Run Catch Repeat: the real life manhunt app for your city
Run Catch Repeat is a real life manhunt app. One runner has to reach three random destinations in the city, while a team of catchers follows the runner’s location on a map and tries to catch them first. You play outside with friends, and the whole city is your play area. The app is available for iOS and Android.
What is a real life manhunt app?
A real life manhunt app turns a city into a playing field. GPS shows where the players are, so you can play tag or hide and seek across many streets instead of one garden. Run Catch Repeat adds goals, tasks and abilities, so every round becomes a chase with a plan.
How a round works
At the start the runner gets three random goals in the city. At every goal the runner takes a photo and draws a mandatory task, which has to be finished before the next goal. The catchers see the runner’s location only with a delay. By default it is 10 minutes old, so the catchers have to think ahead. The runner sees the catchers‘ location too, with a longer delay of 60 minutes by default. A round usually takes 1 to 3 hours.
Both teams can use public transport, and both can earn coins with optional tasks. Each team has three abilities, chosen before the start, and pays for them with coins. Abilities such as Freeze or Compass change the chase, but only for those who plan their coins well.
How to win
The runner wins with three goals plus the last mandatory task. After the third goal the final phase begins: both teams see each other live, and the runner has to finish one last mandatory task that cannot be declined. If the runner completes it without being caught, the runner wins. If the catchers catch the runner first, the catchers win.
Catching is real. A catcher has to reach the runner outside, because the app only shows where everyone is.
Hide and seek across a whole city
If you are looking for a hide and seek app, this is the big version. The runner does not hide in one spot. The runner keeps moving between goals, and the catchers have to find a moving target from a delayed location. Charge your phone before you start, because GPS uses battery.
Get the app
Run Catch Repeat is available for iOS in the App Store and for Android on Google Play. One player creates a lobby, shares the lobby code with friends, and the round can start. You need at least two players, and four are recommended. The app is available in German and English.
Watch real rounds
We play real rounds in Bremen and publish them on YouTube, narrated in German. In the episode of 18 October 2026 one runner flees from two catchers through the city, and in the end the catchers catch the runner. You can see how the delayed location shapes every decision.
Questions and answers
What is a real life manhunt app?
A real life manhunt app shows where players are with GPS, so you can play tag or hide and seek outside across a whole city.
How does hide and seek work in a real city?
The runner does not hide in one spot. The runner moves between goals, and the catchers see the location with a delay and have to think ahead.
How many players do I need?
At least two players, and four are recommended.
Which phones does the app run on?
Run Catch Repeat is available for iOS in the App Store and for Android on Google Play.
Can I play in my city?
Yes. Run Catch Repeat can be played in any city, and it works best where public transport is good.
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