# Racconto — The places on your road, told

> The places on your road, told (iPhone/iPad app by Daniel Rheaume.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/racconto/id6820360262 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Daniel Rheaume](https://appshunter.io/developer/6812926346)
- Category: Travel, Navigation
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, European Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China) and 1 more
- Released: 2026-10-14
- Data updated: 2026-10-29

## What is Racconto?

Racconto tells you about the places you pass while driving. A river, a village, an old mill, a battlefield: as you approach, a voice tells you its story, in a few sentences or a full chapter.

TRUE STORIES
Every story is written from Wikipedia and official heritage registers (Québec, Canada, United States, France, New Zealand). Nothing is made up, and the sources are always one tap away. Stories in prepared trips are also checked again against their sources.

MADE FOR THE ROAD
No screen to look at. Racconto speaks between songs, steps aside for navigation prompts, and works with the screen locked and in CarPlay. Siri starts, skips or expands a story.

YOUR WAY
27 topics (history, nature, architecture, legends, famous people…), story length, tone (informative, playful, calm or humorous), and how often, from a few an hour to non-stop. Stories made for kids.

PREPARED TRIPS, OFFLINE
Pick a route, or bring in a trip planned in Bivio: Racconto prepares every story ahead of time, to play without a network. Listen at home too, like an audiobook.

ROAD QUIZ
Between two stories, Racconto asks questions about the places you just passed. Passengers answer on their iPhone, even without the app thanks to the App Clip; the driver answers out loud.

CONVOYS AND CIRCLES
Several cars hear the same stories at the same places. Share a prepared trip with a Cerchia circle.

13 LANGUAGES
English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic and Russian, for the stories and the app.

FREE, WITH RACCONTO PRO
Free: one short story a day, to try it out. Racconto Pro, as a yearly subscription (Family Sharing) or a 3-day, 1-week or 1-month pass: unlimited stories and chapters, prepared trips, convoys, unlimited quiz. The subscription renews every year; cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings.

No account, no ads, no tracking. Your location is rounded before it leaves the iPhone and is never stored.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Racconto Pro, one year | $9.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Racconto Pro pass, 3 days | $1.99 | one-time |
| Racconto Pro pass, 1 week | $2.99 | one-time |
| Racconto Pro pass, 1 month | $4.99 | one-time |


## Is Racconto safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Racconto.

## Is Racconto legit?

Racconto appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Racconto is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.1 — 2026-10-28

• CarPlay: skip back 15 seconds or jump to the next story, next to Play; Good and Meh votes are back under the story.
• Live mode no longer pauses when the car switches from Bluetooth to CarPlay.
• Location turns off when CarPlay disconnects or once the car is parked, and no longer stays on after closing the app.

### 1.3 — 2026-10-28

• Nearly 100,000 historical markers across Canada and the eastern United States, thanks to HMdb (Copyright HMdb.org LLC).
• Live mode starts the story on its own: no need to press Play, CarPlay included.
• Racconto talks more often: about one story every 3 minutes at normal density.
• Only anecdotes? Every place is told that way, alternating Odd and unusual and Did you know?.
• CarPlay: skip back or ahead 15 seconds.
• Fewer repeats: no more two places with the same name in a row.
• Better layout with very large text.

### 1.2 — 2026-10-26

• Racconto comes to iPad.
• New buttons: Previous to hear the last story again, and skip back or ahead 15 seconds.
• More variety: geology under the road, birds and plants seen nearby, Indigenous place names, wineries, cheese makers and breweries.
• Fewer repeats: never two stories on the same topic in a row, and varied openings.
• Titles in the language of your stories.
• Trip planner: reorder your stops, and your route stays intact while you buy Racconto Pro.
• Free version: one short story a day. Racconto Pro tells the road on every drive.

### 1.1 — 2026-10-21

• New: a portrait of the town you are driving through (population, economy), compared with its region, in Canada, the United States and New Zealand.
• Prepared trips can be renamed, and Bivio trips now split where you sleep.
• A louder voice when your music is lowered instead of paused.
• Pause now suspends the trip, and playback no longer freezes.
• You can report a story.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-17

• Fixes a crash while stories were playing.
• New "What I can see" radius: only places visible from the car (500 m).
• CarPlay: Good and Meh votes and a Stop button on Now Playing.
• Stories are better sorted by topic.

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All apps by Daniel Rheaume: https://appshunter.io/developer/6812926346

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