Walklore

The city has stories. Hear them.
Best experienced walking with a smartphone and headphones.
This app uses your device's location to find and personalize stories nearby.
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Welcome to Walklore

Audio stories about hidden history, folklore, and local lore — wherever your walk takes you.

How it works
Open the app while walking
Tap Spark — we find what's nearby
Hear a short story unique to this place
Explore suggestions and keep going
Your language
Sets app and content language. You can change them separately in Settings.
What sparks your curiosity?
Pick as many as you like.
Your toolkit
Three ways to explore:
Spark
Generates a story about an interesting place nearby. Just tap and listen.
Photo
Take a photo of something that catches your eye and get its story.
What is this place?
Get a quick overview of where you are and what's around you.
After each story, you'll see suggestions:
Deep Dive
A longer, richer version of the same story. Go deeper into the topic.
Spin-off
A related person, event, or detail mentioned in the story. Explore a specific thread.
New Spark
A completely different story about a nearby place. Keep walking, keep discovering.
Start with Spark
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Nearby
Discovering nearby stories…
Library
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⚙ Preferences

Language & Voice
Select one or more — one is chosen at random each spark.
Story Preferences
Affects how stories are written and narrated.
Preferred story types — leave all unchecked for no preference.
Playback
When you tap a new spark while audio is playing.
Experimental
Displays timing, tokens, and cost stats for each generation phase.
Runs an extra AI pass to strip robotic phrases and make narration sound more natural. Slightly increases generation time.
Use the device's built-in speech synthesis instead of server audio. Faster and works offline — voice quality depends on your device.
Developer Options ▸
Skip real audio generation and play a short tone instead. Use when TTS quota is exhausted.
Penalize recently visited places so you hear new stories. Off by default — enable when walking a familiar area.
Account
Go through the welcome setup again to change your language and category preferences.