Etappe turns “four times 50 km in Nijmegen” into a doable step every week. For anyone working towards a long walk who needs a real plan, not just a step counter.
Coming soon to the App Store. Etappe is in testing right now.
Free. No account, no subscription, no ads.
They fail on feet, blisters, overload and the wrong build-up. Build up too fast and you get injured. Build up too slowly and you stand at the start in July unprepared.
Running apps think in pace and kilometres per run. Etappe thinks in walking time and in several long days in a row.
The long walks grow step by step. Lighter weeks are built in, so feet, tendons and knees keep up.
Every session has breaks with a foot check. Report a complaint and the plan adapts instead of simply building up further.
Etappe thinks like a walking coach. For ordinary people with a job and a busy life, without a coach by their side.
Etappe is built for the Vierdaagse. Other long goals work too.
Nijmegen, Netherlands · 20 to 23 July 2027
The main case, the one Etappe is built for. Four days in a row, a different route every day. Etappe knows your regulation distance by sex and year of birth, civilian or military participation, start windows, finish times and the four day routes.
The plan practises Back-to-back days, multi-day blocks and a dress rehearsal.
An ultra walk in one go
One single, very long day. The long walks grow gently so feet and tendons keep up. Back-to-back days practise walking on tired legs.
The plan practises Long walks in small steps and a dress rehearsal.
Your way into long distances
Your first really long day. Etappe starts from your level and builds up week by week, with lighter weeks planned in.
The plan practises Walking time, breaks with a foot check and an even pace.
For example 33 days of 24 km each
Many days in a row ask one thing above all: that you are used to tired legs. That is why the plan builds in multi-day blocks.
The plan practises Days in a row, weekly volume and consistency.
Kilometres in hours, days or weeks
You name the distance and the time frame, Etappe builds the plan for it. With the same phases, lighter weeks and adjustments as for the Vierdaagse.
The plan practises Exactly what your goal demands.
Etappe asks step by step. First the language, then goal and distance, for the Vierdaagse also about you, your past participations and your start place.
Then your level: longest walk, kilometres per week, pace, weight. Finally your week: training days, the day for the long walk, time on normal days and whether you want strength training.
With Apple Health much of this is already filled in.
The long walks grow gently. Back-to-back days and multi-day blocks practise walking on tired legs, followed by a dress rehearsal. Lighter weeks are planned in.
Skip something, fall ill or report pain in your feet, knee, shin or Achilles tendon, and the plan adapts. If your heart rate on a walk is too high, it holds off on building up for now.
Distance, duration, pace and the steps of the session: warm-up, main part, breaks with a foot check, drinking.
Logging takes one tap when everything went to plan. Or in detail, with effort, complaints and weather. Plus a week bar and a month calendar.
From 0 to 100, Etappe shows how ready you are for the start. And tells you what is missing most.
Your longest walks of recent weeks, measured against the distance your goal demands.
How well you manage long days back to back. That is exactly what a multi-day walk demands.
Your kilometres per week compared with what your goal needs.
Whether your walking pace is enough for the finish time, breaks included.
How steadily you walk your planned sessions.
Four days in a row of 30, 40 or 50 km, every day in a different direction out of Nijmegen and back in the evening. That is what Etappe is built for.
Across the Waal into the Overbetuwe, the land between the Waal and the Rhine.
Through the Land van Maas en Waal and across the market square of Wijchen.
Along the water and through woods to the hills around Groesbeek.
Across the Maas at Cuijk and finally along the Via Gladiola to the finish.
All in one place, in our own words and with sources:
As of 2025 and 2026 according to 4daagse.nl. Only the organiser's information is authoritative.
Registration and binding information on 4daagse.nl
Etappe is an independent app. It is not the official app of the Vierdaagse and is not operated, sponsored or endorsed by Stichting DE 4DAAGSE, the organiser.
Walks from Apple Watch, Garmin, Oura or Strava come in automatically through Apple Health and land on the matching session. From them come the heart rate rating per walk and your morning recovery from resting heart rate and sleep.
On every training day at your time, with the session in the text.
Examples, as they appear in Etappe.
Everything stays on your iPhone. Export it as a file whenever you like.
No account. You just start.
No server. Your data never leaves your iPhone.
No ads. Nowhere in the app.
No subscription. And no in-app purchases.
Switching takes effect at once, without a restart.
“In July 2027 I will walk my first Vierdaagse, four times 50 km. My longest walk so far was 20 km. Etappe is the plan I am preparing with myself.”
Fabian, developer of Etappe
Nothing. Etappe is free, with no subscription, no in-app purchases and no ads.
No. You can log every walk yourself with one tap. With Apple Watch, Garmin, Oura or Strava your walks come in automatically through Apple Health.
No. Etappe is an independent app. It is not the official app of the Vierdaagse and is not operated, sponsored or endorsed by Stichting DE 4DAAGSE, the organiser. Registration and binding information are on 4daagse.nl.
You report it when you log the walk. The plan adapts and stops building up for now. If complaints persist, the question belongs with a doctor.
Only on your iPhone. There is no account and no server. You can export everything as a file at any time.
An iPhone with iOS 26 or later. There is no Android version.
Soon. Etappe is being tested right now. As soon as it is in the App Store, the link will be here.
Free for iPhone. No account, no subscription, no ads.
Coming soon to the App Store. Etappe is in testing right now.
