Bearings: Your Local Guide

Bearings: Your Local Guide

Understand the World Better

5 ratings
4 reviews
#187 in top-grossing Travel
📚 Education
✈️ Travel
Free
In-App Purchases

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • August 19, 2026
  • September 15, 2026

Features

Background Location Access

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About

Discover the history, culture, and hidden stories of the world around you. This app personalizes your exploration based on your interests, offering unique insights without rigid routes. Understand places better by noticing details you might otherwise miss.

✓Personalized exploration based on interests
✓Discover hidden stories and local legends
✓Explore by walking or driving
✓Thematic exploration lenses
✓No predetermined routes or rigid tours
✓Understand places more deeply
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What's New in Bearings

1.0.4

September 15, 2026

You can now start using Bearings without an account. Open the app and try a sample trip right away. • Sign in with Apple • Set up your next trip in a minute, with a Trip Pass that covers exactly those dates • Sample trips you can replay as often as you like • Small fixes and improvements

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

Monthly Membership

Unlimited narrated travel, month to month.

$5.991 Month
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Charts

Top Grossing

📊 187

Travel

The app has maintained its position at 187 recently.

Last updated on September 30, 2026.

User reviews

Must Download!

I highly recommend downloading this app if you’re planning an upcoming trip soon! Instead of paying for an overpriced guided tour, this app gives you the opportunity to do multiple self-guided tours wherever and whenever you want. Check it out for yourself!

A Tour Guide in Your Pocket

I’ve found this app to be perfect for virtually any kind of adventure—whether you’re traveling by car, boat, or bike, taking a short walk through an area you thought you already knew, exploring with family, or considering paying for a guided tour while on vacation. This app truly does it all.

It provides interesting, relevant, and accurate information while you continue going about your day, making it feel like you always have an affordable and incredibly knowledgeable tour guide right in your pocket.

The app is also very user-friendly, and the simulation feature is especially useful for anyone who may not want or be able to travel but is still interested in exploring an area and learning about its history from home.

I highly recommend downloading this app and giving it a try—you may be surprised by how much there is to discover, even in places you thought you already knew!
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Response from developer

Thank you — this is one of the best descriptions of what I was going for that I've read, including my own. "Places you thought you already knew" is exactly the point: it was never just for vacations, it's about making the familiar interesting again. One quick note for anyone reading: the simulation feature mentioned here is a testing tool, not part of the app — the real experience is walking or driving with it, and that's ready for everyone. I'm one person building this, so a review like yours genuinely matters. 🧭

Patrick Mcglaflin

Is a great app especially if you’re exploring new countryside listening &
learning exciting trivia ,history , interesting facts that come at you as you go.

Travel game changer!

Love all the history and culture facts it throws in, between landmarks. Really helps you get understand the whole culture of where you are travelling

Response from developer

Thank you! The stories between landmarks are honestly the part I care about most — anyone can tell you about the famous building, but the road in between is where a place actually explains itself. Really glad that landed for you. If there's a region or theme you'd want it to go deeper on, I'm listening. 🧭

FAQ

What is Bearings?

Bearings is a travel app that brings the world around you to life by revealing landmarks, history, culture, and hidden stories personalized to your interests. It encourages exploration without rigid tours or predetermined routes.

How does Bearings personalize my experience?

Bearings learns what catches your attention, such as history, architecture, or local legends, and shapes each experience around your chosen interests. This means two people can explore the same place and discover different things.

Can I use Bearings for driving trips?

Yes, Bearings is designed to travel the way you do. You can explore on foot to uncover street-level details or take a drive to discover places, events, and people connected to the landscape outside your window.

What are the subscription options for Bearings?

Bearings offers a Monthly Membership for $5.99/month, a Founding Explorer annual plan for $29.99/year, and a one-time Trip Pass for $9.99 with unlimited access for one trip. Prices are shown in USD and may vary locally.

How do I manage my Bearings subscription?

Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage your subscriptions through your Apple Account settings.

Is Bearings suitable for all ages?

Bearings has an age rating of 12+, suggesting it is appropriate for users aged 12 and older. The content focuses on historical and cultural information.

How often is Bearings updated?

The latest version of Bearings is 1.0.1, and it was last updated on August 23, 2026. This indicates recent development and support for the application.

Does Bearings offer a free trial?

New accounts receive 90 minutes or 90 narrated moments at no charge, which is an included allowance, not a free trial of a paid plan. No subscription begins automatically when this allowance runs out.