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Anonymous
Used unspecified
OVERALL RATING:
5
Reviewed March 2024
Goosechase Review: Kids & Adults Will Love It.
Purnambica
Management Consulting, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2023
Create digitally advanced and interactive training and teaching experience for organizations !
Goosechase is the leading online interactive platform with digitally advanced interactive and collaboration features for real time meaningful interaction and foster collaboration with participants and target audiences in all kinds of programme. The leaderboard and live features will operate real time without any lag. Also, the reporting dashboard for measuring success is crucial and can be very well maintained and updated by Goosechase
PROSGoosechase is one of the most interactive and intuitive online platform that enables organizations to create scavenger hunts and other interactive experiences for long lasting learning and improve engagement and collaboration with target audience. The most amazing aspect of this online platform is that it is extremely easy to learn and any kind of audience gets adjusted and equipped with its functionalities immediately. All kinds of interactive gaming experiences are fostered by Goosechase in most efficient and swift manner. The online platform comes with extensive real time tracking of the interactive experiences and journey and also report and dashboard mechanism for overall analysis.
CONSNo problem seen so far and all the features and functionalities works efficiently in the platform and no issues reported from users.
Sharilee
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2023
An Absolute Gamechanger
LOVE it!! Most importantly, I absolutely LOVE the Goosechase support team. They are friendly, respond quickly, and really do care.
PROSGoosechase has been an absolute game changer for us! We use it for literally everything, and it is so much fun. It has allowed us to provide our services to families in a fun, gamified manner; it makes analytics and communication easy, and the Goosechase team is absolutely AMAZING!
CONSI wish we had better options for organizing our various hunts. It would also be nice to have an option for 2-way communication and even commenting within the game.
Reason for choosing Goosechase
Better in ALMOST every way.
Reasons for switching to Goosechase
The Goosechase option is so much easier for us to create our family experiences, and much more convenient for the families we serve to use it.
Daniele
Higher Education, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
New pricing is terrible
Overall, I love it! I love the user-friendly platform and all the options!
PROSI love the easiness of Goosechase! I have been using it for almost 10 years. My students love it and so do I.
CONSI am very unhappy with the options for pricing. I was fortunate enough to have used it for a long time to receive a school k-12 discount. Now, the new pricing keeps me from being able to continue our partnership. We only use it maybe twice a year with all of our new students during orientation. However, with the new pricing, I have gone to another digital platform. I wish I could stay with Goosechase, but your prices are too high for us.
Reason for choosing Goosechase
I am not longer using Goosechase since you have changed your pricing.
Patrick
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2023
Goosechase plants the seeds!
I use Goosechase in an educational setting, and it is a remarkable tool for allowing students and colleagues the opportunity to explore and begin to think about the concepts that we will cover more in depth after we’re done adventuring. Nobody wants to listen to a lecture, and everyone wants to run around and find things of interest. Within the design of the games that I have set up, people get the opportunity to have those “a-ha” moments that really springboard our learning io the big picture concepts that we need to cover for various courses and training purposes.
PROSEveryone likes competition, and using Goosechase to enhance knowledge is extremely powerful and engaging simultaneously. There is instant motivation for participation, and the ability for me to manage so many people from my laptop is incredible. Messaging with fun or inspiring comments keeps everyone entertained yet accountable, and the discussion of the adventure after the challenge ends carries the team building and friendships into the classroom and keeps the energy and attitude positive and productive!
CONSI would prefer to have a more intuitive team sign up format. With confusion on how to identify and share the code with other team members, it can get a bit confusing. Oftentimes one person in a team of five or six will be the only one submitting pictures and videos for the missions that they are taking on. I wouldlove to have ALL participants engaged in EACH of their phones. A better way to set up a team and share would allow for that!
Angela
Primary/Secondary Education, 11-50 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Goosechase is for EVERYONE!
