Goosechase Reviews

by NESgirl9999

Says “free forever” for recreational use, but you can only have 3 participants. What fun is a scavenger hunt with only people? I get that you can also have 3 teams but that is still not enough for a basic scavenger hunt. If you want to add more participants it’s like $500. Rip off!

Goosechase is really basic! Pretty much worthless. I don’t believe you can create a game from Goosechase - You have to go onto their website. Also, there isn’t a function to browse games you have to search for a specific game.

Don’t waste you time unless you only have 2 friends you want to make a scavenger hunt with or unless you have nothing better to do with your money.

by Aichsoanchska Dvduwks

Goosechase is really fun - I’ve had a great time both of the times I’ve participated in a scavenger hunt. When creating my own for a friend’s birthday, however, I went through the whole process, added the challenges and points, added pictures... and it wasn’t until then that I saw the cost to invite more than 3 players to a scavenger hunt... $299! That is truly insane.... I would understand $10... IF THAT. I spent multiple hours creating this scavenger hunt only to not be able to use it because I don’t have $299 dollars laying around to spend on a game.

I ended up using a different app, that is lower quality and not quite as fun, but it didn’t cost me $299 so it’ll have to do.

Very disappointed in Goosechase. Will not use again, and I will warn all of my friends, family, and coworkers about the ridiculous price.

by Rebs_fan

I love the idea of using this game style with my college students, but have found a few issues. First, it appears to be free, but then you find out it is normally several hundred dollars. However, there's free education premium access for the rest of the summer, but the link to education services is well hidden and takes some searching to find. My big issue with Goosechase vs the website is that there's not a function to switch between being a user and administrator in Goosechase . I log into Goosechase and an treated like a student, which allowed me to test and find a couple of items I needed to change. Unfortunately, I had to switch to the website in a browser in order to fix those issues (no way that I can find to switch roles in Goosechase ).

by DragoonRider125

Ill give this game a 4, just cause it’s one of those things. I enjoy doing it, and playing a game or two with friends, but it’s hard and confusing to set up a game, maybe try making easier settings? By that I mean you should make it so when making a game on the website, you can flip the screen so it’s a easier screen to read. Ok but that’s basically it, and I love playing these! I win every time UwU

by Powellonia

My first attempt at a scavenger hunt app was a different app, and this one is so much easier to use than that one. I made a simple little Halloween hunt for my four year old, but the problem is she can’t read yet, so since there aren’t any pictures on the list of missions, she can’t just choose the item we should look for based on the picture. It was a little frustrating since I took the time to attach pictures to each mission. I think it would be nice if there was a feature (or maybe there is and I missed it??) where you could opt to have thumbnails appear in the missions, and not just when you touch the mission. This would be especially helpful if you are doing this with younger kids who can’t yet read or who are learning to read.

by Ella0127

This is a great app, easy to set up scavenger hunt, the ability to post the missions was awesome and easy, all of our participants had a great time.
The only draw back is the price to upgrade, would be better if you could do it in levels. The upgrade price of $299 is out of line for the majority of people. If you could get all the features available for a single scavenger hunt/game for around $50. Is a a more realistic amount. Other than that I would recommend it 100%

by Furman Boys

I work hard to find the best edtech out there for my teachers. This is it! Not only will this be a great experience for our students but I have already used it in a professional development experience for my staff. The program lets the lesson move beyond the classroom walls and get the students up and moving. It also can take mundane lessons and can show its use in the real world. Goosechase is going to be the next Kahoot or Flipgrid in terms of popularity.

by (My Name Goes Here)

Simple to use, but robust capabilities. Easy enough for small organizations or groups, but useful enough for large ones. Can’t wait to use this again. Worked great for our team building activity to seek out & learn history of our organization’s campus. Can be used for educational activities and team building.

Highly recommend!

by Te9987

Very thoughtfully designed and makes organizing a scavenger hunt so much easier. Also made it so much more fun to be able to see real time leader board and live feeds from other teams’ missions. At the end, we spent the time laughing vs arguing over points. One suggestion would be for an admin override or approval option for big point items because sometimes those seem to get corners-cut and can tip the game.
Thanks!!!!

by Goody / Mama B

It was GREAT field day activity !!!! Really had lots of fun walking around while exploring the neighborhood , too !!! The STEM students were just awesome , being competitive but still enjoying while completing the missions in it !!! And once again, I experienced the warm hospitality that STEM faculty has to parent chaperones / volunteers before my daughter leaves for a higher grade level of teaching by next school year !!! I had been and will always be a strong supporter of great education !!!!!

by Devingail

Did this for my friends birthday and had the best time!! Would’ve been better to have more than two people but absolutely still doable! Got a little creative and had a few good laughs. Even though we didn’t need any help bc it’s so user friendly, our guide Matt was super nice, reminded us he was there to help when we hadn’t written in a while and even played a funny prank on us! Already bought a second hunt for a new city, can’t wait to play again!!

by NotATakenUsername

Goosechase was easy to use and worked smoothly both in practice and on the big day. Customer service was quick and helpful when I needed help upgrading my game. Highly recommend!

I used this for my surprise proposal and I couldn’t believe how engaged and competitive she got. She said multiple times throughout the day how much fun she was having and at the end when I asked the first thing out of her mouth was “how did you do all this.”

