Geocaching® vs Light House Locate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Geocaching®
Discover millions of hidden containers worldwide with this app. It guides you through finding your first geocache with tips and instructions. Navigate using maps, compass, or driving directions, and connect with a global community of treasure hunters.
- View geocache details, activity, and hints
- Navigate via map, compass, or directions
- Live Search for nearby geocaches
- Find traditional geocaches and events
- Message other players
- Trackable item management
- Log geocaches with photos
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Join the world’s largest treasure-hunting community with the official app for geocaching. Whether you are off to find your first geocache or your ten-thousandth, this app is your ultimate geocaching toolbox. There are millions of clever containers called geocaches hidden in almost every country on Earth, just waiting to be found—there are probably even some near you right now. Just getting started? This app walks you through the adventure of finding your first few geocaches. There are tips, hints, and instructions for geocaching as well as using the app. Core Features: ● See details with description, recent activity, attributes, and hints for each geocache ● Navigate to the cache using map, compass, or driving directions ● Live Search continuously updates nearby geocaches as you move ● Find all easy Traditional geocaches and geocaching events ● Message other players for tips, hints, and more ● Learn about trackables: geocaching game pieces that travel from geocache to geocache ● Adjust your navigation and distance settings to your personal preference ● Access to GeoTour caches of all cache types and D/T ratings Search and Sorting: ● Search for GC codes, locations, landmarks, and neighborhoods ● Search for GeoTours by GT code or see a directory of all GeoTours worldwide ● Sort by distance Trackables: ● Search for trackables ● Log trackables - grab, retrieve, drop, dip, or discover ● View your trackable inventory Logging: ● Log a geocache now or save as a draft for later ● Add photos to share your adventure ● Improve cache quality by reporting geocaches that need maintenance Map Options: ● Street ● Satellite ● Hybrid Unlock even more adventure with Geocaching Premium: ● Find any geocache in the world, including Premium Member Only caches ● Filter geocaches by size, type, difficulty, terrain, and found/owned ● Sort lists of geocaches by distance, Favorite points, or geocache name ● Geocache anywhere, anytime with offline maps ● Take the road less traveled with Trails map ● Plan, add, or edit your next adventure with Lists ● Award Favorite points to geocaches you enjoy most ● Auto-sync Lists and Pocket Queries created on the Geocaching website ● Gain access to all Premium features on the Geocaching website We are committed to building the best tools for geocachers to create, share, and play this game. By joining and maintaining your Premium membership, you are helping to shape the future of Geocaching. In addition to your support of the game, Premium members also get access to more features, more geocaches, and more adventure. You can buy a Premium membership subscription through your iTunes account. Premium membership is available with a monthly or annual subscription. You can subscribe and pay through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Terms of use: https://www.geocaching.com/about/termsofuse.aspx
Light House Locate
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LightHouse Locate shows lighthouses and the light characteristic of them. The adress and the characteristics are fethed from the swedish company Eniro’s map. If you find errors, please let me know. The app is not a professional tool! Check against professional nautical chart etc. For the moment there is more than 600 lighthouses, mainly from Sweden. Some from Norway, Finland and Denmark One can select and deselect some areas (west coast, east coast for ex.) When you hit a PIN on the map the distans and direction will be shown. Also the lighthouse characteristic and a image with light(flash .etc) The greatest feature of the app is that you can aim the Iphone against a lighthouse and get the name etc. The app says the lighthouse name in the selected language. Select language in “SET LANGUAGE” view. Some label texts will also be changed depending on selected language. Swedish, english, german, norweigan, dannish and finnish is available. Explanation and most of the labels will be shown in selected language. For all other language this help text and Lighthouse view will be english. The app will always talk in selected language.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Geocaching® at Free against Light House Locate's $9.99. Geocaching® also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 31 months) and chart position (#10 vs unranked). Light House Locate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On 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
Geocaching® is free to download; Light House Locate costs $9.99 up front. Geocaching® sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Light House Locate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Geocaching® ships an update fortnightly, Light House Locate every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and March 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Geocaching® | Light House Locate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (66K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 66K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 31 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Best chart rank | #10 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Groundspeak Inc. | Anders Falck |
Bugs and requests
Geocaching®
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to log trackables from the app
- Inconsistent performance when zooming and panning maps
- Unreliable GPS and compass functionality
- Difficulty canceling premium subscription
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to edit cache descriptions and add images
- Option to filter by cache placement year
- Trackable journey tracking on the app
- Seamless integration with other navigation apps
- Offline caching data and navigation
Light House Locate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Geocaching®
- Monthly Premium Membership$5.991 Month
- Monthly Premium membership$6.991 Month
- 2 Shareables Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
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- 5 Shareables Yearly Subscription$11.991 Year
- 2 Shareables Yearly Subscription$11.991 Year
- 10 Shareables Yearly Subscription$14.991 Year
- 5 Shareables Yearly Subscription$14.991 Year
- 10 Shareables Yearly Subscription$17.991 Year
- Annual Premium Membership$29.991 Year
- Annual Premium membership$39.991 Year
- 3-month membership$9.99
- 1-year membership$29.99
Light House Locate
No in-app purchases





