We're Raja Sekhar Thota and Adrien Resch, and we travel a lot. Somewhere along the way, we got tired of apps that just show you where things are. Pins on a map don't tell you why a place matters, and they don't give you much reason to actually go.
Explorely is our attempt at something different.
Explorely turns special places & events into quests. Instead of scrolling through reviews, you get prompts that send you somewhere specific — a hidden courtyard, a viewpoint locals know, a route you wouldn't have found otherwise — and you earn XP for showing up. Some quests are solo. Some you do against friends. All of them are built to get you off your phone and into the place you're actually in.
We made Explorely because we wanted it to exist. If that sounds like your kind of thing, come try it.