# Trailborn: Walking Game — Step counter & city explorer

> Step counter & city explorer (iPhone/iPad app by Michal Mijalski.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/trailborn-walking-game/id6811655831 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Michal Mijalski](https://appshunter.io/developer/6811655833)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Games, Adventure
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 96 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Polish, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-09-21
- Data updated: 2026-10-29

## What is Trailborn?

Trailborn is a walking game played on a real map. Your phone counts your steps, and you use them to claim the streets around you. Every walk stays on the map.

You don't need to keep the game open. The step counter in your phone or your watch does the counting, and when you open Trailborn, your steps become metres and new roads.

HOW IT WORKS
• Walk the way you always do. Steps (and floors, if your phone counts them) become metres in the game.
• Spend those metres on real roads near you and explore your city street by street.
• Choose the route: the nearest roads, one continuous trail, or towards chests.
• Complete districts and watch your map of walked roads grow.

ONE WALK, THREE MODES
• Solo: your own map.
• Team: a shared map with your friends, plus team chat.
• Team War: win streets back from other teams and leave flags on the map with a message and a chest.

RACES AND SHARED GOALS
• Route races, or step races over 7, 14 or 30 days, solo or as a team.
• Community expeditions. When all players together reach a milestone, everyone who walked the required minimum gets the reward.
• Rankings, daily quests and new levels as your steps add up.

YOUR CHARACTER AND REWARDS
• Chests on the map and gear for your character. Gear gives a distance bonus of up to +25% in total, in every mode including Team War. Gear you wear slowly wears out.
• Bjørn, your guide dog, shares facts about real places and sums up your previous day.
• Estimated active calories, if you add your height and weight.
• Invite friends and earn rewards once they start walking.

WHERE THE STEPS COME FROM
With your permission, Trailborn reads steps and floors climbed from the Health app, so steps from a watch that saves them there count too. If the Health app has no steps, the game can use your iPhone’s motion sensor, with your permission. The game never writes anything to the Health app.

ADS AND TRAILBORN+
The game is free to download and has optional in-app purchases. You only see an ad when you choose to watch one for a reward. The in-game shop sells chest bundles. Chests contain random gear, and the game shows the odds of each rarity. Trailborn+ is an optional monthly subscription: a daily chest, 10 level 3 chests in every paid month, detailed stats and the option to organise your own races. Joining other players' races is free. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it in your Apple account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the period.
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Privacy Policy: https://forestnap.com/privacy-policy.en.html

The name Trailborn comes from “trail born”: born on the trail.

Walk where it's safe and keep your eyes on the path, not on your phone.

Step outside and leave your mark on the map.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Trailborn Plus | $5.49 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10 level 1 chests | $1.39 | one-time |
| 10 level 3 chests | $2.69 | one-time |
| 10 level 2 chests | $1.99 | one-time |


## Is Trailborn safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Trailborn.

## Is Trailborn legit?

Trailborn: Walking Game has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Trailborn is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.60 — 2026-10-26

New in 1.1.60:
• Start playing right away, no sign-up needed
• Your first route is a gift from Bjørn, with a chest waiting at its end
• A shorter start: fewer questions, less waiting, fewer bubbles
• Your steps count from the first moment, even when your phone has no history yet
• Ads load much faster
• Likes in chat (double tap), flags appear on the map instantly
• 2D/3D map button, clearer numbers, fixes for small screens
• The game stays upright even when you turn your iPhone

### 1.1.57 — 2026-10-24

New in 1.1.57:
• A clear hint on what to switch on when steps don’t arrive
• Double your daily reward in the streak window
• Ads work more reliably and always tell you what happened
• Your first route paints faster
• Flags stand on the nearest path anyone can reach

### 1.1.56 — 2026-10-20

New since 1.1.54:
• New start: your first 3.8 km route is painted right away, even without location
• A free chest waits at the end of your first route
• Daily streak with bigger rewards on days 3, 7, 14 and 30
• Step quest tuned to your own walks
• Team deputy: crest, join requests and taking over when the leader is gone
• Your nickname is ready from the start

### 1.1.54 — 2026-10-19

New since 1.1.52:
• Works without Health Connect: counts steps with the phone’s own counter
• First walk: 3.8 km to start with, then your own steps
• No location permission? We paint in a city in your country
• The map no longer jumps back to you, there’s a “My position” button
• Buttons stay visible on small screens, lighter texts
Fixes: small bugs

### 1.1.52 — 2026-10-17

New since 1.1.51:
• “Play without an account”: start playing without a Google account and link one later in Settings
• Lighter, more playful texts in all six languages
• The map no longer reports false slow loading at launch
Fixes: cut-off headings in Settings and small bugs

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