Comparison

VetsHelp vs What2Pack

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

Head to head
About

VetsHelp

This app provides veterans and active duty military with access to discounts, a community forum, and resources for navigating the healthcare system. It aims to empower service members with the support they deserve.

Highlights
  • Extensive veteran discount collection
  • Community forum for sharing advice and resources
  • Veteran healthcare system navigation tools
  • Map for discovering facilities
  • Curated resources for veterans and active duty
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Built by the son of a proud Vietnam War Veteran, this app empowers our Heroes with the support they've earned. - Discover discounts with the most extensive collections of Veteran discounts, with new discounts always being added. - Share Advice | Resources | Discounts | Questions | Help | and Anything! with a dedicated forum. Connect with other Veterans, Active Duty, Family Members, and the Community - Navigate the Veteran Healthcare System in seconds. VetsHelp offers dedicated resources and the easiest-to-use map for quickly discovering facilities. - Access a handpicked selection of resources for Veterans and Active Duty

About

What2Pack

This app consolidates essential Scouting unit management tools into a single platform. It offers features for roster organization, event scheduling, meal planning, inventory tracking, and duty roster creation, simplifying logistics for leaders.

Highlights
  • Unit roster management
  • Event calendar
  • Meal planning and shopping lists
  • Gear and inventory tracking
  • Scout-built duty rosters
  • Ride sharing coordination
  • Meeting attendance tracking
Features
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Everything you need to run a Scouting unit — in one app. What2Pack is the all-in-one toolkit built for Scoutmasters, Cubmasters, committee chairs, and anyone helping run a troop, pack, crew, or ship. Roster, calendar, inventory, meal planning, duty rosters, ride sharing, attendance — all in one place, all on your phone. WHY SCOUTERS LOVE IT Running a unit means juggling a dozen apps, three spreadsheets, a paper roster, and a clipboard that lives in someone's car. What2Pack pulls it all into one place — so you spend less time on logistics and more time actually Scouting. YOUR ROSTER, ORGANIZED - Complete troop rosters with Scout and adult leader info - Patrol assignments and leadership positions - Quick lookup for contacts, parents, and emergency info EVENT CALENDAR THAT ACTUALLY WORKS - Track campouts, weekly meetings, courts of honor, service projects, and district events - See your full unit calendar at a glance - Never miss a planning detail again MEAL PLANNING & SHOPPING LISTS - Build patrol menus and scale recipes to your headcount - Scan family recipes with OCR — no retyping - Smart shopping lists with Kroger product matching - Save and reuse menus campout after campout - Browse a built-in cookbook of camp-tested recipes GEAR & INVENTORY MANAGEMENT - Track every tent, stove, dutch oven, and patrol box your unit owns - Scan equipment number tags for fast check-in and check-out - Know what's packed, what's missing, and what needs replacing - No more "wait, who has the lantern?" at 11 PM DUTY ROSTERS, BUILT BY THE SCOUTS - Let Scouts build their own patrol duty rosters - Cooking, cleanup, fire, water — assigned and visible to everyone - Reinforces leadership and ownership at the patrol level RIDE SHARING - Coordinate transportation for campouts and events - Match drivers with riders without the group-text chaos - Keep parents in the loop MEETING ATTENDANCE - Take and track attendance at weekly meetings - Build advancement and award eligibility off real participation data - Spot trends and help re-engage Scouts who are drifting GAMES - Campfire!, a human moderated game with TV presenter mode for that big screen experience - What Izit?, a scouting knowledge game for this long waits at the bathhouse or rainy times under the tarps BUILT FOR THE WAY UNITS ACTUALLY OPERATE - Designed by an active Scoutmaster who got tired of duct-taping six tools together - Works the way your unit already runs meetings and campouts - Patrol-method friendly — built around how Scouts actually self-organize WHO IT'S FOR Scoutmasters, Cubmasters, Crew Advisors, Skippers, committee chairs, troop quartermasters, patrol leaders, SPLs, OA event planners, and any Scouter who'd rather lead Scouts than wrangle spreadsheets. GET STARTED Download What2Pack, set up your unit, and start moving your roster, calendar, and gear list into one place. Within a week, you'll wonder how you ran your unit without it. What2Pack is built by a Scouter, for Scouters. Feedback, feature requests, and camp stories always welcome.

Screenshots

VetsHelp4 screens
What2Pack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: VetsHelp at every 2 weeks against What2Pack's monthly. VetsHelp also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for VetsHelp against 5.0 for What2Pack. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VetsHelp has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VetsHelp ships an update every 2 weeks, What2Pack monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
VetsHelp versus What2Pack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVetsHelpWhat2Pack
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB242 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperAndrew ChiuRobert Landrigan

Customer experience

VetsHelp

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

What2Pack

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

VetsHelp

No in-app purchases

None

What2Pack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VetsHelp free?
VetsHelp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is What2Pack free?
What2Pack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VetsHelp or What2Pack?
VetsHelp and What2Pack are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do VetsHelp or What2Pack have ads?
Neither VetsHelp nor What2Pack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VetsHelp or What2Pack?
VetsHelp ships an update every 2 weeks, and What2Pack monthly. Most recently, VetsHelp was updated on October 6, 2026 and What2Pack on September 23, 2026.

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