Comparison

Goosechase vs ScavengARs

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • GPS, text, photo, and video missions
  • Guest participation without account setup
  • Support for phones and tablets
  • Solo or team participation
  • Live leaderboard
  • Customizable challenges
Features
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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.

About

ScavengARs

Design interactive scavenger hunts using augmented reality. Players solve riddles or word puzzles that appear in AR, leading them from one clue to the next. No sign-in is required for players, just a simple code.

Highlights
  • Create AR scavenger hunts
  • Riddles and word puzzles
  • Image-triggered clues
  • Augmented reality display
  • No player sign-in required
  • 6-digit join code
Features
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With ScavengARs you can create your own fun, immersive scavenger hunts with riddles or word puzzles, where each of the clues display in Augmented Reality right on your phone! You can create up to 10 clues, each clue leading from one to the next until the players reach the end! Players will use their own phones to scan images, triggering a clue to pop up in Augmented Reality! ScavengARs makes it easy for players to join a hunt without requiring the need to sign in. All that’s required is a 6 digit code to get started! In order to create a hunt you will need a printer and scissors for the images. App Icon provided by: www.freepik.com Background Image provided by: www.flaticon.com

Screenshots

Goosechase4 screens
ScavengARs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Goosechase at 77% against ScavengARs's 0%. Goosechase also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (13K vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Goosechase holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goosechase has 13K ratings behind it against 7, 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 0% of ScavengARs's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Goosechase versus ScavengARs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoosechaseScavengARs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (13K ratings) — better4.3 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews77.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13K — better7
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB18 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGoosechase Adventures Inc.Ethan Scott

Customer experience

Goosechase

All ratings13,210 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews243 reviews
Positive77.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative19.3%

ScavengARs

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

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

ScavengARs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Goosechase

No in-app purchases

None

ScavengARs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Goosechase free?
Goosechase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScavengARs free?
ScavengARs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Goosechase or ScavengARs?
Goosechase is rated higher. Goosechase averages 4.8 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while ScavengARs averages 4.3 from 7 ratings.
Do Goosechase or ScavengARs have ads?
Neither Goosechase nor ScavengARs shows ads.

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