BaseCampEd vs Backwood
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BaseCampEd
Connect with other parents and educators to support homeschooling. Organize events, join discussions, and find local tutors or teachers for in-home lessons. Offers subscription plans for educators to unlock advanced features.
- Form parent groups
- Organize homeschooling events
- Engage in discussions
- Search for parents and teachers
- Create educator profiles
- Offer in-home lessons
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BaseCampEd provides a platform for parents to form groups, organize events, and engage in discussions to support each other's homeschooling journey. Parents will be able to search for other parents and teachers based on location, academic subjects, or extracurricular activities. The app also enables teachers, tutors, and coaches to create profiles and offer private in-home lessons to assist parents in their homeschooling endeavors. In-app Subscriptions: We offer three subscription plans: - Basic Plan - Standard Plan - Premium Plan These are auto-renewable subscriptions designed to unlock additional features for educators using the platform. Once you subscribe, the payment will be charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of your current billing period. You can easily manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple account settings. For more information, please see our: Privacy Policy: https://www.basecamped.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.basecamped.com/terms-of-service
Backwood
Connect with local communities for sports and outdoor adventures. Discover new spots for activities like fishing, hiking, and off-roading. Organize group meetups, share locations, and compete on leaderboards.
- Local sports and outdoor community
- Discover new adventure spots
- Organize group meetups and challenges
- Interactive map with shared coordinates
- Seasonal leaderboards and rewards
- Private and public sharing options
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Your Local Social, Sports & Outdoor Community. Meet. Compete. Explore. Drop Meetups or Challenges on Local Sports Courts. Find new spots for fishing, hiking, camping, cycling, dirt biking, ATV riding, 4x4 off-roading & more. Challenge route courses with checkpoints and time leaderboards. Meet / Compete in basketball, fishing, running, biking, climbing and more. Climb seasonal leaderboards and earn rewards. Pin your favorite spots and plan group adventure or travel meetups on an interactive map. Share precise coordinates for fishing holes, trailheads, or off-road rally points. Save photos and videos to personal hotspots so you can revisit (and share) adventures anytime. Discover hidden riding routes, fishing access, campsites, hiking paths, climbing crags, and off-road lines. Search by activity, location, or distance. Build your crew. Connect with friends and like-minded adventurers. Share pins and media privately with your group or post publicly to the Backwood community. Swap insider tips, recommend trails, and coordinate group outings—seamlessly. No AI. No data brokers. No tracking. No spam. No BS. Join your local Social, Sports & Outdoors Community. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://backwood.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Backwood at every 6 days against BaseCampEd's every 2 weeks. Backwood also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. BaseCampEd sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per year and Backwood sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BaseCampEd against 5.0 for Backwood. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 13 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
BaseCampEd ships an update every 2 weeks, Backwood every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BaseCampEd | Backwood |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Globe Toddlers LLC | Tech G Labs |
Customer experience
BaseCampEd
Backwood
In-app purchases
BaseCampEd
- Membership$5.001 Year
- Standard Plan$23.991 Month
- Membership2 variants$25.001 Year
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- Basic Plan$69.991 Year
- Standard Plan$139.991 Year
- Basic Plan$139.991 Year
- Basic Plan$185.991 Year
- Premium Plan$279.991 Year
- Standard Plan$279.991 Year
- Standard Plan$374.991 Year
- Premium Plan$559.991 Year
- Premium Plan$749.991 Year
Backwood
- Backwood Monthly Supporter$4.991 Month
- Backwood Yearly Supporter$59.991 Year
- 5,000 Backwood Credits$4.99
- 10,000 Backwood Credits$9.99
- 15,000 Backwood Credits$14.99
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- 25,000 Backwood Credits$24.99
- 50,000 Backwood Credits$49.99
