AllStays Camp & RV: Camping

Find parks, sites, campgrounds

Allstays LLC
App Store rating4.7★10.8K ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $9.99–$49.99
Age4+Store age rating
Size99 MBiPhone download
CategoryLifestyle
DeveloperAllstays LLC

What we found

Full report

Some warnings 8 users report the basics being behind a paywall; 7 users report an aggressive ad load and 1 more report. Nothing confirmed. Checked: 510 reviews, the store listing and the privacy label.

Money

  • Free to download · in-app purchases $9.99–$49.99 (10 listed, the most the App Store shows). Monthly plan $13.99 (about $168 a year); yearly plans $19.99, $34.99 and $49.99; 3-month plan $27.99 (about $112 a year). The other purchases’ names don’t say how often they bill.
  • If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.

Paywalls and prices

Pressure and ad claims

Ads

From our automated analysis, 27 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.

This analysis describes version 14.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-27 .

The store currently lists version 14.0, updated 2026-10-09.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Camp & RV is your gateway to adventure. It's time you enjoy the journey with the most popular camping app for RVers, adventurers, campers, hikers and more on phone and web!

We help you find and filter places and services with or without internet connection. Tents, RV resorts, parking lots, fuel, rest areas, repairs, tunnels, and even inclines. Get extensive filters and thousands of unique points you’ll only find on Camp & RV.

Camp & RV has been featured on the App Stores’ Featured Picks for “Travel, “Summer”, “Sun Road Trip” & “Great Outdoors”, Starbucks’ “Featured App”, and rated Excellent by Wired Mag. Our data was also featured in Harvard Business Review.

Your next outdoor adventure awaits you. Find campgrounds not available anywhere else & plan your next getaway right with Camp & RV.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

0 published · 5 shown, not confirmed

One source only — shown, not confirmed 5

Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.

Aggressive ad load

One source only

Aggressive ad load: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 73 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From App Store reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
1.4% of the 510 reviews read.

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app

One source only

Misleading advertising: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 85 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From App Store reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
1.2% of the 510 reviews read.

Paywall blocks the basics

One source only

Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 64 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From App Store reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
1.6% of the 510 reviews read.

States a price, or offers a one-time purchase

One source only

Reviewers report clear pricing: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 102 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From App Store reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The app's own text offers a one-time or lifetime purchase, or reviewers report that the price is stated clearly.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
1.0% of the 510 reviews read.

Usable without an account

One source only

The store privacy disclosure (3 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.

Sources
The store privacy disclosure
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From the App Store privacy disclosure

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.

Open evidence

Nothing was published as a thing to watch for in this assessment. That is not a finding that nothing is wrong with the app.

What reviewers report

510 reviews read · 4 review-based observations

510 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.

Aggressive ad load

Shown, not confirmed

Very Poor — Too many ads. Always trying to get you to upgrade. Other apps do a much better job without the hassle.

1★ · App Store · 2025-05-20

Was great, now not so much — Was my favorite campground finder until they discovered pop-up ads. I paid good money for the premium version, not to be force feed their ads.

4★ · App Store · 2025-05-06

Ads are insane — Every time you pause for a few moments, there are intrusive ads that take over most of the screen and require you to click an X to close them. I paid for this app fair and square and now I’m suddenly being exploited for…

1★ · App Store · 2025-03-03

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app

Shown, not confirmed

Bait and Switch — App sucks. Advertised as free but only useful if you pay. This is fine but be honest up front that the app is useless you pay.

1★ · App Store · 2026-07-12

Bait and switch — Paid but still have pop up ads. Dishonest if you ask me.

1★ · App Store · 2025-02-24

False advertising. — I love this app, however I originally paid for the app years ago and was told it was a lifetime subscription. Now the are asking for a yearly subscription. What gives, doesn’t lifetime mean lifetime?

