Reg Quest

Collect the numbers 1 to 999.

Reg Quest turns the great British art of number-plate spotting into a game you can carry in your pocket.

Now on iPhone. Android coming later.

What is it?

Spot a plate, log the number, and watch your collection fill up, from a few scattered finds to a full wall of plates. It’s a daft, lovely, very British thing to do, and now there’s an album to keep score in.

Two ways to play

  • Ultra – collect in strict order, 1 then 2 then 3, all the way to 999. No skipping ahead. The proper challenge.
  • Magpie – collect any number, in any order. Grab whatever drives past. Relaxed and gap-friendly.

Kids mode

Built for car journeys. Log just the number, not the full registration. Your collection shows only what you’ve found, newest first. Badges replace the long climb to 999, starting at your first plate: Spotter, Scout, Explorer, Hunter, and on to Grand Champion.

Switch it on or off whenever you like. Your collection stays as it is.

The basics

  • A clean album of every number, 1 to 999
  • Full plate entry that formats as you type, or numbers-only in Kids mode
  • Activity feed of what you’ve spotted and when
  • Search and filter to find your place
  • Progress as a count or a percentage
  • Optional town tag when you log a spot
  • Yellow or white plates, with your choice of country band
  • Back up your collection to your own files
  • No accounts, no ads, no tracking

Got an idea?

Spotted a bug, or got a suggestion to make Reg Quest better? Send it through the app. I’d love to hear it.


Inspired by the cult British game of consecutive number-plate spotting by Richard Herring.

Please play responsibly – never spot plates while driving.