MysteryHike: Travel & Explore

• Free to download
• In-app purchases

Last verified 28 Jul 2026

4.4 112 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Fun, but missing some features

   It’s fun to keep track of how much you’ve explored - I live in a relatively small town and there’s still so much I haven’t visited yet! That said, I wish the leaderboards were broken down in more ways. It would be a lot of fun to see how I stack up vs other people from my state or even other people within a certain radius of where I am. It would also be fun to see a leaderboard broken down by time (top for the month, week, etc.). I don’t know how much work it would take to add these features, but I think they’d improve a lot.

   patsfan795 · 28 Jul 2026

2. 5/5Love this App!

   UPDATE: all my concerns below have been resolved so I’m updating my review. Amazing app! Old Review: I love the idea of this app. I echo the others about the lifetime payment vs the monthly/yearly subscription and limiting to less than 20 mph is pretty useless here in the US where everything is explored by car. The biggest thing for me is that my progress disappears when I zoom out to a certain point. I want to be able to zoom out as far as I want and see my progress. There should be a point where I zoom out to the point where my explored areas are only a pixel wide - and naturally get larger as I zoom in until it is the correct size. I want to see everywhere I haven’t visited from a city view but that’s hard when I have to be zoomed in to a certain point for my progress to even appear.

   thehouseholder_ · 28 Jul 2026

3. 4/5Interesting Concept

   Paid a month subscription to try it out. Definitely like the concept but a couple features I’d like to see if I were to continue the subscription; The map when zooming is slow and there beds to be a “center on me” button - if I zoom out it’s hard to get map to recenter on my location. Would be nice to have like a route guidance - so I can select a land mark and just like Apple Maps, the app gives me a route

   nevadawill · 28 Jul 2026

4. 3/5Nice Start - Needs To Mature

   I love roadtrips and love to explore off the beaten path. I have 4 map/tracking apps that run all the time, providing a visual record of where I’ve been. . This app is a good addition. It offers the cleanest look and smoothest tracking of all five apps I now use. It also adds in points of interest that entice you off the usual routes and offer chances to discover what you miss on the Interstates. . But that being said, there are a lot of things that need improvement or features that would make it better. . - POIs. First and foremost, these are a mess. Most seem to be churches and many of them are listed as ‘Unknown’ or are simply wrong. E.G. ‘Pleasant Dale Church’ in Independence, KS hasn’t existed for over 40 years. If you drive down the gravel road you’ll find trees and a piece of concrete that was once the foundation slab. Or you’ll see two POIs across the street from each other - both small churches - but the 100 year old stunning courthouse two blocks away isn’t listed. Update the POIs please. - Next is the journal. This shows things like how many cities and POIs you’ve discovered, but no way to list them (except in one spot where they’re only listed by date). There seems to be no way to see which of the cities you’ve visited, other than to zoom out on the map and scroll. - Portal Mode: You can earn (and buy) portals - which allow you to essentially tap or trace the map and reveal areas you haven’t been to. Great way to complete a map, but makes the leaderboards into a ‘pay to win’ proposition. - Search feature: Doesn’t seem to work. Only four city ‘fragments’ are displayed to show where I might want to explore more - but if I want to see more I have to go to the map and press-hold to select the area - which then shows the borders of that section. . So overall, it’s nice and shows great promise. But the ability to buy your way onto the leaderboards removes the competitive element, the outdated/missing POIs, and the clunky way to review travels dampen the enjoyment quite a bit.

   Gap Spanner · 28 Jul 2026

5. 4/5Pretty cool app

   Im gonna do a challenge with my friend to see who can discover more places. You should make it so you can send pics of the location when you find it that would be pretty cool. You might’ve already done this but you should put places at landmarks and stuff like that. can you also make it tell you how many square miles/kilometers you’ve discovered total?

   ryan123214 · 28 Jul 2026

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