Footscroll — Walk Japan with Edo Charm
Footscroll is a Japanese-inspired pedometer app based on Ino Tadataka’s mapmaking journey, where a surveyor advances across a washi-style map of Japan as you walk.
Every step you take writes a new page in a 200-year-old story.
Footscroll is an iPhone pedometer app that automatically records your steps and turns your daily walk into the legendary journey of Ino Tadataka, the Edo-period cartographer who spent 17 years walking Japan’s coastline.
It is made for people who want a step counter app, a more motivating walking tracker, or a pedometer that feels calmer and more beautiful than a standard fitness utility.
If you want to try the journey with your fingers first, play the browser mini app Ino Tadataka Stepper. Tap left and right to move a surveyor along the coastline.
Ino Tadataka’s Dream
Your steps fuel a tiny surveyor’s progress along Japan’s 40,000 km coastline. Watch him walk across Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu, and beyond — all rendered on aged washi paper with sumi ink, just like the original Ino maps.
The further you walk in real life, the more of Japan unfolds before you.
If you want to explore the whole topic, start with the Ino Tadataka Article Guide. It links his life, timeline, walking distance, survey methods, and the accuracy of the Ino Map.
Province Arrivals & the Province Collection
Each time you cross into a historic province — Musashi, Sagami, Tosa — a travel-pass ceremony and a surveyor’s journal entry welcome you. Provinces you pass through are collected in a pilgrimage-style stamp book, turning your daily walks into a quest to complete all of Japan.
Live Steps on Your Lock Screen
Today’s steps and the distance to the next province appear automatically on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, so a glance at your iPhone shows how far your journey has come.
Gentle Nudges to Keep Going
Get a heads-up when the next province is within reach, and an evening reminder before your streak breaks (notifications can be turned off). A monthly Rest Pass keeps one missed day from breaking your streak.
Charts That Tell a Story
Track your steps across four time scales — day, week, month, and year. A prediction bar shows whether you’re on pace to hit today’s goal. A heatmap calendar paints your active days in shades of green.
Gold Leaf Celebration
Hit your daily goal and gold leaf drifts across the screen — a quiet, beautiful moment of celebration. Your consecutive streak is tracked too, keeping you motivated day after day.
Who It Is For
- People looking for an iPhone pedometer or step counter app
- Anyone who wants walking data shown in charts and a heatmap
- Users who need a little extra motivation to keep walking
- Fans of Japanese aesthetics and history-inspired apps
FAQ
Q. What kind of app is Footscroll?
A. Footscroll is a step counter app for iPhone. It automatically records your steps and shows them in daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly charts, plus a heatmap calendar.
Q. Is Footscroll free?
A. The app is free to download. For the latest pricing or purchase details, please check the App Store listing.
Q. Is Footscroll good for building a walking habit?
A. Yes. It combines step tracking with visible progress, goal streaks, and the Ino Tadataka journey mode, which makes walking feel more rewarding day to day.
Key Features
- Step ring with daily goal tracking
- Ino Tadataka’s Dream — coastline survey mode
- Province arrival ceremonies & province collection
- Live steps on the Lock Screen / Dynamic Island
- Border-proximity & streak-defense notifications (optional)
- Monthly Rest Pass to protect your streak
- Daily / weekly / monthly / yearly step charts
- Step heatmap calendar
- Pace comparison vs. yesterday
- Consecutive goal streak
- Gold leaf celebration animation
- Japanese & English support
Download (Free)
Contact
Bug reports and feature requests are welcome.