FOG

Walk to clear the FOG

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How much will you uncover?

Free to explore · one purchase, $5.99 · never a subscription

Move across the fog

241
Countries
3,390
Regions
7,342
Named places
0.00%
Of Earth, so far
Who is walking

1,200+ new walkers a month.

The number is still climbing.

How it works

There is nothing to set up.

No goals to configure, no plan to pick, nothing to maintain. You open the door and the map starts paying attention.

01

Walk anywhere

Fog burns off wherever you pass and stays off. It keeps working with the app closed and the screen dark, so every errand quietly becomes territory.

02

Collect the ground you stood on

Cross into a new country, region or landmark and it joins your collection. The only way to add one is to physically be there. There is no other input.

03

Bring the last ten years with you

Import a Google Timeline export or GPX files and years of old walks light up at once. Most people find their map is further along than they thought.

On the phone

Walk to Clear your Path

The ledger of everywhere you have covered, the path you choose to walk as, and the gear it hands you for going outside. Any of them turns into a share card in one tap.

FOG, The ledger
The ledger
FOG, Choose your path
Choose your path
FOG, What you have earned
What you have earned
The walk itself

What does your walk look like?

End a walk and the app hands back the shape you just made. Some people walk a heart. Some walk a star. Some walk the word.

FOG, A heart
A heart
FOG, A star
A star
FOG, on foot
FOG, on foot
What it will never do

Most of this app is what we left out.

A map of where you have been should not be able to make you feel behind. Four things are missing on purpose.

No streaks and no daily goals

Take a fortnight off. Come back to exactly the map you left. Nothing decayed while you were gone.

No account, no cloud, no app analytics

Your map never leaves the phone. There is no server holding a copy, because there is no server.

No subscription

Free to explore. One purchase of $5.99 unlocks the rest, once. Like buying a shovel rather than renting one.

No leaderboard

Nobody is above you and nobody is below you. The only number that moves is how much ground you have covered.

131 cities, written one at a time

It is easier to picture somewhere you know.

Every city has its own page: how its streets are laid out, what makes it hard or easy to cover on foot, and what the map looks like once you start.

See all 131 cities →
Festivals worth walking

The best festivals are in the smallest towns.

Each one gets its own page: the full schedule, how to walk it on foot, and somewhere good to eat when you get there. More towns, and more countries, on the way.

See every festival →
Questions people actually ask

The fine print, in plain air.

How can I see where I've walked on a map?

Open FOG and walk. The map starts covered in fog; every street you pass is revealed and stays revealed forever. Come back in a year and your whole walking history is still there. With the one-time unlock you can also import years of old walks from Google Timeline or GPX files.

What is a fog of war walking map?

"Fog of war" is the video-game idea that a map stays hidden until you explore it. FOG applies that to real life: Earth is the map, your feet are the cursor. Unexplored ground is fogged; ground you've walked is permanently clear.

Is FOG free?

Free to explore. The fog, the map, the collection and the first ranks cost nothing. One purchase of $5.99 unlocks unlimited ranks, every character and history import. There is no subscription and never will be.

Does FOG track me or sell my data?

No. Your map never leaves your phone. There's no account, no cloud, no app analytics, no ads. We couldn't look at your map if we wanted to. Export it anytime; it's yours.

Does it work while my phone is in my pocket?

Yes. Turn on background exploring and FOG keeps revealing as you walk with the screen off. Everything you covered is waiting on the map the next time you open it.

Read on

Before you download.

The map is waiting.
It's mostly fog.

Free to explore · one purchase, $5.99 · never a subscription