Comparison

GoPocket vs BeforeGo

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

Head to head
About

GoPocket

This travel packing app helps you organize your belongings visually, treating your bag as a collection. Save perfect loadouts for different trips and collect moments as you go. It offers a calm and playful approach to packing, making you excited for your next adventure.

Highlights
  • Visual bag packing
  • Save loadouts
  • Trip-specific packing lists
  • Collect stickers and moments
  • No account needed
  • Photos stay on device
Features
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Some things don't stay at home. They follow you to the train platform, the hostel bunk, the window seat at 6 a.m. — the small gear, the worn favorites, the things that make a place feel like yours. GoPocket is a travel packing app that treats your bag like a collection, not a chore. Fill your pack visually. Feel the weight and the space. Save the whole loadout when it's perfect — your "Kyoto in spring" set, your "one-bag business trip," your ready-to-go weekend kit. Each journey gets its own trip; each trip knows what to bring. Collect stickers and moments as you go. Keep what matters. Reuse what works. Warm, playful, and calm — the kind of packing that makes you excited to leave. No account needed. Your photos stay on your device. Privacy Policy: https://bagp-pack-online-privacy.vercel.app/privacy Terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BeforeGo

Organize your trips by importing travel guides and booking confirmations. Create packing lists, track expenses, and capture memories. Offers AI-powered itinerary planning and travel assistance.

Highlights
  • Import travel guides and booking confirmations
  • AI-powered itinerary creation and editing
  • Destination-based packing lists with reminders
  • Expense tracking and receipt scanning
  • Travel Lens for on-the-go translation
  • Create and share travel albums
Features
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Turn saved travel guides and booking confirmations into a trip you can edit. Keep places, daily plans and your departure checklist together in BeforeGo. FROM SAVED GUIDES TO YOUR ITINERARY • Import screenshots, pasted text or supported links from your travel research • Review the places, to-dos and daily plans found in your material • Edit your plans, rearrange stops, add notes and check off places as you go SCAN YOUR BOOKING CONFIRMATIONS • Scan confirmations for flights and hotels you have already booked • Import from photos, PDFs or text, then check the details before adding them • View your next saved booking and countdown in Live Activities GET READY TO GO • Start with a destination-based packing list and tailor it to your trip • Organize your checklist by category or timeline and set reminders • Add photos and notes to checklist items • Keep countdown and checklist widgets on your Home Screen DURING AND AFTER YOUR TRIP • Use Travel Lens to understand menus, signs and tickets • Track expenses, scan receipts and split travel costs • Keep photos, notes and voice recordings with each trip • Create a travel album and share your memories Free to start, with no ads or account required. Premium provides higher AI usage limits, more photo and voice memories, additional styles and selected export features. Subscription and one-time lifetime options are available in the app. BeforeGo is for personal travel organization. Verify important entry, health, safety and airline requirements with official sources. —————— BeforeGo Premium (auto-renewing subscription) A subscription unlocks all premium features: • Monthly plan — billed every 1 month • Yearly plan — billed every 1 year The exact price is shown on the purchase screen before you confirm; a one-time lifetime unlock is also available. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://dyljqq.github.io/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://dyljqq.github.io/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

GoPocket4 screens
BeforeGo4 screens

Verdict

The call

GoPocket and BeforeGo are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. GoPocket sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and BeforeGo sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GoPocket against 5.0 for BeforeGo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoPocket ships an update every 2 days, BeforeGo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
GoPocket versus BeforeGo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoPocketBeforeGo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer锡蒙 潘可 吴

Customer experience

GoPocket

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BeforeGo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

GoPocket

Subscriptions3
  • GoPocket Monthly Pro Membership$2.991 Month
  • GoPocket Pro Membership$4.993 Months
  • GoPocket Annual Pro Membership$9.991 Year
6 purchases

BeforeGo

Subscriptions4
  • BeforeGo VIP – Monthly$3.991 Month
  • BeforeGo VIP – Yearly$23.991 Year
  • BeforeGo VIP – Yearly$24.991 Year
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  • BeforeGo VIP – Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • BeforeGo VIP – Lifetime$39.99
  • Premium Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is GoPocket free?
GoPocket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeforeGo free?
BeforeGo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GoPocket or BeforeGo?
GoPocket and BeforeGo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do GoPocket or BeforeGo have ads?
Neither GoPocket nor BeforeGo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoPocket or BeforeGo?
GoPocket ships an update every 2 days, and BeforeGo every 3 days. Most recently, GoPocket was updated on October 18, 2026 and BeforeGo on November 1, 2026.

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