Goosechase is seriously one of my favorite games to play EVER! It started out as a way to gamify my classroom- I've used it to practice vocabulary, skip counting, Earth Day, etc... but then I tried it outside of the classroom with family and friends and it was a HIT! I made a Christmas Lights Goosechase for my church where teams could drive around looking for lights around the holidays (which lots of people do) but making it a scavenger hunt looking for specific lights made it so much more fun. This year with be year three for that. I've also made them for my kids youth group on the boardwalk (a great place for a scavenger hunt!), girls weekend trips, and am now creating one for my son's upcoming wedding reception. I've used so many programs before but never for as long as Goosechase. I even pay for the subscription myself now, as my school stopped offering the paid version. Thank you for creating something that makes anything better!
PROSGoosechase can make anything better! I've used it in school, at my church, and with family and friends. It is so user-friendly that everyone can use it - young, old, and anyone in between. The app is easy to download and use and I just love the team aspect. Creating missions is a snap and I love that I can save games in my 'library' to use again.
CONSI wish you could zoom in when taking photos/videos. Often the missions involve finding things that may be a bit far away and then it's hard as the 'judge' to see what the picture is. I also don't like that if you don't hold the camera/iPad up and down the photos/videos are submitted sideways.
Chuck
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2023
GooseChase of Education - It's a Blast
I love it - the fun, the gamification, the challenge, and the collection of photos and videos make it such an #eduwin.
PROSAs a middle school teacher, I have used GooseChase for five years on our annual Washington DC. Trip. The game not only keeps kids engaged, but it also provides me with a great collection of crowdsourced phots and videos! I also use it during the school year by offering various challenges to students based on our topics of study. Some challenges can be done at school or home, while others require some local travel to historic sites.In addition, I have used GooseChase for engagement at multiple professional conferences that I help organize and run. The conference challenges bring attendees together, offer ways to promote featured sessions, and provide some fun as well!I've alos used it for my extended family. It's an. amazing platform to guide people around our city, showing off historic sites, cool cultural attractions, and fun locations.GooseChase is easy to design, simple to implement, and a snap to monitor.
CONSI would love some new functions - possibly some hidden bonuses when teams complete a series of missions, or some if/then functions at certain locations. A built in QR code reader would be cool as well.
Reason for choosing Goosechase
I've used it in the past, and it's super easy. Plus, GC is much less expensive.
Laurie
Primary/Secondary Education, 501-1,000 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2023
GooseChase
We have been using Goosechase since 2018 with youth, families, volunteers, and colleagues with an educational focus. It provides a chance for use with the public at fairs, with virtual programs to allow team-building or extended content experience, with parents/families as a part of early childhood engagement focuses, and at in-person events for more connection to the location and with others (and with education in there too!). I think there are a lot of ways to use the platform and have been impressed with staff creativity though I don’t even know all the stories. We often use for informal evaluation purposes and to get qualitative data points on what went well, what could be improved and what youth have learned.
PROSThe ability to have private missions so sensitive or private youth content is not seen by other participants if needed; the ability to have other colleagues as team builders and reviewers within one game; the license that is unlimited for our whole organizational team to use in programming with youth, volunteers, and the community
CONSIntegration is a slight challenge when we have to get approval from our broader university but has not been an issue. All of the specific needs we have had had been addressed by the team so no issues there! Pricing has changed a bit over the years and we have had to figure out creative ways to cover. However, I still view as a platform that has good value for our program.
Jon
Higher Education, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Wonderful for colleges
The benefits of Goosechase allow me to connect with potential applicants, get to know students, aid in student sense of belonging, and support faculty members with fun, interactive experiences.
PROSOpportunities abound to utilize Goosechase for colleges. Creating a sense of belonging through orientation, aiding in connection with student tours (middle school through adults), supporting faculty with robust projects, and collecting data for accreditation are all dymanic means of applicability.
CONSAll usages are meeting my expectations. Faculty, administators, and students are enjoying Goosechase.
