Van Maps vs Camping Checklist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Van Maps
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Find RV camping and camper van overnight spots with Van Maps. Discover places to park, rest, and plan your next road-trip stop with confidence. Van Maps helps camper van, RV, and motorhome travelers find community-shared places for the night, compare the details that matter, and save useful stops for future trips. Plan better overnight stops: - Explore community-shared places to park, rest, and stay overnight. - Filter by amenities, price, facilities, height limits, and stay permissions. - Check reviews, traveler photos, and weather before you arrive. - Save favorite spots and organize future road trips. - See distance from your current location to the next stop. - Add new places and help other road travelers discover useful stops. Whether you are planning a weekend RV camping trip, searching for a camper van overnight stop, or building a longer road trip, Van Maps keeps the essentials in one place. Download Van Maps and find your next RV camping stop. Privacy Policy: https://www.vanmaps.life/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.vanmaps.life/terms
Camping Checklist
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Forgot the tent stakes. Left the fuel canister on the kitchen counter. Discovered the headlamp batteries were dead at dusk. Bivouac exists so that never happens again. Most packing apps are built for airports. Bivouac is built for the trailhead: a 20-item core camp kit you tune per trip, three proven templates, a progress ring that tells you the moment you are ready, and a field journal that keeps last trip's lesson next to this trip's list. No account, no signal required. WHAT YOU GET • Arrive at camp with every critical piece of gear — a core kit covering shelter, sleep, lighting, water, cooking, food, tools, safety, clothing and navigation • Pack for this trip, not every trip — toggle gear in or out per outing, then check it off as it hits the pack • Know exactly how ready you are — a packed-versus-total ring shows the percentage and flips to READY when the last item is in • Start from a kit that already works — apply the Ultralight, Weekend or Winter template in one tap and adjust from there • Stop repeating the same mistake — log date, location, weather and the lesson after every night out, sorted newest first • Make the kit yours — add custom gear with its own icon and category, or reset to the default kit before a new season PERFECT FOR • Fast-and-light overnighters who count every gram • Weekend backcountry trips that need a full 2–3 night setup • Cold-weather outings where one missing layer is a real problem • Car camping with the crew, when someone always asks who brought the stove WHY NOT JUST USE A NOTES APP? A note does not know that a tarp replaces a tent on an ultralight trip. It does not clear the checkmarks when you unpack, and it buries the lesson from Lost Coast three screens away from the list for Yosemite. Bivouac keeps the kit, the per-trip toggles and the field notes in one place, so the next pack-out starts from what you learned, not from a blank page. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Everything lives on your device. No sign-up, no login, no analytics, no ads, and nothing leaves the phone. Open it at a trailhead with zero bars and it works exactly the same. FULL ACCESS Bivouac is a paid app. Full access is available as a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled in your App Store account settings. The lifetime option is a single payment with no renewal. Download Bivouac, apply the Weekend template, and have a complete kit checked off before your next night out. Terms of Service: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Support: pnkhanhlinh0206@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Camping Checklist at none against Van Maps's shown. Van Maps's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Van Maps sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Camping Checklist sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Van Maps ships an update every 3 weeks, Camping Checklist every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Van Maps | Camping Checklist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aitor Salvador | Linh Phan Nhat Khanh |
In-app purchases
Van Maps
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Premium Owner - 1 month$1.991 Month
- 6 Month Subscription$4.996 Months
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- Annual Subscription$7.991 Year
- Premium Owner - 6 months$8.996 Months
- Premium Owner - Annual$12.991 Year
Camping Checklist
- Bivouac Camp Checklist Weekly$2.997 Days
- Bivouac Camp Checklist Yearly$14.991 Year
- Ultralight Kit Lifetime$29.99









