Hikage: Shade Map for Walks
Shade routes to beat the heat
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
Are you in the shade, and which way is the nearest shade? Hikage draws every building's shadow on a live map, so you can pick the cooler street.
Am I in the shade, and where is the nearest shade? Open the map and you know in three seconds.
Hikage draws the shadow every building is casting right now, from its real height and the position of the sun. Not a photograph, not a forecast — the shade where you are standing.
■ In shade now, and until when
If you are in shade, when the sun reaches you. If you are in the sun, which way the nearest shade is and how far. Press and hold anywhere on the map to see when that spot falls into shade today.
■ Choose the shadier way
Up to three walking routes to your destination, side by side. The fastest one, and the ones that trade a few minutes for less sun. You see exactly how many minutes each costs and how many minutes of sun it saves.
■ A walk with no destination
Say how long you want to be out. Hikage proposes a stroll — there and back, or one way — that keeps to the shade.
■ What the sun did to you
Your walk is recorded and coloured by sun and shade. Look back by day, week, month or year. Apple Watch's time in daylight and your step count sit alongside it.
■ Apple Watch
The same answer on your wrist. A Live Activity keeps the minutes remaining, and the minutes in the sun, in front of you while you walk.
■ Little data, no tracking
Every shadow is computed on your device. Where you have been is never sent anywhere.
Cities: San Francisco, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Yokohama, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal
Bug fixes.
The developer, Yugo Matsuda, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Yugo Matsuda
- Size
- 9.7 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English and Japanese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Yugo Matsuda