Jackie
Primary/Secondary Education, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Goose Chase Rocks
I love Goosechase and know that my staff loves it so much, they asked that I do another one for our opening inservice this fall. It is engaging and team focused and all members of your group is engaged instead of just one or two doing all the work for everyone. I highly recommend Goosechase and am thankful I learned about it at our Physical Education Conference in Wisconsin last fall. It's always great to bring something new and exciting back to the district.
PROSGoose Chase is super easy to navigate through the app to set up. I viewed a couple tutorials but overall I was able to figure it out easily without any problems. It is also easy from the participant side to download the app, get signed in with the access code and begin the missions. I like have they have premade missions to get your ideas flowing but also the ease to make your own or tweek the ones they have premade.
CONSI haven't had issues with the Goose chase app. The only thing I would say as I have used it with staff only would be to have a place to see what missions the participants completed/submitted and which they haven't in real time. The latest challenge I have 60 missions and they had 60 minutes to complete as many as they could so it would be nice from my end as an administrator to see which ones they were hitting and which ones they had yet to complete in real time.
Reason for choosing Goosechase
I still use both but find Goosechase more user friendly and quick and easy to administer.
geoff
Higher Education, 501-1,000 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Amazing for creating classroom engagement and getting students out of their comfort zone.
I love this tool. I first used it as a participant doing a city-wide scavenger hunt with my family. I then created a challenge for a church family weekend. During covid, I found ways to use it in my classroom at Miami University with great success. I keep finding more ways to use it!
PROSI love how I can quickly create challenges that line up directly with my classroom topics. From semester to semester, I can easily duplicate a previous challenge and make small changes. It really encourages me to think about my students' learning process and how to make it tangible. It also makes it fun!
CONSI wish I could allow feedback/ comments on the leaderboard. Right now I have to add bonus points to be able to make any comments about it. I wish there was an way to quicly export a simple video summary (choose which challenge videos/ pictures, choose speed, choose music). Right now I export and make my own videos using tools like Animoto.
Reason for choosing Goosechase
It was so user-friendly to set up and run challenges. Easy to download the final submissions (and smaller files).
Stacie
Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
A Teacher's Dream!
Excellent
PROSGoosechase is a fast and efficient and free (for up to 5 groups) way for educators to desing target-specific tasks. The safety features allow for students to express themselves via video and photo in a secure manner only seen by the educator-a rare gift in our social media driven society. I highly recommend Goosechase for team building and educational lessons that have a high impact on learning.
CONSPerhaps Goosechase would consider offering even more than 5 free particpants for the educational setting?
Reason for choosing Goosechase
Goosechase has a plethora of examples, clear instructions for use and a library of resources.
Kim
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Back to School Team Building
Setting up missions for my faculty to complete during our team-building event was very easy. My staff was highly engaged and enjoyed participating in the Goosechase. Several faculty members even decided to use Goosechase in their lessons during the school year after participating.
CONSThe only suggestion I would make is to offer education accounts the ability to have 6 teams instead of 5. Our class sizes are increasing each year and 6 teams would help us to have manageable team sizes. Alternatively, giving the option to have a monthly payment option for the paid educator account.
Kate
Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2023
A game changer!
I've used GooseChase for several virtual programs since 2020. It has been a great resource for me as a 4-H coordinator and they youth have tons of fun with it. Our GooseChases are not your traditional scavenger hunt, but give youth various tasks to complete. The video submissions are always the best, but require a length limit warning.
PROSThe app is very easy to use and has a wide range of applications.
CONSThere are a few features that are hard to find, like sending a message to participants. We also do a lot of random prize drawings from teams that have actually participated, so a random drawing feature would be cool.
Michele
Education Management, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
A life saver in the classroom
I cannot imagine doing my job without this tool. My students love Goose Chase!
PROSAs a high school Campus Minister, I lead retreats for students and staff which require me to engage 40-150 people at the same time! Goose Chase is an easy way for me to create interactive lessons that teach themselves so that I can attend to another group or task.
CONSI find the library to be too small which means I always have to create my own missions. I wish there was a way to access other Chases so to share ideas.
