Bänkle – Bench & Rest Finder

Bänkle – Bench & Rest Finder

Find a public bench nearby

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Bänkle finds public benches around you and points you straight to one. Open the app and every nearby bench appears on the map, drawn from OpenStreetMap. Pick one and a live compass turns to keep pointing at it while the distance counts down as you walk — no need to stare at a map. A green check tells you the moment you arrive. Exploring a new city on foot? Bänkle works anywhere OpenStreetMap has benches, so wherever you travel you always know where the next place to sit is. FEATURES • Live compass to the nearest bench, or to any bench you choose • Track a bench as your destination — the route and compass keep pointing at it, even after you close the card and between launches • "Next bench" — hop from one bench to the next along a longer walk • Search any city, address, or landmark and see the benches there • Real benches from OpenStreetMap, with backrest, material, and accessibility details when known • Filter for wheelchair-accessible seating, armrests, or covered / shaded benches — helpful when standing is hard or you need to get out of the sun • Favorites and a nearby list, one tap away — synced across your devices with iCloud • Apple Maps in Standard, Satellite, or Hybrid — all in 3D • Walking ETA and arrival time on a glanceable pill • Home-screen and lock-screen widgets showing your nearest bench • Lock screen and Dynamic Island: while you're heading to a bench you tracked, the distance and walking time stay up to date — right through to "You've arrived" • A standalone Apple Watch app, plus a watch-face complication • Ask Siri to "Find the nearest bench in Bänkle" • Full VoiceOver support and a clean black-and-white design that follows Light and Dark mode FREE, AND BÄNKLE PRO Bänkle is free to use: the map, the live compass and walking route to the nearest bench, tracking that bench to your lock screen, the widgets, and the Apple Watch app. A one-time "Bänkle Pro" unlock adds choosing any bench you like as your destination, favorites, all the filters, the full-screen compass, and iCloud sync across your devices. There is no subscription and no advertising. Whether you're exploring a new city, walking the dog, resting between errands, or looking for accessible seating and shade, Bänkle helps you find somewhere to sit. Bench data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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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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