Town Crier: Driving Companion

Every town has a story. Discover them as you drive.

Town Crier is a driving companion for Android that announces towns as you drive through them and shares a fact about each one. Turn on the app, start driving, and your route becomes an automatic tour of the places you pass through — no destination required.

Not navigation. Not a scripted tour. Whatever route you take.

Most driving apps get you from A to B, or read you an audio guide of a specific place if you're already there. Town Crier does something different: it works wherever you are, on any route, on any drive. There's no route to plan and no tour to download. You just drive, and Town Crier tells you about the places you're passing through as they happen.

A quiet voice in the passenger seat.

Town Crier is designed to feel like a knowledgeable friend riding along — not a chatty announcer. As you enter a town, you'll hear its name and one interesting fact about it. Learn that the town you're passing through was once a stop on the Underground Railroad, or that its unusual name comes from a Dutch settler's daughter, or that a famous novelist wrote her most acclaimed book in a farmhouse just off the highway. Then Town Crier goes quiet until the next town.

Your app, your way.

Not in the mood for facts? Turn them off and just get the town names, the county you're in, and a photograph on screen — a quiet way to know where you are without commentary. Want more detail? Enable optional announcements for major bridges, tunnels, and interesting landmarks near your route. Adjust the pace, silence towns you already know, or ask for another fact when something catches your interest.

What Town Crier does:
- Announces the town you're entering with an on-screen photograph and county name
- Shares a curated fact about each town (optional)
- Optional bridge and tunnel announcements as you cross them
- Optional landmark announcements for nearby points of interest
- Works in the background — no need to look at your phone
- Silences towns you visit frequently
- Choose enhanced voice for higher-quality audio
- Works with Bluetooth car audio automatically

Built for real drives.

Town Crier is optimized for real driving — screen off, hands off. The audio comes through your car speakers via Bluetooth, and everything works while your phone is locked. No screen tapping, no map-watching, no distraction from the road.

What's covered.

Town Crier's library includes over 25,000 towns across the United States, Canada, and international cities, with curated audio for a growing number of them. Bridges and landmarks are added regularly, and coverage expands as new content is added.