Nature Steps: Appalachia
Virtual Appalachian Trail hike
$4.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
A step counter with a destination: every step you take moves you along the real 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail on the map, from Georgia to Maine.
Turn your daily steps into a virtual hike of the Appalachian Trail.
Nature Steps: Appalachia is a step counter with a destination. It reads your steps from Apple Health and moves you, mile by mile, along the real 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail, from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine. Walk to work, walk the dog, walk on a treadmill: every step counts.
SEE YOUR PROGRESS ON A REAL MAP
Watch your hiker move along the actual trail through 14 states and 35 stages, from the Great Smoky Mountains to Shenandoah, Pennsylvania and the White Mountains.
DISCOVER THE TRAIL AS YOU GO
Your journey feed fills with short stories about the places you pass: wildlife, geology, history and the people of the trail, written for every stage.
COLLECT 105 WILDLIFE SPECIES
Each stage adds the animals and plants that live there, from black bears and wild ponies to moose and loons, to your illustrated Field Journal.
STAY MOTIVATED
• Set a daily step goal and track your day, week and month
• Earn 53 illustrated trail patches for streaks, distance and landmarks
• Read a daily quote from Thoreau, Rachel Carson, John Muir and other nature writers
• Walk with friends in private groups and cheer each other on
• Home Screen widgets, Live Activities and an Apple Watch app
• Designed for iPhone Duo: unfold it and the trail map sits beside your journal, stats and stories
No GPS and no hiking required. Just walk.
Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.
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Data Linked to You
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- Health & Fitness
- Contact Info
- User Content
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Information
- Seller
- Lost Theory LLC
- Size
- 490.6 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 7 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Infrequent
Contests
Contains
User-Generated Content
Health or Wellness Topics
- Copyright
- © 2026 Lost Theory
