Trying to make a better camping discovery app, looking for feedback
Posted by lucfon@reddit | overlanding | View on Reddit | 2 comments
Been slowly building a little side project for myself called camphive.app
The idea is basically:
- find campgrounds and overnight spots
- discover scenic places nearby
- community photos and reviews
- AI-generated “Vistas Score” for how beautiful an area is
I originally thought the scenery score would be the whole point of the app, but over time it became more of a fun extra feature instead of the main thing.
It’s web-only for now and totally free. Mostly just looking for honest feedback from people who actually camp, road trip, sleep in their car, van, etc.
If you check it out, I’d seriously appreciate:
- bug reports
- ideas
- feature suggestions
- criticism
- places that should be added
- literally anything useful
Trying to make it genuinely helpful, not another spammy camping app.
testsubject1137@reddit
Truthfully, I wouldn’t use this. I’m going to continue to use something like freecampsites.net, which are crowdsourced, much more developed, and not AI-built. Sure maybe not as pretty, but far more mature.
I do not want anything AI in my camping experience.
lucfon@reddit (OP)
Completely fair, and I totally respect wanting to keep the outdoors analog! Just to clear up one thing: the app isn't AI-built, it's meant to be community-driven.
I built this tool for myself because I was frustrated with paying for apps like iOverlander just to struggle with a terrible UI. The AI is strictly a temporary baseline for the initial 12,000 spots so users didn't start with a blank canvas. Those scores will automatically shift based entirely on real community reviews.
Funnily enough, using those initial AI vista scores actually helped me discover some amazing gems in California I’d completely missed before. Totally get sticking with the tried-and-true mature sites for now, though!