CampStack vs Campwise

CampStack is a web system for handling camp registration, payments, attendance, health records, parent communication, staff work, and reporting. It is described for summer, sleepaway, day, and specialty camps, as well as year-round youth programs. Registration can include custom flows, session capacity, waitlists, family profiles, file uploads, waivers, and electronic signatures. Payment tools cover deposits, balances, discounts, financial aid, payment plans, autopay, card and ACH payments, refunds, and chargeback visibility. Camps can track attendance, activity participation, authorized pickups, guardian permissions, and checkout records. Health records include allergies, medication schedules, dispense logs, and incident notes. Parents can use a portal for forms, balances, payments, announcements, and updates; email and SMS are also listed. Staff tools include scheduling, forms, contracts, roles, and permissions, alongside cabin, group, activity, and transportation assignments. Other listed operations include a camp store, canteen, camper spending money, task lists, and seasonal launch checklists.

Campwise is cloud-based software for summer camps and conference centers, with modules for camp operations, staff, conferences, donors, and point of sale. Camp management handles online and manual registration, billing, housing and grouping, transportation, and activity scheduling. Staff tools cover online applications, references, contracts, and background-check integration with Protect My Ministry. Conference management includes guest groups, facility and resource reservations, food services, events, and calendars. Donor features include online giving, campaigns, donor history, volunteer tracking, pledges, and customizable receipts and thank-you letters. The POS module supports camper-account and walk-in purchases, inventory, barcode scanning, and unlimited devices. Mobile apps are listed for tasks including registration lookup, transportation check-in, camper medical information, activity lookup, conference calendars, donor lookup, camper check-in, and POS. Reports are customizable and can be scheduled automatically; exports include Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive. Campwise states that real-time credit-card and e-check processing is PCI Level 1 compliant and that payment details are not stored in its database. Pricing is on request, with a flexible monthly lease or upfront payment. It is available for Android, iOS, macOS, and web.