Arpentix — Heritage
History all around you
Only for iPhone
Free
iPhone
History is right there, all around you.
Arpentix reveals the monuments, castles, churches and memorials just a few
steps away — with their story and an audio guide.
Wherever you are, Arpentix draws on Wikipedia to tell you what is around
you. And in France, coverage goes deepest: over 300,000 places, from
cathedrals to village wash-houses, documented by the Ministry of Culture.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND
- The story behind each place, drawn from the French Ministry of Culture's
Mérimée database, Wikipedia and the national heritage inventory
- A timeline from the site's founding to the present day
- An audio guide that starts as you approach
- A travel journal of your visits, with your photos — kept on your phone
- A souvenir of your day: your route, the places you passed through and your
photos, brought together in one shareable image
SHARE WHAT YOU FIND
Your journal can become a page to share, through a link you can revoke at any
time. You choose what is visible; exact dates and precise locations never
appear.
PRIVACY BY DESIGN
Your location is used to show nearby places — it is never sent to our
servers. Your photos stay on your device. No ads, no data resale.
Available in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
Free, no in-app purchases.
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Search across the whole of France
The search field is no longer limited to the area around the map.
Type a name and find the place wherever it is — a town, a church, a
château. Documented entries appear first.
A timeline you can tap
Tap a date in the timeline to jump to the passage it was drawn from.
And when the timeline only repeats the description, it steps aside
rather than making you read the same thing twice.
Guidance
The route stays visible when you zoom out. Beyond 5 km, "Guide me"
gives way to "Go to", which moves the map to the place instead of
offering to walk you there.
Fixes
Photos that sometimes refused to appear now load again. Entries
without a description open properly from the explorer. The daily
memory pairs each photo with its own place again. The listen button
no longer appears on an entry that has nothing to read.
The developer, Benjamin Drouilly, 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
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Benjamin Drouilly
- Size
- 40.9 MB
- Category
- Travel
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © 2026 Benjamin Drouilly
