag is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iSuitcase free?
iSuitcase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pack The Bag or iSuitcase have ads?
Both Pack The Bag and iSuitcase show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pack The Bag or iSuitcase?
Pack The Bag ships an update monthly, and iSuitcase every 4 months. Most recently, Pack The Bag was updated on September 30, 2026 and iSuitcase on September 25, 2026.

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