THE IMMORTAL SNAIL Release a snail with your friends. It never stops, and it always walks toward whichever of you is closest. If it reaches you, it eats the fog you cleared since it was let out, then a wheel spins to pick who it comes for next. Slow it down with a banana, point it at somebody else with a redirect, or hide behind a decoy. Walking earns shells, and shells buy whatever is on the shelf. A FREE VERSION You can now keep exploring without a subscription. A NEW START Onboarding is rebuilt, so the map shows you what it does before it asks you for anything. Plus a redesigned snail sheet and a long list of fixes.

Sidequest is now on CarPlay and Apple Watch. Clear fog from your dashboard on every drive, and track your exploration from your wrist. Rank your saved spots with quick this-or-thats to sort out your favorites. Plus a redesigned spots page, instant map loading when you reopen the app, and sidequests that always find you a destination.

Explored areas now stop at the city line instead of spilling past it, and city outlines follow the coast instead of covering the water. Fixed the location dot disappearing, including right after you install. Suggestions now recognize big places like parks and golf courses from anywhere inside them, not just at the entrance. Your first sidequest always works now, with new artwork throughout the intro.

A big one. MAP HOME The map is now the home screen. Stats, spots and sidequests are a tap away instead of buried in tabs. NEW MAP STYLES Make the map yours. Pick a look, choose your fog color and thickness, and change it whenever you like. SEE HOW FAR YOU'VE GONE Your neighbourhood, your city, your country and the whole world, with everywhere you have explored filled in. A NEW START Onboarding has been rebuilt from scratch, and your first sidequest is part of it. SPOT REVIEW Sidequest notices the places you stop and offers to save them. Review them when you feel like it, or not at all. Plus performance improvements and bug fixes.

A big one. MAP HOME The map is now the home screen. Stats, spots and sidequests are a tap away instead of buried in tabs. NEW MAP STYLES Make the map yours. Pick a look, choose your fog color and thickness, and change it whenever you like. SEE HOW FAR YOU'VE GONE Your neighbourhood, your city, your country and the whole world, with everywhere you have explored filled in. A NEW START Onboarding has been rebuilt from scratch, and your first sidequest is part of it. SPOT REVIEW Sidequest notices the places you stop and offers to save them. Review them when you feel like it, or not at all. Plus performance improvements and bug fixes.

Your map has never looked better. • Explored streets now flow as smooth ribbons instead of blocky tiles, and new areas reveal in a honeycomb as you move • Richer fog with new textures and colors, sharper edges along roads, and faster loading when you zoom • Your map now clears in the background, so fog lifts as you explore even when the app is closed • A smoother first run, with a more personal setup and a better-looking first quest • Permission requests now appear only when they make sense, plus a round of stability fixes Get out there and clear some fog.

New quests you can take on with friends, anywhere. Quests that go anywhere you do • 190+ creative challenges with no destination required. Think golden-hour walk, one-color dinner, or make a mini magazine. • Go solo or rope in friends for a group quest. Each one has a difficulty and earns points toward your next level. • Tap "I did it," snap a photo, and it's done. Made to share • Your finished quests land in a friends-only feed as little photo souvenirs. • Like and comment on what your friends are up to, or double tap a photo to react. • Snap a photo right from the share screen, or pick one from your library. Built for everyone • The new quests come fully translated into every language Sidequest supports. • Full Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and Reduce Motion support, with higher color contrast and bigger tap targets across the app. Lighter and smoother • A smaller download, faster onboarding, and a long list of polish and fixes across the map, travel reels, and trip tracking. Thanks for exploring with us.

Random Quest, reimagined. • A storyteller introduces every quest. Each destination now comes with a short history of the place — a peek into what makes it worth going before you embark. • A whole new reveal. The picker spins, locks, and frosts over into a boarding-pass-style "Quest Issued" card. Distance, ETA, and the story all on one card. • Don't love it? Roll the dice. A new reroll button picks a fresh destination with the same mood, mode, and time. • Quests push your map. The picker now prefers destinations sitting in unexplored fog, so every Random Quest actively expands the part of your map you've cleared. • Smarter mood categories — refined Food, Nature, Adventure, and Hidden Gems for richer suburban results; added Hiking and Fishing under Nature. • Time-of-day awareness — Adventure picks respect late-night and early-morning hours. • No more dead-end widen prompts. The picker auto-relaxes filters and recycles previously-rejected spots when the pool runs thin, so you get a quest instead of a "try a wider area" dialog. • Mood/mode/time start fresh — preferences no longer pre-fill from your last quest. Pick consciously every time. First-run tutorials for the Map, Spots, Friends, and Stats tabs walk you through what each does. Lots more polish + fixes.

This release brings Sidequest to 9 languages: Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, plus English. AI chat replies in your language. Distances and dates use your locale's format. The whole app feels native wherever you are. Plus performance improvements throughout.

• Random Quests — Tap the dice button on the map for an adventure. Pick a mood (nature, food, adventure, hidden gems), set your distance, and get routed to a real destination you've never been to. Cancel and re-roll for a different spot. • Smarter quest destinations — Quests prioritize places other users love, filtered by actual POI category. • Battery saver — GPS now stops entirely when you're stationary. Walking accuracy tuned to save battery without losing fog precision. • Background tracking toggle — New setting to disable the app from relaunching on significant location changes. • Globe view is now the default on the Stats page, with improved tap detection for selecting countries. • Added widgets for tracking your explorations! • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

• Exploration Stats — See what percentage of the world, your country, state, city, and neighborhood you've explored • Import Location History — Import your Google Timeline, GPX files, or Apple Health data to fill in past exploration • Smart road-snapped import — Imported paths follow real roads, not straight lines • Performance improvements — Faster map loading, optimized sync with parallel uploads • Social sharing cards — Share your spots, city guides, invite friends, and exploration stats with beautifully designed share images • New app icon • Bug fixes and stability improvements