Free real-world scavenger hunt
A treasure hunt is waiting near you.
Open Ping Hunt and it generates a hunt for the area around you, built from street-level imagery. Follow the GPS, find each spot and match it with your camera to unlock the next. Nothing to set up.
Free on the App Store and Google Play. Uses your location to find a hunt near you.
See It In Action
Watch how Ping Hunt turns any walk into an adventure
How Ping Hunt Works
Three simple steps. No setup required.
Open the app
It finds a hunt near you.
Follow the GPS
Walk to the first spot.
Match the view
Line up your camera with the photo to unlock the next spot.
No setup. No library. A hunt, right here.
Many scavenger hunt apps start with a blank form or a catalogue: build a hunt first, or hope someone has already made one in your town. Ping Hunt starts with where you are. Open it and there is a hunt to play. It is still a proper hunt, not a list of pins: you look around, recognise the place and stand in the right spot with your camera up. The photo is the answer.
Want one for your own group?
Build a hunt from real places and photos, and share it with a link. It works for birthday parties, classes, team days and visitor routes, indoors and out.
Create a huntWhere does the hunt come from?
Ping Hunt builds each hunt automatically from Google Street View imagery of real places near you. Nobody hand-picks it and there is no catalogue behind it, which is why there is a hunt to play wherever the imagery is available. Every spot is a real place, shown as it looked when the imagery was captured.
What to expect
- Generated, not curated. Software picks the spots, not a person, so some hunts will be better than others.
- Imagery has a date. Street-level imagery can be a few years old, so a place may look different today.
- Coverage varies. Street-level imagery is not available everywhere.
- It uses your location, to find a hunt near you.
- Stay safe. Stay on public paths, watch for traffic and follow local rules. If children are playing, check the route first.
Want a hunt with a story, or one for a specific group? Build your own. More on how Ping Hunt makes a hunt.
Built for Real-World Play
Everything you need to play and create scavenger hunts.
Play nearby hunts
Open the app and instantly see hunts available near your current location.
Create hunts
Photograph waypoints anywhere. GPS data is stored automatically.
Map guidance
Hunters follow a live map with distance and direction to each waypoint.
Camera matching
Snap a photo to prove you found the correct place or object.
Ideas for Your First Hunt
A quick hunt works in any setting. Here are six to get you started.
Create a hunt inside the house using toys, books, furniture, or hidden objects.
Turn a walk in the park into a photo-based challenge.
Create a hunt around landmarks, streets, statues, murals, or local details.
Make students explore a school, campus, museum, or learning route.
Build a simple treasure hunt without printing clues or hiding paper notes.
Create a playful route with meaningful places, surprises, or small tasks.
Free to play. Free to create.
Ping Hunt is free to download and free to use. Try a nearby hunt, create your own, and share it with someone.
Help shape Ping Hunt
Ping Hunt is new, and honest feedback helps make the game better. Try a nearby hunt or create a quick 3-point hunt and tell us what worked, what was confusing, and what would make you play again.
Send feedbackReady to play?
Open Ping Hunt and try the hunt near you, or make your own anywhere.