Comparison

Parks Seeker vs ParksConnect

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

Head to head
About

Parks Seeker

Track your visits to national parks across the US and Canada. Log your check-ins with GPS, earn badges, and create wish lists for future adventures. Share your progress and photos with friends.

Highlights
  • Track visited and to-visit parks
  • Detailed park information
  • GPS check-ins for visits
  • Earn badges for park visits
  • Photo gallery for check-ins
  • Create park wish lists
  • Sync across devices
Features
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How many national parks have you explored? With Parks Seeker, track your progress as you visit the national parks of the United States and Canada. View detailed information about each park, check in with your GPS location when you arrive, and share your progress, badges, and photos with friends. Parks Seeker records each park you've been to, and lets you create a wish list of the ones you'd like to travel to next! You can expand with many other types of parks, too, including the United States of America's National Battlefields, Forests, Grasslands, Historic Sites, Historical Parks, Lakeshores and Seashores, Memorials, Monuments, Preserves & Reserves, Recreation Areas, and Scenic Areas, plus Canada's National Parks and Landmarks! With Parks Seeker, you can: • Easily track your progress of parks visited and those still waiting to be explored • View detailed information about all 63 national parks • View an interactive map displaying parks and your check-ins • Check in to parks based on your current location, or create check-ins for past visits • Earn badges for different types and times of park visits • Add a photo to each check-in and view a gallery of all of your photos • Sync check-ins between multiple devices with Dropbox. • Share your visits and badges through social media, e-mail and text • Create a wish list of the parks you’d like to visit next • Locate the park closest to you based on your current GPS location Parks Seeker includes all 63 of the United States' active National Parks: Acadia · American Samoa · Arches · Badlands · Big Bend · Biscayne · Black Canyon of The Gunnison · Bryce Canyon · Canyonlands · Capitol Reef · Carlsbad Caverns · Channel Islands · Congaree · Crater Lake · Cuyahoga Valley · Death Valley · Denali · Dry Tortugas · Everglades · Gates of the Arctic · Gateway Arch · Glacier · Glacier Bay · Grand Canyon · Grand Teton · Great Basin · Great Sand Dunes · Great Smoky Mountains · Guadalupe Mountains · Haleakalā · Hawai'i Volcanoes · Hot Springs · Indiana Dunes · Isle Royale · Joshua Tree · Katmai · Kenai Fjords · Kings Canyon · Kobuk Valley · Lake Clark · Lassen Volcanic · Mammoth Cave · Mesa Verde · Mount Rainier · New River Gorge · North Cascades · Olympic · Petrified Forest · Pinnacles · Redwood · Rocky Mountain · Saguaro · Sequoia · Shenandoah · Theodore Roosevelt · Virgin Islands · Voyageurs · White Sands · Wind Cave · Wrangell–St. Elias · Yellowstone · Yosemite · Zion If you like Parks Seeker, you may also enjoy Summit Seeker—the app that tracks your progress conquering the highest point in all 50 states! Parks Seeker can use your GPS location to find the closest park to you, but the app does not require data or cellular service to use most features! Learn more at www.parksseeker.com

About

ParksConnect

Explore the U.S. National Park System with this interactive travel guide. Access park maps, detailed descriptions, and photos to plan your next adventure. Discover both remote wilderness and historical sites.

Highlights
  • Interactive U.S. National Park System map
  • Park descriptions and photos
  • Offline access to official park maps
  • Points of interest on maps
  • Explore wilderness and historical sites
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ParksConnect presents this interactive travel guide to the U.S National Park System. With locations ranging from remote wilderness areas to historical sites, this app provides access to park maps, photos, descriptions, and more. Use the app to explore the National Park System and plan your next park visit. App features include: • Interactive map to the U.S National Park System • Park descriptions, photos, and image gallery • Offline access to official park maps with points of interest

Screenshots

Parks Seeker4 screens
ParksConnect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Parks Seeker at 93% against ParksConnect's 50%. Parks Seeker also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 10 months). ParksConnect's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Parks Seeker sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and ParksConnect sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Parks Seeker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Parks Seeker has 90 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Parks Seeker's written reviews are positive against 50% of ParksConnect's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Parks Seeker ships an update every 6 weeks, ParksConnect every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Parks Seeker versus ParksConnect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParks SeekerParksConnect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (90 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings90 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 10 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB478 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMark SandellParksConnect

Customer experience

Parks Seeker

All ratings90 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.1%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

ParksConnect

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Parks Seeker

One-time10
  • National Battlefields$0.99
  • National Recreation Areas$0.99
  • National Lakeshores/Seashores$0.99
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  • National Preserves & Reserves$0.99
  • National Historic Sites$1.99
  • National Memorials$1.99
  • National Historical Parks$1.99
  • National Forests$2.99
  • National Monuments$2.99
  • All Bundles$12.99
1 purchases

ParksConnect

One-time1
  • ParksConnect Upgrade$4.99

Questions

Is Parks Seeker free?
Parks Seeker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ParksConnect free?
ParksConnect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Parks Seeker or ParksConnect?
Parks Seeker is rated higher. Parks Seeker averages 4.6 out of 5 from 90 ratings, while ParksConnect averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Parks Seeker or ParksConnect have ads?
Parks Seeker shows ads; ParksConnect does not.
Which is updated more often, Parks Seeker or ParksConnect?
Parks Seeker ships an update every 6 weeks, and ParksConnect every 10 months. Most recently, Parks Seeker was updated on September 17, 2026 and ParksConnect on September 21, 2026.

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