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Getting Started
Camp Perfect Checklist is a mobile-first app that helps you prepare for camping trips without the chaos. It combines four dedicated tools in one place: a shopping list, a packing list, a meal planner, and a gear inventory.
How the app is organised
The app is split into four tabs, each covering a different part of trip preparation:
| Tab | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Pack | What needs to be packed and in which category |
| Shop | What you need to buy before the trip |
| Eat | Meal planner sorted by date and meal type |
| Gear | Permanent inventory of your camping equipment |
The Pack, Eat, and Shop tabs are trip-scoped: each trip has its own independent packing list, meal plan, and shopping list. The Gear tab is shared across all trips. See Trips for more details.
Your first trip
Here is a recommended workflow for preparing a new trip:
1. Create a trip (optional)
The app starts with a default General trip. If you plan multiple trips, open the Pack, Eat, or Shop tab, tap the trip name in the header, and select New Trip to create a named trip. All items you add will be scoped to the active trip.
2. Build your packing list
Switch to the Pack tab and add everything that needs to come with you. Choose a category (Food, Cooler, Gear, Storage) for each item, and tick the Needs purchase option for anything you still have to buy.
Items added to the shopping list are tagged accordingly, and they cannot be marked as packed until they have been marked as done in the shopping list. This way you can ensure that your bag — the most essential of ingredients — is never left behind again.
3. Review your shopping list
Items you flagged as Needs purchase in Pack automatically appear in the Shop tab with a purple "Pack" pill. Add any additional one-off purchases here. Work through the list and mark items done as you buy them — a green "Purchased" badge appears in Pack once the linked shop item is ticked off.
4. Plan your meals
Open the Eat tab and add meals for each day of the trip. The planner sorts entries by date then by meal type (breakfast → lunch → dinner), giving you a clear schedule at a glance. You can strike items that are completed so you know which supplies are gone.
5. Add your gear
Use the the Gear tab and build your equipment inventory. Assign items to containers (Toolbox, Crate 1, Crate 2, Duffle Bag) so you always know where each piece lives. If you're like me and the "mini fire starter" name loses a meaning after a while, you can take a photo so you know what's in your containers.
You only need to do this once — your gear list persists between trips.
6. Pack up and go
As you load the car, work through the Pack tab and tick items off. The Gear tab shows you which container each piece of equipment lives in, so nothing gets left behind.