Comparison

Backpacks vs Burrow

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

Head to head
About

Backpacks

Organize your essentials for any outing with this streamlined packing list app. Create unlimited item lists for various destinations like the gym, school, or work, and use interactive widgets for quick access.

Highlights
  • Create multiple packing lists
  • Unlimited items per list
  • Interactive Home Screen widgets
  • Organize for gym, school, work, and more
  • Streamlined and focused design
Features
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Backpacks is a streamlined app with a singular focus: ensuring you never leave behind that crucial item for your gym, coworking space, swimming pool, school, or any other destination. Key Features: Create multiple backpacks, each with an unlimited number of items Use interactive Home Screen widgets for quick packing Whether it's your gym towel, laptop charger, or textbook, Backpacks helps you stay organized and prepared for every outing.

About

Burrow

Features
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Burrow is an expiry tracker for everything you keep at home: food, medicine and household supplies. Know exactly what you have, where it is, and when it expires. Track expiry dates and best before dates across your pantry, fridge, freezer, food storage and emergency kits, so nothing goes to waste and you never run out of the essentials. What you can do with Burrow • One home inventory: food, medicine and household items in one place • Expiry date tracker: one tap filters expired and expiring-soon items • Organised your way: browse by category or by where it's stored – pantry, fridge, freezer, garage • Every item, in detail: batches, expiry dates, usage stats and history • Log usage in a tap: the batch that expires first is always used first (FIFO stock rotation) • Add items in seconds: name, quantity, category, location. Done. Or scan a barcode • Know before you run out: expiry forecasts and projected run-out dates • Smart reminders: alerts for expired, low-stock and expiring-soon items • Cloud sync: your inventory and photos on all your devices. Sign in with Apple or Google, and it still works fully offline Available in English, Deutsch, Español, Français, हिन्दी, Italiano, 日本語, Polski and Українська. Perfect for preppers tracking long-term food storage, families keeping a pantry inventory, emergency kits, home medicine cabinets, or anyone who's tired of finding expired cans at the back of the shelf. Terms of use: https://appifymobile.dev/burrow/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Backpacks3 screens
Burrow4 screens

Verdict

The call

Backpacks and Burrow are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Backpacks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Burrow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backpacks ships an update fortnightly, Burrow weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Backpacks versus Burrow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackpacksBurrow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichal ZolnierukMaciej Brazewicz-Dosiolko

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Backpacks

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$2.99
3 purchases

Burrow

Subscriptions2
  • Burrow Premium14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Burrow Premium14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Burrow Unlimited$3.99

Questions

Is Backpacks free?
Backpacks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Burrow free?
Burrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Backpacks or Burrow have ads?
Neither Backpacks nor Burrow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Backpacks or Burrow?
Backpacks ships an update fortnightly, and Burrow weekly. Most recently, Backpacks was updated on October 30, 2026 and Burrow on October 28, 2026.

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