A couple months ago, I found this app called Seek; it is an application that is sponsored by companies, and it is essentially a treasure hunt. There are “treasure chests” in places all over the world, almost on every other street, and the application tries to get you to open chests– in these chests you can win coins or fragments of prizes (example: fragment 1 out of 4 for a $50 Amazon gift card). The chests with better prizes require keys to open the chests, and you can earn keys by using the coins you find to purchase them in the store located inside the application, or you can use real money to buy them. Essentially the more you play, the more coins and keys you’ll earn for a better chance at prizes; the chests occur in the same places and refresh every 6 hours or so, but the less frequently you have opened a specific chest, the better chance you have at earning a prize fragment instead of just coins. I find this concept very interesting because this application is sort of driving you to get out and “explore” and go to new places and you are rewarded for it— and as long as you consistently play, you’ll have enough coins to buy keys for chests and you don’t have to spend any real money. I have only used it for a couple months and I have only opened chests in the same exact places (my apartment, art and design building, and my walk home), but I have already earned a few gift cards. 