SpotGuesser vs WorldGuessr: free Street View, or a globe of questions
WorldGuessr is a free, ad-supported take on the Street View guessing game. SpotGuesser asks questions you answer on a globe. Modes, daily play, scoring and cost, compared.
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WorldGuessr describes itself in one line: "a free alternative to GeoGuessr. It drops you somewhere in the world in Street View." SpotGuesser is a free geography game too, but a different kind: instead of a Street View scene, it gives you a question, and you answer it by dropping a pin on a globe.
A note before we start: this is SpotGuesser's own site. Everything said here about WorldGuessr comes from its home page, its daily challenge, its comparison with GeoGuessr, its about page and its terms, as they read on November 6, 2026.
What is WorldGuessr?
WorldGuessr puts you somewhere in Street View, and you "drop a pin on the map and guess." Each round is worth up to 5,000 points. It started in 2024 and is built by one independent developer, codergautam, with help from open-source contributors; the company behind it is CoderGautam LLC, in the United States. Its source code is public on GitHub, under a noncommercial license.
It has a lot of ways to play: singleplayer, ranked one-on-one duels, two-on-two team duels, unranked matches, private parties of up to 200 people, a daily challenge, Country Guesser and Continent Guesser, and a leaderboard with Elo ratings. Besides its 93 official country maps, players have made more than 80,000 community maps. It runs in any browser and has apps for iPhone and Android, in five languages.
Is it free? "Yes. Every mode, unlimited rounds. Ads pay for it." You don't need an account for singleplayer; a free one is needed for ranked duels and team duels.
What is SpotGuesser?
SpotGuesser gives you three daily matches, Football, Formula 1 and Landmarks, of five questions each: where a player was born, where a circuit is, which city a landmark stands in. You turn and zoom a globe, tap to drop a pin, move it as often as you like, and lock it in. There is no clock. After each answer you see the right place, how far off you were and the story behind it.
Each question is worth up to 100 points, so a perfect match is 500. The Playground adds 49 quizzes in eight categories, from world capitals to Formula 1 team factories, to play as often as you like.
SpotGuesser and WorldGuessr at a glance
| WorldGuessr | SpotGuesser | |
|---|---|---|
| What you see | A Street View scene, somewhere in the world | A question, and a 3D globe to answer it on |
| What it tests | Reading the clues around you | Knowing where things are |
| Points | Up to 5,000 a round | Up to 100 a question, 500 a daily match |
| Every day | 3 Street View places, 60 seconds each, up to 15,000 | 3 matches of 5 questions, no clock, up to 500 each |
| With friends | Duels, team duels and parties of up to 200 | Private leagues of up to 8, with a winner every week |
| Account | Not needed for singleplayer | Not needed to play |
| Where | Any browser, plus iPhone and Android apps | Any web browser, on a phone or a computer |
| Cost | Free, paid for by ads | Free, with no ads |
Two daily games, one rhythm
Both games have a daily ritual, and they share the same rhythm: everyone gets the same places, and the new day starts at midnight, your local time.
WorldGuessr's Daily Challenge is three Street View locations, with 60 seconds for each and up to 5,000 points a round, so 15,000 at most, and one try a day. You can play without an account; signing in keeps your streak and your history.
SpotGuesser's daily matches are three topics of five questions, with no clock at all, up to 500 points a match, and one try at each. A streak counts the days in a row you have finished at least one, and the story after each answer is part of the game.
Street View, or a question?
The real difference is what you are guessing from. In WorldGuessr, as in GeoGuessr, nothing tells you where you are: you read the scene, the language on the signs, the side of the road the cars drive on, the landscape.
In SpotGuesser, the question tells you what you are looking for, and the globe shows the countries and the big cities, so the challenge is knowing the answer: where a footballer was born, which English towns build Formula 1 cars, where a landmark stands. Then comes the part every Street View player knows: putting the pin down as close as you can.
Playing with friends
WorldGuessr is built for head-to-head play: ranked duels with Elo, team duels, and private parties big enough for a classroom.
SpotGuesser's leagues are slower and more social. A group of friends plays the daily matches whenever they like, the scores line up side by side every day, and every week has a winner. A league you run holds eight players, and it is free with an account.
Which one should you play?
WorldGuessr suits you if you want the Street View guessing game for free, with every mode open, duels and community maps, and you don't mind ads paying for it.
SpotGuesser suits you if you like your geography with a question attached, football, Formula 1, landmarks, capitals, with no clock, no ads and a story behind every answer.
They test different skills, so there is room for both. We have also compared SpotGuesser with GeoGuessr, the game that started the Street View genre. Or play today's SpotGuesser matches and see how close you can get.