
MetaGear.app
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MetaGear is your personal outdoor link - a place to organize your gear, build pack lists, compare equipment, and create a shareable outdoor page that opens in any browser.
Made for backpackers, bikepackers, thru-hikers, ultralighters, campers, trail runners, mountaineers, and anyone who cares about the gear they use.
CREATE YOUR OUTDOOR LINK
Create a personal page with your photo, bio, links, social accounts, gear lists, trails, images, text, and customizable widgets. Share one clean link with friends, your community, or your followers.
Every user can create a profile and add up to three widgets for free. MetaGear Pro removes the three-widget limit, adds a Pro badge to your profile and shared gear lists.
FIND AND COMPARE EQUIPMENT
Explore curated product categories in Compare Hub. Sort and compare items by weight, price, specifications, and other useful parameters to find options that fit your priorities.
BUILD YOUR GEAR LOCKER
Keep all your equipment in one organized place. Add weights, prices, photos, links, notes, categories, and custom details, then reuse the same items across different lists.
USE SMART SEARCH
Start typing an item name and MetaGear will suggest matching products. For many items, it can automatically fill in useful details such as weight, price, and specifications. Every value remains editable, so your records can match the equipment you actually carry.
TURN LISTS INTO CHECKLISTS
Enable Checklist Mode to see what is ready, what is still missing, and what is already packed.
IMPORT FROM LIGHTERPACK
Bring over an existing LighterPack setup by pasting a public link or uploading a CSV. MetaGear can import categories, item weights, quantities, and worn or consumable settings.
SHARE LISTS AND SETUPS
Publish clean gear lists that open in any browser, export lists as CSV, or create visual cards for social posts, Stories, and gear shakedowns.
Built by backpackers for everyone who loves the outdoors.
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MetaGear.app's answer
MetaGear is built mobile-first from the ground up. While most gear list tools are desktop web apps, MetaGear was designed specifically for the small screens. It features a dedicated Gear Locker for your full inventory, drag-and-drop gear lists with live weight and cost stats, instant LighterPack CSV import, a packing checklist mode, and a unique Highlight share card formatted for Stories and social media. Everything works fast, feels native, and fits in your pocket.
MetaGear.app's answer
If you manage your gear on your phone - MetaGear is the tool designed for that from day one. LighterPack is great on desktop but barely usable on mobile. Other apps either lack key features like CSV import or sharing. MetaGear gives you a real mobile experience with full functionality: inventory management, multiple gear lists, weight tracking, one-tap LighterPack import, checklist mode, and shareable links and highlight cards - all free.
MetaGear.app's answer
Ultralight backpackers, thru-hikers, and outdoor enthusiasts who care about pack weight and exploration. People planning long-distance trails like the PCT, AT, or CDT. Hikers who currently use LighterPack or spreadsheets to track their gear and want a better experience on their phone. Weekend backpackers experimenting with lighter setups. Anyone who's ever weighed a toothbrush and debated cutting the handle off.
MetaGear.app's answer
Two hikers, no investors, no big team - just a small crew with trail experience and a shared belief that your gear list deserves a real app. We built MetaGear nights and weekends, launched on iOS, and are now bringing it to Android. We plan our own thru-hikes, and we use MetaGear ourselves every time we pack.
MetaGear.app's answer
MetaGear is a modern web application optimized and wrapped for mobile, designed specifically for smartphone screens. We chose this approach to ship on both iOS and Android from a single codebase while maintaining a fast, app experience. The stack allows us to iterate quickly as a two-person team - pushing updates to both platforms simultaneously without the overhead of maintaining two separate native apps.
MetaGear.app's answer
MetaGear is a consumer app for individual hikers, so we don't have enterprise clients. Our users are ultralight backpackers and thru-hikers - people active in communities like r/Ultralight and r/backpacking. We're a young app building our user base, who need a reliable mobile tool for their gear prep.
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