If you are looking for apps to make your RV life easier, then you have landed at the right spot. We have compiled a list of over 50 apps to make RV life easy and fun. We have also included a few websites that are a must for every RVer. So let's jump right in and talk about what these apps can do for you!
Best RV Safety Apps
1. 5-0 Radio Police Scanner
Apple: Free
Easily find out about weather, news, and crime happening around you. Includes live police, firefighter, emergency news, and ham radios. Android does have similar apps available.
2. First Aid - American Red Cross
Android/Apple: Free
Provides expert step by step first aid advice for everyday emergencies. It also has videos and interactive quizzes. The American Red Cross has many apps: Pet First Aid, Tornado, Hurricane, Earthquake, and Emergency.
3. Windy
Android/Apple: Free
Great app for weather tracking. It provides a basic forecast, wind forecast, waves forecast, wind gusts, dew point, precipitation, pressure, and of course, temperature. You can also set up weather alerts.
4. Raindar
Android: Free
Displays animated doppler weather over google maps. Automatically finds your location when you open the app.
Best RV Boondocking Apps
5. Harvest Host
Android/Apple: Membership Required
Harvest Hosts is a membership network of 900+ wineries, breweries, farms, golf courses, and attractions that allows you to overnight for free. It is so much better than sleeping in a Walmart parking lot. When you sign up for Harvest Hosts, be sure to use our affiliate code YOUMERV to save 15% on your membership.
6. Boondockers Welcome
Website/ Not an app (YET): Membership Required
I know this is not really an app, but I couldn't skip out on Boondockers Welcome. It is an excellent resource to boondock for free. This site pairs you up with people who allow you to boondock on their property for free. Most of the hosts are also RVers, so they understand the needs that come with the lifestyle. When you join Boondockers Welcome, be sure to use our affiliate code YouMeRV to save on your membership.
7. Overnight RV Parking
Android/Apple: Annual Fee
It contains over 14,000 free overnight parking and no parking locations in the US and Canada. Search by current location, zip code, providence code, or city and state.
8. USFS and BLM Campgrounds
Apple: $0.99
This app has over 5,800 US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) campgrounds throughout the US. These campgrounds are free or low cost.
9. RV Dump Station Finder/Sanidumps
Apple/Website: $0.99 for app/Website is free
Sanidumps is my favorite website to find dump stations when we are boondocking. It has over 17,000 dump sites listed and provides the cost of the dump station. RV Dump Station Finder is the app companion. The app allows you to filter dump stations by price and location.
10. Free Campsites
Website: Free
Free Campsites is a community-built database of free campsites and also pay campgrounds. New sites are added regularly.
11. Free Roam
Android/Apple: Free
This app helps you find free campsites on BLM and USFS land and includes cell coverage map overlays. It also includes filters for finding dumpsites, water, propane, gyms, showers, cell towers, and more.
12. HipCamp
Website: Free
HipCamp is a camping version of Airbnb. You choose your site and pay the owner of the property online. It has unique camping experiences on over 300,000 campsites, ranches, vineyards, public parks, and more throughout the US.
Getting There
13. Toll guru
Android/Apple: Free
Computes toll costs for cars, trucks, trailers, bus, RV, and motorcycles for toll roads, bridges, tunnels, and turnpikes in the US, Canada, Mexico, and India. Will compute the cheapest route. Includes many types of EZ Pass costs.
14. RV Trip Wizard
Website: Subscription
RV Trip Wizard is an amazing website that makes trip planning easy and keeps you organized. You can set your preferred driving distance or time, and it will help you plan within that window. It has over 17k campgrounds and 57k points of interest. I have been using this website since we hit the road over a year ago and can't imagine planning without it.
Save 25% with our code: YOUMERV
15. iExit
Android/Apple: Free
Let's you know what truck friendly businesses are at each interstate exit, including current diesel prices (updated daily). Also includes truck scales, truck parking, rest areas, Walmarts, and more.
16. Mileage Keeper
Apple: Free
Mileage Keeper was created to track your fuel economy by odometer and fuel costs. I have also created vehicles to track tolls, propane, def, and RV washes.
17. Gas Buddy
Android/Apple: Free
This app helps you find the lowest fuel prices. You can filter for price, location, brand, and other amenities such as restaurants and bathrooms.
18. Interstate Rest Areas
Website: Free
Interstate Rest Area is a website that provides a map of all the rest areas in the US. It includes the amenities at each rest area and the rules for overnight parking in each state.
19. Fuelly
Android/Apple: In App Purchase
Fuelly tracks your vehicle's fuel economy and maintenance records. You can even set reminders for maintenance, such as oil changes.
Fun & Helpful
20. Blue Beacon
Android/Apple: Free
This is a Blue Beacon Truck Wash locator in the US and Canada. It allows you to search by city and state.
21. Roadside America
Website: Free/Apple: In App Purchases
Roadside America is a website and app that will help you find unique roadside attractions throughout the United States. Find the most unique and funny places such as route 66 sights, caves, the world's largest and smallest sights, strange museums, bizarre architecture, and more.
22. Satellite Pointer
Android/Apple: Free
Satellite Pointer helps you set up your TV dish quickly and easily by directing your phone to the sky to find satellites. The database has over 200 satellites.
23. Sky Map
Android: Free
Sky Map is a hand-held planetarium that identifies stars, planets, nebulae, and more.
24. Night Sky
Android/Apple: Free
Identifies stars, planets, constellations, and satellites by holding your phone up to the sky.
25. Map My Ride
Android/Apple: Free
Track your walk, ride, or hike with this app. It will track your time and distance using GPS. Can track over 600 different sports activities.
More of the Best RV Apps
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