Goosechase

Goosechase is the most approachable self-serve scavenger-hunt-style platform for event teams that want fast setup, media-rich missions, and live competition. It shines for team building, conferences, onboarding, and activations, but gets less attractive when you need deep event-stack integrations, rock-solid low-connectivity play, or very large-scale pricing clarity.

Free -> $199 single event -> $599 single event -> $9,999/year department-wide -> custom enterprise
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Tool Nutrition Label
Founded 2011
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Company Size 11-50 employees
Funding Privately held; Crunchbase lists a pre-seed funding round
Pricing Model Freemium single-Experience pricing plus annual subscriptions and custom enterprise quotes
Free Trial Free plan available for up to 3 teams or 3 individual participants
Contract One-time single Experience or annual subscription; enterprise and nonprofit plans are custom-quoted
Attendee Capacity Published self-serve limits run from 3 to 35 leaderboard spots per one-time Experience, or up to 50 teams / 250 individuals on the department-wide subscription; larger deployments are custom-quoted
Mobile App Yes - iOS and Android app for participants; creators build and manage Experiences in the web-based Studio
Offline Capability No
Data & Compliance Goosechase is a Canadian company, but its privacy policy says servers and subprocessors are located in the United States and may change over time
Expertise Level Beginner
Event Types
Corporate Team BuildingConferencesEmployee OnboardingCampus OrientationFundraisersBrand ActivationsCommunity EventsTours
Key Integrations
Single Sign-On (SSO) (Native) Custom Integrations (API)
Support Channels
EmailHelp CenterCustomer SuccessAccount Manager
Best For
  • + Corporate team-building programs where teams move through a venue, campus, or city completing photo, video, text, and GPS missions
  • + Conference engagement programs that want attendees to explore exhibitors, sponsors, or networking checkpoints instead of staying passive
  • + Onboarding, orientation, and training experiences that benefit from templates, repeatable structures, and real-time competition
  • + Brand activations and community events that need guest mode, QR or join-code access, and a fun shared activity layer
Not For
  • Planners who need one platform to handle registration, agenda, networking, and scavenger hunts in the same product
  • Events with unreliable cellular or Wi-Fi coverage where participants must be able to play fully offline
  • Designers looking for very deep branching logic or more game-engine-style control over the participant journey
  • Budget-sensitive large deployments that exceed Goosechase's published self-serve participant limits
Key Capabilities
Build no-code Experiences quickly in Goosechase Studio and launch without a heavy implementation cycle
Mix camera, video, text, and GPS missions to drive discovery, creativity, and movement around your event
Start from 250+ templates and adapt them for conferences, onboarding, fundraisers, tours, and team building
Keep energy high with live leaderboards, flexible point scoring, bonus points, and optional hidden-score reveals
Send real-time or scheduled broadcasts to all participants or specific teams while the Experience is running
Add branded splash screens, custom terms, attachments, and other polish that make the game feel event-specific
Track engagement with stats, activity feeds, downloads, and submission exports after the event
Scale from a lightweight one-off Experience to multi-creator workspaces and subscription-based repeat use
Honest Limitations

Participants Still Need The App

Goosechase play happens through the iOS or Android app, not a normal desktop browser. That is fine for mobile-first events, but it adds friction compared with browser-native event engagement tools.

Connectivity Matters More Than The Marketing Suggests

Participants need internet access to upload submissions, receive updates, and see activity. There is limited offline photo or video capture, but Goosechase is not a true offline-friendly event platform.

Pricing Gets Murky After The Self-Serve Tiers

Public one-time pricing stops at 35 leaderboard spots, and larger one-off events move into custom quotes. That makes early-stage budget math harder for bigger conferences or activations.

Branching Exists, But It Is Not A Full Game Engine

Unlockable missions and timed releases add useful structure, yet organizations designing very complex narrative or route logic will still find more purpose-built alternatives.

It Adds Engagement, Not Full Event Operations

Goosechase is strong as an activation layer, but it does not replace registration, ticketing, agenda management, or broader attendee networking workflows.

Pricing Breakdown
Plan Price Details
Recreational $0 Free plan with up to 3 teams or 3 individual participants and 1 live Experience at a time
Starter $199 per Experience Single-use license for up to 8 teams or individual participants
Professional $325 per Experience Single-use license for up to 20 teams or individual participants
Growth $599 per Experience Single-use license for up to 35 teams or individual participants
Department-wide $9,999/year Published as $850/month billed annually; up to 50 teams or 250 individual participants with unlimited simultaneous live Experiences
Enterprise / Not-for-Profit Custom quote For larger organizations, higher participant counts, unlimited creator accounts, and tailored support

Cost at Common Event Sizes

100
attendees
~$325
Assumes 100 attendees are organized as 20 teams of 5 on the Professional single-Experience plan. If those 100 attendees need individual spots, Goosechase moves to custom pricing.
500
attendees
Custom quote
Published pricing does not cover 500 individual attendees or 100 teams. The public department-wide plan tops out at 250 individuals or 50 teams.
1000
attendees
Custom quote
Well beyond Goosechase's published self-serve limits. Enterprise pricing is the realistic buying path at this scale.

