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What is Walkable?

Short answer

Walkable is an app for going for a walk. It can plan a route from where you are, guide you along it turn by turn, and keep a record of where you went — including photos and notes you add along the way. There is no account, and your walks stay on your phone.

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Walkable's home screen: the map of what you have already explored, and a card set to a 5.0 km loop — roughly 6,500 steps, about an hour — above a Start walk button.
Walkable's home screen: the map of what you have already explored, and a card set to a 5.0 km loop — roughly 6,500 steps, about an hour — above a Start walk button.

What it is for

Walkable exists for one thing: making it easier to go for a walk and enjoy it. Not training plans, not competing with anyone, not a feed. You open it, you get a route or you just start walking, and afterwards you have a record of where you went.

It is built around three things people actually do. Sometimes you want the app to suggest a route — a loop of roughly the distance you have time for. Sometimes you already know where you are going and you want directions. And sometimes you just want to walk and have it remembered.

What makes it different

There is no account. You do not sign up, you do not give an email address, and there is no password to forget. The app works the moment you install it.

Your walks live on your phone. Walkable does not keep a copy of your walking history on a server, which is why there is nothing for us to lose, sell or be compelled to hand over.

It works without a signal. Once you have prepared an offline map for your area, Walkable can plan and follow routes with the phone in aeroplane mode.

What it is not

It is not a social network. There is no profile, no followers and no public feed of your walks. There is a Community page on this website for discussion, and it is deliberately separate from the app.

It is not a fitness tracker in the competitive sense. It counts distance, time and steps, and it notices when you walk often — but nothing is ranked against anybody else.

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