Mimi
Education Management, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Absolute engagement
It’s literally my favorite software based activity.
PROSThis activity is so unlike anything else. I have never not had 100 percent engagement in any goosechase I have facilitated. From small children up to adult admins.
CONSNo one in my district except me has the opportunity to use it enough to justify a higher tier membership. So when I model it for teachers they are always frustrated by the limits of the free plan, but a school wide plan wouldn’t get used enough to justify the cost.
Charlotte
Museums and Institutions, 2-10 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2023
Museum uses GooseChase for a fundraiser
No one in our area is using this app for fundraising so to be have a unique event is always fun.
PROSGooseChase is an easy to download app that each team could use to answer custom questions related to the history of an area. This was used for 3 hours during the competition.
CONSAs admins we had certain questions that we scheduled at certain times through out the day. This feature did not work as easily as we expected. GooseChase Admin listened to our concerns.
Sharon
Education Management, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2023
Team building with Goosechase
I am really enjoying the experience of Goosechase for TeamBuilding and completing otherwise mundane tasks that are often asked of our staff.
PROSI love the pre-existing choices of missions but also love the ability to customize and create our own missions.
CONSAlthough I love the ability for missions to be released on a time schedule, I do find this feature difficult to set up. However, the "Help/Support" feature was immediate and excellent to help me succeed.
Kyle
Primary/Secondary Education, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
New Teachers Love Goosechase
We have used Goosechase to introduce our new teachers to the school district for 5+ years. This is always an entertaining and fun way for them to tour the district and show what we are all about. Many of them go on to implement a Goosechase in their own classrooms.
PROSWe love the ability to add custom and location based challenges and for our teams to play collaboratively.
CONSSome of the features are more difficult to find, for example the group messaging function
Jen
Education Management, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2023
Get GooseChase!
I use Goosechase with my students, for staff training and also at conferences to increase engagement.
PROSAmazingly adaptive for all ages. I use it with my students, staff and to increase engagement at conferences. It’s a way to capture learning in a job threatening way.
CONSMust use on app or phone, limits who can use it.
Reason for choosing Goosechase
It’s easy to use with few technical issues.
Nikki
Higher Education, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2022
Goosechase EDU for Educators
I have successfully used GoosechaseEDU over the past few years with all of my student cohorts. It is wonderful for summaries of learning, campus orientation, end-of-year get-togethers, and more. Unfortunately, I am now downgrading as a result of the price rise.
PROSGoosechase activities are always a big success. They can be educational or social, and they always are appreciated by students. The variety of options makes it suitable for all educational frameworks.
CONSRecently the price for educators doubled, making the program no longer a viable option for educators.
Dayna
E-Learning, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Teacher using it for school and home
I've used this as my extended family's Christmas activity, for my son's band activities, and for a meeting with adults.
PROSI enjoy being able to write my own missions. It is very user friendly and easy for the players to understand as well.
CONSI would like to be able to have more than 5 teams, but I appreciate being able to have 5 for free!
Tara
Education Management, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used monthly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Love the product - not the increase in cost
I LOVE Goosechase and would continue it but price went up so it is something I have to consider letting go this year.
PROSmissions and then how easy it is to go live - I really like how interactive it is - you can see pictures scrolling, give bonus points, tips, etc.
CONSThe price went up and it is significant.
Reason for choosing Goosechase
I loved the engagement is provides for staff. I also really like how it shows the pictures of missions posted to make it extra fun for staff to see.
Dan
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2023
Using technology to create an experience
Overall my students and athletes love using this app to bring gamification into the classroom and compete!
PROSGooseChase allows me to create various experiences and to connect electronically with my students.
CONSGooseChase doubled the price for educators which makes it not worth renewing for the limited times I use it.
Marsha
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Great for engagement in digital teaching and learning.
Fabulous
PROSI like the mobile features and the cost reduction for education. We would not be able to afford it otherwise.
CONSSometimes our folks do not have wifi or cell signal. I would also like to use it with classrooms, but it doesn't integrate with chromebooks.