Sacred Steps
The Temple Path
88 temples around the island of Shikoku.
1,170 km
Route
88
Temples
40
Patches
Walk the world’s great trails.
Your everyday steps carry you along real routes, from Shikoku’s 88 temples to the road to Rome. On iPhone and Apple Watch.
Coming soon to iPhone Duo
- The Temple Path
The Pacific Crest Trail
The Camino
Appalachia
Road to RomeNew
Choose your journey.
Each app is one complete route, with its own guide, characters, collection and Apple Watch app. One purchase, no subscription.
Nature Steps
The Pacific Crest Trail
Mexico to Canada along the crest of the West.
2,653 mi
Route
102
Species
3
States
Sacred Steps
The Camino
Three historic roads to Santiago.
3
Routes
92
Stages
44
Patches
Nature Steps
Appalachia
Georgia to Maine through the eastern forest.
2,190 mi
Route
105
Species
14
States
Sacred StepsNew
Road to Rome
Canterbury to Rome on the Via Francigena, with Sigeric, the archbishop who recorded the road in 990, as your guide.
2,202 km
Route
71
Stages
4
Countries
72
Stamps
52
Patches
70
People to meet
Coming soon: The Divide
Walk the Triple Crown.
The Pacific Crest, the Appalachian and the Continental Divide trails are the Triple Crown of American hiking, nearly 7,900 miles between them. Walk the first two today. The third is on its way.
Your walk. A real route.
No GPS, no workout to start, nothing to log.
- 1
Walk the way you already do.
To work, with the dog, on a treadmill. Every step counts.
- 2
Apple Health counts your steps.
The app reads your step count on your iPhone. Your health data never leaves it.
- 3
You move along the real route.
Your steps become distance on a map of the actual trail, stage by stage.
Every mile has a story.
Temples, mountain passes, towns and wildlife open as you reach them, each written for that exact place and checked against primary sources.
Kōbō DaishiThe Temple Path
John MuirThe Pacific Crest Trail
St. JamesThe Camino
Henry David ThoreauAppalachia
SigericRoad to Rome
Something to collect on every route.
Each route has its own collection, and it fills in only in the order you walk.
Plus 40 to 53 illustrated patches in every app, for distance, streaks and the seasons.
Walk together.
Invite friends and family into a group of up to 30 walkers, and see everyone on the same map.
- Everyone’s place on the route, as they walk.
- Cheer each other on with a tap.
- A weekly step leaderboard for the group.
Apple Watch. In every app.
Today’s steps, your stage and your next waypoint, without taking out your phone.
Coming soon
Made for iPhone Duo.
Unfold it and the trail opens up: the map on one side, your journey on the other. Fold it and you are back on the trail in your pocket.
Concept images. iPhone Duo support is in development.
A cast for every route.
Walk as a pilgrim, a naturalist, a Templar knight or a black bear. Every route has its own hand-drawn characters.
- Henro
- Naturalist
- Templar Knight
- Black Bear
- Sigeric
- Daruma
- Bigfoot
- Flamenco
- Trail Angel
- St Bernard
- Bashō
- Ansel Adams
- Hemingway
- Thru-Hiker
- Fresco Painter
One price. The whole route.
$4.99per app, once
No subscriptions
No in-app purchases
No ads
- The complete route, unlocked as you reach each waypoint
- Hundreds of entries of history, culture and trail content
- Walking groups for up to 30 friends
- Apple Watch companion app
- 8 fully localized languages
- Free updates, with new content added each year
Common questions
Yes. Each route is a separate app with its own content and collection, and each is a one-time purchase. None of them carry a subscription.
Sacred Steps: The Temple Path is the pilgrimage app: 88 temples, guided meditations, a stamp book. Nature Steps: The PCT is the hiking app: 2,653 miles and 102 species in the Field Journal. Both use the same step engine, so the second one you buy will work the way the first one did.
Yes. Each app reads the same step count from Apple Health, so one day of walking advances every app you have installed.
Apple Health supplies your daily step count. The app converts it to distance using your stride length and applies it to the route. There is no GPS tracking and no workout to start.
Yes. Your health data never leaves your device without explicit consent. Step data is read from Apple HealthKit and processed locally. We do not collect, store or transmit your health information. Optional iCloud sync goes to your own private iCloud account. Walking groups share only what the group shows: your name, avatar, progress and messages.
Not yet. The step engine, the Watch app and the Health integration are built on Apple frameworks. Android is planned after The Road to Rome is released.
History & Mystery Steps, scheduled for 2027. History Steps opens with the Silk Road. Mystery Steps applies the same engine to city routes through Paris, Venice, Tokyo and Beijing, with puzzles and historical content at waypoints.
From the studio
October 30, 2026
From Canterbury to Rome
Sacred Steps: Road to Rome is out. 2,202 kilometres from Canterbury Cathedral to St Peter’s, with Sigeric as your guide and a credential of 72 stamps.
October 23, 2026
Designing for iPhone Duo
One app, three shapes. The map beside the page, a tab bar that moves to the side, and onboarding that lines up in every pose.
October 22, 2026
From Springer Mountain to Katahdin
Nature Steps: Appalachia is out. The oldest mountains in America, forests that change as you walk north, and 105 species in the Field Journal.
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