Campflare vs Routebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Campflare
This app helps you find last-minute camping spots in popular, sold-out campgrounds across the US. It sends instant notifications for cancellations and provides real-time availability for over 10,000 campgrounds. Explore parks on a map and discover public lands easily.
- Last-minute campsite availability notifications
- Real-time campground availability for 10,000+ locations
- Map-based exploration of parks and public lands
- Set alerts for multiple campgrounds
- View BLM, NPS, and USFS land on map
- See cell service coverage on map
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Our mission is to make our public lands more accessible to those who cannot plan camping trips 6 months in advance. Simply put, if a campsite suddenly becomes available – someone cancels their reservation – the app will send you a notification to let you know. Tens of thousands of people have booked trips to Yosemite, Zion, Joshua Tree, Yellowstone, & other popular places through Campflare. Everything is free, and it will stay that way to ensure equal access to our public lands. Availability Notifications: - Camp last minute in sold out campgrounds across the United States. - Receive notifications as soon as we detect an availability or cancellation. - Set alerts for as many campgrounds as you please. Discover Your Public Lands: - View real time availability for more than 10,000 campgrounds across federal and state parks in the United States. - Explore all campgrounds and parks on a map. - View BLM Land on a map. - View National Park Service Land on a map. - View US Forest Service Land on a map. - View Cell Service on a map. - See pictures and detailed descriptions of each campground. Plan and Monitor your Stay: - Find the closest available campground to popular destinations. - See alerts posted directly from parks concerning your trip. - Find last minute stays in the most beautiful parks.
Routebook
Connect with verified members to share rides and discover others traveling in the same direction. Make your existing journeys more social and cost-effective by finding fellow travelers.
- Verified member trust
- Shared trip planning
- Cost-sharing for drives
- Discover fellow travelers
- Social travel experience
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Someone's always going your way. Every day, people make the same journey without ever knowing it. Routebook changes that. Built on trust with verified members, shared trips, and contributions priced to cover the drive, not profit from it. The drive you're already taking could become someone else's way home.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Campflare at 4.9 against Routebook's 4.0. Campflare also leads on ratings volume (3.9K vs 7). Routebook's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Campflare holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Campflare has 3.9K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Campflare's written reviews are positive against 100% of Routebook's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Campflare ships an update every 5 weeks, Routebook every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Campflare | Routebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.9K ratings) — better | 4.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vay Technologies LLC | Rajiv Kataria |
Customer experience
Campflare
Routebook
Bugs and requests
Campflare
Reported bugs
2 issues- App gets stuck with no way to go back
- No campsites found for some popular parks
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to enlarge campsite photos
- More frequent campsite availability checks
- Clearer instructions and guidance
Routebook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Campflare
No in-app purchases
Routebook
No in-app purchases
