WanderWay Navigation

Drives, Walks & Historic Stops

Free · In‑App Purchases

New in 2.4: Drives in CarPlay, Sunset Drives with Siri, nearby restrooms on iPhone and CarPlay, and narration that skips places you heard recently. Free to try. WanderWay is navigation for everyday drives, scenic trips, and walks. It finds covered bridges, overlooks, and historic places along the way, then guides you there on iPhone and CarPlay. No subscription, no ads, no tracking. Built by Derek Boyer, a solo developer in southern Ohio, and inspired by my wife Jordan's wish for an app that reveals the history and beauty along everyday routes. FREE TO TRY, ONE PURCHASE TO KEEP • Every feature is open for 14 days. The trial doesn't renew and never charges you. • One-time unlock: navigation on iPhone and CarPlay, Story Mode, Narrate Without a Route, Scenic Detours, Curated Routes, walking tours, offline downloads, and searches up to 40 miles. • Always free: nearby places within 5 miles, details and photos, destination search, and route previews. • No account. No location history or routes on a server. Your journal stays on your device. NEW IN 2.4 • Drives in CarPlay: from Go, pick a Curated Drive of about one or two hours, or a Sunset Drive before sunset. WanderWay plans it, and you tap Start. • Ask Siri for a drive: "Start a Sunset Drive in WanderWay" or "Go for a Sunday drive with WanderWay". You look it over and tap Start, on CarPlay's screen too. • Restrooms: find restrooms nearby from Where to? on iPhone or Go in CarPlay, with where each one is, and fee and wheelchair access when known. • Skip Places You've Heard Recently: places you've heard about in the last 7 days stay quiet, so your usual roads don't repeat. • Main roads home after dark after a Sunset Drive, and a Live Activity made for your Apple Watch's Smart Stack and the CarPlay Dashboard. STORIES AND DETOURS • Story Mode: hear a short story as you approach a place. With Apple Intelligence, stories are written on your iPhone. • Narrate Without a Route: hear nearby places on any drive, no directions needed. • Scenic Detours: set aside extra minutes and WanderWay picks sights along your way, showing the extra time first. CURATED ROUTES • A scenic loop or a drive to a destination, from 30 minutes to 5 hours • Favor US scenic byways and prefer backroads • Prioritize the places you like, or show only sights you can see from the road KNOW BEFORE YOU GO • Descriptions and photos from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, plus Apple Look Around or Mapillary • United States only: National Park Service hours, fees, and alerts, Recreation.gov, the National Register of Historic Places, and National Weather Service alerts • Opening hours, with a warning if a stop will be closed when you arrive, and EV charger status from Open Charge Map ON THE ROAD • Saved When You Start: WanderWay can download the route as you set off, so sights and descriptions stay with you. On cellular data, it asks first. • Places you've loaded refresh in the background once they're a week old. • Add a Stop without ending guidance. My Places: Home, Work, and your own places, also with Siri. • Journal and Passport: every drive and walk saved, with stamps, milestones, and a Home Screen widget • Map type: Standard, Satellite, or Hybrid, in a Liquid Glass look. On iPad too. CARPLAY • Start from search, a saved trip, a favorite, or by voice. Nearby sights show detour times; hear a place's story. • Add a Stop and Route Overview while you drive, plus a map on CarPlay Dashboard and supported instrument clusters. Feedback? Email support@wanderwayapp.com. Derek Drive attentively and follow traffic laws.

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    5 Ratings

WanderWay 2.4 gets your next drive ready when you are. • Drives in CarPlay: From Go in CarPlay, pick a Curated Drive of about one or two hours, or a Sunset Drive in the hours before sunset. WanderWay plans it, and you tap Start. • Ask Siri for a Drive: Say "Start a Sunset Drive in WanderWay" or "Go for a Sunday drive with WanderWay". Siri plans the drive, and you tap Start, on CarPlay's screen too. • Restrooms: Find restrooms nearby from Where to? on iPhone or from Go in CarPlay. Each one says where it is, such as a park, a rest area or a gas station, and shows whether there's a fee and wheelchair access when that's known. • Main Roads Home After Dark: When a Sunset Drive would bring you home after dark, WanderWay plans the way back on main roads, with a heads-up about deer. • Skip Places You've Heard Recently: On a drive, places you've heard about in the last 7 days now stay quiet, so your usual roads don't repeat. It's on from the start, under Points of Interest in Settings. • Smart Stack and Dashboard: The Live Activity now has a layout made for your Apple Watch's Smart Stack and the CarPlay Dashboard: your next turn and the time left, or the place being told about. • Show Current Weather: A new switch under Map in Settings hides the temperature above the arrival time in CarPlay. The forecast for where you're going stays. • A Nearby list that follows your finger: Drag it from anywhere along its top and flick it open or closed. It now fits on screen at every size, including an iPhone on its side. • Controls and Shortcuts: A Just Passed control for Control Center, and Sunset Drive and Curated Drive shortcuts. • Unlocked, Even Offline: WanderWay remembers your unlock and your free trial, so a slow or offline start no longer shows them as locked. • Curated Routes plan more reliably in busy cities, and tell you when Apple Maps is busy instead of waiting. • Better on iPad: Press and hold one of My Places or a recent place in Where to? for its menu. Skip and Hear its story on a walking tour, and the small buttons over the map, now respond to every tap. • Fixes: Journal and Passport count states, provinces and countries correctly in more places, the Passport widget shows the whole milestone title, and a quick tap on Start right after planning a route now starts the drive. Thanks for driving with WanderWay. Ideas or problems? Email support@wanderwayapp.com.

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 .

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    • Supported Features

      • VoiceOver

      • Voice Control

      • Larger Text

      • Dark Interface

      • Differentiate Without Color Alone

      • Reduced Motion

    Seller
    Derek Boyer
    Size
    32.8 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.
    • Apple Watch
      Requires watchOS 26.0 or later.
    Location
    This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
    Languages
    English and 9 more
    • English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © 2026 Derek Boyer