Walk the Odyssey | Stoic Steps
Experience ancient classics
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Seen the movie? Read the book? Now it's your turn: walk your own way through the greatest stories of antiquity.
Walk the Odyssey pairs your daily walks with Homer's ancient adventure: every kilometer you walk moves Odysseus a little further along his ~4,000 km voyage from Troy to Ithaca. Your steps are tracked automatically via Apple Health, no manual logging needed.
And the journey no longer ends at Ithaca: a whole library of ancient classics awaits, each one a voyage of its own, with its own map, its own milestones and its own artworks.
WHAT'S INSIDE
A living map of the Mediterranean tracking your real progress along the historical route
An illustrated logbook that fills in chapter by chapter as you approach each milestone
A companion of your choice (Odysseus, Achilles, Marcus Aurelius, Socrates or Seneca) walks the route with you
Compare your pace against Hercules, Zeus and other figures of Greek mythology (Premium)
Home screen widget showing your voyage at a glance (Premium)
Terracotta Workshop: build collectibles from unlocked figures (Premium)
Story Mode for a more compact journey (Premium)
Kilometers or miles, your choice
THE LIBRARY
The Odyssey is completely free, the whole epic. Every other book starts with a free reading sample; Premium unlocks the full library.
All texts are classic public-domain translations; every book credits its translator and source inside the app. Full texts are available in these languages:
The Odyssey (Homer): EN, DE, FR, IT, ES
The Iliad (Homer): EN, FR, IT, ES
The Aeneid (Virgil): EN, FR, IT, ES
Metamorphoses (Ovid): EN, FR, IT, ES
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius): EN, DE, FR
Anabasis (Xenophon): EN, FR
The Death of Socrates (Plato): EN, FR
On the Shortness of Life (Seneca): EN, FR
The Encheiridion (Epictetus): EN
Illustrated chapter summaries of every book are available in all five app languages (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish). If a full text is not available in your language yet, the app offers the summaries or another reading language.
Walk the Odyssey is free to use. An optional Premium subscription (monthly, or yearly with a free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase unlocks the full library and the extra features.
Terms of Use: https://jonaspolenz368.github.io/walk_the_odyssey/terms.html
Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://jonaspolenz368.github.io/walk_the_odyssey/privacy.html
Ratings & Reviews
Companions on every map
Odysseus, Achilles, Marcus Aurelius, Socrates and Seneca now walk
every book's map with you, not just the Odyssey - each at their own
pace. See how you're doing against them.
Milestone notifications
When you reach a new milestone in any book, the app tells you.
Lifetime at a much friendlier price
Pay once, keep all nine journeys. And the weekly pass is back if
you'd rather start small.
Plus a number of smaller text and display fixes.
The developer, Jonas Polenz, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Jonas Polenz
- Size
- 302.2 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Premium Odyssey Lifetime $17.99
- Walk the Odyssey Premium Yearly $12.99
- Walk The Odyssey Premium Weekly $1.99
- PremiumMonthly Walk The Odyssey $3.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Jonas Polenz