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City Blindness is real- we stop noticing the place we live in. Journey Sparks fixes that with walking prompts, powered by Gemini, that nudges you to notice something and photograph it. Choose WHERE you wander (Wander, Guided, or Target) and WHAT you're curious about, and get a prompt built for that exact walk. Finish, and you get a keepsake: a poetic postcard and your mapped route. Not a hiking app. Not a map. A companion for rediscovering your own city. Live on iOS App Store now.
I'm Isabella. I trained as an architectural designer, then went into learning science, and somewhere in the middle of both I noticed I'd stopped actually seeing the city I live in. Same commute, same dog walk, brain on autopilot.
Journey Sparks is a simple version that I built to fix "city blindness" for myself first. It's not a map or a hiking app- it's a walking companion. You tell it roughly how far you want to wander and what you're curious about, and Gemini builds you a one-off photo-taking task for that exact walk. When you're done, it hands you back a keepsake: a poetic title, the photos you took, your mapped route, and a short journal entry- something to actually remember the walk by. Want to go deeper? A quick 3-question trivia challenge on that walk's topic helps the walk actually stick.
It's on iOS App Store right now, and completely free to try with affordable subscriptions later. I'd love your honest reaction, especially if you're someone who used to explore your neighborhood more than you do now.
One question for this thread: what's the last thing you noticed on a walk that actually surprised you? Curious what other people's "spark" moments look like. (Bonus: is your mind usually at work, at chores, or somewhere else entirely when you walk?)
This is my first built product- go easy on me, it's early. 🙏
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About Journey Sparks on Product Hunt
“walk, notice, learn about your surrounding”
Journey Sparks was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 7 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #51 on the daily leaderboard. City Blindness is real- we stop noticing the place we live in. Journey Sparks fixes that with walking prompts, powered by Gemini, that nudges you to notice something and photograph it. Choose WHERE you wander (Wander, Guided, or Target) and WHAT you're curious about, and get a prompt built for that exact walk. Finish, and you get a keepsake: a poetic postcard and your mapped route. Not a hiking app. Not a map. A companion for rediscovering your own city. Live on iOS App Store now.
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Isabella Ouyang
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Isabella. I trained as an architectural designer, then went into learning science, and somewhere in the middle of both I noticed I'd stopped actually seeing the city I live in. Same commute, same dog walk, brain on autopilot.
Journey Sparks is a simple version that I built to fix "city blindness" for myself first. It's not a map or a hiking app- it's a walking companion. You tell it roughly how far you want to wander and what you're curious about, and Gemini builds you a one-off photo-taking task for that exact walk. When you're done, it hands you back a keepsake: a poetic title, the photos you took, your mapped route, and a short journal entry- something to actually remember the walk by. Want to go deeper? A quick 3-question trivia challenge on that walk's topic helps the walk actually stick.
It's on iOS App Store right now, and completely free to try with affordable subscriptions later. I'd love your honest reaction, especially if you're someone who used to explore your neighborhood more than you do now.
One question for this thread: what's the last thing you noticed on a walk that actually surprised you? Curious what other people's "spark" moments look like. (Bonus: is your mind usually at work, at chores, or somewhere else entirely when you walk?)
This is my first built product- go easy on me, it's early. 🙏