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Geocaching

Who runs Geocaching, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest geocaching / outdoor recreation alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
opencaching.de

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Geocaching

Geocaching geocaching.com

There are millions of geocaches hidden around the world—there are probably some near you right now. Get the free Official Geocaching app and start finding them.

Wikidata: outdoor recreational activity

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Geocaching tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

12 of the 16 alternatives below have fewer, 4 have more.

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Cookie banner
None found
US company
2 tools
  • Marketing and email tracking

    Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.

  • Tag manager

    Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Geocaching

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Geocaching, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than GeocachingNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    opencaching.de German 1 tracker

    Geocaching mit Opencaching

    Opencaching.de ist das freie Portal für Geocaching, ein Schatzsuche-Spiel. Mittels GPS-Koordinaten sind Behälter oder Objekte zu finden.

    Compare opencaching.de with Geocaching →
  2. 02
    TerraCaching terracaching.com English 1 tracker

    TerraCaching

    A growing group of innovative geocaching enthusiasts focused on creating quality experiences. Offer sponsorship to other members, create new caches, approve your sponsoree’s caches, view the status of your submitted caches, and edit your drafts. The TerraCaching Toolkit contains most of your functional needs.

    Compare TerraCaching with Geocaching →
  3. 03
    Munzee munzee.com English 1 tracker

    Munzee. 21st Century Scavenger Hunt. Download Munzee

    Scavenger hunt game where items found in the real world are captured by using smartphones

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  4. 04

    website

    Compare wikiloc.com with Geocaching →
  5. 05
    OpenStreetMap openstreetmap.org Top 1K English 1 tracker

    OpenStreetMap

    OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

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  6. 06
    AllTrails alltrails.com Top 10K English 7 trackers

    AllTrails: Trail Guides & Maps for Hiking, Camping, and Running | AllTrails

    Explore the outdoors with AllTrails, the best app for hiking, biking, and running. Discover curated guides, trail maps, photos, and reviews for over 500,000 trails worldwide.

    Compare AllTrails with Geocaching →
  7. 07
    Gaia GPS gaiagps.com English 3 trackers

    Hiking Trail Maps, Ski Touring, 4x4 Offroad App | Gaia GPS

    outdoor navigation application

    Compare Gaia GPS with Geocaching →
  8. 08
    Outdooractive outdooractive.com English 3 trackers

    outdooractive.com • Europe's largest outdoor platform | Outdooractive

    The portal for outdoor athletes: hiking, cycling, mountain biking, and skiing. With free online route planner and GPS trails and tracking for your smartphone.

    Compare Outdooractive with Geocaching →
  9. 09
    Badoo badoo.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Best Free Online Dating Site & App - Friends, Chat, Flirt | Badoo

    Join Badoo’s community - the best free online dating app. Chat before you match, meet & date people in your area or make new friends from all over the world.

    Compare Badoo with Geocaching →
  10. 10
    Cookpad cookpad.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Choose your Region - Cookpad

    Thousands of authentic recipes from around the world, recommended and tested by home cooks. Save your favourites and share your own on Cookpad.

    Compare Cookpad with Geocaching →
  11. 11
    Hornet hornet.com English No trackers

    Hornet | Hornet, the Queer Social Network

    Meet, chat and connect with 100 million+ queer men worldwide

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  12. 12
    WikiTree wikitree.com

    genealogy website operated by Interesting.com, Inc. of New York

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  13. 13
    Meetup meetup.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Meetup | Find Local Groups, Events, and Activities Near You

    Find Meetup events, join groups, or start your own. Make new friends and connect with like-minded people. Meet people near you who share your interests.

    Compare Meetup with Geocaching →
  14. 14
    Lichess lichess.org Top 10K English No trackers

    lichess.org • Free Online Chess

    Free online chess server. Play chess in a clean interface. No registration, no ads, no plugin required. Play chess with the computer, friends or random opponents.

    Compare Lichess with Geocaching →
  15. 15
    Giphy giphy.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    GIPHY - Be Animated

    GIPHY is the platform that animates your world. Find the GIFs, Clips, and Stickers that make your conversations more positive, more expressive, and more you.

    Compare Giphy with Geocaching →
  16. 16
    Guilded guilded.gg English No trackers

    Guilded - Chat for Gaming Communities

    Guilded upgrades your group chat and equips your server with integrated event calendars, forums, and more – 100% free.

    Compare Guilded with Geocaching →
  17. 17
    Adam4Adam adam4adam.com English No trackers

    Adam4Adam - Free online dating & hookup, gay, chat, cam

    Adam4Adam is the free gay dating site with chat, cams and millions of guys near you. Join the biggest LGBTQ+ dating community and find your Adam today!

    Compare Adam4Adam with Geocaching →
  18. 18
    Komoot komoot.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Komoot | Find, plan and share your adventures

    Turn your next ride, hike, or run into an adventure with komoot. Get inspired by tapping into shared community knowledge and recommendations, then bring your adventures to life with the easy route planner.

    Compare Komoot with Geocaching →
  19. 19
    Geni geni.com

    American commercial genealogy and social networking website

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  20. 20
    OkCupid okcupid.com

    an online dating platform

    Compare OkCupid with Geocaching →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Geocaching’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Geocaching uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Geocaching adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 9 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
40 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Geocaching’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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