iDatabase vs Camping List
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iDatabase
Create and manage custom databases, inventories, and collections with ease. Organize personal or professional information using pre-built templates or design your own. Secure your data with a PIN and back it up to cloud storage.
- Custom database creation
- Pre-built templates
- Variety of field types
- Search and sort functionality
- PIN protection
- Cloud backup (Dropbox)
- Data sharing
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CREATE DATABASES IN SECONDS iDatabase is the simplest way to create and manage databases on your iPhone and iPad. No technical skills required. Organize work or personal information and find everything in seconds. FAST AND INTUITIVE A clean modern interface designed for touch. Everything feels fast and easy. Full Dark Mode support and smooth navigation across the app. YOUR DATA ALWAYS IN SYNC Your databases stay up to date everywhere. Edit a record on iPhone or iPad and find it instantly on your Mac on every device with iDatabase 26. Save your databases to iCloud access previous versions and choose where to store them. START FAST CUSTOMIZE FREELY Get started with built in templates for contacts inventories expenses projects recipes and more. Customize them or create your own. iDatabase supports all essential field types including text numbers dates images links email phone numbers checkboxes password fields choices and calculated fields. FIND ANYTHING INSTANTLY Search your data in seconds. Sort by any field. Organize records with Smart Groups that update automatically. Use Apple Intelligence Writing Tools to correct rewrite and compose text directly in your fields. Share or import data via CSV or other apps. Your data is always available even offline. FLEXIBLE PURCHASE OPTIONS iDatabase is available as a one time purchase or subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Privacy Policy: https://www.apimac.com/about/privacy/ https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Camping List
Create and manage reusable camping checklists with pre-loaded categories like clothes, cooking, and equipment. Easily add, edit, and organize items, then share your lists via PDF. Perfect for planning any outdoor adventure.
- Pre-loaded camping sub-lists
- Add, delete, and modify items
- Check/uncheck items
- Copy, paste, and delete items
- Share and print via PDF
- Reset lists for reuse
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Camping List is a clean, simple, reusable checklist app, pre-loaded with an initial collection of useful camping-related sub-lists, such as "Clothes", "Cooking and Dining", and "Equipment". Each list contains useful items you might take on a camping trip. Add, delete, and modify the items and lists as you please. - Tap on a Sublist to navigate, or tap on an Item to Check or Uncheck that Item. - Press and hold to Copy, Paste, or Delete Items - Share and print your list via PDF - Reset the entire list, or individual Sublists, in order to use them over and over again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: iDatabase at Free against Camping List's $3.99. iDatabase also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months). Camping List's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (63% vs 52%). On ads and device support 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
iDatabase is free to download; Camping List costs $3.99 up front. iDatabase sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Camping List asks for nothing beyond the download.
iDatabase ships an update fortnightly, Camping List every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iDatabase | Camping List |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (510 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews | 63.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 510 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apimac | Engineered Stuff |
Customer experience
iDatabase
Camping List
User reviews
iDatabase
From 510 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Simple database creation
- 📸 Ability to attach photos
- 💾 Dropbox backup/restore
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🔗 Dropbox linking issues
- 📁 Limited export/import options
- 🔍 Lacking advanced search/filter features
- 💻 No iPad or desktop version
Camping List
From App Store reviewsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- ✅ Customizable lists
- ✨ Sub-lists feature
- 🆓 Ad-free experience
- 🏕️ Tailored for camping
Room to improve
- 🐛 Data loss after updates
- 📉 Loss of custom items
- ❌ No way to reset lists
- 🚫 Preloaded lists missing
- 🗙 Cluttered text display
Bugs and requests
iDatabase
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when adding photos
- Inability to open databases
- Data loss and corruption issues
- Syncing problems between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add iCloud support
- Improve Dropbox integration
- Enhance sorting and filtering capabilities
- Introduce currency and calculation fields
- Provide a more user-friendly interface
Camping List
Reported bugs
15 issues- Custom items disappeared after update
- App not working on iPhone after iOS update
- Doesn't save new items or checked items
- Keeps shutting off
- Preloaded menu missing
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- Can't reset list
- Suggested lists gone after reinstall
- App crashes or shuts off
- Text is clustered and frustrating to read
- No sub categories
- Kicked off when going to certain lists
- App crashes when trying to add items
- Doesn't work in iOS 5, keeps resetting
- Counterintuitive to edit/add items
- App closes when selecting cancel or adding items
Requested features
55 requests- iCloud syncing between devices
- Import items from spreadsheets/CSV/XML
- Print button for checklists
- Direct printing option
- Clear all checked items at once
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- Sort lists manually
- Make letters smaller
- Text wrapping for full item visibility
- Quantities for items
- Directions on how to use the app
- Print lists separately and email separately
- Put lists in alphabetical order
- Gray out options once ticked off
- Sync list between devices via cloud
- Control which lists are sent via email
- Editing existing items instead of deleting and writing new ones
- Copying whole lists
- Emailing specific sublists
- Option to tick packed items or cross them out
- List sharing across devices and users
- Show only unchecked items feature
- Get rid of background image
- Hide checked items
- Large list of items to pick from
- Make a list for leaving the campsite
- Single tap to check/uncheck
- Tags for trip-specific items
- Copy, move, and rename improvements
- Save backup on the cloud or online
- Create different trip lists (e.g., cabin trip, ATV trip)
- Color change for list title or simpler list distinction
- Separate and move created lists to the front page
- What I need to buy list
- Export lists from iPad to iPod
- Number of items in stock (inventory)
- Quantity functionality
- Better way to add items to a list (e.g., '+' sign)
- Photo 'tag' function for each item
- Change quantities
- Link to directly AirPrint the list
- Recognize category when adding an item
- Single tap to check/uncheck
- Tags for trip-specific items
- Reset button for menus
- Different master lists (e.g., Primitive vs. Non-primitive, seasons)
- Search function
- Badge reminder for unchecked items
- Auto-alphabetizing of new items
- Copy/paste a whole checklist
- Mutual subfolder for more than one checklist
- Ask how many of each item
- Make multiple master checklists
- Sharing lists between other app users
- Repeat list function for family members
- Shipping list/still need to buy option
In-app purchases
iDatabase
- Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Annual Subscription1 Month trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime License$79.99
Camping List
No in-app purchases