Hidden Costs to Watch

  • ! Single-Experience upgrades are one-time licenses only; rerunning the same Experience requires buying again
  • ! Events with more than 35 teams or individual participants on one Experience move into custom pricing
  • ! The department-wide subscription is billed annually rather than month to month
  • ! Some higher-touch needs such as SSO or larger-organization support sit behind sales-led plans
  • ! Provincial taxes apply to Canadian residents, and banks may add international transaction fees

Goosechase works best when you want to add movement, creativity, and competition to an event without buying a full event app. The platform gives planners a no-code Studio for building Experiences, a participant app for iOS and Android, and enough live controls to run scavenger hunts, sponsor challenges, onboarding games, and campus-style exploration without much technical overhead.

That simplicity is the main reason Goosechase is easy to recommend. The official product now spans templates, camera and GPS missions, unlockable tasks, scheduled broadcasts, analytics, branding options, and organization features like workspaces and SSO. For conferences, team-building days, and activations, that is usually more than enough structure to feel polished without becoming a heavy implementation project.

The main caution is scale and fit. Goosechase’s published self-serve pricing is clear only up to 35 leaderboard spots for a one-time Experience, after which planners move into custom quote territory. The product also depends on participant mobile connectivity, so venues with weak service or programs requiring true offline reliability need a more careful evaluation.

In practice, Goosechase sits in a sweet spot between casual party scavenger hunts and full-service enterprise gamification platforms. If you want the fastest path to a branded, participant-friendly challenge experience, it is one of the cleanest options in the category. If you need deeper integrations, more advanced game logic, or large-event pricing certainty upfront, tools like Loquiz, SocialPoint, or Scavify may be easier to justify.

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Pairs Well With

Eventbrite

Mass-market ticketing and event marketing platform with unmatched discovery reach, fast setup, and fee-heavy economics for paid events.

Registration & Ticketing Event Marketing Freemium

Use Eventbrite for registration and ticketing, then direct attendees into Goosechase once the event shifts from sign-ups to in-person or hybrid engagement.

Slido

A polished Q&A and polling layer for conferences, webinars, and hybrid sessions, though the best features skew toward paid annual or enterprise use.

Audience Response & Polling Freemium

Slido handles session-based polls and Q&A well, while Goosechase covers movement-based missions, discovery, and team competition across the wider event.

Mailchimp

A dependable email marketing workhorse for invite flows and post-event nurture, but one that gets more expensive as contacts pile up and automation needs mature.

Event Marketing Freemium

Mailchimp is useful for pre-event setup emails, participant instructions, reminder nudges, and post-event follow-up after the game ends.

Alternatives

Scavify

Scavenger hunt platform for team building and engagement

Networking & Engagement Paid

More premium corporate scavenger-hunt positioning with a heavier-touch setup and pricing model than Goosechase's lighter self-serve approach.

Actionbound

A playful scavenger-hunt and tour platform that works especially well for team-building, museum, campus, and city-based experiences rather than formal conferences.

Networking & Engagement Freemium

Stronger fit for self-guided tours, outdoor education, museums, and learning-driven experiences where route structure matters more than event activation polish.

Loquiz

Location-based game builder for scavenger hunts, city games, team building, education, and custom outdoor event experiences.

Networking & Engagement Paid

A better fit for advanced game logic, branching experiences, and more elaborate experiential design than most Goosechase buyers will need.

Questions to Ask the Vendor
  1. 1
    For our format, do you recommend individual play, team play, or a mix of both, and what is the exact all-in cost at that setup?
  2. 2
    What happens operationally if participants lose cellular or Wi-Fi access during the event, and what best practices do you recommend to reduce failure risk?
  3. 3
    Which enterprise-only features matter for us in practice: SSO, custom integrations, workspace controls, or dedicated support?
  4. 4
    What participant, submission, and engagement data can we export after the event, and what is the retention timeline for uploaded media?
  5. 5
    If we want sponsor branding, media usage rights, or event-specific legal waivers, which branding and custom-terms features are included in our plan?
  6. 6
    For 500+ attendees, what implementation support, response times, and success coverage are included in the quoted package?
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