Google Play
Looking forward to finding some local walks in my city, cool idea.
Google Play review
Android user
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Waypoint Hunt
Walk a chain of real places near you and collect XP at every one. Follow numbered pins on the map, or solve a riddle to find each hidden spot.
5.0 on Google Play
How you play Waypoint Hunt
Pick a mode and a length, then walk. Every spot is a real place near you, and it counts the moment you arrive.
Pick Pins or Riddle
Open Waypoint from the games menu. Pins puts every checkpoint on the map and lets you walk them in any order. Riddle hides each spot behind a clue written by Rex, the in-app coach, with no directions, no distances and never the place's name. You solve those one at a time, in order.
Choose how far
Short is 3 spots over about 1.5 km, Medium is 5 spots over about 3 km, and Long is 7 spots over about 5 km. The app picks real places around you, never made-up points, with each leg between 150 and 700 metres. Not on a walk yet? One starts for you, and you choose whether it's private, for friends or public.
Walk to each checkpoint
The live walk gets a Checkpoints tab showing how many you've found and how far away the nearest pin is. A spot counts by itself when you get close, even with your phone in your pocket, and I'm here helps when the GPS is weak. Stuck on a riddle? Each clue has two hints, and a hint points you the right way for 20 seconds.
Rules and fair play
Waypoint Hunt pays you for walking to real places, so the app checks that you really did.
- Every spot is a real place near you. If there aren't enough around, the hunt doesn't start and doesn't use up a game.
- A checkpoint counts only on a live walk, when your GPS puts you within about 50 metres of it. I'm here works within about 60 metres.
- Jumps faster than anyone can walk are rejected, and each checkpoint pays out once.
- In Riddle mode you find the spots in order, and a hint gives you a direction, never a distance.
- One hunt at a time, and a hunt ends 24 hours after it starts.
- On the free plan a hunt uses one of your six weekly game starts, shared across all the games. Premium has no limit. The free Premium day can drop at most once a day and three times a month.
What Walkers Are Saying
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5.0 on Google Play
Google Play
I really like the idea. Seems like I'm the first walker in my city, but the concept is exactly what I wanted.
Google Play review
Bucharest
Google Play
This app helped me leave the house and touch some grass, for real for real.
Google Play review
Android user
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Key Takeaways
- Waypoint Hunt is a walking game: you walk to a chain of real places near you and earn XP at each one.
- Pins mode shows every checkpoint on the map, and Riddle mode hides each one behind a clue with two hints.
- A hunt is 3, 5 or 7 spots, from about 1.5 km to about 5 km.
- Each checkpoint pays 20 XP (30 on a Long hunt), and finishing adds 50 XP and a chance at a free Premium day.
- Waypoint Hunt is live in Walk With Me for iPhone and Android.
What is a Waypoint Hunt?
A checkpoint walking game: the app picks a chain of real places near you, and you walk to each one, following pins on the map or solving riddles, to collect XP.
Checkpoint walks are an old idea. Orienteering clubs have run them for a century, and every treasure hunt is a version of one. What they usually need is someone to set the course. Waypoint Hunt does that part for you: tap start and the app finds real spots around you, a short loop or a longer one, wherever you happen to be.
Pins mode is the relaxed version, good for a lunchtime loop or a neighbourhood you want to get to know. Riddle mode is the puzzle version. You read the clue, look around and work out which corner of town it means, which is a lot more fun than following a blue line.