Frequently asked questions

What is MossMug?

MossMug is a walking app for people who want to walk more without a fitness app telling them how. Tap one button after a walk; distance, pace and steps are never asked for. Keep a note or photo if you like, and every walk you log stays, however long your breaks. Use it on your own or alongside friends.

What is the difference between Today and Dashboard?

Today is where you log a walk and add a reflection or photo. Dashboard gathers everything around your walks: days walked, your weekly aim, and what is new with your friends, circles, companions, places and finds. Your calendar and walk stats are in Footprints. On the website, switch between Today and Dashboard in the top bar or menu. In the Android app, use the Today tab for logging and the Home tab for the dashboard. In mobile apps without a Today tab, Home opens Today and Dashboard is in Menu.

Do I need to start the app before my walk?

No. MossMug doesn't record your walk live, so there's nothing to start or stop. Tap the button after your walk, or add a forgotten walk to your calendar within 30 days. Notes, photos, and other details are optional.

Does MossMug have streaks?

Yes, some achievements celebrate consecutive walking days, such as three or seven days in a row. A missed day interrupts that run, but never removes your logged walks, earned badges, or rewards. Main milestones count your total distinct walking days, however far apart they are.

Is MossMug free?

Yes. Every feature in MossMug is free to use today, with no credit card, no questionnaire, and no paid tier. MossMug does not run ads or sell your data. If our pricing ever changes, we will tell you well in advance.

What counts as a walk?

You decide. MossMug does not ask for distance, time, speed, steps, or a GPS route. If it felt like a walk to you, tap the button.

Can I log more than one walk in a day?

Yes. You can log up to 10 walks per day. Milestones and the main progress numbers count the distinct days you walked, so extra walks on the same day do not inflate your day count.

What happens if I miss a day?

Your logged walks and earned rewards stay. Come back whenever you like; your next walk adds another day to your total.

What if I miss a week, a month, or longer?

Your logged walks, earned milestones, and rewards will still be here when you return. MossMug is built for real life, where some weeks have walks and some weeks do not.

Can I set a weekly goal for myself?

You can, but you don't have to. MossMug lets you pick an optional weekly aim: walk a few days a week (you choose how many), or walk on specific days like Mon, Wed, and Sat. The dashboard shows a small "this week's aim" card so you can see how the week is going. Your weekly aim starts fresh each week, and missing it never removes an earned reward. No goal is set by default. You can also save a private "why I walk" note there, a reminder of your own reason that appears before a walk and is never measured.

What are milestones and achievements?

Milestones celebrate your total walking days over time. Achievements are little surprises for things like seasons, time of day, comebacks, consecutive walking days, and other walking moments.

Do I need to add moods, weather, notes, or photos?

No. Moods, the weather, how warm it felt, notes, one good thing you noticed, photos, your own tags, the companions who walked with you, and the place you walked are optional ways to remember a walk. The one-button log is enough.

Are discoveries, rewards, friends, and circles required?

No. They are optional layers around the core walking log. You can use MossMug entirely on your own, or connect with friends and circles if that makes walking feel more encouraging.

Can I use MossMug if I have ADHD?

Yes. There's nothing to start before you leave. Log your walk afterward with one tap, add optional details later, or catch up on forgotten walks within 30 days. Your logged walks and earned rewards stay through breaks.

Can I use MossMug if I have limited mobility, an injury, or a chronic illness?

Yes. Because MossMug does not require distance, time, or a step count, any walk is a walk: a slow walk, a short walk, a walk indoors, a walk with a cane or walker. If you move in different ways on different days, you can make your own tags (like a mobility aid) and add them to a walk. You decide what counts for you, and your logged walks stay through breaks.

Is MossMug a good walking app for stress or hard days?

On low-energy days, a fitness app can feel like one more thing to fail at. MossMug is small on purpose: one button, optional details, and no distance to measure. A short walk counts the same as a long one, and a missed day costs nothing. MossMug is not a medical app, and we recommend reaching out to a professional if you need support.

Who can see my walks?

By default your walks may appear in the Meadow as anonymous sprouts that show only that someone walked. Your identity and personal reflections stay out unless you choose to share them. You can turn Meadow participation off in Settings, Sharing. Friends, circles, and your optional profile have their own sharing controls. MossMug does not track your location.

Is MossMug a fitness tracker?

MossMug keeps a record of your walks but measures nothing: no pace, distance, steps, or calories. We call it the anti-fitness walking app because the point is making the next walk easy, not scoring the last one. Milestones count your walking days, and a weekly aim is there only if you set one.

What is Footprints?

Footprints is your walking history in one place. It shows your stats, calendar, photos, journal entries, and the difference between total walk entries and distinct days walked.

What are discoveries?

Roughly one walk in five reveals a discovery, like a wildflower, a feather, or something rarer. There are 65 kinds of discoveries across four rarity tiers, from common to legendary. Your latest finds appear on the dashboard. Open Discoveries in your menu to see your collection or use a common or uncommon find for a charm: Firefly Glow and Petal Drift decorate the cards of your next walks wherever they appear; Mossling, a small woodland creature, or a Sparrow joins your avatar; a fox, a skein of geese or a lantern can visit the Today page's evening scene, rare or legendary finds change the horizon itself with an aurora or a lakeside, and a few charms play in your chosen after-walk scene when you log your first walk of the day. A common find lasts three walks, an uncommon seven, a rare fifteen and a legendary sixty. You can have one charm on your cards, one beside your avatar, one on the Today page, one on your horizon and one for the moment you log a walk at the same time, each with its own remaining walks. Using a find keeps its collection history and its entry in Footprints.

