Packaroo - Packing Lists 4+

Stellar App

I’ve been using this app for a year or two now and it’s pretty much perfect. The concepts of bundles and regulars take all the tedium out of planning for a trip. Ski trip? One tap to add all the necessary cold weather clothing. Best of all, I have yet to forget something on any of my trips (a semi-regular occurrence previously).

The core features of the app are great, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised by recent additions too (trip dates, to do lists). Looking forward to what comes next!

Oh, and the support is wonderful (👋 Sue). Have had a few of my suggestions and bug fixes added to the app.

Too many bugs, not supported, too many steps

The concept of the app is good but the implementation needs work fixing bugs and issues. Entering items and making changes is tedious and too many steps. From the beginning I found multiple bugs and issues and gave the developers the information so they could fix them. They did nothing with them and immediately stopped making updates with new versions and that was 6 months ago, so apparently they don’t want to make the effort or are no longer supporting it.
Easy example. Item is entered as “Water Thermos” but when you go to edit it later the app automatically changes it to “Water thermos”. Not a major thing unless somewhere you put a brand name. Regardless, it changes it on you. Many more things too numerous to mention.
Although I love the *idea* of the app I would recommend looking elsewhere for one that is supported and not as difficult to use with less issues.

Developer Response ,

We're sorry to hear about your frustrations. We are in the middle of a big update and have had to put a bunch of these seemingly easy to fix issues on the back burner. Rest assured that we are making the effort and are fully invested in supporting the app.

Really the only packing app you should consider

I don’t review a lot of things, but it’s clear that a lot of thought and work went into this one, and I think they deserve some recognition. I’ve tried a lot of packing apps and all of them have been comparatively rudimentary. It’s a little hard to wrap your mind around Packaroo at first - you have to get used to the idea of “bundles” and “collections” and decide how to make them work for you - but once you have it figured out it’s very flexible and powerful.