Places to stay are easier to explore: tap any stay in a list, on a map or under "Need a bed?" to open its page, read the whole description and message the owner on WhatsApp in one tap. "Need a bed?" now works offline too, and our Premium Plan partners show first. The quiz and many more screens now follow your app language, and a guide you pick is told so and can reply. Plus small fixes.

Clearer stays: every place to stay now says that you deal directly with the owner. We never handle bookings or payments and take no commission on stays, so the owner keeps everything you pay. Listings marked FEATURED or PRO say they are on our Premium Plan. Plus small fixes.

New in the packing list: a shop icon on the eSIM and travel insurance items, so you can sort both before you set off. It helps us keep the app free for everyone. Smoother on the trail: the hike screen no longer redraws everything every second, the map stays put when your signal comes and goes, and your walked line stays on it. If a trail download fails, the app now retries patiently instead of starting over at every reconnect, saving data and battery. Plus small fixes.

Audio guides and offline maps are free for everyone, for good. Your language, all the way through: the quiz, the community, the AI assistant, Buddy Finder, route pages, walking times and the daily briefing now read fully in the language you choose. AI answers are easier to scan, with bold highlights and amenity icons. The Trail Feed is now for signed-in hikers. Plus small fixes.

New: a full-screen map. Tap the four-arrows button to hide everything but the map, and tap it again to bring the panels back. Tap a stage to see places to stay on it, and a stay you tap on the map is brought into view. Buddy Finder now asks you to agree to the Community Standards before you meet other hikers, and Settings › Privacy lists them. Plus small fixes.

From 28 September 2026, Lycian Way no longer offers daily check-ins, emergency contacts, live location sharing or safety alerts. It's a trail guide and navigation aid, not a safety service, so please use a dedicated safety app and tell someone your route before you set off. New: the map now credits its route data, route changes reach your phone on the next launch, and announcements appear in your app language. The home screen guide now updates right after a hike. Plus small fixes.

Fixes, mostly small and mostly invisible when they work. • Places with no stage no longer show "Stage 0": stays, sites, restaurants, trip days and posts just show what they are. • Places to stay are easier to reach, from Find Services and from a stage's own count. • Your founders free period is now read from our servers, so any change to it reaches you without an app update. • Fixed announcement links that opened nothing, and two mid-load crashes.

The trail start, marked. • The map now shows a START marker where the Lycian Way's red-and-white waymarks begin — at the road junction above Ovacık — with a "Lycian Way start" label, so the trailhead is easy to find. • Stage 2 (Ovacık to Faralya) now begins at that junction. The first 800 m of path that were missing from the line are back. • Stage 1 (Fethiye to Ovacık) now ends at the same junction instead of running down to Ölüdeniz beach, so the two stages join up. Its distance and time were recalculated (11.3 km, about 5 hours). Walk well!

The Digital Passport is here. A living record of your walk on the Lycian Way, in three parts: Collect stamps — check in at the ancient sites and villages along the route, and each one is stamped into your passport. Earn your distance — Bronze, Silver and Gold arrive as the kilometres add up. They are yours for good, even if you start again. Verified completion — finish a stage, a section or the whole trail and a certificate is issued from the GPS track you actually walked. Each carries a QR code anyone can scan to check it is genuine, and can be shared as a PDF. Everything you have already walked with the app counts towards it. Open Profile to see where you stand. The quiz is now a game. A clock and points per question, a leaderboard, your own history of past rounds, and challenges you can send to a friend to beat. Also in this release: • On phones set to dark, the app briefly flashed black every time it opened. That is fixed. • A refresh that failed used to throw away the list you were reading. Now the list stays and the app tells you the refresh did not work. • The inbox no longer shows the same notification twice. • If a form will not submit, the app scrolls to the field that is blocking it instead of leaving the button looking dead. • Closing a problem report while it is still sending no longer deletes the photos you attached. • The quiz card no longer clips its last line at larger text sizes. • Places to stay show their own photos, and paid listings stand out on the map. • Writing a review now asks you to sign in first, and a story needs a photo and a few words — the star rating stays optional. • Leaving a tour now asks in your own language. A certificate is issued by us as an independent app for people walking the Lycian Way. It is not an official document of any trail authority.