1★ · App Store · 2025-01-01

Paywall blocks the basics

Shown, not confirmed

Paid for App, now they want a subscription. — They said paid members have the same features, but that’s not true. Now have to pay to see parking reports. You should refund us who supported you years ago.

1★ · App Store · 2026-10-11

Paid App Removes Features — Paid $10 for this app years ago, now the features I paid for have been placed behind a paywall. Same thing has happened with Campendium and other RV apps so it shouldn’t be surprising, but they started out…

1★ · App Store · 2026-09-05

Locked Behind Paywall — Can’t do a single thing without a pop up to join premium and pay $$$

1★ · App Store · 2026-04-30

States a price, or offers a one-time purchase

Shown, not confirmed

Forced upgrade — I am updating this review based on being contacted by the program owner. The program does in fact still work for my lifetime membership. The obstacles that I thought were, I believe current advertising in the app. So I am…

4★ · App Store · 2025-03-10

Several years — We purchased this several years ago when it was $9.99 one time fee. We have used this app many many times, I’m sure it’s worth the new price.

5★ · App Store · 2024-12-17

Customer Service?? — I have been using the app for 4 or 5 year’s and love that you can easily find the next rest stop,travel center or camp ground. I recently went into the app and there was something about an update. After hitting the…

4★ · App Store · 2023-08-13

A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.

Measurements

5 measured · 3 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Assessed 27 Oct 2026

This analysis describes version 14.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-27 .

The store currently lists version 14.0, updated 2026-10-09.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

App Store

Version 14.0 · 2026-10-09
Get ready for your next adventure with the latest and greatest version of AllStays. Happy camping! Love the app? Don't forget to leave us a review on the App Store. Your feedback keeps us motivated to keep improving. In this version, you will enjoy the following updates: Updated design for information on campground detail pages Full page view for search results to show more potential search options Recent search history to make it easier to find recently viewed locations New events section in POI pages for halloween to see events that are happenign around the country Minimap on POI page to view only the selected POI on the map to make it easier to see the location on the map itself…

Shortened here; the full notes are on the store listing.

Assessment record

Status
Automated analysis
App identifier
allstays-camp-and-rv-apple-370820516
Assessment date
27 Oct 2026
Sources used
3 independent signals: user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure
Reviews read
510
Package examined
No package scan
Human inspection
Not completed

Assessed 2026-10-27 from 510 user reviews, the store listing and its privacy label. We have not scanned the app's package, so nothing on this page was read from inside the app itself.

How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

How this page was produced

Analyzed 2026-10-27 Version analyzed: 14.03 independent signals510 reviews scannedConfidence: HighNot human-reviewedVocabulary v1.13Methodology v1.3
Signals run: user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure. Not yet checked: SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text and the app manifest.

Store facts

App Store

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

App Store

Store rating
4.65 ★ · 10,797 ratings
Version
14.0
Updated
9 Oct 2026
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
4+
Size
99 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
Allstays LLC
Category
Lifestyle
Listing price
Free · In-app purchases

Purchases the store lists

 What this app sells

From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.

Subscriptions7
AllStays Pro MonthlyMonthly$13.99
AllStays Pro QuarterlyEvery 3 months$27.99
AllStays Pro AnnualYearly$49.99
Annual AccessYearly$34.99
Annual 19.99, 7 DayYearly$19.99
30% off Annual SpecialYearly$34.99
50% off Annual SpecialYearly$34.99
Show 3 more purchases we couldn’t categorise

These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.

AllStays ProTerm not stated$34.99
AllStays ProTerm not stated$9.99
AllStays ProTerm not stated$19.99
This list is cut off. Apple shows at most 10 in-app purchases, and this app is at the limit — so it very likely sells more than we can see.

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

How the automated analysis works

This assessment is produced automatically. Three independent signals are read — user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.

No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.

There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.

Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A hands-on test can confirm or contradict a finding and adds its own measurements; it does not change a measurement row. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.

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