I’m absolutely loving this app. I’m not a big exerciser and I don’t walk long distances (however much I enjoy walking) but I love the Lord of the Rings. My husband saw this app and thought it would help me keep myself motivated to get fit again after having my daughter and he was right. I love checking how far I’ve walked each day and where I am on the map. The milestones are great and the comparison with where Frodo is can be quite hilarious. It didn’t take long for him to overtake me!I’m currently projected to reach Mount Fire in two years time!! But hopefully can bring that down as my ability to walk further increases. It was really easy to set up- it seems to just use the data that your health app is already collecting. And as long you have it in your pocket you don’t need to think about turning it on to ‘log’ a walk or anything, so you don’t have to worry about forgetting to do that.

I loveee this app!!! I think the one thing that would make it 1000x better for me is if the map was improved. If we could zoom in on it and see in slightly closer detail where we are along the journey + if names of locations were written on the map. Generally just making the map more interesting nothing too crazy but slightly more detail - but so much that it removed the mystery of the walk! Just things like “Rivendell” and “Moriah” written on the map, and the ability to zoom in and see it a bit clearer would be cool. Also I agree with other reviewers that you move extremely quickly thought interesting areas and then very slowly along flat planes - I guess this is more accurate to the story tbf but balancing it out just a bit more or at least having the environment at least change more while walking through the blank plane areas would make it better - rather than just moving very slowly over those parts. These are the main things I’d change!! It would also be really cool if you could see on the route where the challenges are (obviously you’d have to be ahead of them but still). Thanks so much for the app! Love it

First, I really like the fact that the story lines at the bottom are able to be re-read,as most people do not walk while looking at their phones. I also really like how the app is made. One thing to be aware of however, if you are just downloading the app, is the app will not register walking of over 1 mile a day. However, you can either pay a premium membership which gets you unlimited miles, some other avatars and a couple other things, or a one time payment of £4 to get just unlimited miles, which is what I did. I still think the app is worth 5stars even though you can't do more than a mile without paying, because I think it's important the app developers make a profit, and seeing that it's a free app, I understand why they would want to charge for these kinds of things.

Always up for a challenge, and when I saw this, I knew it was something I wanted to do. As someone who works in an office, hitting the 10k target each day can be difficult, however, this app pushed me to achieve that target each day. Firstly, if you want to beat Mr Underhill, you will need to pay the £3.99 for the unlimited distance. Secondly, you will also need to switch on your paddle bonus, and lastly, average 8miles / 13km a day (if possible). A word of warning, Mr Underhill is very quick at the start but does take long breaks throughout the journey, so just keep walking and you’ll eat into his lead. Overall, it took me 170 days, starting Jan 1st and finishing June 18th.