Lackin vs Hunting Zone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lackin
Turn casual hangouts into hilarious photo challenges with friends. Capture unexpected moments and share funny, meme-worthy pictures. Features include location tracking, elevation data, and group management for endless fun.
- Photo challenges for capturing friends
- Social sharing of funny moments
- Real-time notifications
- Location tracking
- Elevation data
- Group member management
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The app your school uses to run Senior Assassin and the app your friend use to play Mahunt Hide & Seek Tag. Set up a game in under a minute, send one link, and let Lackin handle the rest: targets, eliminations, photo proof, safe zones and the leaderboard. No more 200-message group chat arguing about who got who. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a game and pick your rules 2. Share the join link with your grade or your friend group 3. Get your target, hunt them down, post photo proof 4. Survive to the final round GAME MODES - Senior Assassin: eliminate your target, then inherit theirs - Rounds: everyone draws a fresh target each round - Infection: every player you catch joins your team - Tag and casual: run manhunt, hide and seek or any chase game your friends already play BUILT FOR REAL GAMES - Live map so you can track your target and dodge your hunter - Photo and video proof on every claim, so eliminations never get disputed - Safe zones and no-tag windows, so school hours and homes stay off limits - Purge: targets stop mattering and anyone can take anyone out - Bounty: the whole game hunts one player - Dozens of abilities that change how a round plays - Group chat, push notifications and a full elimination feed - Tournaments and permissions for organizers running hundreds of players PLAY IT SAFE Lackin is a game. Play in safe places, follow your local laws, respect people who are not playing, and never trespass or play near roads. Questions or ideas: https://lackinapp.com/support Privacy Policy: https://lackinapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://lackinapp.com/terms
Hunting Zone
Transform outdoor spaces into GPS hide-and-seek arenas. Players create game zones, split into hiders and seekers, and use live location pings to find each other before time runs out. Features include shrinking zones and special game modes.
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Interactive map zone editor
- Live ping system
- Shrinking game zone
- Zombie Mode
- Abilities Mode
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Hunting Zone turns any outdoor space into a real-world GPS hide-and-seek arena. Gather your friends, create a session in seconds, and split into hiders and seekers. Hiders disappear into the zone — seekers use live location pings to track them down. The clock is ticking. HOW IT WORKS • One player hosts and draws the game zone on the map • Teams split up — hiders hide, seekers hunt • Seekers receive location pings to close in on hiders • Catch all hiders before time runs out to win FEATURES • Real-time GPS tracking during active gameplay • Interactive map zone editor • Live ping system with cooldown • Shrinking zone that forces the action • Zombie Mode — caught hiders join the seekers • Abilities Mode — one-time tactical power-ups • Rejoin active games if you lose connection • Works with any group size PREMIUM Unlock full slider controls, extended durations, and unlimited customization with a Premium subscription. Ready to play? Grab your friends, pick a spot, and start the hunt. –– Privacy Policy: https://huntingzone.net/privacy Terms of Use: https://huntingzone.net/terms
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Verdict
Lackin and Hunting Zone both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Lackin's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hunting Zone's. Lackin also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (26 vs 5). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Lackin sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Hunting Zone sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Lackin against 4.8 for Hunting Zone. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lackin has 26 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Lackin's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hunting Zone's.
Lackin ships an update every 5 days, Hunting Zone fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lackin | Hunting Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lackin LLC | Phil Kleineberg |
Customer experience
Lackin
Hunting Zone
In-app purchases
Lackin
- Lackin Pro$9.997 Days
- Lackin Pro Monthly$25.991 Month
- Lackin Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
Hunting Zone
- Hunting Zone Premium$3.991 Month
- Hunting Zone Premium3 Days trial$17.991 Year







