Comparison

Outdoor Afro vs Reflections By Rowdy

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

Head to head
About

Outdoor Afro

Connect with Black nature leaders and enthusiasts to discover local outdoor spots, trails, and destinations. Join guided experiences, plan your own adventures, and earn rewards while fostering community and wellness in nature.

Highlights
  • Discover local nature spots and trails
  • Join expert-guided adventures
  • Navigate with GPS maps
  • Plan and build your own trips
  • Connect with like-minded people
  • Earn rewards and badges
  • Learn from experts and get certified
Features
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We are all connected to nature in cultural, spiritual, social, and biological ways. The Outdoor Afro App provides connection between Black nature leaders and nature lovers—and everyone who loves connecting with people who love nature. Much more than a trails app, Outdoor Afro lets you discover vetted, local nature spots, trails, and destinations for all of your favorite sports, play, lifestyle, wellness, and exercise activities. Our mission is to inspire and support Black connection, leadership, and wellness in nature, so we’ve made it easy to find your fit in outdoor activities—on your own or with expert guides and enthusiasts who share their recommended spots and expertise, lead guided experiences, and become part of your community. Outdoor Afro rewards its most active users with gear, badges and even old school patches and badges, free and discounted gear and other goodies. Use Outdoor Afro to: • Join expert-guided adventures and experiences near you • Discover and navigate new trails, campsites, and other destinations with GPS maps • Explore fun, safe, vetted spots for any activity—for you, friends, family, and pets • Follow your favorite guides to get their latest recommended spots—and share your own • Plan and build adventures and trips of your own • Connect with people who love the activities/interests you love • Earn patches and badges—and discounted and free gear and goodies • Learn from the experts and get certified • Track your outdoor adventures and time outside And because we’re committed to strengthening Black connections to nature and protecting the nature spaces you love, you’ll also find: • Videos and other content about Black pioneers and innovators who’ve “walked the trails" before you • Civic leaders and organizations that can help preserve and conserve your local public lands, waterways, and wildlife

About

Reflections By Rowdy

This app provides faster and better support, keeps users updated on the latest news, and connects them with a community. It offers user-friendly tools designed for a great experience and welcomes user input and suggestions.

Highlights
  • Faster support
  • Latest news updates
  • Community connection
  • User-friendly tools
  • Feedback submission
Features
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We're excited to present you our official app! It was created with our valuable users in mind, so that you can benefit from faster and better support, stay up-to-date on the latest news, connect with our community, and make use of our tools. It's designed to be user-friendly and we hope you'll have a great experience using it! We value your input and welcome any suggestions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions or feedback!

Screenshots

Outdoor Afro4 screens
Reflections By Rowdy3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reflections By Rowdy at 100% against Outdoor Afro's 55%. Reflections By Rowdy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). Outdoor Afro's advantage is ratings volume (430 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reflections By Rowdy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outdoor Afro has 430 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Outdoor Afro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Reflections By Rowdy's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Outdoor Afro versus Reflections By Rowdy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOutdoor AfroReflections By Rowdy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (430 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings430 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB33 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperOutdoor AfroRowdy Solomon

Customer experience

Outdoor Afro

All ratings430 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.3%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive55.2%
Neutral17.2%
Negative27.6%

Reflections By Rowdy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Outdoor Afro

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • No button to close survey
  • App gets stuck on description section
  • Cannot complete required fields on waivers
  • Event recommendations not local
  • No notifications for new events
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  • No notifications when moving from waitlist to attending
  • Location defaults to incorrect region/city
  • Unable to message leaders except through events
  • Suggested activities not linked to leaders
  • Events not showing up in feed
  • Search finds events but doesn't display

Requested features

10 requests
  • Option to opt out of event surveys
  • Include chapters like Meetup
  • See who is coming to events
  • Dark mode option
  • Actual photos of each event
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  • Organize app by chapter
  • In-app payment or links
  • Improve location filtering
  • Clearer benefit of following leaders
  • Sync with calendar

Reflections By Rowdy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Outdoor Afro

No in-app purchases

None

Reflections By Rowdy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Outdoor Afro free?
Outdoor Afro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reflections By Rowdy free?
Reflections By Rowdy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Outdoor Afro or Reflections By Rowdy?
Reflections By Rowdy is rated higher. Outdoor Afro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 430 ratings, while Reflections By Rowdy averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Outdoor Afro or Reflections By Rowdy have ads?
Neither Outdoor Afro nor Reflections By Rowdy shows ads.

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