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CAMPS Australia Wide vs Trek Eleven.

Short answer: pick CAMPS if you mostly chase budget and free sites, want offline maps or an Android or iPad app today, and like a team that says it checks its listings. Pick Trek Eleven, which we make, if you want a free app that shows the source and date behind every fact.

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A small tent pitched on grass beside a wooden picnic table, with bush behind.
Photo by Mark Direen on Pexels. 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 the CAMPS app ourselves.
  • CAMPS has a free trial, then a yearly plan, on iPhone, iPad and Android, with offline maps.1
  • Trek Eleven is free, needs no account to look around, and shows when each fact was last checked.2

Side by side

Read on 5 November 2026.

CAMPS from its own store listing and website; Trek Eleven from our help pages.
CAMPS Australia WideTrek Eleven (ours)
CostFree trial, then a yearly planFree
PhonesiPhone, iPad, AndroidiPhone, and in your browser; Android coming
OfflineOffline maps1Saved and recent places open with no signal; full offline maps planned3
DataSays its listings are personally checked, plus user reviews4Government lists and open data, each fact with its source and date
Best forBudget and free sitesKnowing how fresh a fact is

Pick this if

  • CAMPS if budget and free sites are most of your trip, you want maps with no signal now, or you plan on an iPad or Android.
  • 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: Trek Eleven costs nothing to add.

Where CAMPS is ahead

CAMPS is on Android and iPad today, has offline maps, and says its listings are personally checked, with user reviews on top.14 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

Is Trek Eleven free?

Yes. It is free to use, with no account needed to look around.3

Does Trek Eleven work with no signal?

Places you save, and places you looked at recently, open with no signal. The map needs a connection for now, 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. CAMPS: Camping Australia WideApple App Store. Checked . The listing shows no date for these details.
  2. How we checkTrek Eleven. Checked . The page shows no date.
  3. Help and FAQTrek Eleven. Checked . The page shows no date.
  4. Camps Australia WideCamps Australia Wide. 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 prices, features and phones often. Every claim about CAMPS here comes from its own App Store listing or website, read on the date shown in the sources. Check the store listing before you buy, and check fire bans and closures with the official sources before you travel.

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