# SonsOfSmokey

> Wilderness Defense

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1625870688](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1625870688)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1625870688`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sons of Smokey
- **Category:** Navigation
- **Rating:** 3.80 / 5 (17 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-13
- **First published:** 2022-06-03
- **Size:** 43 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sonsofsmokey/id1625870688)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.sonsofsmokey.com/privacy](https://www.sonsofsmokey.com/privacy)

## Description

Sons Of Smokey - SOS app is uniting public land users of all types and volunteers looking to help restore public land for future generations!

Use the SOS app to identify and clean up illegal dump locations on public land. Geo tag and photograph abandoned vehicles, dump sites, etc. and update our real-time trash map.

Scout out these marked locations for clean up projects and mark them as cleaned up when you're done.

How it works:
- Download the app and Sign-In with Apple
- Open the SOS app while using public lands
- If you see dumped debris, select the large "+" button in the middle of the screen, provide a description of what it is and take a few photos
- You will see the trash icon appear within the app
- If you can clean up a trash location, do so and tap the 'Clean Up' to provide some new photos and describe what you did

## Rankings

- #287,326 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise SonsOfSmokey as a useful, mission-driven tool for reporting litter on public lands and appreciate its simplicity. However, they repeatedly point to major usability barriers: the need to be very close to a site with limited cell coverage to post, problems with getting signup verification codes, and the absence of easy coordinate visibility/transfer to navigation apps. Some see strong potential if these issues are addressed and coordination features are added.

### Pros

- Useful, mission-driven tool for reporting litter and protecting public lands.
- Simple, straightforward design that users appreciate.
- Positive reception and excitement about the solution and its potential impact.
- Viewed as a promising app that could do a lot of good if widely deployed.

### Cons

- Posting requires being within a very short distance (one mile or a couple miles) and often depends on cell coverage, limiting use in many areas.
- Account creation can be blocked by verification codes not being delivered.
- Lack of accessible coordinates and difficulties copying/exporting coordinates to navigation apps.
- Support for signup issues appears limited, with reports of no timely responses.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1625870688)