TheGreatGame vs TR Varsity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TheGreatGame
Embark on an outdoor escape room adventure across various locations. Teams solve clues and navigate between points to win. Enjoy a socially distanced game experience.
- Outdoor escape room experiences
- Multi-location gameplay
- Clue solving challenges
- Team-based competition
- Socially distanced activity
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The Great Game is an outdoor escape room that is offered in different locations around the country. Teams must move from location to location, solving clues, in order to win the game. Game play is socially distant. Do you have what it takes? (Icons by Icons8)
TR Varsity
This app provides high schools with advanced ticketing solutions for box office, online, and mobile sales. It's designed to meet the needs of students, fans, and boosters for event management.
- Box office ticketing
- Online ticketing
- Mobile ticketing
- Event management
- Fan engagement
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Upgrade to the future of ticketing technology with TR Varsity. Equip your High School with the latest box office, online and mobile ticketing solutions tailored to meet the demands of your students, fans and boosters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TheGreatGame at 75% against TR Varsity's 0%. TheGreatGame also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 30). TR Varsity's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. TheGreatGame sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. TR Varsity asks for nothing beyond the download.
TheGreatGame holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TheGreatGame has 1.1K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of TheGreatGame's written reviews are positive against 0% of TR Varsity's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | TheGreatGame | TR Varsity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.1K ratings) — better | 2.4 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Great Game LLC | TicketReturn LLC |
Customer experience
TheGreatGame
TR Varsity
Bugs and requests
TheGreatGame
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes and glitches
- QR code issues
- Trouble joining/creating teams
Requested features
2 requests- Improve stability and reduce glitches
- Make the experience more accessible
TR Varsity
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TheGreatGame
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Great Game Campus Ticket$4.99
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- Large Tip$9.99
- Great Game College Ticket$9.99
TR Varsity
No in-app purchases
