Goosechase vs TheGreatGame
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goosechase
This platform enables organizations and schools to create interactive, real-world experiences inspired by scavenger hunts. Engage communities with challenges using GPS, text, photo, and video missions. It's designed for team building, education, and community activation.
- GPS, text, photo, and video missions
- Guest participation without account setup
- Support for phones and tablets
- Solo or team participation
- Live leaderboard
- Customizable challenges
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Experience is everything! Inspired by scavenger hunts, Goosechase is an online platform that lets organizations and schools engage, activate, and educate their communities through interactive experiences. Created online but played in the real world, a Goosechase Experience brings communities and places to life with engaging, interactive challenges designed to support organizations. The intuitive platform makes it easy to make a repeatable, fun, and positive impact on any community. Goosechase’s growing list of features include: - GPS, text, photo and video missions - Join as a guest – no need to set up an account! - Support for phones and tablets - Participate solo or as part of a team - Live leaderboard - So easy to use, a goose could do it! Since hatching in 2011, Goosechase has powered hundreds of thousands of global team building, training, fundraising, educational, tourist, and recreational experiences. What’s just as fun as participating in a Goosechase Experience? Building and running your own, of course! Head over to goosechase.com to get started. Create as many Missions as you can muster, invite your community, and watch the magic happen.
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)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Goosechase at 4.8 against TheGreatGame's 4.2. Goosechase also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (13K vs 1.1K). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Goosechase asks for nothing beyond the download.
Goosechase holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goosechase has 13K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Goosechase's written reviews are positive against 75% of TheGreatGame's.
Goosechase ships an update monthly, TheGreatGame every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goosechase | TheGreatGame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13K ratings) — better | 4.2 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 1.1K |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goosechase Adventures Inc. | The Great Game LLC |
Customer experience
Goosechase
TheGreatGame
User reviews
Goosechase
From 13K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Fun and engaging experience
- 🏆 Great for team building and competitions
- 🌟 Excellent for scavenger hunts and events
- 👍 Easy to use and set up
- 📚 Helps explore and learn about local areas
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and loading issues
- 🔒 Limited access and expensive upgrades
- 🤔 Confusing navigation and functionality
- 🚫 Inability to import videos from device
- ⏱️ Restrictive time limits for video submissions
TheGreatGame
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and interactive
- 👍 Great for new and seasoned users
- 👍 Fantastic use of technology
- 👍 Loved solving puzzles with friends
- 👍 Creative and magical experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 🙁 Held back from going home
- 🐛 QR code issues and glitches
Bugs and requests
Goosechase
Reported bugs
5 issues- Missions not loading properly
- Submissions not being recorded correctly
- Inability to log back into active games
- Leaderboard and scoring issues
- Compatibility problems with newer OS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Allow zooming and cropping of photos
- Enable uploading of multiple photos per submission
- Add a comments section for team interactions
- Increase maximum video length for submissions
- Improve GPS accuracy and location detection
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
In-app purchases
Goosechase
No 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
