# UpWorld: Steps & Real Estate — Walk, collect and buy the city

> Walk, collect and buy the city (iPhone/iPad app by PREBEN ANDRE EIDE FJELDSBOE.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/upworld-steps-and-real-estate/id6761539251 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [PREBEN ANDRE EIDE FJELDSBOE](https://appshunter.io/developer/1890195319)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Games, Adventure
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 52 MB
- Languages: American English, Norwegian Bokmål
- Released: 2026-08-20
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is UpWorld?

Bored of walking? Hate the gym? Good news.

Two in one: a step counter that actually counts, and a game where the city is
the board. Walk your real streets, pick up coins, and buy the real buildings
around you — your street, your school, the bar on the corner. Become the
property tycoon of your own neighbourhood.

COINS ARE LYING IN YOUR STREET
Not somewhere abstract. Outside your door, along the route you walk every day,
in the park you cut through. Tap one as you pass and it drops into your wallet.

HUNT THE RARE ONES
Dragons. Krakens. Mermaids. Moai. Meteorites. The rare finds only appear in
certain kinds of places — some near water, some deep in the woods, some only
in the middle of a city. The rarer it is, the more it is worth, and some are
worth thousands. Go get them before anyone else does.

BUY REAL BUILDINGS
Spend your coins and the building is yours. Your colour on the map. Your name
on it. Everyone who walks past can see who owns it. Start with your street,
then take the block, then the whole neighbourhood. Buy up the city before your
friends do!

EVERY PROPERTY IS A CARD
Rarity, shine, serial number. A garage is common. The church in the centre is
legendary. Your card carries the real outline of the building and the ground
it stands on, exactly as it was the moment you bought it. Flip it over and the
whole story is on the back.

A REAL GAME, NOT A CHART
Move your character through the streets with a joystick. Explore, unlock new
areas, find things nobody near you has found. It is a world, not a graph — and
the whole planet is the board.

WALK IT OR PLAY IT — BOTH COUNT
Out walking? Every coin you pass is worth far more on foot. Staying in? Grab
the joystick and play the same city from the sofa, where coins sit thicker on
the ground. An hour is worth about the same either way, so the walkers and the
sofa crowd are in the same game, with the same wallet and the same buildings.

TAKE THE CROWN
Your steps against your friends', every single day. See who is out walking
right now, where they went, and who is wearing the crown. Then go take it.

FLY BACK ANYWHERE YOU HAVE BEEN
Walked somewhere once? You can fly straight back to it whenever you like.

YOUR FRIENDS ARE ON THE MAP
Walk over to one and drop straight into their room. They are right there. And
you decide who sees you: friends only, ghost mode one tap away.

AND YES — IT IS A PROPER STEP COUNTER
Daily steps, with a goal you set yourself — 10,000 a day, or whatever suits
you. Calories, distance and pace. Every walk is saved with its route drawn on
the map, so you can look back at exactly where you have been. Connect Apple
Health and the numbers follow the ones your phone already trusts.

Free. No ads. Nothing to buy with real money.

So — who owns your street? Right now, nobody.

## Is UpWorld safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess UpWorld.

## Is UpWorld legit?

UpWorld: Steps & Real Estate has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for UpWorld is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.3 — 2026-10-22

Calls and rooms now work the way they should.

• When someone lets you in, you get in. Before, a lost notification could
  leave you both waiting in separate rooms.
• The camera turns on when you call someone or answer a call. And if it's
  off, the room tells you — with a button to turn it on.
• Your room no longer shows as locked when it's open.
• Signing out now clears your details from the phone, so nothing is left
  behind for the next person who signs in.
• When a friend buys a property, you see it in the feed.
• Easier to read, and easier to type a message while you're in a room.

### 1.2.2 — 2026-10-05

Steps now count all the time.

• The step counter runs by default and updates while you walk — you no longer
  have to start a walk for the day's steps to move.
• Every step number on your profile now updates together. Today's standing has
  moved here from My Room, where it lagged behind.
• A walk could be saved with zero steps if Health access was unavailable. Fixed.
• Calories are calculated one way across the whole app instead of five, and a
  friend's numbers are no longer calculated with your body.
• The day now rolls over on your phone's clock, not the server's — a walk that
  ended after midnight could land on yesterday.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-10-02

A round of fixes from the first week out in the world.

• Photos load again everywhere — profiles, walks and chats — now over private links.
• Fixed a blank screen that could appear when calling someone.
• You can ring the same person again right away, instead of getting stuck after one try.
• Your character no longer freezes or drifts off while GPS settles.
• Walks no longer start themselves again after you end or delete one.
• Car journeys are no longer counted as walks, and coins can't be picked up at driving speed.
• Large text sizes are readable throughout the app.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-28

• Properties are collectible cards now, with rarity, shine and a back side that holds every detail. Turn the card to see it.
• Buildings that cannot be bought no longer show a buy button — you get the reason instead.
• The map shows rooms as webs with everyone in them, and you can tap the middle to see who is inside.
• Fixes to walking, step counting and the camera.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-20

No release notes.

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