Castle Explorer Find & Collect
Discover castles & fortresses
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A quiet app for travelers, romantics and history lovers.
Castle Explorer shows you castles, castles and ruins on a tidy map - from the nearby castle ruin to the fairy tale castle at the other end of the world. Mark what you have visited. Save what you dream of. And browse through your own travel archive whenever you feel like it.
WHAT AWAITS YOU
• Thousands of curated castles and palaces worldwide
• Map with clear filters: castle, castle, palace, fortress, ruin
• "Visited" and "Bucket List" - two states, you don't need anything more
• Detail pages with Wikipedia background, construction time, architectural style and region
• Own notes, reviews and photos per location
• Travel statistics: first castle, most visited country, new continents
• Multilingual (German & English), iCloud sync on all Apple devices
• Readable offline - even without reception in the Burggraben
• Ad-free. No subscription. No tracking.
HONESTLY FINANCED
Castle Explorer is and remains free. If you like, you can support the developer with a voluntary tip - all functions are open regardless of this.
FOR WHOM IS THIS MADE?
• Travelers who love castles, instead of looking for them
• Hikers and Sunday excursionists who want to spontaneously plan something nice
• Collectors who want to put their travels into a beautiful archive
• Parents and grandparents who want to show children history - analogously on the map, not through a TikTok reel
The app speaks a quiet design language: parchment-colored surfaces, clear typography, no bright banners. It should feel like a well-kept travel diary - not like a digital speaker spectacle.
DATA AND PRIVACY
• Your location is only used locally to center the map
• Notes, photos and reviews are stored in your private iCloud
• No analytics trackers, no advertising, no sale of data
Castle Explorer is a small, personal app by a solo developer. Feedback and wishes are welcome.
Ratings & Reviews
The developer, Marcel Hecker, 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 Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Marcel Hecker
- Size
- 53.8 MB
- Category
- Travel
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and German
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Leave a generous tip $14.99
- Give a moderate tip $6.99
- Give a small tip $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Marcel Hecker