Comparison

Ready Kit vs Hardtack

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

Head to head
About

Ready Kit

Organize your emergency supplies and preparedness plans with this intuitive tool. Track expiration dates, manage stock levels, and follow step-by-step checklists for water, food, and first aid. Access all your critical information offline.

Highlights
  • Emergency supply organization
  • Expiration date tracking
  • Stock level management
  • Step-by-step preparedness checklists
  • Offline access to all data
  • Pantry list management
Features
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A power outage, a storm, or a shortage can happen faster than we think. Ready Kit helps you easily organize your emergency preparedness so you can feel secure at all times. Simple Overview & Tracking Stop the paper clutter. Ready Kit makes it easy to create and maintain your emergency supplies. Our clever pantry list tracks key expiration dates and stock levels for you. This prevents waste and ensures your inventory is up-to-date when an emergency hits. Preparedness Made Easy You don't need to be an expert. Our practical checklist guides you step-by-step through all essential areas: from securing water and emergency food to the first aid kit. It is based on general preparedness recommendations and keeps your planning clear and manageable. Peace of Mind Through Planning Those who are prepared for themselves and their family not only protect their loved ones but also contribute to relieving the community during a crisis. Ready Kit is the reliable and prudent foundation for your crisis preparedness. The Most Important Feature: Works Offline All your lists and plans are 100% available offline. If the power goes out or the mobile network fails, you have all the information instantly at hand. Download Ready Kit now and take the first step toward greater safety for your family.

About

Hardtack

Features
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Hardtack is the calm, reliable, offline-first home inventory app. Catalog your household reserves (water, food, first-aid, tools, energy, documents) and see at a glance how many days of self-sufficiency your home really has. Pay once. Own forever. No account, no cloud, no ads, no usage telemetry. Your data stays on your device. WHAT HARDTACK DOES • Home inventory, your way Add items with quantities, units, unit costs and notes. Organize by category and by location: pantry, garage, cellar, vehicle, kit bags and your own custom places. • Add by barcode Scan a product and its details fill in automatically: name, brand, nutrition values, net weight and the product image once it is recognised online. Works with UPC and EAN codes. Once a product is identified, its name and nutrition values stay available offline on your device. Manual entry remains available as a fallback. • Expiry date tracking An item can carry several dates, each with its own quantity: a product bought more than once stays one item, and the scanner reopens it for the new purchase's date. Local notifications warn you 7 days then 1 day before each date, and a removal eats into what expires soonest first. Nothing slips through forgotten. • Days of self-sufficiency A clear dashboard computes your days of water, calories and key reserves from your household composition. Add household members and their needs for a personalized estimate. • Ready-made kits, and kits of your own Start from proven checklists: 72-hour bag, vehicle kit, blackout kit, earthquake kit, basic first-aid, infant and pet kits, with visual completion progress. Hide the ones that do not apply, rename, reorder, edit line by line, duplicate, or build your own. • Smart rotation & restocking A first-in-first-out view surfaces what to use next. Items below your minimum threshold flow into an automatic shopping list you can export. • Stock removal & spending tracking Take a quantity out in one gesture, without deleting the item, or scan your products as you go. Keep an eye on what your reserves cost, with a breakdown by category. • Privacy controls built in Optional app lock (Face ID / Touch ID / PIN), item-name obfuscation and a decoy view keep your inventory private on a shared or lost device. • Local sharing, no cloud Share an inventory snapshot with family as an encrypted QR code, scanned on the other device, imported locally. No server in the middle. • Export and back up Export to CSV or JSON and save a local backup through the native share sheet to Files, Drive or iCloud Drive. Your data, in your hands. BUILT TO LAST Hardtack is a one-time purchase, not a subscription treadmill. The free version covers your whole household, expiry reminders and an overall self-sufficiency score, capped at 10 items, 1 storage location, 1 kit template (Bug-out 72h), 1 theme and 1 accent color. The full version lifts these caps and unlocks the detailed self-sufficiency breakdown (water, calories, medication), custom kits, privacy controls, scan-out mode, export and local sharing, all for a single one-time purchase. Localized in English, French, German and Spanish. Questions or feedback? Reach us at atech.contact@proton.me.

Screenshots

Ready Kit4 screens
Hardtack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ready Kit at none against Hardtack's 1. Hardtack's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Hardtack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ready Kit asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ready Kit ships an update every 6 weeks, Hardtack weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ready Kit versus Hardtack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReady KitHardtack
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB44 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMoritz BergerAurore Troubat

In-app purchases

None

Ready Kit

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Hardtack

One-time1
  • Hardtack Pro$17.99

Questions

Is Ready Kit free?
Ready Kit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hardtack free?
Hardtack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ready Kit or Hardtack have ads?
Neither Ready Kit nor Hardtack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ready Kit or Hardtack?
Ready Kit ships an update every 6 weeks, and Hardtack weekly. Most recently, Ready Kit was updated on November 5, 2026 and Hardtack on October 25, 2026.

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