Campflare vs Alphabet Adventures
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.
Alphabet Adventures
Document your travels by capturing a unique memory for each letter of the alphabet. Add photos, stories, and locations to create a personalized travel journal. Collaborate with companions and relive your adventures through a letter-by-letter slideshow.
- Alphabetized travel memories
- Photo and story capture
- Map pinning for locations
- Collaborative adventures
- Letter-by-letter slideshow
- Trip organization tools
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Turn every trip into a keepsake, one letter at a time. Alphabet Adventures is a travel memory journal with a simple twist: on every adventure, you collect one memory for each letter of the alphabet. A is for the airport croissant. B is for the bridge you crossed at sunset. Z is for... well, that's the fun part. Instead of a camera roll you'll never scroll back through, you end each trip with 26 little stories — photographed, pinned on a map, and told in your own words. HOW IT WORKS Start an adventure for your trip — a honeymoon, a road trip, a wedding weekend, a semester abroad Fill each letter with a memory: add photos, write the story, and drop a pin where it happened Watch your alphabet fill up as the trip unfolds — the hunt for tricky letters becomes a game the whole family plays Relive it all as a beautiful letter-by-letter slideshow when you're home BETTER TOGETHER Invite your travel companions to collaborate. Everyone can add memories to the same adventure, so the alphabet fills with each person's point of view — including the moments you missed. EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE Trip dates, destinations, and notes keep each adventure organized Map pins turn your memories into a personal map of everywhere you've been Your photos and stories stay private to you and the people you invite WHY THE ALPHABET? Because "take more photos" isn't a plan, but "we still need J" is. The alphabet gives your trip a gentle scavenger hunt: it nudges you to notice the small stuff — street signs, strange fruit, funny mishaps — that turns out to be what you remember most. Start free with your first adventure. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited adventures. Your next trip is coming. Bring home the whole alphabet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Campflare at none against Alphabet Adventures's 1. Campflare also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3.9K vs 1). Alphabet Adventures's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). On price, rating, 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. Alphabet Adventures sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Campflare asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Campflare against 5.0 for Alphabet Adventures. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Campflare has 3.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Campflare's written reviews are positive against 100% of Alphabet Adventures's.
Campflare ships an update every 5 weeks, Alphabet Adventures every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Campflare | Alphabet Adventures |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.9K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vay Technologies LLC | KGS Ventures, LLC |
Customer experience
Campflare
Alphabet Adventures
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
Alphabet Adventures
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Campflare
No in-app purchases
Alphabet Adventures
- Alphabet Adventures Premium$12.00
Questions
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