Cali Camp vs Ridwell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cali Camp
Stay connected with your child's day camp experience. Receive updates on daily activities, bus transportation, and important camp reminders. This app serves as a central hub for all information related to the camp.
- Daily activity updates
- Bus transportation notifications
- Special camp reminders
- Centralized camp information
- Parent communication tool
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The Cali Camp app will allow you to keep in touch with the daily activities at camp, receive bus transportation updates, get special camp reminders for your campers, and more. This is your one stop for everything Cali Camp! Cali-Camp is the Premier Day Camp in Topanga Canyon for children ages 4 - 14. Established 1955. The Children's Choice!
Ridwell
Easily dispose of hard-to-recycle items with convenient doorstep pickups. Schedule collections, track your impact, and feel good knowing your items are being reused or recycled by trusted partners.
- Schedule doorstep pickups
- Collect hard-to-recycle items
- Receive real-time notifications
- Track community impact
- Transparent item destinations
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Get rid of your stuff the right way with Ridwell. Seamlessly schedule your upcoming pickups, receive real-time notifications, and see the impact you’re making with the Ridwell community! Collect hard-to-recycle items in your Ridwell bags. We give you bags to store your plastic film, threads, and other hard-to-recycle things that might otherwise go to waste. Easy pickups from your front door. We come to your front door to pick up your stuff every two weeks. Just let us know when you have stuff to pick up! Feel great about where your stuff goes. You’ll always know where your stuff is going to be reused or recycled with one of our partners. Together, Ridwell members save tons from the landfill every year to support our community, keep our oceans clean, and build a brighter future. If you're in need of any support, please contact us at app@ridwell.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cali Camp at none against Ridwell's shown. Cali Camp also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Ridwell's advantage is ratings volume (8.9K vs 51). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Cali Camp against 4.9 for Ridwell. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ridwell has 8.9K ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Cali Camp | Ridwell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (51 ratings) — better | 4.9 (8.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 73.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 | 8.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cali Camp at Big Rock Ranch | Ridwell, Inc. |
Customer experience
Cali Camp
Ridwell
Bugs and requests
Cali Camp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ridwell
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incorrect pickup status notifications
- Drivers unable to access buildings
Requested features
3 requests- Advance scheduling for pickups
- More recycling categories
- Proactive notifications for missed pickups
In-app purchases
Cali Camp
No in-app purchases
Ridwell
No in-app purchases
