Comparison

Scavify vs ScanHunt® by ATIV Software

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

ScanHunt® by ATIV Software

Engage in interactive scavenger hunts by scanning codes to earn points and climb leaderboards. This gamified experience can be used for events, conferences, or meetings to increase attendee engagement and learning.

Highlights
  • Participate in scavenger hunts
  • Scan codes for points
  • Climb event leaderboards
  • Create custom scavenger hunts
  • Enhance event engagement
  • Drive booth traffic
Features
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Participate in a scavenger hunt and find codes to scan for points. The points determine your status on a leaderboard and depending on the event, you may learn something you didn’t already know. HOW TO PLAY Your ScanHunt® organizer will provide you with a participation code for a specific scavenger hunt. Enter the code to load your ScanHunt® event game and start completing activities. Use the Checklist tab to see which activities you need to complete. HOW TO CREATE A SCAVENGER HUNT Add fun and excitement to your next meeting with easy to implement ScanHunt® gamification. Drive booth traffic and potentially increase revenue with an easy to set up a scavenger hunt. This app allows you to drive the behavior of your conference attendees while increasing their engagement at your next event. Use ScanHunt® gamification to enhance education opportunities or improve awareness at your next meeting or conference. Go to https://scanhunt.ativ.me today to set-up a scavenger hunt for your next meeting or event. WHAT MEETING PLANNERS ARE SAYING “ScanHunt® Gamification adds fun into our event. We use it to strategically reward attendee engagement which translates into higher satisfaction ratings.” Yvonne T., American Vacuum Society

Screenshots

Scavify4 screens
ScanHunt® by ATIV Software3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Scavify at 1K against ScanHunt® by ATIV Software's 1. ScanHunt® by ATIV Software's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (ad-supported vs freemium). On price, update cadence, 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

ScanHunt® by ATIV Software holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scavify has 1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Scavify versus ScanHunt® by ATIV Software: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScavifyScanHunt® by ATIV Software
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB38 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAsbury Mobile, LLCATIV Software

Customer experience

Scavify

All ratings1,045 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative63.6%

ScanHunt® by ATIV Software

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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)

ScanHunt® by ATIV Software

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Scavify

No in-app purchases

None

ScanHunt® by ATIV Software

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scavify free?
Scavify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScanHunt® by ATIV Software free?
ScanHunt® by ATIV Software is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scavify or ScanHunt® by ATIV Software?
ScanHunt® by ATIV Software is rated higher. Scavify averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while ScanHunt® by ATIV Software averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Scavify or ScanHunt® by ATIV Software have ads?
Neither Scavify nor ScanHunt® by ATIV Software shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scavify or ScanHunt® by ATIV Software?
Scavify ships an update every 5 months, and ScanHunt® by ATIV Software every 5 months. Most recently, Scavify was updated on October 19, 2026 and ScanHunt® by ATIV Software on October 11, 2026.

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