To be honest it was pretty easy. Everything was automatic and timed to go off on its own. I practiced a couple times and then I ran itself. This is definitely a story we’ll remember forever. Great app and a great company.

by KLDawareness

This weekend was my first ever event like this. Myself and my team had an absolute blast! With a minutes left in the challenge we were already planning on what we would do differently next time!!! I learned so much about my town. Even while being caught in a downpour with rain flying sideways we were out trying to get points and raise awareness for the KLD Foundation. Thank you for an awesome weekend of pure fun. We look forward to our next event.

by A RANdOm TEn YEaR OLd

I love the Goose chase app. My aunt made me and my family a hunt, and we had an amazing time! It also helped us explore Suttons Bay. I also like how you can make games private, so not just anyone can play. (Although the option of making a game public is offered, which is nice) One thing I wish they would change is that I haven’t yet found the option to give a bonus of anything other than 500 points. It would be nice to have a custom bonus. Thanks for reading this and I hope it helps you.

by Ken De Fire

The this app App worked perfectly for my scavenger hunt. Everything about Goosechase is great...the mission selection options of photo, video, text and GPS location, the ability to set an automated start and stop time, the tracking of submissions and points earned, being able to add bonuses, the ability to send messages, download of submissions capability, sharing capabilities and free if you have a small group. I’m probably missing something because there are so many awesome features to Goosechase. Thank you for making my scavenger hunt amazing!

by CreativeKendra

this app was the perfect tool to create an extended family bonding experience! We did our goose chase over a few days as part of a virtual family reunion. Our teams were spread out across the States. One team had members in CA, UT, MO and NC. We had such fun coming up with creative ways to do the tasks and seeing what each team had done. We laughed, cheered each other on and had an awesome (virtual) time together! Four generations of family strengthened family ties with this amazing app!! Young and the young at heart alike enjoyed it very much.

by Olivarrib

I have used Goosechase twice now and have been impressed both times. This weekend we used it at a large church event for students. We had about 30 groups and 250 people. Creating the event was easy because there were already some great preloaded missions. I added some specific to our location. Love the ability to schedule new missions to start at a certain time after the hunt had started. I didn’t not have a single team have a problem with Goosechase . Can’t wait to use it again next year.

by Junkfood Is Da Bomb

I first used Goosechase in seventh grade. My English teacher had us all download it and then we would go all around the school and do the scavenger hunt. Next, my entire community used it to run a scavenger hunt at our local ice festival (a festival where they get a bunch of people to make ice sculptures) and it worked flawlessly. Everyone got to look for certain sculptures and they had the entire weekend to do it. The only thing I wish they did was make it so you can see past games. However, cudos because this is a great app. Highly recommended it! Especially for teens and kids who are hard to motivate...

by Shrimpy Toes

Goosechase is awesome because during quarantine, me and my friends wanted to stay active, but continue social distancing to avoid contracting coronavirus. We didn’t know what to do. And then, my mom found Goosechase, and made a scavenger hunt for us, and we went around town and found things! It was so cool and now my friends are making their own ones and doing them on other people! This is exactly what I needed! I highly recommend this to kids around 7 and above. There is only one little problem. To get more than three teams, you have to pay money, and it is kind of a lot of money, so if you want to play with tons of teams, this may not be Goosechase for you. But it is awesome!

by Johnfrombrightonmi

I’ve done Road Rallies for many years, even with this year’s COVID outbreak, our adventures with this app was incredibly FUN! Our community celebrates 60 years of the Howell Melonfest sponsored by the Howell Area Parks and Recreation Authority! Bravo! Encore! 55 exciting events made this a fun week! Thank you! To the developer, if you need any “free” advice from my experience, let me know. No strings! You bring a developer, I wonder what I could bring to your drawing table. Being a Santa Claus, you are definitely on the good list!

by Cegen1203

When I first heard about Goosechase and that my school did it I got super excited until I started playing. When new events are posted they are not in order by date which makes you miss events you didn’t see. I also recommend an option to delete old events you can not do anymore to make it less cluttered. Some events that are the same time should only be aloud to do one of them, because some people cheat and say they went to say all three events that all started and ended at the same time. What started as a fun competition ended with a unfair game.

by Cprocsal

I love the concept of Goosechase and all of the features of Goosechase however we tried doing one last weekend and every time anyone with an IOS device tried to take a video Goosechase would crash and would have to restart it and then it would work so that was super frustrating. We have used Goosechase in the past without issue, so must be something with a current version causing all of the issues.

by Lindsay In NC

I learned about this app from a coworker at school. I chose to set up a this app for our family vacation this summer and it was awesome. We played on 2 teams, kids versus adults- youth versus wisdom, and had random adventures throughout the trip. I did kind of set it up for the kids to win but it kept our someone disengaged teens active and using the tech for what I wanted as we traveled. Can’t wait to go on our next vacation.

by MsNutTree

We did this as a family activity the day after Christmas and had a blast! We survived and were sad when our time was up. Matt was our fabulous guide. He kept in touch and provided some laughs with a few of his texts. We are already planning our next outing.

by Deb The Goose

A month ago I set up the scavenger hunt for our team and they loved it! It was so user-friendly, and my team was so engaged. I was able to create over 75 missions and my team had so much fun that they wanted to keep it going! I will definitely use this platform the next time our team needs a pick me up for engagement!

by KiefintheD

this app is an amazing app. We had a birthday road rally with teams taking photos at each task that we had created. Goosechase worked perfectly and everyone at the party loved this app. The road rally would have not been the same without Goosechase . So easy to upload, create teams and monitor the event. Teams loved being able to see the real-time leaderboard. 5 stars+!!

by Bunnii2

Goosechase works perfect in an educational setting. It provides a different and fun learning experience and not just having students recall learned objectives. The games are reasonably priced for education as well, which is a huge plus. Goosechase can be used with students, parents, faculty, staff, and prospective members of your school community. I love it!