Comparison

Scavify vs A Step Ahead Challenge

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

Head to head
About

Scavify

Create and run interactive scavenger hunts for organizations, universities, and events. Participants complete challenges using their mobile devices to earn points, fostering engagement and exploration. Organizers can customize hunts with various challenge types, rewards, and branding.

Highlights
  • Customizable scavenger hunt creation
  • Multiple challenge types (photo, video, GPS, QR)
  • Real-time leaderboards
  • Automatic scoring
  • Participant progress tracking
  • Social media integration
Features
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Scavify helps organizations, universities, event organizers, team building groups, tourist destinations, and others worldwide create interactive experiences that connect people through fun and innovation. Scavify’s online platform and app help you create customizable scavenger hunts designed around your objectives to create, drive, and measure engagement - easily. Participants complete tasks and challenges through the app by snapping photos, recording videos, answering questions, scanning QR codes, and using GPS check-ins to earn points. Organizers mix and match challenge types to create an adventure that educates, encourages exploration, inspires interaction, increases team building, and more. The app handles it all. BUILD IT. With Scavify, it’s easy to build custom scavenger hunts and interactive experiences with your own customized tasks and challenges, start/end times, logos, custom rewards, and much more. LAUNCH IT. Launch your hunt to make it available for participants to join. PLAY IT. Using their phones or mobile devices, participants are able to complete tasks and challenges, monitor their progress, interact with other players, share the fun with social media, and much more. LOVE IT. No more paper, no more mandatory meet-ups, no more hassle. You will love how easy it is to create, organize, run and participate in our scavenger hunts and interactive experiences. Features Include: (+) List of challenges for participants to complete (Photo, Video, GPS, Q&A, QR Code, Multiple Choice) (+) Automatic scoring (+) Real-time Leaderboard (+) Photostream of Photos and Videos (+) Like and Comment on photos (+) Facebook and Twitter integration (+) Add logos and custom backgrounds (+) Create custom Rewards (+) Push notifications (+) Advanced scheduling features (+) And much, much more…

About

A Step Ahead Challenge

Embark on a virtual walking adventure where your real-world steps power your survival against zombies, robots, and aliens. Complete missions, upgrade your character, and join teams to conquer challenges in a post-apocalyptic world. New adventures are released regularly.

Highlights
  • Sync steps from fitness trackers
  • Form teams and get active
  • Use steps to complete missions
  • Use exercise to battle enemies
  • Track progress on maps and leaderboards
  • Regular content expansions
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It's finally happened... the apocalypse is here and your only hope for survival is to outrun the zombies, rogue robots and alien invaders who've taken over! A Step Ahead™ is a walking adventure game that's powered by your physical activity. Use your real-world steps and exercise to complete missions in the wasteland, upgrade your character, and go on an epic fitness adventure. Getting started is simple: 1. Download the A Step Ahead™ app 2. Click your organization's personalized invite link or enter the Invite Code for your organization's challenge in the ASA app** 3. Use your real-world steps and exercise to go on an interactive fitness adventure Adventure through all of the ASA™ challenge series: The Outbreak™ Zombies are here… and they're hungry! You and your team will face a variety of challenges, obstacles and distance goals as you run (or walk) through a zombie-infested wasteland, helping other survivors and working to help those in need and rebuild society. Robotica™ What happens when the world's richest man, Albus Mousse, builds a sentient A.I. and charges it with protecting humanity? It determines that the biggest threat to mankind is… mankind. Race to avoid capture while you look for a way to shut down the servers and free the people "helped" by the army of rogue robots. Invasion™ They came from beyond the horizon, but why? And for what? Alien invaders are here and they're setting up shop on planet Earth. Work with your team across this adventure series to figure out why the aliens are here and how to get them to leave the planet. Seasons+™ A special series for challenges themed around the seasons, holidays, and special series crossover missions. Features: - Sync your steps and exercise from Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Watch or Apple Health Kit* - Form a team and get active** - Use your real-world steps to move your team - Use your real-world exercise to battle enemies - Keep track of your progress on the level maps and leaderboards - Tons of content, with regular expansions and updates - Play as humans OR enemies in over 20 different challenges across 4 different themes and settings - New adventures are released every quarter. *Use your favorite fitness tracker or fitness app to sync your activity data to A Step Ahead. Please consult your individual app(s) to ensure that they have permission to write Steps and Workouts to Apple Health. **A Step Ahead requires an invite code in order to participate. If you are part of a private group challenge, please consult your challenge organizer for your invite code. If you're an individual or group in need of an invite code, please visit asachallenge.com to get started. This project was completed with assistance from the Georgia Film Office, a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

Screenshots

Scavify4 screens
A Step Ahead Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

Scavify and A Step Ahead Challenge both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 55% of A Step Ahead Challenge's written reviews are positive against 36% of Scavify's. A Step Ahead Challenge also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (7K vs 1K). Scavify's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 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

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Scavify against 4.8 for A Step Ahead Challenge. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: A Step Ahead Challenge has 7K ratings behind it against 1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 36% of Scavify's written reviews are positive against 55% of A Step Ahead Challenge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scavify ships an update every 3 months, A Step Ahead Challenge every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on September 28, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Scavify versus A Step Ahead Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScavifyA Step Ahead Challenge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1K ratings)4.8 (7K ratings)
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews55.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB238 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAsbury Mobile, LLCFIX Health

Customer experience

Scavify

All ratings1,011 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative63.6%

A Step Ahead Challenge

All ratings6,980 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral2.6%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive55.2%
Neutral14.4%
Negative30.4%

User reviews

Scavify

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Robust and fun scavenger hunts
  • 📸 Easy photo/video sharing
  • 🏆 Engaging leaderboard
  • 🤝 Good for team building

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches (login issues, task tracking, GPS)
  • 🚫 Inability to create hunts
  • 💰 Expensive pricing
  • 🔍 Lack of search functionality

A Step Ahead Challenge

From 7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤝 Great team building
  • 🏃‍♀️ Motivates exercise
  • 🕹️ Fun and engaging game
  • 🔍 Competitive aspect
  • 🔔 Helpful notifications

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Slow load times
  • 🤕 Unfair team size disadvantage
  • 🤔 Lack of direction/instructions
  • 💰 Expensive per challenge
  • 🔍 Difficulty selecting players

Bugs and requests

Scavify

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tasks not showing up for some users
  • Hunt completion issues
  • Login and sign-up problems
  • Freezing and crashing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add video upload/clue option
  • Allow editing of hunt details (start/end time, point values)
  • Implement admin point addition
  • Improve map functionality (location tracking, precise icons)

A Step Ahead Challenge

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Syncing issues with fitness trackers
  • App crashes after updates
  • Steps not registering properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add countdown timer
  • Improve team management features
  • Introduce more challenge types
  • Provide post-mission recap
  • Allow skipping tutorial

In-app purchases

None

Scavify

No in-app purchases

None

A Step Ahead Challenge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scavify free?
Scavify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is A Step Ahead Challenge free?
A Step Ahead Challenge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scavify or A Step Ahead Challenge?
Scavify and A Step Ahead Challenge are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1K and 7K ratings respectively.
Do Scavify or A Step Ahead Challenge have ads?
Neither Scavify nor A Step Ahead Challenge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scavify or A Step Ahead Challenge?
Scavify ships an update every 3 months, and A Step Ahead Challenge every 5 weeks. Most recently, Scavify was updated on September 28, 2026 and A Step Ahead Challenge on September 28, 2026.

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