Boondocking vs Offbeat Attractions
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!
Offbeat Attractions
Discover over 22,300 unique and quirky roadside attractions across the US. Find fun, oddball, and strange places to visit, complete with addresses, weather, images, and contact information. Plan your route and get driving directions to these unusual destinations.
- Extensive database of 22,300+ attractions
- Address, weather, and contact information
- Flickr image search
- Internet search for attractions
- GPX file import for route planning
- Driving distance and time calculation
- Route display to attractions
- Submit new attraction suggestions
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Traveling to San Diego? Visit the World's Largest Lemon. In Las Vegas? Visit the Glow-In-The-Dark Kiss Mini-Golf. Stopping in Chicago? Visit the Hill Street Blues Police Station. Choose from over 22,300 offbeat roadside attractions from around the US! This app lists places and things that you would not normally think of visiting. These attractions are fun, oddball, strange and sometimes normal but have a uniqueness to them. Also included with each location is the address, weather, images from a Flickr search of the location, Internet search of the attraction, URL and phone number (if they exist), and more. - Import GPX files; this makes it much easier to find offbeat attractions along your route. - Show the driving distance and time between your location and an offbeat attraction. - Show a route between your location and an offbeat attraction. - Send offbeat attraction data directly to our Road Trip Planner app, or to Apple Maps. - Ability to submit new offbeat attractions for review and inclusion in a future update.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Boondocking at 9.5K against Offbeat Attractions's 846. Boondocking also leads on chart position (#13 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
Boondocking costs $0.99 and Offbeat Attractions $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 4.5 for Offbeat Attractions. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boondocking has 9.5K ratings behind it against 846, 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 45% of Offbeat Attractions's.
Boondocking ships an update every 4 weeks, Offbeat Attractions monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boondocking | Offbeat Attractions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (9.5K ratings) — better | 4.5 (846 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.5% of reviews — better | 45.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.5K — better | 846 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #13 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | William Modesitt | Kyle Modesitt |
Customer experience
Boondocking
Offbeat Attractions
User reviews
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
Offbeat Attractions
From 846 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Efficient app
- 💡 Unique attractions
- 👍 Good for road trips
- 👍 Helpful for finding hidden gems
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate location data
- 🐛 Missing attractions
- 👎 Lacking descriptions/information
- 👎 Outdated and incomplete
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
Offbeat Attractions
Reported bugs
2 issues- Database open errors
- Difficulty using the app and website
Requested features
3 requests- Add ability to add/suggest new attractions
- Provide more details and photos for each attraction
- Allow users to plan trips and see attractions along the route
In-app purchases
Boondocking
No in-app purchases
Offbeat Attractions
No in-app purchases
Questions
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