The same checks, every time, without relying on memory
Almost every expensive caravan mistake is something ordinary that somebody knew perfectly well and simply did not do that morning. The step left down. The antenna left up. The jockey wheel left wound down. Caravan Checklist gives you the list, in the order you walk around the van, and puts it back to clean the moment you finish so it is ready for the next trip.
Checklists that repeat
- Twelve lists to start with — hitching up, the walk around outside, inside the van, the night before a trip, the two-minute rest stop, arrival and setup, packing up, storage, bringing it back out, free camping, weights and compliance, and safety gear
- Ticked in walking order, grouped the way you actually move around the van
- Tap to tick, swipe for “not applicable”, swipe the other way to leave a note against a line
- Every line explains itself — tap the info button and it tells you why the item is on the list
- Critical items are called out before you can finish, by name
- Finish and it resets, with the completed run kept in the logbook
- Half-finished lists survive being interrupted, backgrounded or the phone going flat
Servicing that comes to you
- Fifty-odd service items with realistic intervals — wheel bearings, brake magnets, gas leak tests, roof sealant, anode rods, cylinder test dates, tyres that age out before they wear out
- By date, by distance, or both — “12 months or 10,000 km, whichever comes first”, worked out properly
- Sorted by what bites first, not by which part of the van it is on
- Reminders before it falls due, at a notice period you choose
- Every interval is editable — corrugated dirt roads are not highway kilometres
A logbook worth handing over
- Every completed check and every service in one timeline, with dates, kilometres, who did it and what it cost
- Honest about what was missed — a run finished with three items undone records three items undone
- Share it as plain text for an insurer, a workshop, or a buyer
Your van's numbers, where you can read them
Tare, ATM, GTM and tow ball mass, your vehicle's GVM, GCM, towing capacity and tow ball limit, all in one screen with the arithmetic already done. It works out your payload, shows tow ball mass as a percentage of ATM, and says so plainly when the numbers cannot all be true at once — a van at ATM behind a vehicle at GVM that together exceed GCM is the combination almost nobody checks until a weighbridge tells them.
Alongside that: your van's height for low bridges and shade sails, tyre size and cold pressure, the DOT date code worked back into an age, and the dates that creep up on people — registration, insurance, and the ten-year stamp on your gas cylinders.
Built for the way it is actually used
The screen stays awake while you walk around the van. The tick target is big enough to hit with cold hands. Lists work with no signal, because the places worth towing to do not have any. Widgets put the next service and your part-finished checks on the home screen, and Siri will tell you what is due without opening anything.
Everything stays on the phone
There is no account, no sign-in and no server. Caravan Checklist makes no network requests of its own: your lists, your logbook and your van's details never leave the device.
The built-in content is general guidance for a typical Australian caravan. It is not a substitute for your van's own handbook, and gas and brake work must be carried out by a licensed person.