Wikicamps App

Pam · Guru

Wikicamps App

Dougwe · Chief one feather

I paid twice Pam. It's such a great App I had no problem with the small cost.

Enjoy Wiki but make sure you add comments etc as you go. It's only as good as we make it.

Keep safe on the roads.

Pam · Guru

Thanks Dougwe

brickies · Guru

Things may have different now but when we got the Wiki app could only load it onto Iphone or Ipad , We could not download onto our laptop .

migra · Senior Member

you can have it on multiple devices providing they are using the same platform e.g. android

download the app for the free trial and it will explain to you what platforms are available..

If it used on the one platform it is a once only cost. I use it on 2 phones and notebook...1 cost.

Krusty · Senior Member

I paid twice. Once for my IPad which I use while working out where to stop next (bigger pictures) and the other for my IPhone which I use for directions to get me there whilst driving. Well worth the money!!

Bruce and Bev · Guru

you can have it on any device, but you pay the one off fee for each of them.......

Allow yourself plenty of time to "play" and set up wiki properly. If you rush it you will not set up the various fields (like which State? - select all of them). I spent in total about half a day over several days getting all the settings correctly so it showed all the various features that make it such a great aid.

Also be careful as all the locations of things, like CP's, free camps, dump points etc are there compliments of other users as Dougwe points out.

If there is a free camp, for example, showing in the area you are interested in, but with no comments or pics, theres a good chance it doesn't exist. Some users who aren't too good with IT type stuff will enter the wrong co-ordinates and create a free camp or whatever when one doesn't exist.

A good example is a dump point in Batemans Bay, NSW. One showed in a National Park, which would be the only one in the country probably. Anyway it had a good view point of the Bay so we drove there and of course there was no dump point. The interesting thing was someone had set it up with the wrong co-ordinates and then about 3 people had subsequently commented about how clean it was lol. In fact its run by the Bateman Shire and down near the foreshore on a sewer line - about 45 mins drive from the National Park!

Bryan · Guru

I downloaded it onto my iPad and it appeared on my iPhone as well. Hema explorer the same.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Shut the front gate! Bryan you must have been goods mates with bill before he went to the iSky afterworld as I had both as well but had to pay twice then when I changed the iPhone to Galaxy I had to buy it again. I have no problem with that though as it is cheap for what it is and does.

Desert Dweller · Senior Member

Wiki is also a great source of information if you want to avoid extremely popular, overcrowded locations.

Pam · Guru

Thanks for all the responses.
Does it show caravan parks ?
We are not set up for "free" camping.

Bruce and Bev · Guru

Pam - yep - it shows all CPs (caravan parks) that other wikicamps have used. That does not mean that 100% of all parks are on there - wiki users may have been to a particular park, but not bothered to list it.

Likewise, if you find a CP and intend to drive to it, phone the number listed for it and make sure it exists (or if you have WIFI go on-line and see if they have a web-site - most CPs do). We nearly went to one on the southern coast of NSW but decided to phone 1st and make sure they had any spare sites. Phone number didn't "exist". Only one entry from a wiki user who had given all the details only about 2 mnths earlier. Just remember that anyone at all can afford the $8 to buy a subscription and just once in a while, they may put bogus info on it. We're assuming that was the case with this NSW CP...

Treecrest14 · Senior Member

Pam - be aware that it only runs on Windows 10.

I have it on an iPad which we used all around Oz and would have to pay another $9 if i downloaded it onto my laptop. Often found more sites to use than our travelling buddies who had Camps Aust..

Bryan · Guru

Dougwe wrote:
Shut the front gate! Bryan you must have been goods mates with bill before he went to the iSky afterworld as I had both as well but had to pay twice then when I changed the iPhone to Galaxy I had to buy it again. I have no problem with that though as it is cheap for what it is and does.

I'm not quite sure about this Doug because I'm not computer friendly, I keep messing things up and getting youngsters to fix them again but I think I may have downloaded to iCloud. Like everything else involving computers, I press the button and hope for the best.

Swoffer · Senior Member

Bryan wrote:
I downloaded it onto my iPad and it appeared on my iPhone as well. Hema explorer the same.

What about your android ?

