Out now — for iPhone and Android.
For iPhone and Android

Quests for real life.

Every morning you get a few quests that fit you — your age, what you're into, the weather, the time of day. You go and do them, and the app checks. Every walk fills in a bit more of your map.

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For iPhone and Android. RLQuest is deliberately not a website: without background location, a step counter and a camera, checking would just mean taking your word for it.

What makes RLQuest different

Plenty of apps count what you'd be doing anyway. RLQuest gives you something to do — and then checks you did it.

A new set every morning

More than 2,700 quests, from five minutes to half an hour. Which ones you get depends on your age, what you're into, the weather, the season, and how long you've said you've got.

Checked, not claimed

A recorded route, new tiles on the map, your step count, a photo. And where the app can't check something, it says so instead of pretending.

A map of your own

Every walk uncovers new tiles. A year in, you can see everywhere you've been — and, more tellingly, everywhere you haven't. It works offline, too.

Real places, not made-up ones

More than one and a half million castles, lighthouses, viewpoints and old city gates across Europe and North America. Get to one for the first time and there's something in it for you.

Achievements that build up

213 achievements across 69 series, from your very first quest to fifty hours spent outdoors. The achievement book always shows you what's next.

Your location stays on your phone

The app doesn't store where you are. It stores which tiles you've uncovered, and each one is about 350 metres across.

How a day works

1

Your quests are waiting in the morning

Three to ten of them, depending on your plan and the time you've set. Don't fancy one? Swap it.

2

You head out

A walking quest keeps running with your phone in your pocket, and tells you when you've got there. You can also let the map keep filling in without a quest — it's one switch in the settings, and it's off unless you turn it on.

3

The app checks

The recorded track for a distance quest, the photo for a photo quest, the clock for an evening one. Hand in an evening quest at midday and you'll get an honest no.

4

Your map grows

New tiles, XP, the odd find — and every few days an achievement that stays in the book for good.

Some quests are worth more than others

From everyday to legendary. The rare ones tell you the reward up front — that's what makes the harder ones worth taking on.

Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary

What we don't do

RLQuest is an app that knows where people go. That's precisely why this page sets out, in plain terms, what we don't do with any of it.

  • We don't store your location. Not where you are now, not where you were last. Only which tiles you've uncovered.
  • Photos aren't stored. Your picture is checked and then discarded. It never sits on our server — which is also why a data export contains no photos: there are none.
  • No ads, and we don't sell your data. The app is paid for by a premium plan, and by nothing else.
  • No loot boxes, no in-game currency. You can't buy anything you could otherwise earn. Finds give you more of the game, never a shortcut through it.
  • Take it all with you, or delete the lot. Both from inside the app, without having to email anyone.

Pick somewhere to go

Castles, lighthouses, waterfalls and lookout towers, sorted by region and by city. Every page shows what's there, with a map and photos.

Regions

Lighthouses in MichiganCastles and palaces in EnglandCastles and palaces in BavariaLighthouses in New YorkRuins in EnglandMegaliths in Lower SaxonyWaterfalls in WashingtonRuins in ScotlandMegaliths in Mecklenburg-VorpommernWaterfalls in CaliforniaCaves in EnglandLookout towers in Switzerland

By kind of place

Castles and palacesCavesFortsLighthousesLookout towersMegalithsRuinsViewpointsWaterfallsWindmills

Cities

New York CityLos AngelesChicagoMontrealSan FranciscoSeattleDenverWashington, DCVancouverBostonPortland, OregonBaltimoreAll cities

Ideas for getting outside

Off you go.

RLQuest is out for iPhone and Android. rlquest.de and rlquest.app both bring you here.

App Store Google Play

For iPhone and Android. RLQuest is deliberately not a website: without background location, a step counter and a camera, checking would just mean taking your word for it.