Pocket Odyssey Free · iOS 15+ · No GPS

Fly anywhere on Earth, from right where you are

Pick a starting point and a destination. Choose how you travel. Pocket Odyssey then flies the real route at the real speed, and you come back to it the way you would come back to a flight tracker.

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HanoiVietnam
CairoEgypt
Distance
7,426 km
Vehicle
Magic carpet
Cruise
800 km/h
Duration
9h 17m
GPS used
None
FareFree
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Sample route. Real distance, real cruising speed, real duration — the app shows the same figures.

Departures board

Hanoi → Cairo · 7,426 km

Five ways to cross the same distance. These are the app’s own cruising speeds, so the vehicle you choose is genuinely the difference between arriving tonight and arriving after lunch.

Flight times over 7,426 km, by vehicle
VehicleCruising speedThis route takesRelative
Magic carpet
The unhurried way		 800 km/h 9h 17m
Commercial jet
How you would really get there		 900 km/h 8h 15m
Fighter jet
Considerably less patient		 2,000 km/h 3h 43m
Supersonic jet
Past the sound barrier		 3,300 km/h 2h 15m
Rocket
Anywhere, almost at once		 7,000 km/h 1h 04m

Pick two points

Anywhere on Earth — your own street and a city you have never seen, or two places you miss at the same time.

Choose the vehicle

The app tells you the distance as the crow flies and how long that vehicle needs, before you commit to it.

Close the app

The journey carries on without you. There is nothing to watch, nothing to tap and no streak to keep.

Come back and look

See how far you have gone, what the weather is doing where you currently are, and read the guide for wherever you have reached.

What the journey records

Nothing about you, and everything about where you have been. The app keeps a travel document rather than a profile.

EntryPassport stampsEvery place your route crosses earns one. The book fills up the more of the world you have been over.
WeatherConditions where you areLive weather at your current position mid-flight — not at home, but over whichever ocean you happen to be above.
SunlightReal day and nightThe terminator sweeps the globe to match the actual sun, right now. Leave at dusk and you fly into the dark.
GuideLocal notes at each stopHighlights, food worth knowing about, and reference photography for the places along the way.
Planning an odyssey from Hanoi to Cairo with a magic carpet selected
Plan it
Route preview listing the countries the journey will fly over before you confirm
Check the route
The live map with day and night shading sweeping across the globe
Watch it fly
A travel guide entry for a place along the route, with local highlights and photography
Read the guide

Travel notes

The things worth knowing before you pick a first destination.

Does Pocket Odyssey use my real location?
No, and not "no by policy" — the app ships with no location permission at all, on either iOS or Android. Every journey is simulated from the two places you pick, which is why it is rated safe for all ages.
Is Pocket Odyssey free?
Yes, free to download and use. It is supported by ads served through Google AdMob.
Do I need to create an account?
No. On first launch the app makes an anonymous account for your device so your trips and stamps survive a restart. It never asks for a name, email, or phone number.
How long does a journey actually take?
As long as it really would. Each vehicle flies its own cruising speed along the true geodesic line, so Hanoi to Cairo — 7,426 km — is 9h 17m by magic carpet and still 1h 04m by rocket. You close the app and come back later.
Which vehicles can I travel in?
Five: magic carpet, commercial jet, fighter jet, supersonic jet, rocket — at 800, 900, 2,000, 3,300, 7,000 km/h respectively.
Is Pocket Odyssey on Android?
Not yet. It is iPhone and iPad only for now, and needs iOS 15.0 or later.
Where do the place descriptions and photos come from?
Guide text is generated by an AI language model, reference photography comes from Unsplash and Wikimedia Commons, place names come from OpenStreetMap, and live weather comes from Apple WeatherKit.