Point The Ways
Alex Gru Games iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Point The Ways is a free Games app for iPhone and iPad by Alex Gru. Requires iOS 18.2. Updated April 28, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 28 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Apr 28
- 2026 · v1.1.1
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About Point The Ways
POINT THE WAYS – A GEOGRAPHY GAME FOR CURIOUS MINDS START WHERE YOU ARE Naming countries is easy. Pointing to them is humbling. Point The Ways turns your real location into a mental map of the world — one country at a time. HOW IT PLAYS Each round names a destination. You drag an arrow on the map, rotate it toward where you think the country sits, and release. A score from 0 to 3 stars rates how close you actually got. Miss badly enough and you lose a life — you start each session with three. TWO WAYS TO PLAY Play Local points you at the world from your real location — the game starts at your feet. Jump Around drops you into cities across the globe and aims you from there, each round's destination becoming the next round's origin as you carry yourself across the map. CHALLENGE SETS Random pulls from anywhere on Earth for sessions that never repeat themselves. A–Z works through countries alphabetically. Regional focuses one part of the world at a time — Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, the Middle East, or Oceania — so you can drill the region you want to master. FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL Early rounds favor countries near you. As your aim sharpens, destinations creep further: across continents, across oceans, into corners of the map school never quite covered. The game tracks how you're playing and always serves something new, so you'll rarely see the same destination twice. CLIMB THE RANKS Game Center leaderboards track your aim against players worldwide. A Rookie-to-Legend rating reflects how your sense of direction is actually improving. SUBSCRIPTIONS Point The Ways is free to download and play. An optional subscription removes ads and unlocks additional game modes. Pricing may vary by region. TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY POLICY: https://alexdevgru.github.io/point-the-ways-support/privacy-policy.html SUPPORT Questions or issues? Email [email protected].
What’s new
Version 1.1.1 · Updated April 28, 2026
Bug fixes: 1. functional fix - Country names now show in English for players on non-English devices.( Players are no longer asked to point to the country they located at) 2. UI fix - Clearer "How to Play" button on the first game so new players aren't stuck.
App privacy
The developer, Alex Gru, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Advertising Data, Product Interaction
- Location: Precise Location
- Diagnostics: Performance Data, Crash Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics, App Functionality
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