Comparison

Adventure Lab® vs geo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Adventure Lab®

Discover hidden gems, learn local trivia, and explore landmarks through interactive outdoor scavenger hunts. Uncover stories and solve puzzles in a contactless adventure. Perfect for families, individuals, or dates looking to get outside.

Highlights
  • Outdoor scavenger hunts
  • Discover hidden gems and landmarks
  • Learn local trivia and stories
  • Interactive and contactless experience
  • Multi-stage adventures
  • Map-guided exploration
Features
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Explore the world around you in a whole new way with Geocaching Adventure Lab® outdoor scavenger hunts! Community-generated scavenger hunts let you uncover hidden gems, learn local trivia, discover landmarks, and everyday treasures through an interactive, outdoor, and contactless experience. Each Adventure is created by another Adventurer and shares a special location, story, challenge, or educational experience. Whether you’re looking for an activity for your family, yourself, or a date, you’ll love getting outside and exploring with Adventure Lab. As you venture outside using the Geocaching Adventure Lab® app, the map will guide you to Adventures in your area. Adventures can have multiple stages to complete. Explore at your own pace and search for clues to unlock fun stories, puzzles, and hidden adventures. Solve the puzzle at all of the stages to complete your Adventure! Already have a Geocaching account? You can log in with your geocaching username and Adventures count towards your geocaching statistics and total finds. Download the app to find an Adventure near you. More are added every day! To learn more about Geocaching Adventure Lab®, go to https://labs.geocaching.com/learn.

About

geo

Features
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GeoCrossing turns every walk into a real-world discovery game. Scattered across the planet is an invisible grid of special points we call XINGs — geographic crossings waiting to be found. Open the app, see the nearest XINGs on a live map, walk toward one, and when you arrive it counts as found. WHY PLAY • A reason to go outside every single day. • See parts of your town you would never walk to otherwise. • Perfect for dog walks, runs, commutes, weekends, and travel. • Compete with explorers around the world on the leaderboard. HOW IT WORKS • Live map shows XINGs nearby with status (active, soon, found). • Walk into the circle around a XING to mark it found. • Each visit is logged with time, distance, and an optional note. • Sync across iPhone, iPad, and the web. FEATURES • Clean dark map with offline-friendly tiles. • QR sign-in for the web. • No account required to start. • Free to play, no ads. • Privacy-first: your location is used only to compute nearby XINGs. Head outside. The next street you haven't walked hides a XING you haven't found. Terms of Use: https://geo-crossing.com/terms-of-service.html

Screenshots

Adventure Lab®4 screens
geo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Adventure Lab® at none against geo's 1. geo's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. geo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Adventure Lab® asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Adventure Lab® ships an update every 3 weeks, geo monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Adventure Lab® versus geo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdventure Lab®geo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (6.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB25 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperGroundspeak Inc.RANKA s.r.o.

Bugs and requests

Adventure Lab®

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect answers being marked as correct
  • Stages not unlocking in the proper order
  • Location services not working reliably

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to view past answers
  • Integration with main geocaching app
  • Offline caching capabilities
  • Feedback/reporting mechanism for CO

geo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Adventure Lab®

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

geo

Subscriptions1
  • GeoCrossing Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Adventure Lab® free?
Adventure Lab® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is geo free?
geo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Adventure Lab® or geo have ads?
Neither Adventure Lab® nor geo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Adventure Lab® or geo?
Adventure Lab® ships an update every 3 weeks, and geo monthly. Most recently, Adventure Lab® was updated on November 6, 2026 and geo on October 30, 2026.

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