Comparison

GoBag+ Emergency Prep 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

GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit

Build and manage personalized emergency kits and home supply reserves. Get timely reminders for expiring items and low stock levels, and securely store important documents. Stay prepared with family sync and offline access to emergency contacts.

Highlights
  • Personalized emergency kit builder
  • Home supply inventory and tracking
  • Expiry and low stock notifications
  • Secure document vault with Face ID
  • Offline emergency contacts access
  • Family sync via iCloud
  • Home screen widget support
Features
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GoBag+ helps you prepare for emergencies before they happen. BUILD YOUR GO BAG Create a personalized emergency bag with essential items across 9 categories: documents, water, food, first aid, tools, shelter, communication, personal care, and more. TRACK HOME SUPPLIES Manage your home reserve — food, water, medicine, and other essentials. Set minimum stock levels per person and get notified when you're running low or items are expiring. STAY INFORMED Automatic notifications remind you to check expiring items and restock low supplies. Your emergency kit is always up to date. FAMILY READY Sync your reserve with family members via iCloud. Everyone stays informed, no matter where they are. Family Sharing — one subscription covers up to 5 family members. DOCUMENT VAULT Securely store photos and PDFs of your important documents (IDs, passports, insurance cards), protected by Face ID. EMERGENCY CONTACTS Save your key contacts directly in the app and access them instantly with the SOS button, even offline. WIDGET SUPPORT Add the GoBag+ widget to your home screen for a quick overview of your readiness at a glance. BACKUP & RESTORE Export and import your data anytime. Your preparation is never lost. PREMIUM FEATURES Unlock unlimited Go Bags, all item categories, home reserve, family sync, widget, backup, and expiry notifications with GoBag+ Premium. Start with a 1-month free trial. Be ready. Stay safe. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit4 screens
Hardtack4 screens

Verdict

The call

GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit and Hardtack 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. GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year and Hardtack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit ships an update every 5 days, Hardtack weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit versus Hardtack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoBag+ Emergency Prep KitHardtack
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGregory DementevAurore Troubat

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit

Subscriptions1
  • GoBag+ Yearly1 Month trial$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$24.99
1 purchases

Hardtack

One-time1
  • Hardtack Pro$17.99

Questions

Is GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit free?
GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hardtack free?
Hardtack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit or Hardtack have ads?
Neither GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit nor Hardtack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit or Hardtack?
GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit ships an update every 5 days, and Hardtack weekly. Most recently, GoBag+ Emergency Prep Kit was updated on October 31, 2026 and Hardtack on October 25, 2026.

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