Virtual Pilgrimage by Ultreia

Walk a real pilgrim path with the steps you already take. Choose a path, the Camino Francés or one of nine others, and every kilometre you walk, read from Apple Health, moves you along its real route. On the map, the stretch you have walked fills from dusk violet to dawn rose and the pilgrim breathes where you are tonight: between Burgos and Hornillos, on the Meseta, 13 km into the stage. ONE PATH AT A TIME A pilgrimage is a commitment. You choose one path and keep to it: each one tells you why it matters, who walked it before you and how long it takes on foot. START IN THE PAST Pick a departure up to a year back. The kilometres you have walked since then count at once, and the app tells you where you would be: since January 1st, already in León. A STAMP FOR EVERY STAGE Each town you reach opens its stage sheet: a photo of the place, two to four short facts with their source, a legend marked as a legend, and, on the Camino Francés, the medieval pilgrim who stopped there before you. Stamp your passport, and watch it fill stage after stage. TEN PATHS, FOUR TRADITIONS Camino Francés, Camino Portugués from Porto, Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome, St. Olav's Way to Trondheim, the Kumano Kodō, the 88 temples of Shikoku, the Wari of Pandharpur, and three historic routes towards Mecca and Medina: the Hijra route, Darb Zubaydah and the Syrian Hajj route, followed as the historic roads they are. THE REAL ROUTE Tracks from OpenStreetMap and real relief, north up. Pinch, zoom out to the whole path and on to the globe, and come back to yourself with one tap. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account and no server. The app only reads your walking distance from Health and never writes to it; nothing leaves your iPhone. No Health? Add kilometres by hand. Ultreia was the cry of the medieval pilgrims to Santiago: onwards, further. Buen camino.