
Bänkle – Bench & Rest Finder
Find a public bench nearby
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What's New in Bänkle
1.1.1
August 14, 2026
Bänkle is now free to download. - Free: find nearby benches, get a live compass and walking route to the nearest one, track that bench on your lock screen, plus home-screen widgets and the Apple Watch app. - New "Bänkle Pro" (one-time unlock): navigate to ANY bench you choose, save favorites, use all filters, open the full-screen compass, and sync across your devices with iCloud. Already bought Bänkle before? You keep everything - Pro unlocks for you automatically. The lock screen, reworked: - The card now appears only when you tap "Track this bench" - never by itself for a bench you didn't pick. - Distance and walking time keep updating while your phone is locked. Before, they froze the moment the screen went off. - When you get there the card says "You've arrived", tracking ends, and you get a notification. - Fixed: several cards could pile up on one lock screen. There is now only ever one. - The direction arrow is gone. It couldn't turn as you turned your phone, so it pointed the wrong way about as often as the right way. The compass inside the app still does this properly, in real time. While you're walking to a bench, iOS shows a blue indicator in the status bar. That's the live distance being kept up to date; it stops as soon as you arrive or stop tracking. Also new in this version: - Search any city, address, or landmark and jump straight to the benches there. - Accessibility and comfort filters: wheelchair-accessible, armrests, and covered / shaded benches, alongside backrest and material. - "Next bench" - hop from one bench to the next along a longer walk. - iCloud sync for favorites, your tracked bench, and benches visited. - Now on iPad, with a watch-face complication to open Bänkle from your wrist. - Share a bench's spot once you arrive. - Five more languages: French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and Polish. - A medium home-screen widget, plus many fixes and refinements. Bench data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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