Sounds Like A Trip™
True podcast stories, mapped to the places they happened. Pick a story, drive there, and hear each part as you arrive.
Stories that take you places
Challenge
Great stories happen somewhere
You hear an amazing story on a podcast. A castle one man built alone at night. A bridge a million bats moved into. Then the episode ends. The place is real, maybe a short drive away, but nothing connects the story to the road.
Results
Hear it where it happened
Pick a story and Sounds Like A Trip plans the drive: the stops in order, a good place to eat and how long each leg takes. As you pull up, it plays the part of the episode about the spot you’re standing in. Every trip keeps a journal of where you went and what you heard.
Features
What you can do with Sounds Like A Trip™
Find a story near you
Hauntings, heists, inventors, music history, national parks. Every story is a real podcast, paired with the real places it’s about.
Plan the drive
The stops in order, a good place to eat, scenic detours, and how long each leg takes.
Hear it where it happened
As you pull up, it tells you where you are and plays the part of the episode about the spot you’re standing in.
Works without signal
Download episodes for places with no signal. Stops are spoken as you near them, even with the phone locked.
Adventures and city days
Stories strung into one trip: a day in Long Beach or Nashville, a weekend in Houston, Route 66 end to end.
A journal of every trip
The places you reached, what you heard on the way, and your photos. Private to you, or shared with the person you travel with.
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Transparency & policies
How Sounds Like A Trip™ handles your account and data
Read the full privacy policy and terms, or start with the short version below.
The short version
Accounts & sharing
Who sees what
- No account needed
- Browse, plan, listen and keep a journal without signing in. Everything stays on your phone.
- Sign in to sync
- Sign in with Apple or Google to keep your trips and journal on a new phone.
- Travel together
- Link up with one other person, like your partner. Trips you share show up on both phones. The rest stays yours.
- Delete anytime
- Delete a trip, an entry or your whole account in the app. You can also ask us for a copy of your data.
Your content
You stay in control
- The creators’ own episodes
- Every episode plays straight from the show’s own feed. The shows belong to their creators.
- Your location stays put
- Your location is used on your phone to announce stops. We don’t keep a record of where you’ve been.
- Your journal is yours
- Notes, photos and voice memos are private to you, and to your travel partner if you share the trip. Voice memos never leave your phone.
- No ads, no tracking, no AI
- Anonymous crash reports help us fix bugs. Usage counts are only sent if you turn them on.
- Eyes on the road
- Stops are spoken out loud as you get close. Set up your trip before you drive.
Data & subscriptions
Plain and simple
- We don’t sell your data
- Some features send a location to Google, through our server, to find places on your route and work out drive times. We never sell or share your personal information.
- Free to listen
- Listening and planning are free. Sounds Like A Trip Plus adds live routing, photo backup and more.
- Cancel anytime
- Plus is handled by the App Store.
- If you cancel, it lasts until the end of the billing period, and the free features stay.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an account?
No. You can browse stories, plan trips, listen, and keep a journal without signing in. Sign in with Apple or Google only if you want your trips and journal to sync to another phone.
Where do the stories come from?
Every story is a real podcast episode, played straight from the creator’s own public feed and paired with the real places it’s about. Sounds Like A Trip isn’t affiliated with the shows it features.
Does it work where there’s no signal?
Yes. You can download episodes before you leave for places with no signal.
Does the app track where I go?
No. Your location during a drive stays on your phone and is used to announce upcoming stops. Sounds Like A Trip does not record where you have been.
Is it free?
Listening and planning are free. Sounds Like A Trip Plus is optional and adds live routing, photo backup, and more.
