Comparison

Packing List vs Packtale

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

Head to head
About

Packing List

Effortlessly create personalized packing lists for any trip. It automatically generates suggestions based on your destination, travel method, and weather, ensuring you pack everything you need.

Highlights
  • Automatic list generation
  • Personalized for each traveler
  • Destination and weather-based suggestions
  • Trip progress tracking
  • Multi-destination weather forecasts
  • Family and pet packing support
Features
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Packing for a trip should be the easy part. Packing List: What to Pack makes it effortless, generating your perfect packing list automatically based on where you're going, how you're getting there, and what the weather will be like when you arrive. • Whether you're heading on a family roadtrip, a weekend city break, a beach getaway, a camping adventure or a business trip, your list is built around your specific trip from the start • No more generic checklists that don't know the difference between a ski holiday and a beach holiday • Add everyone to your trip, partners, kids and your furry friends. Each traveller gets their own personalised list based on their age, preferences and must-have items you've saved for them • Packing List keeps track of your progress as you pack and gives you a last-day sweep before you leave, a final check to make sure nothing gets left behind • Travelling to multiple destinations? The app pulls in day-by-day weather forecasts for each stop so your list adapts to the whole journey, not just the first destination Start your next trip knowing you have everything you need, and nothing you don't. Privacy Policy: https://what2pack.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Packtale

Features
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Packing isn't a chore. It's the first page of the trip. Packtale is a packing list that feels like a travel journal: soft paper pages, washi-tape category headers, and items that gently melt into the page as you check them off. Pack the last one, and the page quietly celebrates with you. Suggestions that check the weather Tell Packtale where you're going and when, and it drafts your list for you — from the real forecast when departure is within two weeks, from seasonal averages when it's further out. Any destination in the world works. If rain is likely, the umbrella is already on the list. Made for the way you actually pack Season, rain and activity tags shape what gets suggested, and everyday items scale with the length of your trip — six days, six pairs of socks. Every category and every item is yours to rename, reorder, recolour or remove; nothing is locked. Pack once, reuse forever Save any trip as a template and start the next one in seconds. Pick your departure and return dates, and Packtale reminds you the evening before you leave — right when packing actually happens. Two languages, one notebook The whole app speaks English and Traditional Chinese, down to the item names themselves. Yours, and only yours Packtale is free, with no ads, no tracking and no account to create. Your lists live on your device and sync across your own devices through your personal iCloud — we run no servers and can never see your data. It works fully offline, and any list can be shared as plain text when someone else is packing too.

Screenshots

Packing List4 screens
Packtale4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Packtale at none against Packing List's 2. Packtale also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Packing List sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Packtale asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Packing List ships an update weekly, Packtale every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Packing List versus Packtale: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPacking ListPacktale
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlp AvanogluWai Yin Ng

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Packing List

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly subscription3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Annual subscription$19.991 Year
None

Packtale

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Packing List free?
Packing List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Packtale free?
Packtale is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Packing List or Packtale have ads?
Neither Packing List nor Packtale shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Packing List or Packtale?
Packing List ships an update weekly, and Packtale every 3 days. Most recently, Packing List was updated on October 12, 2026 and Packtale on October 16, 2026.

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