Joe50 · Guru

I have it on my laptop (Windows 8.1), iPhone and Samsung Galaxy tablet - you only have to pay once for each platform (Windows, IOS and Android) even if you have it running on more than one device of a particular platform.

Joe

brickies · Guru

Doug Bryan had 2 apple product which connect via what they call cloud , Your Galaxy is a Samsung product , Apple don't talk to Samsung

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Yeh I had the iPhone and iPad at the time but didn't download to the "cloud". I might be a bit strange (I heard that down the back) but don't like that cloud thingy.

As said before, I was more than happy to pay the meezly amount for each copy so all good.

PS, if I remember correctly I did use the cloud for a very short time but it played up with my emails and they are very important to me so cleared out real quick.

Delta18 · Guru

brickies wrote:
Doug Bryan had 2 apple product which connect via what they call cloud , Your Galaxy is a Samsung product , Apple don't talk to Samsung

Samsung (Android) wouldn't be caught dead talking to Apple! biggrin

Swoffer, Wiki works fine with Android.

You can use Wiki between any devices provided they have the same device log-on account.

Cheers Neil

Bryan · Guru

Swoffer wrote:
Bryan wrote:
I downloaded it onto my iPad and it appeared on my iPhone as well. Hema explorer the same.
What about your android ?

Bit of a dilemma Al. I have WIKI and Hema Explorer on the iPad but not on the Android. All our stuff are Apple / Mac products and I'm more comfortable using them but my research tells me that the Android with true GPS is better for street to street navigation. I tend to agree as I had both working with Route 66 Navigation driving up to Perth on Thursday evening and back again. They both do the job but without a sim card the iPad does not show any details but the road you're on when out of wifi range.

Although the Android can do lots of things if married properly to the car, (It's too confusing for me), I'll just use it for street navigation, its more up to date than the car's system. Next problem is where and how to mount it in the car without interfering with anything else.

Swoffer · Senior Member

Bryan wrote:
Swoffer wrote:
Bryan wrote:
I downloaded it onto my iPad and it appeared on my iPhone as well. Hema explorer the same.
What about your android ?
. Next problem is where and how to mount it in the car without interfering with anything else.

Yep . Terrible first world problem tho eh

Think velcro .

Bryan · Guru

Al thanks for the tip off re downloading WIKI for offline use. I'm busy doing that now.

stevos · Member

its bloody and windy in forsterm nsw brrrrrr

Pam · Guru

Thanks for the discussion.
I have downloaded onto my phone at this stage. I have a 20 day free trial where as on the laptop I would have to pay upfront.
Looks helpful so far.

JonJo · Member

You have to pay one for each different platform e.g. Android, Microsoft, IOS etc - if you have an iPhone and an iPad, using the same Apple Id, then you only pay once. I have it on 2 apple devices, but if I want it on my PC, I need to pay for that as well.
Mind you, we are talking peanuts not mega dollars, and it will repay the invstment many times over, fantastic app - we basically plan and move around by it. The free wiki petrol app will pay for the cost in one go by guiding you to the cheapest fuel in town.

PeterD · Guru

Pam wrote:
Thanks for all the responses.
Does it show caravan parks ?
We are not set up for "free" camping.

The best site for caravan parks is Gary Stratton's MyParkList Gary has searched through all the camping guides, Yellow Pages and other places for all the parks in Oz. It is maintained by the likes of us reporting any changes to Gary.

When you click on the "Caravan Parks" button you get several ways of getting your selection of parks. When you have made your option of accessing the parks you will find a link "Click Here for Map" The map has red and green pins for the parks, the green ones are the dog friendly. The ones belonging to park chains are identified as well. You click on the pins to get a pop-up with more links on it for further info.

-- Edited by PeterD on Sunday 29th of May 2016 12:10:16 AM

JayDee · Guru

Peter D,
Thanks for the link to Gary Strattons site. I now have gained info re thermal installation.
thanks again.
jay&Dee

Pam · Guru

Thanks all again for your input. and PeterD for the caravan site to look at.

Just another query about the app...... if I download it on my laptop and put some places in favourites will they show up in favourites on my phone

PeterD · Guru

Pam, when you say "the app" I take it you mean WikiCamps (just checking.)

Pam · Guru

Yes I do mean Wikicamps