What are rewards?

Rewards are unlocks you earn through walking, like color themes, button icons, button mugs, page palettes, avatar frames, and cozy music tracks. They let you personalize MossMug, but they are not required and they are not real-world prizes.

Does MossMug have music?

Yes, if you want it. You can turn on a small cozy music player with soft instrumental tracks to play while you visit. It is off by default and stays quiet until you press play. Everyone starts with a few tracks, and more unlock as you walk and explore. You can also set a track to start when you log a walk. Find it under Settings, Sound.

Can I tag my walks?

Yes. Under Settings, Tags you can create your own labels, like solo time, a rainy day, or a mobility aid, and add any of them to a walk. Each tag is private by default; mark one public to show it on walks other people can see. Tags are completely optional.

Can I note who I walked with?

Yes. Under Settings, Companions you can add the people and pets you walk with: the dog, a neighbor, grandma. Give each one an emoji or a photo and a short bio, tap them onto any walk, and Footprints keeps count of your days together. Each companion also gets a page of your walks together, with the photos, moods, and places from them, the good things you noted on those walks, room for one favorite walk and a cover photo you pick, and a Year in Walks of only your walks together. If someone stops walking with you, archive them instead of removing them: the walks you logged together, their page, and their stats stay, and they simply leave the walk picker. Each companion is private by default; mark one public to show them on walks other people can see, bio included. Your profile can also list your public companions, which you turn on separately under Settings, Public profile; each listed companion then has a small public page of the walks you shared, showing only what your profile already shows.

Can I note where I walked?

Yes. Under Settings, Places you can name the spots you walk: the river loop, around the block, the forest trail. Give each one an emoji and, if you like, a line about what it is like there, then pick a place on any walk. Footprints can filter your walks by place. A place is only a name you choose; MossMug never asks for a map location. Each place is private by default; mark one public to show it on walks other people can see. Each place also gets its own page under Footprints with every walk and photo from there, and your profile can list your public places, which you turn on separately under Settings, Public profile.

How is sharing a walk different from my public profile?

Sharing a walk makes an image of that one walk on your device, to post or send wherever you like. MossMug publishes nothing. Your public profile is an optional page at your own address, with its own visibility settings.

What is The Meadow?

The Meadow is a feed of walks across MossMug, anonymous by default. Most walks show no name, avatar, or profile link: walks that share nothing appear only as small sprouts, and others can include an opted-in mood, weather (including how warm it felt), note, photo, or discovery, along with any tag, companion, or place the walker has marked public. Walkers can choose to show their name on their own walks (with their avatar and a profile link where their profile settings allow), or show a public walking circle. There are no follower counts, no leaderboards, and no comments. You can send a small heart on a walk or a sprout, and that is it.

Will my walks appear in The Meadow?

By default your walks may appear in The Meadow as anonymous sprouts that show only that someone walked. Your name, avatar, and profile stay hidden unless you turn on the identity option under Settings, Sharing (your avatar and profile link then appear where your profile settings allow); you can also choose to show a public walking circle. Notes, moods, weather (including how warm it felt), photos, and discoveries stay out of The Meadow unless you opt in there too. Your tags, companions, and places stay out as well, unless you mark that tag, companion, or place public. You can keep your walks fully out of The Meadow at any time with a single toggle.

What day does MossMug count my walk on?

MossMug counts walks by your local calendar day. If you walk late at night or travel, your timezone setting helps decide which day the walk belongs to.

What is my public profile for?

Your public profile is an optional page that shows as much of your walking as you choose. You can show things like your name, bio, walking stats, achievements, calendar, friends, high fives, your public companions and places, and a list of your recent walks based on the visibility settings you choose.

Can I keep my profile private?

Yes. You can turn your public profile off, choose who can see each part of it, and set sections like walk photos and recent walks to everyone, friends only, or hidden.

What are friends for?

Friends are mutual connections. Both people need to accept the friendship. Friends can see when each other walk and celebrate milestones. There are no follower counts and no competition.

What are high fives?

High fives are a small way to cheer someone on after a walk. They are meant to feel light and friendly, like saying, "Nice walk."

What are walking circles?

Walking circles are small groups for friends, family, coworkers, or anyone you want to walk alongside. When a member walks, it shows up in the circle's shared feed, alongside simple posts and the occasional event or themed walk, so people can cheer each other on. Nothing appears for days someone doesn't walk. Circles are private by default, but you can also make one public so others can find and join it.

How do public circles work?

If you don't have walking buddies yet, you can make a circle public or browse Discover to join an existing one. You can also press "Join a random circle" to be dropped into an open one. Public circles work just like private ones once you join, and you can send a friend request to anyone you meet there.

Who can see circle activity?

Circle activity is for circle members. Members can see the circle, each other's recent walks, and shared circle posts. Walk photos and discoveries appear only when the walker has turned on sharing for that circle. The circle's creator also sees when each member last walked there, to help look after the member list.