# Michikusa: Walk & Explore — Turn everyday walks into play

> Turn everyday walks into play (iPhone/iPad app by Masahiro Shiono.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/michikusa-walk-and-explore/id6804674014 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Masahiro Shiono](https://appshunter.io/developer/1894419214)
- Category: Lifestyle, Navigation
- Price: $1.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-09-03
- Data updated: 2026-10-09

## What is Michikusa?

Find something new on a familiar street.

Michikusa turns everyday walks into a map of your own. Take a different path, explore another block, and see the places you have walked fill with color.

MAKE YOUR OWN MAP
Start a walk to record your route and explored areas. Look back at today's outing or the neighborhoods you have discovered over time.

CHOOSE YOUR NEXT DETOUR
Random mode suggests a destination roughly five minutes away on foot. Explore mode looks for destinations in areas you have not recorded yet. Choose Manual or Automatic before your walk. In Manual, roll for your first detour and again after arriving. In Automatic, the app chooses the first destination and the next one after arrival. You can still roll again whenever you like. Destinations do not change on a fixed timer.

LEAVE TIME TO GET BACK
Choose a walk duration and Michikusa considers the walk to a candidate, the return to your starting point, and a five-minute buffer. As time runs short, returning takes priority. Your destination and full planned route stay hidden on the map, with the next direction shown as you walk. Guidance pauses when your position or direction is uncertain. Skip a suggestion or stop guidance whenever you like.

CHOOSE WHETHER TO RECORD EVERYDAY TRAVEL
Everyday recording is off by default. Enable it on the home screen and choose the location permission you want to allow. It saves only newly explored areas, without adding a daily trail or extra walks to your history. Your on/off choice stays in place after relaunch, and everyday recording pauses during a regular walk.

KEEP YOUR DISCOVERIES
Add photos and notes to places that catch your eye and save favorites. Revisit your walk's duration, distance, and newly explored areas in your history.

Walk records, photos, and explored areas are stored on your iPhone. Walking-route searches use Apple's map services.

Recording and suggestions depend on location accuracy, connectivity, permissions, and iOS behavior. Everyday recording uses movement estimates; it cannot identify walking perfectly and may include slow travel in a car or train. Continuous background recording is not guaranteed. Using location services consumes battery power.

Routes and travel times are estimates. They do not guarantee safe passage or a return by your planned time. Follow local signs and conditions, and stop walking before checking your screen. 

OPTIONAL DIRECTIONS WITH THE SCREEN OFF
During a walk, enable guidance notifications and allow iOS notifications to receive a direction near an upcoming turn. This is off by default. Delivery depends on location updates, iOS behavior, and notification settings. Spoken navigation is not supported.

## Is Michikusa safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Michikusa.

## Is Michikusa legit?

Michikusa: Walk & Explore has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Michikusa is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-10-04

Introducing everyday recording and a new way to follow your next detour.

• Choose Manual or Automatic. Automatic picks your first destination and the next one after arrival, with the option to roll again along the way.
• Keep the destination and full planned route hidden while following the next direction. Guidance pauses when your position or travel direction is uncertain.
• Optional directions notifications while the screen is off. They are off by default; permission is requested only when you enable them.
• Suggestions consider walking time, the return trip, remaining time, and a five-minute buffer.
• Turn everyday recording on or off from Home. It remembers your choice and saves explored areas on your device without adding a daily trail or extra walks to your history.

Recording, guidance, and notifications depend on location updates and iOS behavior. Perfect walking detection, continuous coverage, and notification delivery are not guaranteed.

### 1.2 — 2026-10-03

英語に対応しました。iPhoneやアプリの言語設定に合わせて、日本語または英語でご利用いただけます。

・ホーム、散歩、探索マップ、履歴、チュートリアル、写真の操作画面に英語を追加しました。
・位置情報の許可説明やアクセシビリティ用の文言にも英語を追加しました。
・保存済みの散歩や写真、入力したタイトル・メモはそのままご利用いただけます。

### 1.1 — 2026-09-08

散歩中の小さな発見を、写真と一緒に残せるようになりました。

・ピンを留めた場所に、写真を最大5枚まで追加できます。
・散歩中にタイトルやメモ、お気に入りを入力して保存できます。
・保存した発見は、探索マップや履歴から見返し、あとから写真を追加できます。
・ホームの開始ボタン周辺を見直し、見やすくしました。
・チュートリアルに、発見や写真を残す操作の説明を追加しました。

### 1.0 — 2026-09-02

No release notes.

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