TripKit vs PackOnce
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TripKit
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If you find yourself wondering what to pack before every trip, try Tripkit. Tripkit helps you register the items you need by bag and check them one by one before you leave. Create and manage lists for different purposes, such as a travel bag, business trip bag, or camping bag. You can copy a bag you used before and adjust it for a new schedule, so you do not have to start from scratch each time. A clean screen and intuitive flow make packing faster and easier.
PackOnce
Create reusable packing lists for any trip, from business to beach. Organize your essentials, generate trip-specific checklists, and ensure you pack everything needed for your journey and for returning home. Lists save locally and work offline for privacy and convenience.
- Reusable packing lists
- Trip-specific checklists
- Offline functionality
- Local data saving
- Packing progress tracking
- Shareable text copies
- Packing to go home mode
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Pack once. Ready every time. A little less “what am I forgetting?” A lot more looking forward to the trip. PackOnce helps you build reusable packing lists, turn them into fresh trip checklists, and bring everything home again. Start with a personal packing plan Get to know PackOnce through an interactive 12-step setup. Choose your travel style, trip length, and packing party. Try saving a sample list, combining lists, checking off essentials, and packing for home. Name your first adventure, review your plan, then choose a subscription to unlock your personalized list and trip. Your lists. Every adventure. Keep the essentials you trust and reuse them for business trips, beach escapes, family visits, and weekends away. Rename, edit, group, and reorder items your way. Each trip gets its own checklist, so changing a trip does not change your original saved list. Bring lists together Work trip with a beach day? Import a saved list into your trip and keep everything in one clear checklist. Your original lists stay ready for next time. A checklist that stays put Check off items without moving them around. See your packing progress, hide checked items to focus on what is left, quick-add something you forgot, undo deletions, and share a clean text copy. Suggested quantities can scale by days or travelers, and you can change any suggestion. Every trip, its own look Pick a style for each trip, such as beach, city, business, outdoors or family, and watch it appear on your trip cards and checklist. Check the last item for a small celebration, and finish a trip to add a stamp to your PackOnce passport. Add a departure date for a countdown and an optional reminder the evening before, keep your next trip on your Home Screen or Lock Screen with widgets, share any list as a designed image, and choose an app icon you like. Bring it all home The trip may be ending. Your checklist still has a job. Switch to “Packing to go home” to clear the checkmarks and make sure the charger, jacket, and other essentials get a return ticket too. Calm by design. Private by default. Choose a warm light theme or a deep dark theme. Packing lists save locally and work offline. When available, your private iCloud account keeps them up to date across your devices. No PackOnce account, ads, analytics, or tracking. Subscription access PackOnce requires an active subscription after onboarding. Choose Monthly or Yearly; both plans include unlimited trips and reusable saved lists. The App Store displays your localized price and full billing period before purchase. There is no free trial or free-trip access. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in App Store settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid period. If access expires, your saved packing data is retained and an active subscription is required to open the workspace again. Already purchased lifetime access? Your verified lifetime purchase continues to unlock PackOnce without a subscription. Use Restore on the subscription screen if needed. Privacy Policy: https://packonce.cerebraenterprises.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://packonce.cerebraenterprises.com/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TripKit at none against PackOnce's 3. TripKit also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). PackOnce's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. PackOnce sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TripKit asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | TripKit | PackOnce |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 8 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DataSurfing | Cerebra Enterprises, LLC |
In-app purchases
TripKit
No in-app purchases
PackOnce
- PackOnce Monthly$2.991 Month
- PackOnce Yearly$14.991 Year
- PackOnce Lifetime Access$9.99









