Comparison

Backpacker™ vs Let's Tingo

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

Head to head
About

Backpacker™

Embark on a globetrotting trivia adventure where you earn money through missions and odd jobs to fund your travels. Discover new cities, collect unique mementos, and test your knowledge to conquer the world.

Highlights
  • Globetrotting trivia game
  • Earn money through missions and jobs
  • Discover new cities
  • Collect mementos and tokens
  • Complete job diplomas
  • Help strangers for rewards
  • Stamp passport in each city
Features
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Your bag is packed and you’re ready to go, but as fate has it, you’re stranded in Rome with only 500 coins in your pocket. What now? Show the world what you’re made of in Backpacker, a new globetrotting trivia game! Save up enough money to continue your travels by going on various missions and applying for odd jobs! At the end of each day, either splurge on a hotel or risk sleeping in the streets. Discover new cities and maybe even learn a thing or two along the way. Backpacker Features: * Test your trivia skills! * See the world, one city at a time! * Complete your memento collection with tokens from each city! * Collect job diplomas and earn cash for traveling! * Help strangers around the world for secret rewards! * Stamp your passport in each city, can you collect them all? * Which mini game will become your new favorite? Conquer the world, become a Backpacker! Backpacker has been lovingly created, we take fun seriously. We really value your feedback, go to www.facebook.com/BackpackerGame and say what's on your mind! More about WeAreQiiwi Interactive at www.qiiwi.com Backpacker Premium Subscription: Some items in the app require Backpacker Premium, such as no waiting time when traveling. Backpacker Premium is a weekly auto-renewing subscription at $3.49. Backpacker Premium will renew within 24 hours before the subscription period ends, and you will be charged through your iTunes account. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your iTunes Account Settings at any time. If you purchase new Backpacker Premium subscription during a free trial you will forfeit any free trial period remaining from your first purchase. Our privacy policy and terms of service can be found at http://www.qiiwi.com/user-data

About

Let's Tingo

Transform any outing into a real-world scavenger hunt or bingo game. Create custom boards with items to find, share them with your group, and play together anywhere. It encourages shared experiences over excessive screen time.

Highlights
  • Customizable game boards
  • Real-world item finding
  • Group sharing and play
  • All ages and group sizes
  • Designed for connection
  • Quick setup
Features
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Let's Tingo turns any outing into a scavenger hunt you play together, like bingo. Pick a game type, tell Let's Tingo where you're headed, and it suggests a list of things to find. Keep the good ones, reword or trash the rest, and add the ones only your group would think of. Share the game with a link or a QR code. Everyone gets their own board from the same list, and the first to fill five in a row calls a Tingo. FOR EVERY AGE AND EVERY GROUP A couple of friends or the whole family reunion. Kids, grown-ups, grandparents: if you can look around, you can play. Friends join in the app or right in a browser, and joining a game is always free. HOW IT WORKS Build your board: start from a game type, let Let's Tingo suggest finds, and make the list your own. Share it: send a link or show a QR code, and everyone joins the same game. Go play: head out and start looking. In most games, when anyone spots something, it shows up on every board that has it. PLAY TOGETHER, LIVE • Every find shows up in the game feed as it happens • The Players list keeps score while everyone plays • Take a photo or pick one from your album when you find something A GAME FOR EVERY KIND OF DAY • Photo games: every find needs a picture, so the board ends up holding the whole day • Timed games: play over a weekend, a vacation or a whole season • Prizes: name one when you set up, so everyone knows what they're playing for • Join any time: friends who catch up halfway can jump right in IDEAS PEOPLE LOVE • Road trips: license plates, landmarks and weird billboards • Holidays: costumes on Halloween, lights at Christmas • Hikes and walks: nature finds and neighborhood scavenger hunts • Parties and weddings: icebreakers that get everyone mingling • Classrooms and field trips • Date nights: explore your city together THE GAME IS THE WORLD AROUND YOU You use the app to set up and keep score. The fun happens wherever you are: at the park, in the car, around the dinner table, on the trail. Plenty of games are free to make. Premium game types use a game credit or a subscription. Play anywhere. Spot anything.

Screenshots

Backpacker™4 screens
Let's Tingo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Let's Tingo at none against Backpacker™'s shown. Let's Tingo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Backpacker™'s advantage is ratings volume (5.4K vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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. Backpacker™ sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per 7 days and Let's Tingo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Let's Tingo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backpacker™ has 5.4K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Backpacker™'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Let's Tingo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backpacker™ ships an update every 6 weeks, Let's Tingo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Backpacker™ versus Let's Tingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackpacker™Let's Tingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (5.4K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.4K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size325 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQiiwi Games ABBig Tree Little Tree LLC

Customer experience

Backpacker™

All ratings5,366 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral7.1%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews694 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral13.7%
Negative16.0%

Let's Tingo

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Backpacker™

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Disappearing tickets and coins
  • Inconsistent progress tracking and rewards
  • Unresponsive or freezing interactive jobs
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More diverse and globally-relevant questions
  • Easier access to tickets and reduced costs for landmarks
  • Improved job system with more variety and less repetition
  • Better tutorial and instructions for gameplay mechanics
  • More frequent updates with new cities and content

Let's Tingo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Backpacker™

Subscriptions1
  • Backpacker Premium$3.497 Days
One-time9
  • Keep playing$0.99
  • Small stack$1.99
  • Wallet$2.99
Show 6 more
  • Medium stack$3.99
  • Sack of Coins$7.99
  • Large stack$13.99
  • Small chest$13.99
  • Huge chest$26.99
  • Case$28.99
2 purchases

Let's Tingo

Subscriptions1
  • Tingo Subscription$9.991 Month
One-time1
  • Tingo Game Credit$1.99

Questions

Is Backpacker™ free?
Backpacker™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Let's Tingo free?
Let's Tingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Backpacker™ or Let's Tingo?
Let's Tingo is rated higher. Backpacker™ averages 4.5 out of 5 from 5.4K ratings, while Let's Tingo averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Backpacker™ or Let's Tingo have ads?
Backpacker™ shows ads; Let's Tingo does not.
Which is updated more often, Backpacker™ or Let's Tingo?
Backpacker™ ships an update every 6 weeks, and Let's Tingo every 2 weeks. Most recently, Backpacker™ was updated on November 12, 2026 and Let's Tingo on October 31, 2026.

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