Beechwold Trail
Morning fog lying in layers between wooded mountain ridges, framed by trees
Bald Eagle State Forest, Pennsylvania

Trip planners for backpacking and family camping

Pack Planner started as a spreadsheet I made to track my gear and plan my backpacking trips. Later I built an app on top of it to make entering and organizing gear and food easier. I still use it for every trip I take. Camp Planner does the same job for car camping and family trips.

Both are free, with no ads, and they don't sell or share your data.

Matt

Both apps are in beta. Open either one below and try the demo, which has sample trips and doesn't need an account. To plan your own trips, ask for an invite from the app's start screen.

A waterfall pouring over mossy rocks in a rhododendron forest
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Pack Planner

Every piece of gear has a weight. Pick what's coming on a trip and the base weight and pack weight update as you go. Plan your food day by day and it adds up the calories and the water you'll need. For trips in the next ten days you get the forecast; further out, it shows typical weather from NOAA's 30-year averages.

Pack Planner on a phone: a three-day trip with typical weather for each day and a weight receipt: base weight 4.99 kg (11.00 lb), pack weight 7.95 kg (17.52 lb), skin-out 9.89 kg
From the demo: a three-day loop in Grayson Highlands
Sandstone cliffs and a small waterfall under a rock overhang
Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills, Ohio

Camp Planner

Made for a weekend at a campground with the family. It keeps the site details in one place, like check-in time, quiet hours, and whether there's water and power at the site. It counts clothes for each person from the number of nights, warns you when the tent or the first aid kit isn't on the list, and turns your meal plan into a shopping list sorted by aisle.

Camp Planner on a phone: a fall weekend at Old Man's Cave Campground for Mom, Dad, Ava and Leo, with site 42 on a wooden site post, check-in times, what the campground has and a map
From the demo: a fall weekend at Old Man's Cave Campground