New in 2.1: Add a Stop. Search for any place mid-drive and add it without ending guidance. Try every feature free for 14 days, then keep it all. No subscription.
WanderWay finds covered bridges, scenic overlooks, and historic sites along your drive, then guides you there on iPhone and CarPlay. Hear stories about the places you pass, add a stop or a scenic detour, and keep a journal of your drives. No subscription, no ads, and no tracking. Built by Derek Boyer, a solo developer in Southern Ohio. WanderWay was inspired by my wife Jordan's wish for an app that reveals the history and beauty along everyday routes.
Choose a destination, build a multi-stop route, or generate a Sunday Drive, then follow spoken turn-by-turn directions. Add a stop anytime without ending your drive.
FREE TO TRY, ONE PURCHASE TO KEEP
• Free to download, with every feature open for a 14-day free trial. The trial doesn't renew and never charges you.
• One-time unlock: keep navigation on iPhone and CarPlay, Story Mode, Scenic Detours, curated drives, offline downloads, and searches up to 40 miles. No subscription.
• Always free: nearby places within 5 miles, place details and photos, destination search, and route previews.
• No ads and no account. WanderWay keeps no location history or routes on a server, never sells personal data, and saves your Road Trip Journal on your iPhone.
STORY MODE & SCENIC DETOURS
• Story Mode: as you approach a place, hear a short story about it, or tap "Listen to the story" on its page. With Apple Intelligence, stories are written on your iPhone from the place's description. Other iPhone models read a shortened description.
• Narrate Without a Route: hear nearby places and their stories on any drive, even without directions.
• What did I just pass? Tap one button, or ask Siri, for the story of the place you just drove by.
• Scenic Detours: spend 10 to 40 extra minutes on up to four sights along your way, favoring US scenic byways. See the extra driving time on a map first.
SUNDAY DRIVES & SCENIC ROUTES
• Generate a scenic loop or a curated drive to a destination, from 30 minutes to 5 hours
• Stay Within: set how far a loop or a drive to a destination can wander, up to 40 miles (60 km)
• Weather-aware: forecasts and NWS alerts, favoring indoor stops in rain or snow
• Favor US scenic byways (dashed green on the map) and prefer backroads
• Prioritize any of 16 categories, from covered bridges to castles, or show only sights you can enjoy from the road
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
• Descriptions and photos from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, plus Apple Look Around or Mapillary street views
• National Park Service hours, fees, and alerts, Recreation.gov trailheads and tours, and National Register listings
• Opening hours and EV charger status, with a warning if a stop will be closed when you arrive
ROAD TRIP JOURNAL & PASSPORT
• Each drive you navigate is saved with the roads you drove, the places you visited, and the states or provinces you crossed
• Share a picture card of any drive, with its route map, stats, and places
• Passport: stamps for 15 kinds of places, milestones, and a Home Screen widget
ON THE ROAD
• Add a Stop: search for any place while you navigate and see the minutes it adds. Guidance keeps going
• My Places: Home, Work, and four places of your own, one tap away in Where to? and CarPlay
• Your next turn and the next place ahead on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island
• Offline downloads, widgets, and a Control Center button
EXPLORE WITH CARPLAY
• Start a drive from search, My Places, a saved trip, or by voice, and add stops along the way
• Nearby sights with detour times, and a place's story
• A WanderWay card on CarPlay Dashboard
• Show Route Overview to see the rest of your drive
• A map and turn details in the instrument cluster, in cars that support it
AVAILABLE IN FIVE LANGUAGES
English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian.
Feedback or route ideas? Email me at wanderwaysupport@gmail.com.
Derek
Drive attentively and follow traffic laws. Set your route before you start.
I’ve only done one drive this far but it was fun! Took me through some lovely neighborhoods and saw some cool things. I can definitely see myself using this weekly! Love that it lets me do a loop or to a destination. My BFF lives just far enough that I can take my time to get to her :)
Works Great!
hay-bug5
I found so many things that I didn’t know existed so close to home!
A great app
dgboyer
It works on CarPlay and it has all kinds of features like nearby stops, correct arrival and great voices for CarPlay
WanderWay 2.1.1 lets you add a stop without ending your drive, keeps your own places a tap away, and now speaks Italian.
ADD A STOP
• While navigating, tap the search button in the guidance controls to find any place: a nearby sight, one of My Places, a recent, a favorite, or anything on Apple Maps. Results show how many minutes each one adds.
• Tap Add Stop to make it your next stop, or Add at Best Spot to fit it in after a stop you already planned. Guidance carries on while the new route is built, then tells you the place was added.
• Go Here Now replaces your route, and asks you first.
• In CarPlay, Add a Stop is at the top of the Route list while you navigate, with search, voice search, My Places and favorites.
MY PLACES
• Save Home, Work and up to four places of your own in Where to?, and start a drive to any of them with one tap, in CarPlay too.
• Or say "Take me home with WanderWay" to Siri.
WHAT DID I JUST PASS?
• While you drive, tap the button on the map or Just Passed in CarPlay, or ask Siri "What did I just pass in WanderWay?", to hear about the place you just drove by.
BETTER VOICES
• Choose iPhone Voice in Settings to hear the voice you picked in Read & Speak for directions.
• Get a Better Voice, in Settings, shows you how to download an Enhanced or Premium voice.
SCENIC DETOURS & SUNDAY DRIVES
• Spend up to 40 extra minutes on a detour, and WanderWay picks up to four sights along your way.
• A curated drive to a nearby destination now uses the time you pick, and wanders as far as your Stay Within setting allows.
NOW IN ITALIAN & MADE FOR IPAD
• WanderWay speaks Italian, from its menus to spoken directions and Siri.
• On iPad, WanderWay fills the screen in any orientation, with the map edge to edge.
ROAD TRIP JOURNAL & PASSPORT
• The stops you plan and your destination now count as visited when you reach them.
• Covered bridges, overlooks, parks and other places you see from the road or reach by a parking lot now count from farther away when you slow down or stop near them. Passing at highway speed doesn't count.
• Parking in a stop's lot now counts as arriving, without a reroute.
PLACES & MAP
• The categories menu stays open while you choose, so you can Hide All, then pick a few.
• A new report reason: "Place doesn't exist."
FIXES
• Fixed a crash when CarPlay disconnected the instrument cluster map.
• More reliable guidance when you add or change stops during a drive.
• Scenic Detours no longer suggest a detour that's shorter than your planned route.
• If directions get stuck on a turn, WanderWay reroutes within 10 seconds.
Version 2.1.1
The developer, Derek Boyer, 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.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Voice Control
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Differentiate Without Color Alone
Reduced Motion
Information
Seller
Derek Boyer
Size
14.7 MB
Category
Navigation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.