Dispersed Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience52.6% of reviews
Neutral15.8% of reviews
Negative experience31.6% of reviews

~ Based on 19 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Dispersed Safe?

Dispersed - Free Camping appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Dispersed is 80/100.

This assessment is based on 55 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.2/5.

Safety Analysis

76.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
9.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
14.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 55 App Store ratings for Dispersed.

Is Dispersed Legit?

Dispersed - Free Camping appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Dispersed is 65/100.

Based on 65 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Lots of undiscovered campsites

This app has many campsites that do not commonly appear in other camping apps.

Planning

Excellent on a recent x-c motorcycle camping trip NC to CA

Great Info

I’ve used this App several times in the Hoosier national forest and the locations have been dead on. There are sights not listed. But it’s got all the official ones. I even use it while driving in forests.

Great Options for Free and Paid Camping

I have used the app extensively in the south east US. There is a great deal of information for both free and paid camping, you just need to decide which best meets your needs for the trip. Easy to use, great detail

Helpful

I’ve found some great camping spots using this app.

Great app for finding dispersed campsites

Excellent and very friendly app, with a direct link to Google Maps or Maps for driving directions. Only reason I’m giving 4 stars out of 5 is because I wish they would have more campsites in the areas where we camp.

Super helpful and well designed

Makes finding spots in the east much easier! Instead of searching every park website, I can view almost everything in one place! The map usability/display is very good as well

Sick of these

I’m so sick of these template vibe apps. The data seems off in California and the UI is not great. Why are the buttons all different colors and sizes. Just a sign of someone who doesn’t care and wants to make an easy buck

Response from developer

The different colors represent the different agencies that maintain each campsite. I could do a better job of presenting a legend in the app, though, that's fair. This isn't a template app, though. It's just me: I've camped on public land for many years and personally went through hundreds of Forest Service district maps to build the camping roads layer, and I've been building software professionally for over 20 years, specifically in the world of mapping and public data. I'd really like to know what looked off in California. I watch this category very closely and I'm beyond confident we've got the most accurate data from all of the apps on the market. If you can email me at support@wmbitfarm.com with the area or campground, I'll dig in, or you can use "Suggest a correction" on any site. Thanks for taking the time. -Casey

Poorly made app

I downloaded the app hoping for a nice thing showing dispersed camp site but like most of them were paid? Like whats the point of this app, i dont feel like it actally give you good info and it feels bad to use.

Response from developer

Be sure to look at the filters section and turn off the paid ones--roughly 2/3rds of the 50,000 campsites in Dispersed are free, but we also show really affordable paid sites on public land that are managed directly by the USFS and BLM.

Great app

Pleasantly surprised to see how comprehensive this app is and the features it provides for the cost. The free tier is excellent but the premium tier is half the price of others and provides everything I need. This app lists several campsites in my area that I was aware of but that other apps overlooked. Kudos to the developers.
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Not free

You have to pay if you wanna do anything

Not much information

This app has almost no information about any of its sites. It is hard to find exactly where it is. It’s just not a very good app. Do yourself a favor and pass this one up.

Could have sworn it said “free trial.”

Nope, instantly charged my account. So many ‘hidden gems’ are just regular pay campsites. Eh.

Response from developer

Hi, what you are describing is not possible--the free trial is managed by Apple directly and all users get access to it. It's beyond my control as a developer to bypass the free trial, its built into Apple's billing system. It's possible you had already used a free trial in the past, as Apple will only grant you one trial per account. Best, Casey

Hard to use and not enough information to warrant a paid version.

I find the map legend difficult to decipher. I don’t think a paid version of this is gonna be very helpful. There’s no information about cell phone signal strength in the paid version. That’s a real key component for me.

Response from developer

We'd love for you to give us another try. Cellular coverage is going live in our next release, and it will be a free feature, too!

Mostly Paid Sites

I got really excited when I opened this app started seeing tons of free labeled hidden gems! Come to find out not a single one of the places I found on the app was actually free, just regular paid campsites. I’m sure there are locations where this app works better, but from my testing the info’s not reliable.
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Response from developer

Hi Timothy, Would you mind contacting us at support@wmbitfarm.com and sharing the location where you found this data so we can fix it? We're working hard to cross-validate all the hidden gems as sometimes the public data sources have some gaps.

Huge Selection from a Small App

Your app is amazing! I wish I had more money to donate or something but the fact that you are putting the hidden gems into the free tier just made me so happy. I hope this is a lucrative app that takes off for you because I had a great time using it this spring with my girlfriend, and it was super useful!
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Meh

Might was well call this app 4x4, way too many are only accessible with high clearance vehicles. Also I ran into a few that are “no overnight camping”

Response from developer

We do our best to validate all data in Dispersed, but sometimes we miss things or users submit something inaccurate. Please report data inaccuracies with the flag tool on the campsites card as we have an active moderation pool that fixes these issues when reported. As far as high clearance issues, much of the public land in the USA is quite remote, be sure to use the camping road layer and satellite views to plan accordingly!

I feel like it has promise but..

I feel like this would be a good app and useful but as soon as I downloaded it and click to open nothing loads up so yea..

Response from developer

Would love for you to give this another shot, its possible you opened up right when we were undergoing some maintenance!

Lots of promise

I know it’s a brand new app, but I can see lots of promise in the design. Looking forward to putting it to use!