Noboribito: Stairs to Summits

Please note: this app's interface is in Japanese only. Stairs become mountains. Noboribito turns the "flights climbed" that your iPhone's Health app is already counting into progress up a mountain. Station stairs, office floors, the steps at home. Flights you never think about add up, and before long you have passed Mount Takao and stood on the summit of Mount Fuji. ■ Every flight is progress One flight counts as three meters. The app reads the flights you have climbed and draws where you stand on a cross-section of the mountain. Unlike a step counter, nothing resets at midnight. Yesterday's stairs and last week's stairs stay with you, as altitude. ■ 125 destinations, from 3 m to 8,849 m - 100 notable peaks across Japan - From the 3-metre Mount Hiyori in Miyagi to Everest at 8,849 m - Places that are not mountains: the Great Buddha of Kamakura, Himeji Castle, the Jomon Sugi cedar - A…