Walk to play
The story plays as you move. Stop for ten seconds and it waits for you.
Walk Tales
Stories that only play while you walk.
Put your headphones in and head out. The story moves when you do and waits when you stop, so the walk you meant to take becomes the part of the day you look forward to.
Brisk and easy
The narrator tells you when to pick up the pace and when to ease off.
You choose
At key moments the story asks what happens next. Tap an answer, or let it pick.
Plays offline
Once a story is on your phone, it plays with no signal, in a park or on a hill.
How it works
Three steps, then just walk.
- 01
Pick a story
Stories for grown-ups in mystery, adventure, feel-good, sci-fi and calm. Each one is a full walk of about 15 to 20 minutes.
- 02
Start walking
Narration, music and the sounds of the story play while you move. Your phone counts your steps, so it knows when you've stopped.
- 03
Choose what happens
Answer the story's questions as you go. Keep your phone in your pocket: it plays on the lock screen, with a chime and a buzz for each change of pace.
On a treadmill? Treadmill mode plays at a steady walking pace instead of counting steps.
The library
A shelf of stories to walk through.
Every story has its own painted cover. Carry on from where you stopped, or filter by genre and by what you've saved or finished.
- Continue listening. The walks you stopped partway, with the minutes left.
- Filters. One genre, and In progress, Saved or Finished.
- Save with the heart. Keep the stories you want to walk next.
- Three stories free. Walk Tales Plus opens every one.
For walks with kids
Bramble's Flights
Short flights with Bramble the owl, 4 to 7 minutes each, made for walking together. Look for something red, count three birds, help choose the way. Every flight flown earns a sticker.
- Each flight opens when the one before is flown.
- No ads, no chat, nothing to sign up for.
- Leaving Kids mode needs a grown-up's check.
Health, kept private
Your walks add up. They stay yours.
The Health tab keeps your steps and walking minutes, with goals you set. Add your height and weight if you like, for a fuller picture.
- On your phone only. Health data is encrypted and never sent to us, or anyone.
- No account. No email, no sign-in, no tracking, no ads.
- Yours to keep or delete. Save a copy, or delete it all, any time.
Plans
Start free. Walk further with Plus.
Free
To try it on your next walk
- 3 grown-up stories
- Bramble's first 3 flights
- Pace cues, choices and pocket mode
- Health tab and treadmill mode
Walk Tales Plus
Monthly or yearly, through Google Play
- Access to all the stories
- All of Bramble's flights for kids
- New stories as they're written
- Cancel any time in Google Play
Prices are shown in the app, in your own currency.
Questions
Good to know
What happens when I stop walking?
After about ten seconds without a step, the story pauses. Start walking again and it carries on from the same sentence. You can also listen without walking whenever you like.
Do I need an account?
No. There's no sign-in and no email. Walk Tales Plus belongs to your Google Play account, so on a new phone you open Plus and tap Restore purchases.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. The free stories are inside the app. A Plus story downloads the first time you start it, about 12 MB, and then plays offline.
Is it safe for children?
Kids mode asks children for no personal information and has no ads, chat or links to other people. Leaving it needs a grown-up's check, and purchases go through Google Play's own controls.
Is it available on iPhone?
Android comes first. An iPhone version is planned.
What do you do with my data?
Almost nothing leaves your phone. Read the privacy policy for exactly what does, and why.
Your next walk is a story.
Walk Tales is coming to Google Play. Want to try it first? Join the early test: send us the Gmail address you use on Google Play, and we'll send you an invite.