Honest comparisons between StampRise and other ways event organisers run booth passport games, scavenger hunts, and engagement campaigns.
Compare the participant experience and operating tools first. Treat registration as a separate, optional requirement.
Run station scans, quizzes, surveys, clues, and reviewed photo proof.
Use claims, lucky draws, teams, leaderboards, and defined rounds.
Publish schedules, record session check-ins, and export event activity.
Moderate shared photos and give exhibitors scoped portal access.
NFC and Apple & Google Wallet are available upon request.
Keep your existing provider, or request Event Registration (Upon request).
Paper stamp cards are simple and low-tech. They can work well for very small events. StampRise is better suited when organisers want digital tracking, leaderboards, prize redemption management, and protection against lost cards or duplicate stamping.
Full event apps can be useful for complex conferences with agendas, networking, maps, and participant profiles. StampRise is useful when the goal is quick, no-app engagement through QR stamps, booth visits, leaderboards, and prize redemption. The two are often complementary rather than alternatives.
Retail loyalty tools are usually designed for repeat customer purchases over weeks and months. StampRise is designed for short-term event engagement where organisers need participants to visit booths, complete activities, collect stamps, and redeem prizes during a live event.
Manual booth passports are typically paper booklets stamped by exhibitors, or sticker sheets handed out at registration. They are familiar but slow, hard to track, and easy to lose. StampRise replaces them with a no-app QR-based experience that is faster for participants and gives organisers real-time data.
Generic QR scavenger hunt tools are designed for any kind of scavenger hunt. StampRise is specifically built for live events - expos, conferences, festivals, activations - with features like booth-level analytics, sponsor reporting, prize redemption, and session check-ins.
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| Feature | StampRise | SocialPoint | Goosechase | Scavify | Whova | Captello |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | Digital Event Passport for expo, conference and festival organisers | Event gamification suite with a managed setup | Interactive missions for teams, classrooms and events | Scavenger hunts for teams, campuses, tourism and events | All-in-one event app with a passport contest module | Lead capture and booth activation platform |
| How participants join | Attendees scan a station QR code with their phone camera. It opens in the browser, with nothing to download. | Web link or QR code, no download. | Web browser or the free Goosechase app, via a join link, code or QR code. | Browser play, per Scavify's website. iOS and Android apps are also available. | Whova app (iOS and Android) or Whova's web version. | Browser-based games. Lead capture runs on mobile devices. |
| Pricing | One payment per event. Published tiers from 200 to 3,000 participants, full toolkit on every tier. Build and test free, no card needed. | Attendee Participation Game plans sold as 3-month or 12-month subscriptions, sized by player count and game complexity. Reward types vary by package. | Single events from $99 USD one-time (up to 10 participants, run within 30 days). Self-serve single events are available below 175 participants. Larger one-time events and subscriptions are quoted. Free plan: up to 3 participants for 24 hours. | Conference pricing is quoted through a contact form. Free trial available. | Quoted per event, based on event size and add-ons. | Pricing on request. |
| Getting live | Self-serve. Build, test and go live the same day. | Software access within hours of ordering, then a customer success-led setup (kick-off, brainstorm, dry run and launch meetings). SocialPoint says most groups take 2-3 weeks to plan and launch. | Self-serve. Goosechase says small games can be built in about 20 minutes. | DIY, full-service or ready-to-go hunts. Scavify says launching takes minutes once program details are ready. | Not listed publicly | Not listed publicly |
| Exhibitor tools | Exhibitor portal where each booth sees and downloads its own leads live. Station contact sharing to attendees' phones, station heatmaps, one-click post-event PDF report. | Post-show lists of booth visitors sent to exhibitors and sponsors. Sponsor-specific challenges such as surveys and quizzes. | Not listed publicly | Not listed publicly | Exhibitors collect leads in the Whova app. Passport stamps come from registered booth staff scanning the attendee's QR code in the app, or from in-app actions such as signing up for exhibitor offers. Exhibitor trivia depends on package. | Core strength: universal lead capture, meeting management, and CRM and marketing automation integrations. |
Event gamification suite with a managed setup
20+ challenge types, including live trivia game shows and voting
Interactive missions for teams, classrooms and events
Photo, video and GPS missions
Scavenger hunts for teams, campuses, tourism and events
Photo, video, GPS and QR challenges
All-in-one event app with a passport contest module
A complete event app: agenda, networking, messaging and exhibitor lead retrieval in one place
Lead capture and booth activation platform
Enterprise lead capture with data enrichment
Last verified 24 September 2026, based on information published on each company's own website. Features and pricing change, so check the vendor's site before you buy. Spotted something out of date? Let us know through our contact page and we'll correct it. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. StampRise is not affiliated with or endorsed by the companies named.