Go nowhere.
Somewhere.
Follow the arrow, see where you end up.
Come back with a story.
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Press go.

How Aimless works

A walk, authored by chance. Press Go and Aimless draws a chain of waypoints you can't see on a map - only an arrow and a distance. At each waypoint the voice you chose puts a thought in your head. You take a photo if you want one. When you come back you hold a small artifact: the shape you walked, the photos, the words. A machine for serendipity, really. You supply the wandering, it supplies the accident.

Starting

Choose your settings, face the direction you'd like to drift, and press Go: the first waypoint lands roughly ahead of you.

During

Follow the arrow. Within about 30 metres of a waypoint the card is revealed and you're asked for a photo. The circle is generous on purpose: phone GPS drifts, so an exact spot could never be reached. If a waypoint is unreachable, tap "Close as I can get" and the walk accepts where you stood. "Give up" ends it early with whatever you have.

After

The result screen shows the trace you walked against the plan. Open a walk from the Archive for two more tools: Skin restyles the whole artifact, and Filter re-renders the photos you select (long-press to select, again to deselect). The export sheet offers a self-contained HTML file, a square share card, and a KML route for mapping apps.

Offline and privacy

Everything runs on your device and works offline once loaded. Nothing is uploaded. A walk leaves the phone only as a file you choose to export, so export the ones you want to keep. Installing to the home screen gives the storage the best protection and gives a full-screen experience.

FAQ

Which browser should I use?

Android: Chrome. It installs Aimless as a real app: its own icon, its own window, protected storage. Most other Android browsers only pin a shortcut, and some restrict the sensors Aimless needs.

iPhone: Safari. iOS only lets Safari install to the home screen.

How do I install it?

Chrome on Android: tap the ⋮ menu, then "Add to Home screen" or "Install app". Safari on iPhone: tap Share, then "Add to Home Screen". After that, always open Aimless from its icon.

Which permissions matter?

Location (and motion, on iPhone): both are essential, both are asked for on first open. If you denied one:

  • Chrome: tap the icon left of the address bar, then Permissions.
  • iPhone: iOS won't ask twice. Remove the app, re-add it from Safari, and check Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services.
  • Brave: it blocks motion sensors by default, so the compass never moves. Allow them under brave://settings/content/sensors. And "Clear browsing data on exit" wipes your saved walks: turn it off, or use Chrome.
Will my walks survive?

Only if you export them. Walks live in browser storage, which browsers can clear under pressure or via privacy settings. Open a walk from the Archive and tap export: the HTML file is self-contained, opens anywhere, and needs no app. Installing Aimless to the home screen gives storage the best protection.

What are the voices?
  • The Crow - the appraising eye. Knows the difference between a thing that has been dropped and a thing that has been left.
  • The Threshold - the place that is neither. Doorways, crossings, and the moment in between.
  • The Lattice - the grid that does not fit. Imposes its own order on whatever it finds.
  • The Inner - the oracle. It reads places, not people.
  • The Stray - the voice of what wanders. Animals, ghosts, memories, and the parts of you that refuse to stay put.
  • The Small - the world under your feet. A whole landscape in every crack.
  • The Slow - the thing with more time than you. Everything is moving; it is simply moving slower than you are.
  • The Echo - the one that repeats you. The spot answers with a version of what it always says. You happen to be standing in it.
  • My Voice - your own words, or none. No cards on the walk; attach a text file at export and each block of it lands beneath a photo.

Pause and ponder the lines you are given. Sometimes they turn out to have been waiting for you.

What if a waypoint is somewhere I shouldn't go?

Then don't go. Waypoints are random points; they know nothing of fences, railways, water, or private land. Use common sense, respect private property, and when in doubt tap "Close as I can get": the walk accepts where you stood and moves on.

What does the Surprise filter do?

It doesn't pick a filter, it rolls one: a random stack of effects stored on that photo. Most rolls are ordinary, occasionally one is golden. Keep tapping until one clicks, then leave it alone: the next tap replaces it. It works on exactly one selected photo at a time.

What are the KML options?

KML is the route format mapping apps understand. "Export Route" downloads a .kml; "Add KML link to footer" embeds the route inside the HTML artifact. Use the link knowingly: it contains the walk's real GPS coordinates, so if you started from your front door, anyone holding the file can find it.

Can I make my own photo filters?

Yes. Build a look in Wobbletone (wobbletone.com), copy the spec from its Code tab, and paste it into the filters sheet on a walk's detail page. Imported filters live on this device and join the rail.

Why is there no map?

The absence is the design. Aimless is about being where you are, not navigating somewhere. You follow an arrow, not a route, and the shape of your walk is only revealed afterwards.

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