The packing list remembers you. The comparison picks a winner.

Two of the free tools were doing about eighty percent of the job and stopping right before the useful part. Both now finish the thought.

A packing list that learns your staples

Tick things off, delete what doesn't apply, and add your own. The items you add can be marked to apply to every future trip, so the retainer case and the specific charger you always forget are simply on the list next time, wherever you're going.

There's also a Suggest more button, for the things a rules-based list never catches: the plug type, what to wear somewhere with a dress code, monsoon gear, altitude. It reads the destination, the season and the kind of trip, and skips anything already there.

A comparison that ends in a decision

Comparing two cities used to leave you with charts and no answer. It now opens with a one-line verdict — which city leads on food and nightlife, which is safer, which is warmer — and names an overall best fit, with a button to start planning it.

Set your passport and you also get a For your passport panel: visa status and local currency for each city, which is often the thing that actually decides it.

Ready to use them?

• ✦Open the packing list and add one thing you always forget
• ✦Mark it to apply to future trips — it'll be there next time
• ✦Compare two cities you're torn between
• ✦Read the verdict first, then dig into the detail if you disagree

Packing progress is saved in your browser, so it stays on the device you packed on.