About the app

Plain answers to the things people actually ask. Last updated 24 July 2026.

What it is

What does the app actually do?

You pick a district on a map, choose a theme, and walk. The app points a compass at the next stop. When you arrive, it checks you in by GPS and opens the story for that stop. Finish every stop on a quest and a bonus stop unlocks — usually something most visitors walk past without knowing it is there.

How many quests are there?

74 quests, 347 stops and 69 bonus stops, across 9 districts. The counts are exact, not rounded.

Which districts are covered?

Gothic Quarter (11 quests), El Born (10), Eixample (10), El Raval (8), Barceloneta (8), Gràcia (7), Sarrià-Sant Gervasi (7), Sant Martí (7) and Sants-Montjuïc (6).

Four Barcelona districts are not covered yet: Les Corts, Horta-Guinardó, Nou Barris and Sant Andreu. They appear greyed out on the map and are marked in preparation. They are not sold.

How long is a quest?

Most run one and a half to two and a half hours at a walking pace, typically 1.5 to 3 km. Each quest shows its own duration, distance and difficulty before you start.

Which platform?

iOS, iPhone only. Minimum iOS 16.4. An Android version is in preparation with no committed date. There is no iPad version — the layouts are designed for a phone in your hand while walking.

Pricing

What does it cost?

Prices are the eurozone tiers; Apple converts to the equivalent local tier elsewhere, so the figure shown in your own App Store is authoritative.

Is it a subscription?

No. Both purchases are one-time and permanent. There is nothing recurring in the app.

What exactly is free?

Four complete quests: Roman Barcino (10 stops, the Roman city under the modern streets), Tasting the Old Town (7 stops, the oldest taverns and food houses), Photographing the Gòtic (7 stops), and Gaudí's Eixample (5 stops). No account is needed to walk them.

Do you need an account?

No. The app works immediately and saves your progress without one. Linking an email is optional and only matters if you want your progress and purchases restored on another device.

How it compares

Honest comparison, including where the alternatives are better. Prices are as published by each service in July 2026.

So when should you pick something else?

• If you want audio narration in your ear, use VoiceMap or izi.TRAVEL. We are written, not spoken.
• If you want puzzles and a game, use Questo. Our stops have no riddles — they have stories.
• If you want a city other than Barcelona, we cannot help yet. Questo and GPSmyCity cover a thousand or more.
• If you want to spend nothing at all, Rick Steves and izi.TRAVEL are free and good.

And when are we the better choice?

• One author, one standard. Marketplace apps depend on who wrote the particular tour; ours reads the same everywhere because one person wrote and verified all 347 stops.
• Depth in one city rather than breadth across many. 74 quests in a single city is more than most apps carry for any city.
• A stop earns its place only if it is worth looking at, not merely worth knowing about. Nothing is included to pad a route.
• Seven languages for the entire catalogue, not per-tour.
• No ads and no subscription — where most free travel apps run both. Nothing covers the map while you walk, and there is nothing to pay to remove, because there was never anything there. No venue can pay to appear either.

Content and sources

Where does the information come from?

It is written by us and compiled from publicly available sources: published histories, municipal and institutional material, press coverage and the public statements of the places described. Each stop was checked at the time of writing.

Is it an audio guide?

No. There is no audio. Each stop is written text — enough to understand why you are standing in front of it, and no more. It is deliberately not exhaustive: if a stop interests you, the rest of what is known about it is a search away.

Are any places sponsored?

No. No venue, business, museum or institution has paid to appear, and none can. There is no advertising, no affiliate commission and no commercial relationship with anywhere described. Inclusion is an editorial choice.

What if something is wrong or out of date?

Write to hello@walksandquests.com. Businesses close and hours change; the content is maintained rather than frozen, and corrections get made.

Privacy and permissions

What data does the app collect?

An anonymous account identifier, the list of stops you have checked in at, and your email address only if you choose to link one. Nothing else. There are no third-party analytics or advertising SDKs in the app.

Does it track my location?

It asks for location only while you are using it, never in the background. Your coordinates are used on the device to work out whether you are close enough to a stop and to point the compass. They are never stored and never sent anywhere. When you check in, the only thing recorded is the identifier of the stop.

Can I delete everything?

Yes, from inside the app, in the profile screen. It removes your account, your email if you linked one, and your whole progress history from the servers immediately.

Full detail: privacy policy and terms of use.

Who makes it

Written and built by Stanislav Kotyk, based in Manresa, Catalonia. It is not a studio product and not a franchise of a template — one person wrote every route and every stop, which is the reason it reads consistently and also the reason it covers one city rather than a thousand.

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