How do I get geocaches to find?

[mtstewart2014]

Do you have to buy premium to get “Any” geocaches?  Are there none to find in the “free” ap?  You can’t try a few to see if it’s worth $49/year.  Would like to see if there’s enough around the areas I go to see if it’s worth paying for a year. 

[+TriciaG]

On the "official" app, you as a basic member will only see low difficulty / low terrain, traditional caches. (I think it's 1.5/1.5 and below.) So if you live in a high terrain area or in an area with a lot of caches that aren't traditionals, it'll be harder to use the official app.

 

If you go to the website, you can see a map with other cache types, terrains, and difficulties. You just can't view them on the "official" app.  Example/link: https://www.geocaching.com/map/#?ll=43.86226,-78.95634&z=11

 

You could try a different app. You don't have to use the "official" one. Other apps, if I'm not mistaken, don't limit the terrains/difficulties of the caches you can see, but they do limit you to X number of caches in 24 hours.

 

Link to authorized iOS apps: https://apidevelopers.geocaching.com/ios-partners

And Android: https://apidevelopers.geocaching.com/all-api-partners

Probably the top item in the list is a good option to try.

[+niraD]

1 hour ago, TriciaG said:

On the "official" app, you as a basic member will only see low difficulty / low terrain, traditional caches. (I think it's 1.5/1.5 and below.) So if you live in a high terrain area or in an area with a lot of caches that aren't traditionals, it'll be harder to use the official app.

Groundspeak's Geocaching app used to limit basic members to 1.5/1.5 or lower, but now its limit for basic members is 2/2 or lower.

 

See also the Help Center article Geocaching® app: Premium vs. Basic membership features chart.

[+elilawson]

On the app if A premium member

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