Packlist, a notes app, a spreadsheet or a checklist app?

You can keep a packing list anywhere. The difference shows on the second trip: what the list remembers, and what you have to do by hand.

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Packing list tools compared
What it does	Packlist	Notes app	Spreadsheet	Checklist app
Your last trip as a new list, without what went unused	Yes	By hand	By hand	Depends on the app
Trip review: leave out what went unused, add what was missing	Yes	By hand	By hand	Depends on the app
Several templates into one list, nothing twice	Yes	By hand	By hand	Depends on the app
Suggestions from all your earlier lists as you type	Yes	No	No	Depends on the app
Share with others and pack together	No	Yes	Yes	Depends on the app
Without an account and offline	No	Yes	Depends on the app	Depends on the app
Free and without ads	Yes	Yes	Depends on the app	Depends on the app
Tick things off	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Your last trip as a new list, without what went unused

Packlist: Yes
Notes app:: By hand
Spreadsheet:: By hand
Checklist app:: Depends on the app

Trip review: leave out what went unused, add what was missing

Packlist: Yes
Notes app:: By hand
Spreadsheet:: By hand
Checklist app:: Depends on the app

Several templates into one list, nothing twice

Packlist: Yes
Notes app:: By hand
Spreadsheet:: By hand
Checklist app:: Depends on the app

Suggestions from all your earlier lists as you type

Packlist: Yes
Notes app:: No
Spreadsheet:: No
Checklist app:: Depends on the app

Share with others and pack together

Packlist: No
Notes app:: Yes
Spreadsheet:: Yes
Checklist app:: Depends on the app

Without an account and offline

Packlist: No
Notes app:: Yes
Spreadsheet:: Depends on the app
Checklist app:: Depends on the app

Free and without ads

Packlist: Yes
Notes app:: Yes
Spreadsheet:: Depends on the app
Checklist app:: Depends on the app

Tick things off

Packlist: Yes
Notes app:: Yes
Spreadsheet:: Yes
Checklist app:: Yes

When something else fits better

Two of you pack one list: Packlist has no sharing. A shared note or a checklist app with shared lists fits better there.
You do not want an account: Packlist needs an email address and a connection. A note on your phone or a sheet of paper needs neither.
You pack once and never again: For a single trip any list will do. Packlist pays off from the second, when the list is already there.

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