Pop Queue vs Hiking & Camping Survival Kit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pop Queue
Discover less crowded places worldwide and plan your next outing. This app uses anonymous data to show popularity without needing location services. It also integrates ride-sharing for convenient travel to your chosen destination.
- Find popular places worldwide
- Anonymous popularity data
- Over 30 discovery categories
- Integrated ride sharing
- Customizable location search
- Easy navigation
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Bored on a Saturday? Cannot find a place that isn’t crowded? Pop Queue is the answer! Find out which places are crowded or not. Capable of even requesting a ride share to the destination. It even can search for your favorite location to view how crowded it is. You don't even need to have location services enabled. Features: - Find popular places in every location in the entire world. - Uses anonymous popularity data without having to track your location. - Over 30 categories to help discover your next adventure. - Ride sharing is enabled to reach your destination hassle free. - Search is available to customize finding your favorite spot. - Simple to use and easy to navigate using your favorite map app.
Hiking & Camping Survival Kit
This app provides essential tools for outdoor activities like hiking and camping. It offers navigation aids, weather forecasts, and safety features, with advanced options available through a Pro upgrade.
- Accurate compass
- Real-time weather data
- Elevation tracking
- Emergency whistle
- SOS signal light
- Offline functionality
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You set off knowing exactly where you're headed. An hour up the trail, you're less sure — which way is north, how much daylight is left, whether that stream is safe to drink. Hiking & Camping Survival Kit puts more than a dozen outdoor tools in one app, and the ones you'd reach for in a pinch work with no cell signal at all. Out in the field, your phone is the device you're already carrying. But a screen full of single-purpose apps lets you down the moment half of them stall, waiting for a signal that never comes. This is the one app that's ready the second you open it — compass swinging to north, elevation on screen, SOS a tap away. NEVER LOSE YOUR BEARINGS • A compass that points north instantly, no signal required • Wayfinding — drop a pin at camp or the trailhead and follow a live distance and direction straight back to it • Save GPS coordinates for camps, springs, and trailheads, and find them again later • Live elevation read straight from your location SIGNAL FOR HELP WHEN IT COUNTS • One-tap SOS that strobes the Morse distress signal into the dark • An emergency whistle loud enough to carry, with steady and SOS patterns • A bright flashlight the moment the sun drops READ THE SKY AND THE LAND • Current conditions and the forecast for exactly where you're standing • Sunrise, sunset, and moon phase, so you're never pitching a tent in the dark • A water purification timer with the right boil times, so what you drink is safe DIALED IN FOR REAL FIELDWORK • A genuinely great level for pitching a tent, leveling a camp stove, or squaring a shelf — with crisp haptic feedback • A noise meter to check how loud camp really is • A battery saver to stretch every last percent when the nearest outlet is days away BUILT FOR REAL LIFE • Day hikers who got caught out past sunset once and never want to be again • Backpackers and campers who want camp set up right the first time • Preppers and bushcrafters who need core tools that work when the grid — and the signal — don't • Hunters and anglers marking spots they'll want to find again • Anyone who'd rather trust one solid app than a pocket full of gadgets Your saved places stay on your device, and your location is only ever used to power the tools in front of you — compass, elevation, weather, and wayfinding. The essentials are free: compass, level, flashlight, SOS, emergency whistle, noise meter, sun and moon, and battery saver. Go Pro to unlock GPS wayfinding, detailed hourly and 7-day weather, advanced signaling and water-safety methods, unlimited saved locations, and an ad-free app. Survival Kit Pro is a subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ You can't always choose when things go sideways outdoors. You can choose to be ready for it. Pack Hiking & Camping Survival Kit before your next trip — and head out knowing you've got what you need.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Hiking & Camping Survival Kit at none against Pop Queue's shown. Hiking & Camping Survival Kit also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 2). Pop Queue's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pop Queue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hiking & Camping Survival Kit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pop Queue against 5.0 for Hiking & Camping Survival Kit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively.
Pop Queue ships an update weekly, Hiking & Camping Survival Kit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pop Queue | Hiking & Camping Survival Kit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Thompson | Mobile Card Games & Travel Apps LLC |
Customer experience
Pop Queue
Hiking & Camping Survival Kit
In-app purchases
Pop Queue
- Ad Free Version$1.99
Hiking & Camping Survival Kit
- Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
- Annual Subscription$19.991 Year
- Hiking Tools Pro$2.99







