Pack The Bag vs Pick, Pack, Go
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 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.
- Pre-defined item library
- Customizable lists and categories
- Item weight tracking
- List sharing via email and Airdrop
- Packing reminders
- 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!
Pick, Pack, Go
This travel app helps individuals with ADHD overcome packing challenges by providing pre-populated lists that users can refine. It breaks down the packing process into distinct phases and includes features like outfit planning and a "double check" for critical items.
- Pre-populated packing lists
- Trip timeline with five phases
- Independent 'Double Check' feature
- Outfit planning
- Reusable trip templates
- Homeward-leg repack function
- Local-first data storage
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I have ADHD. Pick, Pack, Go is the packing app I built because no travel app understood executive function—and no ADHD app understood packing. Pick, Pack, Go does one thing differently from every other packing app: your list starts full. You delete your way down to what you actually need, because recognising "not this" is easy and generating a list from nothing is the part that stalls. WHY PACKING BREAKS Packing asks for exactly what an ADHD brain struggles to supply on demand: starting a plan from nothing, holding "did I already pack that?" in your head, trusting that things still exist once they're zipped into a bag, and knowing how much time two hours before a flight actually is. HOW PICK, PACK, GO ANSWERS THAT • Never a blank page — every trip starts with a real, populated list, ready to refine rather than build • A full trip timeline — five phases: Prep, Pack, Travel, Plans, Return — not one flat list. So you won't forget to pickup your dry-cleaning *before* packing at 2am. • Double Check — an independent second pass over your critical items before you leave, not just one checkbox • Outfit planning — name an outfit, add garments, and it packs the actual clothing types for you • Reusable templates — save any trip once, personalize it forever after • The trip home is handled too — a homeward-leg repack resets your packing list in one tap; not an afterthought once you're already away • Local-first — no account, no login, nothing tracked. Your packing library lives on your device. ONE-TIME PURCHASE One-time purchase. No subscription, ever. Built by one person with ADHD.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pack The Bag at Free against Pick, Pack, Go's $5.99. Pack The Bag also leads on ratings volume (36 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). Pick, Pack, Go's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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
Pack The Bag is free to download; Pick, Pack, Go costs $5.99 up front. Pack The Bag sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Pick, Pack, Go asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pick, Pack, Go holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pack The Bag has 36 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pack The Bag ships an update monthly, Pick, Pack, Go every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pack The Bag | Pick, Pack, Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 3.6 (36 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andreas Krawczyk | Phillip Forgo-Hess |
Customer experience
Pack The Bag
Pick, Pack, Go
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
Pick, Pack, Go
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
Pick, Pack, Go
No in-app purchases









