Your city
has secrets.
Go find them.
Discover hidden spots, clear the fog, earn XP, and build a relationship with the city you live in. Free forever.
Three steps.
Endless city.
Every walk becomes a mission. Every discovery builds your story. The city you live in has never been this interesting.
Explore
Open the fog-of-war map. Glowing orbs pulse through streets you haven't walked yet. Each one is a real place most people walk past every day without knowing.
Discover
Walk there — physically. The fog clears with a cinematic reveal: full story, rarity tier, XP earned. The place's full lore unlocks only when you arrive. GPS-verified.
Share
Post to your Explorer Feed. Whisper a gem to a friend with a personal note. No broadcast mechanics, no trending lists — just the right people, at the right time.
Your city is 90%
unexplored. We can prove it.
The fog only clears where you physically walk. Each neighbourhood has a completion percentage — yours is probably lower than you think. That's the point. Completionist drive that lasts years, not weeks.
- GPS-verified discoveries — no cheating the fog
- Neighbourhood coverage tracked to 0.01% precision
- Four rarity tiers: Common → Rare → Epic → Legendary
- Year-round, weather-adaptive exploration
Every find deserves
a cinematic moment.
Not a push notification. A reveal. Full-screen story card, rarity badge, XP pop. The place's complete lore — origin, secrets, insider details — unlocks only when you physically arrive.
- Four rarity tiers with visual particle effects
- Narrative-first cards — story before address, always
- First Finder badge for the very first person to discover
- Lore layers deepen as more explorers contribute
Speakeasy
Share discoveries.
Not your location.
The Explorer Feed shows what your circle has found. Props instead of likes. Whisper a gem to a specific friend with a personal note. No follower counts. No algorithmic amplification. Letterboxd, not Instagram.
- Discovery Moments with dual-camera format
- Props reactions — Trovex's version of kudos
- Whisper: send a gem privately to up to 10 people
- No trending lists, no broadcast, no viral mechanics
Your exploration
becomes your story.
The Discovery Journal is a living record of everywhere you've found — organised by rarity, category, and neighbourhood. Two years in, it's irreplaceable. Switching apps means erasing a rich personal history. That's by design.
- Pokédex-style collection grid with progress per zone
- Year in Gems — your annual exploration recap
- "On This Day" time-capsule moments with your photos
- 10-level Explorer rank: Street Scout → Legend
"Built for the generation that's the most digitally connected and the most locally lost. Trovex is how you actually belong to the city you live in — not just pass through it."
— Early Access Tester, Vancouver BC · Explorer Rank: City Sage
of Gen Z report
no sense of community
belonging in their city*
Every Friday at 5pm,
your city gets
more interesting.
3–5 new curated gems drop every Friday. Wednesday teasers build anticipation. Shock Drops appear unannounced throughout the week. The city is always changing — so is your feed.
Every orb is a story.
Every colour, a world.
Seven categories. Each one curated by people who actually know the city. No chains. No sponsored posts. No tourist traps.
Rain or shine. Trovex adapts.
Vancouver doesn't stop for weather, and neither does Trovex. On rainy days, the feed surfaces cozy indoor gems. On clear days, rooftops and viewpoints glow bright. The city has a different face every season — Trovex shows you all of them.
Start
exploring.
Join the waitlist. Be the first to clear the fog in Vancouver. Everything hidden. Everything waiting. All free.
Free forever. No ads. No paywalled spots. No tourist traps. Just the city.
