FAAwait vs Boondocking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FAAwait
Get real-time updates on air traffic delays at all U.S. airports. Monitor departure and arrival delays, ground stops, and ground delays to anticipate potential travel disruptions.
- Real-time U.S. airport delay data
- Tracks departure and arrival delays
- Monitors ground stops
- Monitors ground delays
- Utilizes FAA data feed
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FAAwait provides real-time access to current air traffic delays at all U.S. airports. It utilizes a data feed maintained by the FAA that tracks departure and arrival delays, ground stops, and ground delays. To access this information, an active internet connection (WiFi or cellular) is required. FAAwait does NOT provide status information for specific flights. But by monitoring airport traffic conditions, you can often anticipate delays that may impact your travel, sometimes before the airlines themselves officially update their schedules. For more information on FAAwait, refer to the links below. Note: This application is not provided or endorsed by the FAA.
Boondocking
Discover over 2,100 free camping locations, primarily in the US, with detailed information available even offline. This crowdsourced app helps you find remote spots, check driving distances, view local weather, and filter options like water and toilet availability.
- 2,100+ free boondocking locations
- Offline access to location data
- Driving distance and time calculation
- Multiple map types (e.g., Open Street Map)
- Local weather information
- Filter locations by amenities
- Mark favorite locations
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Boondocking usually refers to free camping in remote areas. This app shows over 2,100 free boondocking locations (and growing), most within the US. The boondocking locations are obtained from crowdsourcing and are therefore subjective in nature. What one person describes as beautiful another may describe as worthless. - No Internet needed as the boondocking locations are contained with the app. - Shows driving distance and time from your current location to the boondocking location. - View multiple map types such as Open Street Map. - Get info about each boondocking location, even when offline. - Mark locations as Favorite locations. - Get the local weather for the location. - Find nearby hiking and biking locations. - View Flickr photos for the location (when available). - Filter the locations (water, toilets, big rig friendly, etc) so you only view the locations you what to see. - Send location data directly to our Road Trip Planner app. - No login or subscription necessary. Just start the app and use it! Happy Camping!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Boondocking at 4.6 against FAAwait's 4.1. Boondocking also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (9.5K vs 37). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
FAAwait costs $0.99 and Boondocking $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Boondocking holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boondocking has 9.5K ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of FAAwait's written reviews are positive against 51% of Boondocking's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FAAwait ships an update every 10 months, Boondocking every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FAAwait | Boondocking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (37 ratings) | 4.6 (9.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.8% of reviews — better | 51.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 | 9.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #38 | #11 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bryan Figler | William Modesitt |
Customer experience
FAAwait
Boondocking
User reviews
FAAwait
From 37 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Invaluable for pilots
- 👍 Accurate delay information
- 👍 Essential for frequent travelers
- 👍 Real-time updates
- 👍 Great synopsis for ATC delays
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- 🐛 Inaccurate information
- 🐛 No map displayed
- 🐛 App not working
- 🐛 Connection errors
Boondocking
From 9.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Best kept secret
- 👍 Excellent app
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Accurate, updated, helpful
- 👍 Great travel tool
Room to improve
- 🐛 Needs anyone's ability to comment on sites
- 🐛 Nice concept but can't see the filters even when it says they are applied
- 🐛 User I/F needs great deal of work to make it more user friendly
- 🐛 Interrupts me to beg for a review
- 🐛 Not much here unless I'm missing something
Bugs and requests
FAAwait
Reported bugs
21 issues- Some functions aren’t working
- FAA OIS Board not working
- No map displayed after updating to iPadOS17
- Map has disappeared after iPadOS 17
- APP was great until iPadOS 17 then the map basically has disappeared
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- App cannot communicate with FAA servers
- Crashes immediately after last update
- New update makes app unusable
- App crashes every time I open
- Latest update crashes
- Will not open
- Shows daylight time instead of standard time
- Does not switch to UTC when selected
- No connect issues
- Broken App
- Constantly gives a Connection error message
- Connection error
- App is broken
- Worthless
- App no longer works
- App closed unexpectedly
Requested features
8 requests- Needs to be updated
- Proper updates to bring app into 2026
- iPad version needed
- iPad App needed
- Search airport function
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- Scope of delay programs indicated
- Legend colors match map colors
- Access to airline delays
Boondocking
Reported bugs
5 issues- Filters not working properly
- Outdated location information
- Inability to add new locations
- Incompatibility with older devices
- Crashes and freezes
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to save locations
- Ability to make and see comments and/or reviews of the spots from other people who have stayed
- More user entries for boondocks locations
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
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- Good guide to public libraries
In-app purchases
FAAwait
No in-app purchases
Boondocking
No in-app purchases
