Comparison

PackingMate vs Carrywise Packing Lists

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

Head to head
About

PackingMate

This app assists travelers in creating organized packing lists and managing trip details. It helps users prepare for various types of travel, from short getaways to family vacations, ensuring everything is accounted for before departure.

Highlights
  • Smart packing lists by trip type
  • Organize trip details in one place
  • Manage lists for family travel
  • Track preparation progress
  • Share trip plans and packing info
Features
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PackingMate helps travelers create smarter packing lists, organize trip details, and stay prepared before every journey. Whether you are planning a weekend getaway, a business trip, or a family vacation, PackingMate gives you a clearer way to manage what to bring and what to do before you leave. Main features • Smart packing lists: Create practical lists faster based on your trip type and travel needs • Trip details in one place: Keep hotels, transport, and activities organized together • Better for family travel: Manage separate lists and preparation details for each traveler • Progress tracking: See what is ready and what still needs attention before departure • Easier sharing: Share trip plans and packing information more clearly with others PackingMate is designed for travelers who want a simpler, more organized way to prepare. From packing to planning, it helps you start every trip with more confidence.

About

Carrywise Packing Lists

Features
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Carrywise Packing Lists helps you organize reusable trip checklists with sections, quantities, categories, packed states, and completion progress. Start blank, reuse a saved template, or open Starter Builder in the trip editor. Choose Weekend, Business, or Outdoors; select a Warm, Cool, or Mixed climate; and set the number of days. Carrywise uses bundled on-device rules to propose an editable checklist. Append only missing items, or explicitly confirm before replacing a checklist. Matching items keep their packed state. Create and edit every item, assign it to Carry-on, Checked bag, Personal item, or your own bag name, and filter the checklist by bag without changing overall progress. Group items by section, mark what is packed, and save useful lists as templates for the next trip. The history view keeps previous lists and lightweight summaries from your entries so you can reuse what worked. Everything works locally on this iPhone. Starter Builder is rule-based and works offline. There are no accounts, external analytics, cloud services, or paid features in the launch release.

Screenshots

PackingMate4 screens
Carrywise Packing Lists3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Carrywise Packing Lists at none against PackingMate's 1. PackingMate's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). 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. PackingMate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Carrywise Packing Lists asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PackingMate ships an update every 5 days, Carrywise Packing Lists every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PackingMate versus Carrywise Packing Lists: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPackingMateCarrywise Packing Lists
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer岩鑫 孙Shane Young

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PackingMate

One-time1
  • PackingMate Pro (Lifetime)$9.99
None

Carrywise Packing Lists

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PackingMate free?
PackingMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Carrywise Packing Lists free?
Carrywise Packing Lists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PackingMate or Carrywise Packing Lists have ads?
Neither PackingMate nor Carrywise Packing Lists shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PackingMate or Carrywise Packing Lists?
PackingMate ships an update every 5 days, and Carrywise Packing Lists every 2 months. Most recently, PackingMate was updated on October 31, 2026 and Carrywise Packing Lists on October 31, 2026.

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