Comparison

RV Help vs RigSense

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

RV Help

Connect with verified mobile RV service professionals for repairs and maintenance. Schedule appointments, track service history, and manage your RV's upkeep conveniently.

Highlights
  • Find vetted mobile RV service providers
  • Book service appointments
  • Track maintenance history
  • Manage repairs
  • Convenient RV upkeep
Features
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Find and book vetted mobile RV service providers near you. Track maintenance, repairs and more.

About

RigSense

Monitor your RV's resources, connect hardware, and discover campsites. Plan routes, track your journey, and keep pets safe with this comprehensive travel companion.

Highlights
  • Resource monitoring (water, energy, propane, waste)
  • Hardware integration (sensors, batteries, solar)
  • Campsite discovery and evaluation
  • RV-safe route planning
  • Solar compass and dark sky tools
  • Group coordination and travel planning
  • Pet safety temperature monitoring
Features
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RigSense tells you how long you can stay boondocking in your RV. Enter your levels or pair your sensors, and it counts the days until your water, power, propane or tanks run out, or your stay limit is up. HOW LONG YOU CAN STAY • One countdown covers fresh water, battery, propane, the grey and black tanks, and the stay limit. • The card names what runs out first, like "Water runs out first." • It starts from your rig profile and learns from the stays you finish. On the planning screen, a confidence label shows how far along it is. • A level you haven't entered reads "Not set up," never a made-up number. YOUR HARDWARE IN ONE PLACE • Bluetooth: Mopeka propane sensors, SeeLevel tank monitors, Ruuvi tags, SOK batteries, TireMinder and generic Bluetooth tire sensors, Power Watchdog, LevelMate, and Victron devices. • Victron VRM in the cloud, or a Victron GX on your rig's Wi-Fi. Peplink routers and Starlink dishes on your local network. • Live readings on your gauges come with RigSense Connected. CHECK A SPOT BEFORE YOU GO • Drop a pin for Location Insight. Weather alerts, fire risk, flood risk and the forecast are free. • Map layers: public land (BLM, Forest Service, National Parks, Fish & Wildlife, state land), active fire perimeters and satellite hotspots, FEMA flood zones, river flood stages and active floods, National Weather Service warning areas, rain, clouds, temperature, pressure, rivers and lakes, and dark sky. • More than 5,500 federal campgrounds from Recreation.gov, with a rig-length filter. With Connected, RigSense watches a sold-out campground and tells you when it finds an opening. FIND WHAT YOU NEED • Find fuel nearby for free. With Connected, also find dump stations, water fill, propane, groceries, laundry, ice and trash, near you or on your way out. • Check Feasibility checks the road to a spot against your rig. Low bridge and tunnel warnings and propane bans within 15 miles are free. Connected adds the verdict, plus closed and posted bridges. • Download a topographic map region for when the signal drops. SAFETY ALERTS, FREE • National Weather Service alerts, with the warned area drawn on the map. Air quality alerts, and an optional alert when the pressure changes fast. TOOLS FOR CAMP • A pet safety card checks how hot or cold your parked rig is getting against each pet's breed, and sends a notification when it's time to check on a pet, if notifications are on. The most sensitive pet sets the level. • Solar compass with an AR camera view, the sun's path and your panel window. • Leveling guide, generator runtime at altitude, and a tire pressure calculator. • Setup, pack-up and Leave No Trace checklists. Maintenance reminders by date, with mileage logged. A history of your stays. • Ask RigSense answers questions about your rig. It needs an iPhone with Apple Intelligence. CONVOYS Join friends with an invite code. Your position is shared only if you turn it on. Convoys need a free account. FREE AND RIGSENSE CONNECTED Free: the countdown with levels you enter, safety alerts, the free Location Insight rows, the tools, convoys, 10 saved spots, one offline map region and one campground search a day. Map layers and Location Insight need a free account. RigSense Connected adds live sensor readings, the full Location Insight with cell coverage, Starlink and dark sky, the cell and Starlink map layers, the other resupply finders, campground availability alerts, unlimited saved spots, offline regions and campground searches, Stay Trends, and community spots. $3.99 a month or $29.99 a year, each with a 14-day free trial. Subscriptions renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. PRIVACY No ads, and no third-party tracking or analytics. Usage stats go only to RigSense. You can turn them off, or delete your account, in Settings. Ask RigSense runs on your iPhone. Requires an iPhone with iOS 26.2 or later. Terms of Use (EULA): https://getrigsense.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://getrigsense.com/privacy

Screenshots

RV Help4 screens
RigSense4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RigSense at 5.0 against RV Help's 4.0. RigSense also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). RV Help's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (42 vs 3). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RigSense sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. RV Help asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RigSense holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RV Help has 42 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of RV Help's written reviews are positive against 100% of RigSense's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RV Help ships an update every 11 days, RigSense every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
RV Help versus RigSense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRV HelpRigSense
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (42 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRV Help IncTopo Intel LLC

Customer experience

RV Help

All ratings43 ratings
Positive72.1%
Neutral2.3%
Negative25.6%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative12.5%

RigSense

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RV Help

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

RigSense

Subscriptions2
  • RigSense Connected Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • RigSense Connected Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is RV Help free?
RV Help is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RigSense free?
RigSense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RV Help or RigSense?
RigSense is rated higher. RV Help averages 4.0 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while RigSense averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do RV Help or RigSense have ads?
Neither RV Help nor RigSense shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RV Help or RigSense?
RV Help ships an update every 11 days, and RigSense every 8 days. Most recently, RV Help was updated on November 8, 2026 and RigSense on November 7, 2026.

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