Ireland Walk Nomad turns your daily steps into a trip from Malin Head to Mizen Head. Pass real landmarks, collect badges and get friendly local comments from your guide, Arukyun. No GPS tracking, no ads, no sign-up.
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The app reads the steps recorded by your phone or wearable through Health Connect. You move across a real map of Ireland exactly as far as you have walked.
Your steps are collected automatically through Health Connect. There is nothing to type in.
The finish line is fixed, but the route is yours. Tap the map within your available distance and take as many detours as you like.
Reach a famous place to earn a badge and hear what Arukyun has to say about it.
Finish the route at the island's southwest tip, then turn around and start another lap.
Built around real Irish geography, so every lap feels like a trip rather than a number.
Arrive at a landmark and a badge pops up with the place's name and a title to match. Horn Head, Doe Castle, Glenveagh National Park, Glenveagh Castle, Letterkenny and the Grianan of Aileach are among the stops in County Donegal, with 92 badges in the collection.
When you arrive somewhere new, your guide Arukyun shares a short comment about the area, so it feels like you are really standing there. Comments appear in English and are marked as AI-generated.
Curious what a place looks like? Open Street View from the spot you have reached and look around without leaving the app.
Tap your position and choose what to look for: tourist spots, food, cafes, parks and nature, shopping or lakes. Nearby Search shows what is around you on the route, so you can plan the next stop on your virtual trip.
The Coverage Map fills in every county you have visited. Track how much of the country you have covered, such as 4 of 34 areas, and aim to complete the map.
Hills and rough ground shorten how far the same number of steps will take you, so your movable range follows the shape of the land. Switch between map, satellite and 3D views to see the countryside you are crossing.
Choose who guides your way: Yajiru, Yanyaru, Yawani, Yauniru and more. Drop a Guidepost anywhere on the map and your companion will point the way.
Japanese Walking is an interval walking routine: three minutes of fast walking, then three minutes of slow walking, repeated for a few sets. The built-in timer gives you a 3-2-1 countdown, a tempo beat while you speed up and a heads-up before each switch, and it keeps running with the screen off.
After each fast segment it compares your real step count with your target tempo, and a card in the Record tab shows the days you completed a session. Open it from the travel map or the Record tab. This is not medical advice: walk at a pace that suits your health.
Start your journey for free in County Donegal. When you are ready to walk on across the country, switch to the full route with a single purchase.
Prices are shown in GBP and USD and may vary slightly by region and exchange rate on Google Play.
It is an interval walking timer built into the app: 3 minutes of fast walking and 3 minutes of slow walking, repeated for several sets, or 15 minutes of continuous fast walking. You can change the number of sets, the durations, the countdown and the tempo sound in the timer settings, and the timer keeps running with the screen off. It is included at no extra charge.
No. Your position on the map is worked out from your step count, not from GPS. The app reads steps through Health Connect and moves you along the map by the distance you have walked. See How Health Connect works and your privacy for details.
Ireland Walk Nomad is an Android app. It needs Health Connect to read steps recorded by your phone or wearable.
Lap 1 runs southbound from Malin Head to Mizen Head. You choose your own path between landmarks by tapping the map within the distance your steps allow.
The app is free to download, and the free edition lets you travel around the Donegal area. Switching to the full route is a one-time purchase of £1.99 (US$2.19), with no subscription.
No ads and no sign-up are needed to use the app.
Yes. Try UK Walk Nomad from Orkney to Land's End, Italy Walk Nomad, Korea Walk Nomad or the original Japan Walk Nomad from Cape Soya to Shuri Castle.
Install Ireland Walk Nomad and start walking from Malin Head.
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Ireland Walk Nomad