Stop Googling and ChatGPT-ing your meal plans.
We built the thing.
Tell us about your trip and we'll build your food bag. Calorie-optimized, weight-conscious, allergen-safe. In about 60 seconds.
$9.99 · one-time · 72-hour Trail Pass
Less than a freeze-dried dinner · Money-back guarantee
2-minute walkthrough · see PackByte build a real food bag
Why not just ChatGPT it?
We tried. Then we built the thing it couldn't.
Real products, real weights
200+ verified items from a curated trail catalog. No hallucinated brands or made-up nutrition.
Allergen-safe by design
Filter peanut, gluten, dairy, and more at the catalog level. Every recommendation already passes your dietary rules.
Optimized for the trail
We balance calories per ounce, weight, and your daily mileage. Not just a list of snacks.
Your food bag at a glance
3 nights · 6,535 total cal · 57.7 oz (3.6 lbs) · 113 avg cal/oz
How it works
Tell us your trip
Nights, diet, cook method, mileage
Get your plan
Cal-optimized meals + shopping list in ~60s
Make it yours
Swap, add, remove. AI gets you started. You finish it.
Tell us your trip
Nights, diet, cook method, mileage
Get your plan
Cal-optimized meals + shopping list in ~60s
Make it yours
Swap, add, remove. AI gets you started. You finish it.
What's in the pack
Cal/oz optimized
Every ounce in your pack is pulling its weight
Allergen-safe
Peanut, gluten, dairy - we check every item so you don't have to
Wayside Catalog
Browse 200+ verified trail foods before you build your bag
Plan stays put
Auto-saved to your account. PDF export when you need it.
From the trail
“PackByte is a game changer. I always get overwhelmed with the food options and how to plan. But PackByte made planning my trip so easy and smooth. Also, I'm gluten-free so that always makes things more challenging. But not anymore thanks to PackByte!”
- Andrew, Tempe, AZ
“I recently used PackByte to plan for a section hike thru the Grayson Highlands of Virginia. Planning for all of the meals and incidentals that can be impacted by weather and unknowns is overwhelming. PackByte provided a comprehensive meal plan, one less thing to worry about, and helped fuel me to the finish car.”
- Steve, Clarksburg, MD
Meals planned and counting
Questions, answered
Unlimited use of the planner for 72 hours from purchase. Build as many food bags as you want, swap items freely, export PDFs.
The planner locks, but every food bag you built stays in your account permanently. You can view, share, and export your saved plans anytime.
Yes. Trip plans change. Grab another Trail Pass anytime and pick up where you left off.
You can, and plenty of hikers do. What PackByte adds is the arithmetic: every item comes off a verified catalog with real weights, calories, and allergen data, and the plan is balanced for calorie density and pack weight rather than variety. It is the spreadsheet you were going to build, already built.
Yes. Set your allergens and preferences once. Every recommendation respects them automatically.
Money-back guarantee. No questions asked. Email [email protected] and we will sort it out. See the Terms for how refunds are handled.
Your food bag shouldn't take longer to plan than to pack.
$9.99 · one-time Trail Pass
- 72 hours of unlimited planning
- Your food bag saves to your account forever
- Money-back guarantee, no questions asked