Creating an account is clearer. If something is missing, the app takes you straight to the field and says what is wrong — the Create account button no longer looks like it is doing nothing. The same applies to editing your profile, saving an emergency contact and changing your password. Messages from our server now read in plain English rather than developer code. If a purchase did not go through the first time, the app no longer risks charging you for it twice. You can turn community notifications off — push, email, or both — in Settings. Removing the screenshot from a problem report now removes the map picture with it, so nothing showing where you are is sent after you have said no. Dark mode is unavailable for now, while we finish the colour work behind it.

• Trail stories — read what other walkers wrote, and add your own with photos. • A rebuilt community: real threads, photos on questions, and an inbox for replies. • Ask about this stage — answers while you walk. • Culture quizzes on the home screen. • Partner discounts near you. • Shake your phone to report a problem, then follow it in My reports. • Fixed: accommodation links that opened nothing, alternative routes on the map, clearer stats.

Browse before you sign up Explore trails, stages, maps and guides without an account. You're only asked to sign in for the things that are yours — saved routes, downloads and community features. Sign in with Apple Now offered when you create an account, alongside email. Works without a signal Downloaded audio guides play offline. Trip Planner, Packing List, Buddy Finder and My Inquiries all work offline, and screens now say plainly what needs a connection instead of showing an error. On the trail • Your position updates continuously while the map is open. • Where a stage's shape hasn't downloaded, the map no longer draws a straight line across the terrain — it tells you what's missing. • Waypoint alerts, including danger zones, now work on hikes started from the map. • Tap a stage's label to open its details. • Take photos during a hike, or outside one. Report water where you stand Pass a water point and mark it running or dry in one tap, with a photo if you like. If it's dry, you can warn the walkers setting off tomorrow. On your lock screen Distance, time and what's coming next, on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. Requires iOS 16.1 or later. Safety Share a live tracking link with someone at home, and turn the emergency-contact watch on or off from the hike screen.

• Your location now pulses on the map and stays visible above trail markers • Switching to miles/feet now updates every screen instantly • Bug fixes and performance improvements

A fresh branded home screen and unified progress stats. What's coming: your Digital Passport — collect stamps along the trail, earn distance badges, and receive a verified completion certificate. See the Coming Soon preview in your profile.

Performance and reliability improvements, plus fixes across maps, navigation and the overall trail experience.

- A new update on AI conversations - Minor bug fixes - Map data improvement

Before you use the community or rely on AI answers, you'll now be asked to review and accept our updated Terms — a one-time step. Plus: performance improvements and fixes.

Fixes a bug where the app could incorrectly show an "offline" banner while you were connected. Plus performance improvements and stability fixes. Founders' offer: every audio guide is FREE until 31 August. Join before then and keep the full library forever.

Audio guides, narrated by professionals: walk up to a historic site and the story plays right where it happened — in your language. Founders' offer: every guide is FREE until 31 August. Join before then and keep the full library forever. Plus: performance improvements and fixes.

Reliability improvements and bug fixes, including a fix for email verification so verified accounts get straight into the app.

• Choose your language the first time you open the app — onboarding and the whole app now appear in your language from the very start. • Block or report other hikers directly from community posts, so the community stays friendly. • Clearer location and microphone permission explanations. • A refreshed welcome experience plus reliability and bug fixes.

NEW — Find a Hiking Partner: post your dates and stages, browse fellow solo trekkers and connect to plan your Lycian Way trek together, with built-in safety (report, block, community standards). Also in this update: • Maps now load reliably — stages, trails and your live location • Shared Trails — save community routes as favourites and view on the map • Bug fixes and performance improvements

Find a Hiking Partner: post your dates and stages, browse fellow solo trekkers and connect to plan your Lycian Way trek together, with built-in safety (report, block, community standards). Also new: • Shared Trails — save community routes as favourites and view them on the map • Improved trail search and progress tracking • Bug fixes and performance improvements Happy hiking!

Shared Trails, improved: • See who created each trail — tap to open their profile • Save trails to your favourites and find them any time • View any trail on the map in one tap Also: • Recorded hikes get a real name (e.g. "Faralya to Kabak"), not "Free Hike" • Start hiking even before GPS locks on • Safer Buddy Finder: report or block hikers, plus community guidelines • Bug fixes and improvements

• A beautiful new welcome to get you hiking faster. • Follow stages and connect with hikers near you — now with live updates. • Audio guides now show real photos of the sites on your route. • Personalise your setup: pace, units and emergency contact. • Smoother maps, trail feed and Find Trail, plus stability fixes. Thanks for walking the Lycian Way with us!