# Backporch

> Go-to recreational property app to coordinate visits, share, maintain and host

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.backporch](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.backporch)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.backporch`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** 323 Developers, LLC
- **Category:** HOUSE\_AND\_HOME
- **Downloads:** 17,959
- **Rating:** 4.37 / 5 (133 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.32
- **Last updated:** 2024-07-13
- **First published:** 2020-10-06
- **Size:** 44 MB
- **Data as of:** 2025-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.backporch)
- **Website:** [http://backporchapp.com](http://backporchapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.backporchapp.com/privacy](https://www.backporchapp.com/privacy)

## Description

Backporch is a user-friendly app designed to help owners and families coordinate visits, share information, and manage recreational properties seamlessly. It features a collaborative calendar to schedule visits, tag them as tentative or firm, and mark access restrictions. Users can plan and communicate about property projects through chat and photos, ensuring everyone stays informed about maintenance and preparations.

The app also offers group lists for groceries and supplies, enabling coordinated meal planning and supply management. Detailed tracking of vehicles, equipment, and gear—including maintenance logs and repair records—is available to keep everything organized. Additionally, Backporch supports sharing property how-tos such as passwords, lock combinations, and arrival instructions, making hosting and stewardship more efficient and enjoyable.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_CONTACTS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Users appreciate Backporch as a simple, fully-featured tool especially useful for managing shared family homes and campers. While the concept shows promise and potential, several users report rough edges such as app slowness, crashes, unintuitive UI, missing features like adding contacts directly and contacting them from the app, and login difficulties. Overall, it is seen as a good, though early-stage, app with room for improvement.

### Pros

- Simple yet fully featured tool for managing a holiday home and sharing useful info with family and friends
- Good for managing shared family resources like a camper
- Promising app with serious potential
- User feedback indicates satisfaction with the concept and potential use cases

### Cons

- Some rough edges and slow performance noted
- Occasional app crashes reported
- Unintuitive user interface elements
- Lack of direct contact addition and communication features (calling/texting) from within the app
- Login issues experienced (can't log in with email link)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.backporch)