Boondocking vs Pingea
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Pingea
Organize, discover, and share favorite locations with friends. Find recommendations from trusted sources instead of relying on text messages. Explore new places easily.
- Organize favorite places
- Discover new locations
- Share recommendations with friends
- Get trusted suggestions
- Explore local spots
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Pingea is a better way to organize, discover and share your favorite places. Instead of texting your friends for new brunch spot ideas, simply download Pingea and discover recommendations from people you trust.
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Verdict
Boondocking and Pingea both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pingea's written reviews are positive against 51% of Boondocking's. Pingea also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Boondocking's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (9.5K vs 7). On rating, in-app purchases 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
Pingea is free to download; Boondocking costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Boondocking against 4.4 for Pingea. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boondocking has 9.5K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of Boondocking's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pingea's.
Boondocking ships an update every 4 weeks, Pingea every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boondocking | Pingea |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (9.5K ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9.5K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #11 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | William Modesitt | Pingea LLC |
Customer experience
Boondocking
Pingea
Bugs and requests
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
Pingea
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Boondocking
No in-app purchases
Pingea
No in-app purchases
