Wayfar
Japanese walking app for iPhone
A step goal that follows the walking you actually do, and a Japanese walk timer that tells you when to speed up and ease off, over your music. Gentle on the days you need it.
Free download, and the first week includes everything. Wayfar Pro adds unlimited walking-pad sessions and every widget.
A day with Wayfar
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Say how you feel
One question a day. Answer Low and today turns gentle: a smaller goal, and your streak still counts.
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See what closes today
Not a number of steps you can't picture, but minutes: "About a 19-minute walk closes it."
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Take a Japanese walk
Three minutes brisk, three minutes easy. Chimes or a voice tell you when to switch, with the phone in your pocket and the screen locked.
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Goal met
Your streak grows, the walk goes to Apple Health if you want it there, and tomorrow's goal moves a little with you.
Inside the app
Questions
Is Wayfar free?
Yes. The first 7 days include everything. After that the adaptive goal, gentle days, the energy check-in, the Japanese walk and the small widget stay free for good, with 3 walking-pad sessions a month. Wayfar Pro adds unlimited pad sessions and every widget size.
What is Japanese walking?
Interval walking as described by Shinshu University in Japan: 3 minutes brisk, where you could talk but not sing, then 3 minutes easy, repeated. Five rounds make 30 minutes; fewer is a fine place to start.
Can I hear the cues while listening to music?
Yes. Rising and falling chimes, or a spoken cue, play over your music with the phone in your pocket and the screen locked.
Does it work with Apple Health?
Yes. Wayfar reads your steps and distance from Apple Health, and saves a walk as a workout only when you ask. Your streak is rebuilt from Health, so a new phone keeps it.
Does walking on a treadmill at my desk count?
Yes. Set your walking pad's speed, tap Start, and Wayfar adds an estimate of the distance and steps to your day, always labelled as an estimate.
A goal that fits your days.
Your first Japanese walk can be three rounds. Start where you are.
Questions or a bug? Write to [email protected].