Don’t Forget the Spoon

Plan. Pack. Adventure!

The backpacking gear app that remembers everything so you don’t have to. Build a digital gear locker, dial in every ounce of pack weight, plan your trail meals and pack together with friends, so the only thing you bring home is a great story.

Free to start. Upgrade to DFTS Pro for unlimited packs and gear.

Everything for the trail, nothing you’ll forget

From the first gear list to the last thing you stuff in your bag, Don’t Forget the Spoon keeps every trip organized and every ounce accounted for.

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Digital Gear Locker

Enter each piece of gear once with its weight, brand, photo, cost and notes, then reuse it in every pack. Organize it into folders that match your shelves, bins or seasons.

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Dial In Every Ounce

Every pack adds up total, base, worn and consumable weight for you, and breaks it down by category so you can see exactly where the weight is hiding.

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Swipe to Pack

When it’s time to go, swipe each item as it goes in your bag. The Packed Items card tracks your progress, so the spoon never gets left behind again.

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Pack Together, Live

Invite trail partners with a code or QR scan. Everyone adds their own gear to the same pack in real time and you can see who is carrying what.

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AI Pack Shakedown

Get a review of your pack like an experienced guide would give: weight savings, trail-specific risks and missing essentials, based on your trip description.

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Trail Meal Planner

Plan meals and snacks for each day of the trip, track calories against your daily target and see at a glance whether you’re bringing enough food.

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Community Weight Rankings

See where your gear ranks against every community item of the same type, then tap Find lighter gear to see what an upgrade would actually save.

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Find Gear & Packs

Search a community gear database to fill in item details for you, and browse public packs for the PCT, winter camping, backpacking and more.

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Sub Packs & Containers

Build reusable kits like your kitchen or first aid kit once and drop them into any pack. Track which stuff sack or pocket every item lives in.

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Trip To-Dos & Locations

Keep a checklist for each trip (“buy fuel”, “check permits”) and pin trailheads and destinations on a map right inside the pack.

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Share & Export

Send a link to any public pack, post an image of your weight breakdown, make a gear collage, or import and export your gear as CSV.

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iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad, Android & Web

One account everywhere, with a layout made for the foldable iPhone Duo. Plan on your laptop at dfts.app, then pack from your phone. Your packs and gear sync between all your devices.

See it in action

A peek inside the app. Tap any screen to see it full size.

Optimized for iPhone Duo

Unfold your iPhone Duo and Don’t Forget the Spoon unfolds with it: your weight breakdown on one side, your gear on the other. It also runs on iPhone, iPad and Android, with a full web app at dfts.app for your laptop. Sign in with the same account and your packs and gear sync everywhere.

Two-pane layouts made for the iPhone Duo’s inner screen
Build out your gear locker on a keyboard at dfts.app
Swipe to pack at the trailhead on any phone

What works on the web? →

Don’t Forget the Spoon pack weight and gear side by side on an unfolded iPhone Duo

Loved by hikers

What people say on the App Store and Google Play.

★★★★★

“GET THIS APP IF YOU ARE A GEAR JUNKY AND ARE NOT THE GREATEST AT ORGANIZATION!!!”

— iOS user

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“Very user friendly and helpful! Will definitely make it easier to visualize what’s taking up weight, and help to address it.”

— iOS user

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“Fantastic app. As someone with ADHD, this app has been immensely helpful in streamlining and packing my gear. The photos are especially helpful in this aspect. And of course, I’ve been able to shave off quite a bit of weight from my pack.”

— Sheena

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“I love this app! Simple, convenient and insightful… Breaks down gear categories to see where you are heavy. It also gives alternative gear options to consider when you want lighter equipment.”

— Jon

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“I’ve always hoped Lighter pack would come out with a App. This is almost just like it. I can see this App being better then Lighter Pack.”

— Russell

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“I really like the look of this app, and it has all the features I’m looking for. Developer is very active on Reddit, responding to comments and questions regularly, and adding and improving features.”

— Android user

Melting snow on a camp stove in Little Yosemite Valley

Why “Don’t Forget the Spoon”?

Born on a freezing night in Yosemite

Every February my wife and I go snowshoe camping in Yosemite. One year, on a winter attempt at Clouds Rest, we climbed out of the valley with crampons and ice axes and made camp in Little Yosemite Valley just as it got dark, in the shadow of Half Dome.

I melted snow, poured the hot water into our dehydrated dinners, and reached for our spoons. We’d forgotten them. We dug through the snow for sticks and carved a tiny spoon so we could eat.

I fell asleep that night thinking about an app that would make sure we never forgot the spoon, or anything else, again.

— Mike, creator of DFTS