ShadePath: Comfort Routes
Shade when hot, cool routes
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The most comfortable route and time to be outside. Shade in summer, sun in winter, plus dog-paw heat alerts. New: daily best-time nudge and live walk-sharing.
ShadePath — Your Comfort Route, Every Season.
Not every route feels the same — even when the distance is identical. In summer, ShadePath finds shade. In winter, it finds warmth.
ShadePath helps runners, walkers, cyclists, seniors, pet owners, and stroller parents find routes that work with the conditions outside, not against them. Before you step out the door, ShadePath shows you which paths are more comfortable and which options match your pace and comfort level, any time of year.
Generate a comfortable route between any two addresses or an optimized loop from where you are.
The Walker persona is your everyday companion — optimized for a comfortable pace so you arrive feeling good. Switch personas to match your needs: a Pet Owner adjusts for paw-friendly conditions, Senior and Stroller personas find accessibility-friendly routes with gentler grades, and Runner and Cyclist are there when you need them.
Built for everyone who goes outside:
- Runners who train through every season
- Dog owners protecting sensitive paws
- Parents pushing strollers who need comfortable grades and nearby rest stops
- Seniors who need manageable routes with gentler terrain
- Anyone who's ever come home more exhausted than they should be
What makes ShadePath different:
- 11 real-time data layers including tree canopy, building shadows, solar position, and wind shelter
- Automatic season detection — shade-optimized in summer, warmth-optimized in winter
- Best time to head out: a daily heads-up plus an hour-by-hour planner that ranks each hour by shade, heat, and UV
- Street-by-street Route Guide before every walk
- Color-coded route map showing shaded vs sun-exposed segments
- Voice navigation with comfort reminders at every turn
- Watch My Walk: share your live location with family for a single outing, opt-in and auto-expiring
- 6 personas: Walker, Runner, Cyclist, Senior, Pet Owner, Stroller
- Breed-aware heat advisories for 98 dog breeds
- Earn badges as you rack up outings and miles
- Works offline during navigation — no data needed while walking
This app is the one that would have saved that training.
Your routes are saved on your device, and your location is never sold or used for ads. If you use Watch My Walk, your live location is shared only with the people you choose, and only until the walk ends. Delete your account anytime at shadepath.app/delete-account.
Best Time to Head Out. Get a daily heads-up for the most comfortable window to get outside, and open the new in-app planner to see the day's shade, heat, and UV hour by hour.
Watch My Walk. Share your live location with a friend or family member while you are out. It is opt-in, and the link stays live only for that one outing.
Your units, your way. Switch between miles and kilometers, and between Fahrenheit and Celsius, anytime in Settings.
A fresh Daylight look. A redesigned home screen and a richer, sun-aware map.
Badges. Earn badges as you rack up outings and miles, with more to discover as the seasons change.
Plus a round of reliability fixes and polish.
The developer, Siddarth Kotha, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Siddarth Kotha
- Size
- 14.5 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- Copyright
- © 2026 ShadePath™