Looking for an iOverlander alternative?

boondock is a us public-lands camping app at $35 a year. fresh agency data. offline maps. no paywall on the free database.

What happened with iOverlander 2.

in april 2025, ioverlander shipped v2. most of the data the community built over a decade got moved behind a paywall.

the free tier was cut to a single region with no search. paid tiers run $59.99 a year for 3 states, or $99.99 a year for global access.

in january 2026, both tiers got a price hike. app store reviews dropped to mostly 1 and 2 stars over the change.

Boondock vs iOverlander 2.

different products, honestly compared. ioverlander 2 still wins on global coverage. boondock wins on us-focus, price, and data freshness.

Where the data comes from matters.

ioverlander's data is user-submitted. that's why the original was great. it's also why the paywall hurt: users built the moat and didn't own it.

boondock's data comes from federal sources. ridb, blm, nps, the recreation information database. you can verify any site against its agency listing.

the trade-off: boondock doesn't have user tips on water spigots, free fuel, or roadside spots. for those, ioverlander or community forums are still the best option.

Who Boondock is for, who it isn't.

boondock is for you if: you camp on us public lands. you want offline maps. you'd rather pay $35 once a year for a single app.

stay on ioverlander if: you travel pan-american. you need fuel pumps and water sources outside the us. you rely on user reports for non-camping pois.

most people end up using both: ioverlander free tier for non-camping pois, boondock for us camping. that's fine. boondock costs less than half what ioverlander 2 costs alone.

How to move your saved sites.

no auto-import exists yet. but for us camping, your saved ioverlander spots are almost all on blm, usfs, or nps land. boondock has them indexed.

• install boondock and browse by state.
• search by coordinates or by site name.
• save each site as a favorite.
• download the offline map for the regions you visit most.

for non-camping pois (water, fuel, propane), keep using your existing tool. boondock doesn't replace those.

Questions ex-iOverlander users ask first.

is it really $35 a year? yes. monthly is $4.99, yearly is $35, lifetime is $49. there's no $35 trial that converts to $99.

does the free tier search the whole us? yes. browse, filter, view every site. no region lock. no ads. no email harvest.

can i camp on canadian or mexican public lands? not in v1. boondock indexes us federal and state agency data. international comes later when the data is comparable.

can i contribute new sites? not in v1. user submissions are how the original ioverlander built its moat, and how it later got paywalled. boondock keeps the data pipeline tied to public agency sources.

what happens if a site is wrong? email support, the fix lands within a week. boondock pulls fresh data from the agency on every sync, so the upstream correction propagates automatically.

is there a free trial of premium? no. the free tier is the trial. it never expires. you only pay when you want offline maps or cell coverage data.

Related reading.

our long-form post on the paywall: ioverlander 2 paywall, explained.

our explainer on agency rules: blm camping rules and usfs camping rules.

our pricing page: boondock pricing. four ways to pay. one app.