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StayFree: Camping Vanlife App
StayFree GmbH · 1,886 ratings · ★ 3.9
3.9
★★★★★
1,886 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 39 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"free"
8 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I just got this today and very disappointed. It only shows locations. No information at all. I can get same from maps and I have free apps that give more information on locations. Not worth paying for so have cancelled and got refund" - Indigo River
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"find"
7 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Forced subscription only to find coverage much poorer than Park4night." - Richard Hewitt
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"camping"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "paid membership required. VERY FEW camping spots listed." - Luis Amador
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"spots"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "paid membership required. VERY FEW camping spots listed." - Luis Amador
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"shows"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "well it shows nothing. I'm not signing up for premium just to see if it works" - Cym Mitch
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"nothing"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "well it shows nothing. I'm not signing up for premium just to see if it works" - Cym Mitch
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"sign"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "well it shows nothing. I'm not signing up for premium just to see if it works" - Cym Mitch
📋 All 39 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
too slow, poor info for UK.
bud experience. app doesn't even open.
paid membership required. VERY FEW camping spots listed.
Expensive
Useless!
Really not very good. Unreliable data. There are much better apps available.
well it shows nothing. I'm not signing up for premium just to see if it works
don't pay for this app it's not worth it
shows nothing. garbage app. even Walmart isn't on their app. also requires you to give them your email address which is a violation of my privacy. uninstalled. don't recommend
this popped up before i could even use the app
Paid for nothing
Downloaded and installed only to find out its over £4 a month. So no thanks. Uninstalled
paid app membership the worst kind of paid app.but they dont tell you untill you do all the bs sign up
why should everyone have to register to use these apps your requesting us to share our personal details. it isn't and shouldn't be mandatory. anyone can make up some details to register. so therefore it isn't protecting anyone
Need to subscribe and pay. No way to unsubscribe or delete as app says "please wait" for forever
I don't want to pay for this. Had all my details off me before getting to the page where it tried to finger my wallet.
I just got this today and very disappointed. It only shows locations. No information at all. I can get same from maps and I have free apps that give more information on locations. Not worth paying for so have cancelled and got refund
The whole idea of this app is to encourage people to publish camper spots, including unofficial ones. Please don't. Look at Southern Europe and you see the effects: The coast is overcrowded with RVs and vans because it has become so easy to find informal spots. Former campsite customers became "wild campers" thanks to apps like this one. Local people are rightfully annoyed and demand bans. And authorities put bans in more and more areas. Let's save informal camping. Let's stop sharing!
Not very good for where I am at in Canada. Couldn't find anything and it shows lots of other places like shopping and restaurants on the map. I guess this is helpful for other but this is a camping app and I don't want to see anything but what has to do with camping.
Junk.
I have been charged for this app. I didn't install it or sign up for it. I came here to see what it is.
Can't do much anything with free version useless.
Useless, joined doesn't show anything. Deleted 10 minutes later
Had to sign up for something. Nothing is more evil than Sign In With Google 🤢🤮
Be advised, you have to have or get an account to use
false advertisement no free campsites
Unable to find well known national parks. Waste of time.
Couldn't find any free places. Altogether not very intuitive to use.
Scrolled and zoomed in/out all over UK, 0 spots...
Scammy free trial, no free sites, all kinds of permissions to even work. Waste of phone space
What does free mean ?
The sites listed should have more info such as pricing. Took a quick look around my area and I know for a fact none of the sites listed are free. Not sure why it's called StayFree
Sadly, this won't work on my phone. It says Acquiring location... and refuses to work. There is problem with the GPS: it has 5he location. The app has location access permissions, but it just doesn't work. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling. I tried removing and granting permissions. Next I'll just uninstall. No idea if it is any good. I never got that far.
Have to sign up before trying that's a no
Forced subscription only to find coverage much poorer than Park4night.
Horrible port of an app
It is much less informative and convenient to use than other apps, for instance, park4night. Uninstalled...
Very similar to park4night, but it has way less places in the database and no option for "offline" use. It has some potentially interesting features tough... However, the name of the app is a bit misleading, because it is a paying app, (currently ~14 euro/year), so a bit on the expensive side... Per total, p4n is cheaper and so far has the biggest database for vanlife / motorhome users in Europe.
really difficult to maneuver in the app, not vary informative. i didn't find any spots for free camping
Sentiment summary
71%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)