# Ato: Walking Trace — 記錄散步足跡・和朋友會合

> 記錄散步足跡・和朋友會合 (iPhone/iPad app by cheng yiting.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ato-walking-trace/id6787812110 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [cheng yiting](https://appshunter.io/developer/1854112680)
- Category: Navigation, Social Networking
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-11
- Data updated: 2026-09-29

## What is Ato?

Ato (アト, Japanese for "trace" or "footprint") is a quiet, unhurried walking app.

RECORD A WALK
Open it and Ato draws the path you walk as a single line, with distance, time and pace. Lock the screen, put the phone in your pocket — it keeps recording quietly, and the Live Activity on your lock screen shows how far you have come.

MY TRACES
The places you have walked are counted as tiles. Walking the same street again never adds one — only going somewhere new does. See how many tiles you have lit, how much ground you have covered, and what percentage of each district you have walked: "Da'an District 13.6%".

RANKS
Seven tiers, from Couch Potato to Legendary Walker. Your rank comes from your daily average over the last seven days and is recalculated every time you open the app — so it reflects the walker you are now, not a lifetime total. It goes up, and it can go down.
Distance at walking pace counts fully; riding counts 30%. The walk to the station still counts, but rank is earned on foot.

CITY EXPLORATION CHESTS
Every kilometre on foot earns a chest holding a random keepsake badge. There are eleven to collect, and when you go out changes what you find — larks in the early morning, dusk in the evening. Collect five of the same badge and you can wear it as an avatar frame.
(All free. There are no in-app purchases.)

HISTORY AND MONTHLY RECAP
Every walk is kept: this week, this month, lifetime distance, milestone badges, and a monthly recap you can open at the end of the month. When a walk ends you can turn the route into a card and share it.

MEET UP WITH FRIENDS
Shopping separately? Open a meet-up room and send the code or link — one tap and they are in. See each other's position and distance on the map, drop a meeting point, send a quick signal ("I'm here!"). Your lock screen shows how far away they are.

FRIENDS
Add friends with a friend code and see who is walking or meeting up right now. Friends are sorted by rank; tap one to see their totals, coverage and badges. Cheer their latest walk with kudos. With three friends, your whole week counts ×1.5.
(You can see each other's numbers — but never each other's routes. That stays private.)

REMINDERS
Optional daily notifications: a gentle nudge in the morning, and at night how far to walk tomorrow to reach the next rank. Both can be turned off at any time.

SIGN IN WITH APPLE (OPTIONAL)
You can record walks, see your history and coverage without an account. Sign in and your walks are backed up to your own private cloud space, so a new phone keeps everything — and friend features become available.

ANONYMOUS CROWD HEATMAP
Curious which area is busy right now? The heatmap shows how many people are walking nearby, completely anonymously: your position is blurred into a coarse grid cell on your device before it is ever sent, so others see density, never you.

PRIVACY
• No forced sign-up; Sign in with Apple is your choice
• Location is used only while recording a walk or sharing in a room, and stops when you finish
• Location sharing happens only in rooms you chose to join
• Your walking routes are yours alone — friends cannot see them
• Avatar photos are visible only to friends you have both added, and can be removed anytime
• Heatmap data is anonymised and cannot be traced back to a person
• Walks live on your phone; signed in, they are also stored where only you can reach them
• Sign out or delete your account and all cloud data from inside the app, anytime
• We do not sell data, show ads, track you, or sell anything in the app

Tell us anything through "Feedback" inside the app.

Walk slowly. Leave today's trace.

## Is Ato safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Ato.

## Is Ato legit?

Ato: Walking Trace has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Ato is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4 — 2026-08-29

• Ranks: seven tiers, from Couch Potato to Legendary Walker. Based on your daily average over the last 7 days, recalculated every time you open it — it can go down as well as up
• Distance at walking pace counts 100%; riding counts 30%. The walk to the station still counts, but rank is earned on foot
• City Exploration Chests: one per kilometre on foot, opening to a random keepsake badge. Eleven to collect; five of the same one becomes an avatar frame
• New "My traces" page: coverage, how much of each district you have walked, lifetime distance and badges, all in one place
• Coverage only counts new ground — walking the same street again never adds to it
• Profile: set a photo from your library as your avatar, or use a built-in icon and colour
• Friends are sorted by rank; tap one to see their totals and badges
• Kudos: cheer a friend's latest walk and they get notified
• With three friends, your whole week counts ×1.5
• Daily reminders: a nudge in the morning, and at night how far to walk tomorrow to rank up (can be turned off)
• Nickname moved into your profile, changeable once a month
• Fixed a meet-up invite banner that could not be dismissed, and a walk share card whose map was sometimes blank

### 1.3 — 2026-07-17

【本次新增】
・Apple 登入:換手機也能保留你的散步紀錄(選用,不登入也能使用全部功能)
・散步紀錄雲端備份與同步
・好友功能:用好友碼互加好友,看見彼此「散步中/會合中」
・一鍵邀好友來會合;分享邀請連結,朋友點一下直接加入會合或散步
・意見回饋:在 App 內直接寫信給我們
・帳號管理:可隨時登出或在 App 內刪除帳號
・介面與操作手感全面優化

### 1.2 — 2026-07-16

v1.2 更新

・散步歷史統計:本週/本月/累積里程,還有里程徽章陪你往下一個目標前進。
・分享成圖:結束散步後,把路線與數據做成一張文青卡片,一鍵存相簿或發限動(多種版面可滑選)。
・每月散步回顧:月底拆開信封,用日曆看看這個月走過哪些日子。
・會合升級:可在地圖插「集合點」,大家看到各自距離;新增「我到了」等快速訊號;鎖定畫面即時動態也能顯示同伴距離。
・多項體驗優化與修正。

謝謝你用 Ato,把每一段散步,留成一條線。

### 1.1 — 2026-07-13

v1.1 更新

・背景記錄:散步時螢幕關閉、手機放口袋也持續描出路線與距離,不再中斷。
・鎖定畫面即時動態:走多遠、花多久、配速多少,鎖屏一眼就看到(iOS 16.2 以上)。
・散步結算頁:結束後放大重播你走過的整條路線,並顯示距離、時間與平均配速。
・散步歷史:每一次散步自動保存,用真實地圖當封面,還能為每趟散步命名。
・多語言:新增 English 與 日本語,可在首頁右上角自由切換。
・會合優化:按「分享我的位置」時地圖自動對準你;放口袋走動,朋友也持續看得到你。
・多項效能與省電優化,介面更順手、畫面不再被裁切。

謝謝你用 Ato,把每一段散步,留成一條線。

### 1.0 — 2026-07-11

No release notes.

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