Pack The Bag vs Travel Needs Checklist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pack The Bag
Never forget essential items for your trips again. This app helps you create, manage, and share detailed packing lists, preventing forgotten items and costly surprises. Prepare for your journeys with ease and make every trip your best one yet.
- Over 700 items in 27 categories
- Create, edit, and delete items/categories
- Item inventory management
- Assign item weights
- Share lists via email and Airdrop
- Packing reminder notifications
- Apple Watch support
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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!
Travel Needs Checklist
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Travel List reminds you of things you should take with you on your travels and lets you chek. * Add / remove item from travel list * Add missing items and categories not found in the application database.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pack The Bag at monthly against Travel Needs Checklist's every 9 months. Travel Needs Checklist's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, 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. Pack The Bag sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Travel Needs Checklist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pack The Bag ships an update monthly, Travel Needs Checklist every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pack The Bag | Travel Needs Checklist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (36 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andreas Krawczyk | Ilker Muhsin Sahin |
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
Travel Needs Checklist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pack The Bag
- Donate$0.99
- Upgrade to Ad-free version$1.99
Travel Needs Checklist
- Remove Ads$24.99
Questions
Is Pack The Bag free?
Is Travel Needs Checklist free?
Do Pack The Bag or Travel Needs Checklist have ads?
Which is updated more often, Pack The Bag or Travel Needs Checklist?
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