Comparison

Explorer Quest vs QuestKids

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

Head to head
About

Explorer Quest

Transform amusement park and zoo visits into interactive adventures for families. This app guides users through hidden park areas, offering educational insights and engaging activities. Enhance your family's day with a unique digital experience that encourages exploration and learning.

Highlights
  • Guided park tours
  • Discover hidden points
  • Learn about conservation
  • Animal facts and welfare
  • Smart compass navigation
  • Interactive animal and ride experiences
Features
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Explorer Quest Choose your quest, connect your Smart Compass, and start exploring. Your Smart Compass guides you through an interactive adventure, lighting up when you reach a quest point and unlocking new challenges on your phone. Along the way, you’ll search for animals, answer trivia, solve puzzles, and uncover new discoveries. Adventure together. Play as a family, with friends, or as a team. One phone runs the quest while every player wears a Smart Compass band, keeping everyone connected, engaged, and moving toward the next discovery.

About

QuestKids

Features
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Transform chore time into quest time! QuestKids is the ultimate chore tracker and behavior reward system that makes parenting easier through positive reinforcement. Our family-friendly app helps parents motivate kids with a customizable points-based reward chart. Create custom chores, assign tasks, track behavior, and manage allowance all in one powerful parenting tool. Whether you're teaching responsibility to toddlers or managing screen time for tweens, QuestKids turns everyday routines into engaging quests that kids actually want to complete. Complete chore management made simple. Set up one-time or recurring tasks, award points for positive behavior, and let your children save up for rewards they love. Kids log in with their secure access code to check off completed chores, track progress toward goals, and unlock achievement badges. Parents get real-time notifications, approve tasks with photo proof, and watch their family routine transform. Support multiple children with age-appropriate chore lists, teach money management through our allowance tracker, and eliminate daily battles over homework, cleaning, and responsibilities. Download QuestKids today and join thousands of families using gamification to build better habits, reduce parenting stress, and create a happier home. Perfect for busy moms and dads seeking positive discipline alternatives, behavior modification tools, and motivation systems that actually work. Make chores fun, teach kids responsibility, and reward good behavior - all while keeping your family organized and on track!

Screenshots

Explorer Quest4 screens
QuestKids4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Explorer Quest at none against QuestKids's shown. Explorer Quest also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 2). QuestKids's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

QuestKids holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Explorer Quest has 1.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Explorer Quest versus QuestKids: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExplorer QuestQuestKids
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTraKidExplorer Holdings, LLC

Bugs and requests

Explorer Quest

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App disconnecting from wrist device
  • Incorrect exhibit information and locations

Requested features

3 requests
  • More variety and length of scavenger hunts
  • Improved accuracy of geolocation and content
  • Expanded educational content and animal facts

QuestKids

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Explorer Quest

No in-app purchases

None

QuestKids

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Explorer Quest free?
Explorer Quest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuestKids free?
QuestKids is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Explorer Quest or QuestKids?
QuestKids is rated higher. Explorer Quest averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while QuestKids averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Explorer Quest or QuestKids have ads?
QuestKids shows ads; Explorer Quest does not.

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