The Packing Index

Pack less. Discover more.

Free

Rebuilt native for iOS. Scan your gear with the camera and it comes back weighed, score every trip 0 to 100, and read the whole app in six languages. The Packing Index is a field manual for people who pack seriously: one-baggers, ultralighters, EDC nerds, and anyone tired of dragging a heavy suitcase. It does not just list your gear. It weighs it, scores it, and tells you what to leave behind. SCAN YOUR GEAR Lay your kit out flat and take one photo, with the camera or from your library. Every item comes back named, categorised and weighed. A review screen stands between the scan and your manifest: weights are estimates, anything uncertain arrives unticked, and nothing is added until you say so. BUILD A LIST FROM WHAT YOU OWN Say where and when you are going and it drafts a list: the gear you actually pack, quantities set for the trip length, and what the weather at your destination calls for. Never packed anything yet? It starts you from a sensible baseline rather than a blank page. Every row explains why it is there, and nothing is added until you approve it. THE PACKING INDEX SCORE Every trip gets a 0 to 100 ultralight score built from weight discipline, packing readiness and bag limit adherence. Track base against wearable weight, set a personal base weight goal, and see how each trip measures up. WEATHER FOR YOUR ACTUAL DATES The forecast covers the days you are travelling, not the days you happen to be looking, and it is checked against what you have packed. A cold snap with no insulation, or rain with no shell, gets flagged before you leave. For a trip booked months out, where no forecast exists yet, it shows what those dates are typically like and tells you that is what you are reading. FABRIC AWARE ROTATION The app knows merino can be worn for days and cotton cannot, and works out how many of each garment your trip actually needs. LOADOUT BLUEPRINTS Build reusable modules, a tech pouch, a camera cube, a toiletry kit, and see which one is carrying the most weight. AN OPERATOR PASSPORT Your account is a passport: field record stats, standing orders, and twelve collectible commendations from Maiden Voyage to Featherweight. Earn the Featherweight commendation and unlock an app icon you cannot pick any other way. TWO LOOKS Field Manual and Aurora, switchable at any time. IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Spanish, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese and Japanese, with a language picker in Account. Every screen honours Dynamic Type, so it stays readable at the text size you actually use. PLUS • Pack by day: assign items to the days you need them • Select several items at once to pack, move or delete • Print, save as PDF, or share a read only page anyone can open • Compare two templates side by side • Quick add the things you pack on nearly every trip • Mark what you never used when you get home, so the next trip is lighter • Weigh an item once and it fills itself in everywhere, scan drafts included • Bags with weight limits, live gauges, and their own empty weight • Templates with total weights, and save any trip as a template • A library of every item and bag you have packed • Export a trip as a spreadsheet or as Markdown • Trip reminders, cover photos, real destination photography • Finished trips archive themselves and stay in your stats • Import a kit from Carry Index by link, bags included • Nine app icons, eight pickable and one earned • Syncs with your account at packingindex.com Pack lighter. Prove it.

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The Packing Index is rebuilt from the ground up as a native iOS app. Same account, same trips, everything faster. BUILD A LIST FROM THE GEAR YOU OWN Tell it where and when you are going and it drafts a packing list: the things you actually pack, quantities set for the trip length, and whatever the weather at your destination calls for. New here and nothing packed yet? It starts you from a sensible baseline instead of a blank page. Nothing is added until you approve it, and every row tells you why it is there. WEATHER FOR YOUR ACTUAL DATES The forecast is now for the days you are travelling, not the days you happen to be looking. Booked something months out? It shows what those dates are typically like instead, and says so, so you always know which one you are reading. SCAN YOUR GEAR WITH THE CAMERA Lay your kit out flat and shoot. Every item comes back named, categorised and weighed, with a review screen before anything joins your manifest. Anything the scan is unsure about arrives unticked. There is a built in guide to laying gear out so it reads well. PACK BY DAY Assign items to the days you need them and read your manifest a day at a time. FASTER ON EVERYTHING ELSE Select several items at once to pack, move or delete them. Long press a bag to edit or remove it. Quick add the things you pack on nearly every trip. Print your list, save it as a PDF, or send someone a read only copy they can open without an account. Compare two templates side by side. And when you get home, mark what you never used so the next trip is lighter. YOUR LANGUAGE, YOUR TEXT SIZE English, Spanish, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese and Japanese, now with a language picker in Account so you are not tied to your phone's setting. Every screen honours Dynamic Type. BRING A KIT ACROSS FROM CARRY INDEX Open a Carry Index kit link and it arrives as a trip, with its bags as bags. TRIPS THAT TIDY THEMSELVES Finished trips archive on their own once you are home. They stay in your stats, and you can bring any of them back.

The developer, Christopher Battle, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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Seller
  • Christopher Battle
Size
  • 12.8 MB
Category
  • Travel
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 26.0 or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
Languages
English and 5 more
  • English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
Age Rating
4+
Copyright
  • © Christopher Battle