Walk world-famous routes from your own street or treadmill.

PookaTrek turns the walks, runs and rides you record into progress along the route. As the kilometres add up, the Pooka, a friendly spirit, tells you the stories of the places you pass.

Coming soon to the App Store

For iPhone and iPad. Works with Apple Health.

The Pooka: a small white ghost in a brown hat, holding a walking stick

How it works

Keep moving the way you already do. PookaTrek does the travelling.

1

Pick a route

Choose a famous route, or draw your own on the map.

2

Move as usual

Your walks, runs, rides, swims and wheelchair pushes come in from Apple Health and carry you along the route.

3

Hear the stories

The Pooka stops at castles, churches, bridges and villages along the way, and each day leaves a page in your journal.

Routes with stories

Every famous route comes with a guide written for it: the places worth stopping at, and stories that unfold over many kilometres.

France and Spain · 771 km · 165 stops

Camino Francés

The pilgrims' way from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostela, across the Pyrenees, the Meseta and the hills of Galicia.

Ireland · a short walk to start

Dublin

Your first trip with the Pooka: a loop around Dublin and the story of the Easter Rising, told on the way.

More routes are on the way.

Your data stays with you

PookaTrek has no accounts and no ads.

  • Your health data and your location stay on your device.
  • PookaTrek only reads from Apple Health and never writes to it.
  • The only things we collect are anonymous usage counts that can't be tied to you.

Read the privacy policy