Guest post from one of our readers who wanted will share a small overview of the applications he used in my last trip. Can I write my personal review? 
Greetings to readers of life-trip.ru! I have long wanted to share Mobile applications, which I constantly use on trips. This blog already has this review and I was very surprised at one time. almost finding no match in my list. After that I decided ever supplement it. The time has come)
Why is there no round number in the headline, so beloved by the media? Everything simple: for each trip the set of applications is different and for each style of travel, he especially his own.
I must say that these applications were used during travel in South America, Southeast Asia and Europe. Everywhere have their own special applications that work very well in this region but I decided not to include them in the list, but to limit myself only universal programs.
When selecting applications, I relied on the harsh life principles:
- Offline access to information and functionality. In most cases Wi-Fi you will only be in the evening in the hotel, and even if you do not are tired.
- Free / freemium model. After the app a couple of times help you out of a difficult situation, you yourself will want to buy it. BUT To buy a cat in a bag for 300 rubles is no ice. Overwhelming I used most of the applications for free first and then paid the full version.
- “All in one” Cards and dictionaries do not need to shake hands and put in the desired folder. Convenience and reducing errors using.
I advise you when choosing applications for yourself to take into account these moments.
All screenshots are on the application pages in the market, so I don’t see sense to load the article with them. All links are free. version.
Android applications for travelers
Exchange rates
The best of what I found for the calculation in several currencies. Add the necessary world currencies, the standard – rubles, dollars, euros and the currency of the country of travel, the program for connected wifi updates the course data and can be considered. For example, in some countries, despite the national currency like to sell everything for dollars. It is possible to calculate on the spot how it is more profitable to pay – in dollars or local currency. Same story when choosing payment dollar card or local cash. Or when maintaining a budget travel is much easier to keep records in one currency, and not in different.
Weather forecast Similarly – the most convenient and detailed weather forecast to show the weather in several places. You can drive as many cities you need, and there are very small and unknown to other services townships. Slightly illogical interface, but for a couple of days I’m used to. Updated by wifi, then Shows all data offline. There is current weather, daytime and weekly schedule. Also, the data for all activities – precipitation, snow, pressure, wind force and direction.
Offline dictionary About 50 dictionaries available both sides (English-Russian and Russian-English). Free, for money, you can turn off advertising.
GPS Test and GPS Status Cool things that show time, altitude, number of satellites in sight, speed, daylight length, compass and other buns. Used by for photos in the style of “I’m at a height of 4600 and not going stop”
OsmAnd Offline Maps. Points, routes, names – everything is there. The interface is complicated, but for the details of the maps you can forgive a lot. You can search by the name of the unknown guest house and find exactly him. There is a full navigator functionality. Limit – 10 cards in free mode.
EBookDroid PDF Reader for travel guides. Convenient flipping, visual display of files (chapters guidebook), chapters support, text highlighting and copying, search by document.
HostelWorld and Booking.com For booking hotels on the run. And I advise you to look at once in two, as sometimes There are very cheap promotions in booking, and hostelworld is a bit snickering.
TripAdvisor I somehow did not go, but by Europe shows a lot of institutions with an approximate indication of the average check. There are applications sharpened for a specific city, so they work mainly in megacities or tourist places. Always compare it reviews for hotels in Europe.
Skyscanner and Aviasales I don’t know why, but y they are always slightly different ticket prices. Respectively it is advantageous to search in both systems. Both applications are convenient in terms of interface and quick. I’m not very familiar with the details, but I feel These are the largest systems in Russia.
AirAsia (or another AK loukoster application region) AirAsia Airlines is gradually moving away from paper boarding and tickets. Now registration can take place online from the phone, and in your hands you will be given a boarding in the form of a check. Conveniently, what is there. Plus they in the application write about hyphens and flight delays. Not the fact that there is such a local low-cost airline. same application, but it’s worth searching if you have more than one local flight. In addition, if the action takes place in the style of “Fly away don’t care where for $ 1 “, then tickets for it fly away in a few minutes, and here you can quickly book tickets without leaving applications.
Several mini applications about the country Read at leisure. Basically, most of these applications are educational. projects, but there are made with love, and there are generally developed at the state level. Utility – visual and simple description of the country, history, food, local customs. Naturally this is all there is in the guidebook, but there it is spread over large articles, and it is very compact and bright here.
The rest of the remaining applications pick up based on your hobbies. For example in Argentina there are several excellent wine guides (restaurants, wineries, tastings, etc.) And in Rome there are a couple of museum applications beautifully showing what museum is on display now and how much (tens) euro it costs. And as applications for surfers and skiers generally above the roof. Simple search algorithm: “activity name” in country / city.
Good luck on your travels! Blog Reader, Pavel Kogan pavelkogan.ru
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