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Walk the World: An iPhone app that gamifies step-tracking with map milestones and souvenirs

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Chris Messina

9mo ago· 1 min readenProduct

Summary

Walk the World is a new indie iPhone app that gamifies step-tracking by converting daily steps into iconic map milestones with collectible souvenirs. The developer created the app to make walking habit-forming and fun, having personally walked ~250 miles while building it. The app targets remote workers looking to build healthier daily walking habits.

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If you're a remote working couch potato like me you've probably thought about making daily walks a healthy new habit in your life. I hope this makes that goal a bit addictively fun!
It helped me walk ~250 miles lately working on the app and crossed all of Switzerland.
It converts your daily steps into iconic map milestones, with souvenirs to collect along the way.
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Have you walked enough this week to finish the Boston marathon? Find out with Walk the World, an addictively healthy new take on step-tracking. It converts your daily steps into iconic map milestones, with souvenirs to collect along the way.

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