How it works
There's one button. This is what happens after you press it.
Getting started
Press Start Tour. That's it.
01
Places worth knowing, up ahead
Just start driving. Whistlestop looks down the road in the direction you're heading. It scans a corridor a few minutes ahead of you, not a circle around you, so what's behind you stays behind you.
02
The short story, spoken aloud
Turn the volume up. Every candidate gets weighed on how good the story is and how close to your line it sits, and the winner gets told. A great tale two miles ahead beats a plaque you're already passing.
03
Hands stay on the wheel
Whistlestop speaks up on its own. No wake word, no prompts, no "would you like to hear about…". Deciding is work, and you're driving.
A real moment
“About 3.4 miles, straight ahead.”
That's the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center coming up on an ordinary Austin errand, not a road trip, just a Tuesday. The card shows the photo, the distance, and a Source link for later. The voice is already telling you why a First Lady spent her fortune on wildflowers. If you'd rather not know, Skip is right there. Worthy of a whistlestop? Tap the heart and it's in your favorites.
Built for the car
Nine voices
Warm and bright, deep and resonant, animated storyteller. Pick the one you want riding along. The guide's manner stays the same; the voice is the instrument.
A focus, not a firehose
Everything, History, Nature, or Family. Each one changes which places win and which side of the story gets told.
Set the pace
Chatty, Balanced, or Relaxed sets how much quiet sits between stops. A place you've heard about won't come back around for weeks.
It ducks your music, then gives it back
Podcasts and playlists dip for the story and come back the moment it ends. Plays through the car stereo the way iOS expects.
Skip from the steering wheel
Next-track on your wheel or lock screen ends the stop. So does the card button. You never have to look at the phone.
Works where the signal doesn't
Curated stops ride along in memory, so the back roads still have something to say, which is where there's the least signal and the most to see.
A travel log, kept for you
Every story you've heard, saved on your phone. Heart the places worth going back to and get directions later, when you're not the one driving.
And one thing it doesn't have: a microphone. Whistlestop never listens and never asks to. The whole privacy story, in plain English.
Hear it for yourself.
Out now on the App Store, for iPhone. The first fifteen stops are free.
