Hipcamp: Camping & Glamping
82
Quality Score
Excellent
Hipcamp: Camping & Glamping
by Hipcamp, Inc
High confidence
✍️ GetAppValue analysis
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Hipcamp: Camping & Glamping is an iOS app from Hipcamp, Inc in the Travel category, currently rated 4.8★ across 50,443 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 82: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Travel app, that means strong product-market fit. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tierFREE
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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$85K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $65K – $115K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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Pays back in ~4 months at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (91 MB) | +$16K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$20K |
Total estimate
$85K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$350K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $275K – $475K · 17× MRR multiple
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~4.1× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
5.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
550K
Daily active
82K
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: review-mined risks present
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Stalled · 38/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)no growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.3
Product Quality
8.2
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
3.8
Market Position
1.2
Operational Safety
2.4
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.84★ across 50,443 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: High — 5.2% refund mentions, scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -1.56 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Vulnerable. Quality drift + slow updates create a clear opening for a fresh competitor with active dev cadence.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 12-22× monthly = $60K-$110K. Portfolio play ($20K/mo combined) commands premium. Discount applied for operational risk..
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (50,443 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v4.18.0
• Improved sign-in flow
• Extras deeplink now works end-to-end
• Easier account deletion for social sign-in users
• New location permissions primer
• Minor bug fixes
• Extras deeplink now works end-to-end
• Easier account deletion for social sign-in users
• New location permissions primer
• Minor bug fixes
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Hipcamp: Camping & Glamping
- Developer
- Hipcamp, Inc
- Bundle ID
- com.hipcamp.pocketknife
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $20.8K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 3.14★ · 46.9% 5★ · 38.8% 1★
5★23 (47%)
4★3 (6%)
3★0 (0%)
2★4 (8%)
1★19 (39%)
+308 ratings/week
Praise: great ×10 love ×5 best ×2 recommend ×2 awesome ×1Complaints: overpriced ×2 bug ×1 refund ×1 hate ×1 broken ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ 🏕️Birthday Wknd! 🎉
One never knows what to expect of a place one has never stayed at. Especially, when traveling with novice campers. However, this place is magical. From the plethora of orchards, to the rolling hills, to the quiet & serenity this place p…
★★★★★ Double D Orchards
We had a short stay here and Dirk was a very generous host. Easy to communicate with, the property had great amenities- clean toilet, sink and shower. Large communal fire pit and social area. We were not there long enough to enjoy it but wi…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Please just send me the instructions in an email
Do not make me use your app.…
★☆☆☆☆ Full camp
Beware if you are trusting this app with confirmation or you will end like myself and a 6 year old going to a camp site and just to find out they are full and the app send a lot of request even if they are booked. No hard filling for the …
📈Ratings growth53,618 ratings+11431% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter6 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline6 releases tracked
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
The go-to camping app for truck campers, overlanders, RVers, and tent campers in the United States. The Hipcamp app has everywhere you want to camp on one map—from national parks to blueberry farms.
THE #1 CAMPING APP
• PLAN: Explore our comprehensive maps and see real-time availability for all your favorite spots.
• SEARCH: See last-minute availability for nearby campsites from the road.
• DISCOVER: Find everything from one-of-a-kind experiences on farms and ranches to well equipped RV resorts.… View full description on the official store →
THE #1 CAMPING APP
• PLAN: Explore our comprehensive maps and see real-time availability for all your favorite spots.
• SEARCH: See last-minute availability for nearby campsites from the road.
• DISCOVER: Find everything from one-of-a-kind experiences on farms and ranches to well equipped RV resorts.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 91 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v4.18.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
24 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-07
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Shipped update — v4.17.0 → v4.18.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +716 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v4.16.0 → v4.17.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$19.5K/mo · reviews +2,012 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v4.15.0 → v4.16.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,713 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v4.14.0 → v4.15.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,512 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v4.13.0 → v4.14.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,016 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
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Monetization changed: freemium → free
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,016 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
📈
Crossed 50,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +1,016 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.3K/mo · rating +0.77★ · reviews +48,029 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.02 → 4.80 (improved 0.78★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.3K/mo · rating +0.77★ · reviews +48,029 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.3K/mo · rating +0.77★ · reviews +48,030 medium · co-occurring
2024-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +35 high confidence
2024-05
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +35 high confidence
2024-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.94 → 4.33 (improved 0.39★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.10★ · reviews +34 medium · co-occurring
2024-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.10★ · reviews +34 medium · co-occurring
2024-03
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.29★ · reviews +58 low · multiple changes
2024-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.45 → 3.94 (improved 0.49★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.39★ · reviews +24 high confidence
2024-01
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.13 → 3.45 (improved 0.32★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.49★ · reviews +14 high confidence
2023-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ medium · co-occurring
2023-10
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ medium · co-occurring
2023-10
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.67 → 3.29 (dropped 0.38★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.05★ low · multiple changes
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Voice of Customer
Based on 615 reviews across 4 markets● 79% positive · ● 5% neutral · ● 16% negative · Rating drift: -1.56★ (declining — recent 50: 3.28★ vs lifetime: 4.84★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇺🇸 US
+0.57
🇦🇺 AU
+0.56
🇬🇧 GB
+0.53
🇨🇦 CA
+0.37
Top praise themes
highly recommend ×24 last minute ×11 fire pit ×9 hidden gem ×8 stay again ×8 camp site ×8 highly recommended ×7 off grid ×7
Top complaint themes
customer service ×18 service fee ×8 customer support ×7 cancellation policy ×7 camp site ×5 started getting ×4 host refund ×4 camp sites ×4
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 5.2% Fraud / scam mentions: 1.1%
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — hipcamp.com
- Mail provider
- Google Workspace
- Tech stack
- Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) · Meta (Facebook) Ads · Google Workspace · SendGrid
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 4 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.78605★ | 21,631 | 4.78605★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.8028★ | 3,646 | 4.8028★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.81322★ | 1,301 | 4.81322★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.84734★ | 53,991 | 4.84734★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Hipcamp: Camping & Glamping: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 50,443 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Hipcamp make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Hipcamp earns approximately $20K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
What apps are like Hipcamp?▴
Browse the full Travel category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
Who makes Hipcamp?▴
Hipcamp is published by Hipcamp, Inc on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is Hipcamp's BU Score?▴
Hipcamp has a BU Score of 82/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.