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CamperMate vs Trek Eleven.

Short answer: both are free. Pick CamperMate if you need downloadable offline maps or an Android app today, or you also travel in New Zealand. Pick Trek Eleven, which we make, if you want to see the source and the date behind every fact, and to look around without an account.

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A white four-wheel drive parked on a sandy beach below dunes, with the sea on the left and a blue sky above.
Photo by Corey Serravite on Unsplash. For illustration only: it is not a place we have checked.

The short version

  • We make Trek Eleven, so we have a stake in your choice. We have not tested CamperMate ourselves.
  • CamperMate is free, on iPhone and Android, with downloadable maps and community reviews and updates.12
  • Trek Eleven is free, needs no account to look around, and shows when each fact was last checked.3

Side by side

Read on 5 November 2026.

CamperMate from its own store listing and website; Trek Eleven from our help pages.
CamperMateTrek Eleven (ours)
CostFreeFree
PhonesiPhone, AndroidiPhone, and in your browser; Android coming
CountriesAustralia and New ZealandAustralia
OfflineDownloadable mapsSaved and recent places open with no signal; full offline maps planned4
DataCommunity reviews and updates12Government lists and open data, each fact with its source and date

Pick this if

  • CamperMate if you need maps with no signal now, you are on Android, or the trip crosses the Tasman.
  • Trek Eleven if you want to know who said a fact and when, set your rig once for access notes, and look around without signing in.
  • Both if you like a second opinion: they are both free.

Where CamperMate is ahead

CamperMate is on Android today, has downloadable offline maps and covers New Zealand as well.1 Its places carry community reviews and updates; Trek Eleven has very few reviews so far.2 Trek Eleven is newer and smaller. Full offline maps are not here yet, and most places have not been checked by us. Each place page says so plainly.

Questions

Are both apps free?

Yes. CamperMate's listing says it is free, and Trek Eleven is free to use, with no account needed to look around.4

Which one works with no signal?

CamperMate has downloadable maps. In Trek Eleven, saved and recent places open with no signal, and full offline maps are planned.

What other apps are there?

See the camping apps compared or WikiCamps alternatives.

Try Trek Eleven

Get it in the App Store for iPhone, or open it in your browser. Whichever app you use, check fire bans and closures with the official source before you go.

Find places near you

Our region and Camping near pages list the campsites, caravan parks and rest areas on record in every state and territory, from open data. Each place says whether Trek Eleven has checked it, and unchecked places are only suggestions. They do not say that camping is allowed, free or open, so read the sources above first.

South West WAPerth and PeelMid West and Coral CoastPilbaraKimberleyGoldfields and NullarborNorthern Rivers and Coffs CoastNew England and North WestHunter and Central CoastSydney, Blue Mountains and IllawarraSouth Coast, Snowy Mountains and CanberraCentral WestRiverina and MurrayFar West and Outback NSWGreat Ocean Road, Grampians and WimmeraMelbourne and Central VictoriaGippslandHigh Country and MurrayMildura and the MalleeFar North Queensland and Cape YorkMackay, Whitsundays and TownsvilleCapricorn and Fraser CoastBrisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine CoastDarling Downs and MaranoaQueensland OutbackAdelaide, Fleurieu and YorkeLimestone Coast and RiverlandEyre Peninsula and NullarborFlinders Ranges and OutbackTasmaniaNorthern TerritoryAll regions

Open the app in your browser

Sources

Every claim about another app above comes from that app's own App Store listing or website, and every claim about Trek Eleven from our own help pages, written up in our own words. We read each page on 5 November 2026. Apps change, so open the listing itself before you rely on it.

  1. CamperMate: Australia and NZApple App Store. Checked . The listing shows no date for these details.
  2. CamperMateCamperMate. Checked . The page shows no date.
  3. How we checkTrek Eleven. Checked . The page shows no date.
  4. Help and FAQTrek Eleven. Checked . The page shows no date.

This guide is general information, not legal advice. Trek Eleven has not visited the places it mentions and does not say that any of them is open, safe or allowed.

Check before you go

Apps change their features and phones often. Every claim about CamperMate here comes from its own App Store listing or website, read on the date shown in the sources. Check the store listing before you rely on it, and check fire bans and closures with the official sources before you travel.

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