Pack Animal

Adventure Awaits!

Find your pack. Plan your trip. Pack up your gear. Do amazing things.

Shared calendar

One plan everyone sees

A shared calendar of days, places, and times the whole group can see and edit — with the chat attached to the trip itself.

Journeys & accommodation

Built into the day

Add trains and drives with times and stops, and where you're staying. Each shows up on its day.

Shared payments

Who paid, who owes

Log what each person paid as you go. Pack Animal splits it and works out who settles up with whom.

Make it yours

A trip that looks like the trip

Each trip takes its own photo and colour, so a weekend away and a month on the road don't look the same.

The whole trip on one screen

Open a trip and it's all there, the same for everyone in the group:

  • the days, as a shared calendar you scroll through
  • who's coming, and the next journey with its times
  • a map of the places on the trip
  • the running tally of who's paid what
  • the group chat, kept with the trip

On iOS and Android, in sync.

A Pack Animal trip: photo header, a row of day cards with check-ins and weather, and a group chat.
A trip itinerary with journeys between stops and a travel banner for the next leg.
A day in a Pack Animal trip: sunrise and sunset, the day's weather, check-in and check-out times, a drive between two stops, and the evening's plans, all on one timeline.

Every day, hour by hour

Open a day and the plan reads as one timeline — not a list of bookings you have to piece together yourself:

  • check-ins and check-outs, with the times that actually matter
  • journeys drawn between the two places they connect, with how long they take
  • a map of the day's route
  • whatever else you've planned, in the order it happens

Anyone on the trip can add to it, and everyone sees the change.

Nobody has to keep the receipts

Log what you paid as you go and Pack Animal keeps the running total, so the reckoning at the end is a number rather than an argument:

  • each cost split across the people it was actually for
  • what you're owed and what you owe, updated as things are added
  • filters for the payments involving you, by date or amount
  • a nudge when someone still hasn't added theirs

Settle up in the app when you're home, in whatever currency you spent.

The payments screen: a list of shared costs with what each person owes or is owed, and a running total of £25.49 owed to you.

How it works

1

Start a trip

Give it a name and rough dates, and add where you're going.

2

Bring the pack

Invite the people you're going with. Everyone gets the same plan and the same chat.

3

Plan as you go

Fill in days, add journeys, log costs. It stays in sync and settles up at the end.

About Pack Animal

Find your pack. Plan your trip. Do amazing things.

Pack Animal helps groups plan a trip and run it once they're there. Invite the people you're going with and everyone shares one plan, with chat and payment tracking integrated into it – no more piecing a trip together from a group chat, a spreadsheet and a dozen booking emails.

One plan everyone sees

Your trip is a shared calendar of days, places and times that the whole group can see and edit. When someone adds something, everyone sees the change.

Everything in one place

Every day, hour by hour

Open a day and it reads as one timeline: journeys, events and where you're staying, in the order they happen, with a map of the day's route.

Shared payments, sorted

Log what you paid as you go and Pack Animal keeps track:

Chat that stays with the trip

Each trip has its own optional group chat, so the conversation sits next to the plan instead of getting lost in your other messages. Integrates with the details of the trip as they happen.

A trip that looks like the trip

Personalise your trips with themes. Give each trip its own photo and vibe, so a wilderness adventure and a weekend city break don't look the same.

Private by default

Only the people you invite can see a trip. Trips aren't public and aren't shared with anyone else.

How it works

  1. Start a trip – give it a name and rough dates.
  2. Bring the pack – invite the people you're going with.
  3. Plan as you go – fill in days, add journeys, log payments.

Available on iPhone and Android, from the same account.

Questions or feedback? hello@pack-animal.app

Questions

What does it cost?

Nothing while it's in testing. Pricing isn't settled yet; there'll be a usable free tier.

Which platforms?

iOS and Android, from the same account. A trip syncs across everyone's phones.

Who can see my trips?

Only the people you invite to that trip. Trips aren't public and aren't shared with anyone else.

When can I use it?

It's in private testing now. Email hello@pack-animal.app if you'd like to try it.