Comparison

Scavify vs Journey Hunt

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

Journey Hunt

Transform any outing into a competitive scavenger hunt for groups. One person hosts, and others join for free using a code. Features AI assistance, photo verification, and real-time multiplayer.

Highlights
  • Real-time multiplayer
  • AI game host (Sage)
  • Photo verification with AI
  • Customizable hunt lists
  • Offline play support
  • Multiple game modes
Features
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Journey Hunt turns any trip, party, or life event into a real-time multiplayer scavenger hunt your whole crew will love. Everything is free: hosting, playing, and every themed pack. One person hosts. Everyone else joins free with a 4-character code. No accounts. No sign-ups. Just download and hunt. HOW IT WORKS The host creates a game, builds a list of items to find, and shares a code. Players join on their own phones and race to spot everything on the list. First to find them all wins, or go timed and see who racks up the most points before the clock runs out. PACK STORE Browse themed template packs organized by occasion and trip type. Preview every template and every item, then load any pack into your next game. Every pack is free. LIFE EVENT PACKS Wedding Pack: Hunt the moments that make wedding day stories. Four hunts covering the wedding day, reception, bridal party, and wedding weekend. Bachelor and Bachelorette Pack: The last night of freedom deserves its own hunt. Bar crawls, party buses, and the crew. Milestone Celebrations Pack: Birthday parties, anniversaries, and retirement send-offs. Hunt the moments that mark the big ones. Bar and Bat Mitzvah Pack: The ceremony, reception, photo booth, and day-after brunch. Every moment of the experience. TRAVEL PACKS Holiday Bundle: Six hunts for Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year's, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Halloween. National Parks Pack: Eight hunts for Smoky Mountains, Zion, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain, Yosemite, Acadia, and Glacier. Beach and Coast Pack: Four coastal hunts for the drive to the beach, wildlife spotting, coastal I-Spy, and harbor exploration. Sports Fan Pack: Four hunts for game day road trips, tailgate spotting, and Hall of Fame hunting. SAGE, YOUR AI GAME HOST Sage lives in the group chat and keeps the energy high. She calls out big finds, warns everyone when someone is close to winning, and tracks the leaderboard in real time. Life event packs bring themed aliases: Vera hosts wedding hunts, Roxy hosts party hunts, and Eli hosts mitzvah celebrations. PHOTO MODE Turn on photo mode and players snap a photo to celebrate each find, shared right in the group chat. It's honor system, so there's no waiting on verification, just keep hunting. HUNT HISTORY Every game you host is saved to your hunt history. See past results, scores, and who won. FEATURES Real-time multiplayer across any location In-app Pack Store, every pack free 8 themed template packs plus 4 free built-in templates Build custom lists up to 25 items Timed games or first to finish Group chat with Sage, your AI game host Optional photo mode to celebrate finds Late joiners welcome Works offline, finds sync when connection returns Full VoiceOver and Voice Control support FREE TO PLAY Players always join free. Hosts always host free. Every pack in the Pack Store is free to use, no purchase, no unlocks, no catch. Journey Hunt. The hunt is on.

Screenshots

Scavify4 screens
Journey Hunt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scavify at none against Journey Hunt's 5. Scavify also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). Journey Hunt's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ads 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. Journey Hunt sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Scavify asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Journey Hunt 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

Scavify ships an update every 5 months, Journey Hunt weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Scavify versus Journey Hunt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScavifyJourney Hunt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB19 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAsbury Mobile, LLCHarvey Wyche

Customer experience

Scavify

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

Journey Hunt

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)

Journey Hunt

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Scavify

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Journey Hunt

One-time5
  • Unlimited Games$0.99
  • Holiday Bundle$1.99
  • National Parks Pack$1.99
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  • Beach & Coast Pack$1.99
  • Sports Fan Pack$1.99

Questions

Is Scavify free?
Scavify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Journey Hunt free?
Journey Hunt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scavify or Journey Hunt?
Journey Hunt is rated higher. Scavify averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Journey Hunt averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Scavify or Journey Hunt have ads?
Neither Scavify nor Journey Hunt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scavify or Journey Hunt?
Scavify ships an update every 5 months, and Journey Hunt weekly. Most recently, Scavify was updated on November 1, 2026 and Journey Hunt on October 9, 2026.

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