The best apps for independent travel. Other useful applications. Applications for finding accommodation for travel

We already have a post on our blog about the best mobile travel apps for Android, but everything is changing very quickly - I decided to update the list and add more useful applications for iphone.

This article contains the top 30 indispensable travel aids that will help you easily find cheap air tickets, book a hotel or apartment, find a delicious restaurant or cafe, communicate with local residents and much more.

Best travel apps for iphone and android

Purchasing air tickets

✔ Aviasales— a mobile application from the largest Russian meta-search engine for air tickets, there are convenient filters, a price calendar, and you can subscribe to notifications about price reductions. Supports searching for a composite route, for example Moscow-St. Petersburg - Kazan-Moscow.

✔ Skyscanner— similar application, also allows you to find cheap air tickets, comparing more than 700 airlines and providing information in a convenient form with the ability to sort by filters. Also supports complex search.

In general, these two are more than enough, but if you want, you can also try Momondo, Buruki, Kayak and similar ones.

Hotel reservations and other accommodations

✔Hotellook— a service from the creators of Aviasales, only for hotels. How it works: compares 80 accommodation booking systems and finds the cheapest option. It’s convenient to have everything in one place at once. It is also possible to find a suitable place using a filter, view photos and ratings.

Transport

✔ Russian Railways— official mobile application from Russian railways. Buying train tickets in Russia. Unfortunately, it doesn't work very stable.

MailRu Group recently released a similar application: BeepCar.

✔Uber- an application for ordering a taxi in more than 500 cities around the world.

Recently, YandexTaxi and Uber merged in Russia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus. Applications will also be combined into one.

There are many more analogues: Gett Taxi, Grab and many others. In some countries, Uber is a motorcycle taxi, which can also be called using the app (in Bali, the local taxi mafia is fighting with them). And in Tehran, for example, there is its own application for calling a taxi - Snapp.

✔ Flihgtradar24— No. 1 in the “Travel” section in more than 100 countries. This useful app allows you to track thousands of aircraft around the world in real time. And besides this, find out the flight status, speed, altitude, weather, flight history for last month. There are free and paid versions with advanced functionality.

✔ Seat Guru- a database of many airlines with detailed plans for specific aircraft from a particular company. This way you can choose the most comfortable seat - even a long flight will be easy. Now there are more than 130 carriers in the service, but many Russian ones are still missing.

✔ Yandex.Metro— allows you to easily plot routes and navigate the metro of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Minsk, Kyiv, Kharkov, Istanbul.

What other travel apps do I recommend?

Planners and organizers

✔ Evernote— organizer application, electronic notepad. Synchronizes across all devices and allows you to record thoughts and notes anywhere, they will all be stored inside the application. You can also add general access, make lists, save web pages, PDFs and more.

✔TripIt— collects all your travel plans in one place. The application can itself collect data from mail, creating a trip plan and synchronizing it with the calendar.

Attractions

✔TripAdvisor— the largest service for travelers. Easily find the best hotels, restaurants, entertainment, read reviews, find nearby interesting places, download city maps.

✔ Redigo- guides and travel guides various countries world, now more than 800 cities and regions. All guides and city maps can be downloaded and used offline.

✔ Afisha-Mir— a similar guide to countries, you can also add notes, tips, and see recommendations from friends and other users.

✔ Triposo— also works offline, you can book hotels, excursions directly from the application, there is a built-in currency converter.

Cards

✔ Google Maps- a must have for a traveler. Wherever you go, have maps handy. After all, you can buy a local SIM card with an Internet package and easily navigate the area. Now Google Maps has the opportunity to download a site in advance and use it offline - I've been waiting for a long time!

Maybe you prefer Yandex maps, you can take them, but Google is somehow more familiar to me.

✔ Maps.Me is the second travel map app that I recommend downloading to your smartphone. It works offline and via GPS, no internet or connection is needed, you won’t even get lost in the forest. There are most countries in the world, you download the package in advance for a specific area (now you can even not the whole country, but by regions or provinces) and use it offline. Now you can book a hotel or call YandexTaxi from the application.

✔2Gis— convenient when traveling around Russia. There is not only a map, but also a list of organizations in the building, driving directions and even a small historical note.

Languages

✔ Google Translate — universal translator from 103 languages (online) and 52 (offline), and this list is constantly growing. The ability to receive translations from photos (for 30 languages) is very useful when traveling. Plus speech translation (from 32 languages). In China I had good conversations with people who were completely ignorant English language people on many topics - a very useful travel app.

There is also a similar translator from Yandex, you can use it as you prefer.

Connection

✔ WhatsApp- allows you to send messages or use it simply for a telephone conversation. Requires much less traffic than Skype and works stably - in Iran I could easily communicate with home thanks to the local 3G Internet and this application.

✔Viber- free video calls, telephone conversations and text messages. You can create group chats, which can be convenient at work.

✔ Skype is another useful travel app that allows you to travel free video calls to any part of the world via the Internet.

Not all VPNs will work equally well in a given country. For example, in Iran I used Psiphone - it worked great.

Expense planning

✔ XE Currency— online currency converter. Before your trip, you update the database by downloading all the latest courses and then use it offline. As soon as there is internet, the courses will be updated again. It’s convenient when you just arrive in a new country and cannot immediately convert these dongs, rupees and others into rubles.

✔ Monefy— an application for recording expenses and income, allows you to keep records in a visual form. It features a clear interface, ease of recording expenses, and the ability to change currency. I use it not only on trains, but also at home in Russia.

Search for restaurants and cafes

✔ Foursquare is one of the best apps for finding food, entertainment and interesting places. Convenient filter by preferences, map with reviews from other people.

Search tours

Often, tours to popular tourist destinations turn out to be more profitable than planning the trip yourself. For a week to Bulgaria for 8,000 rubles with flights, accommodation and breakfast, or for ten days in Thailand for the price of a flight for 25,000 rubles?

✔ Travelata.ru — convenient search the best prices for tours among 120 tour operators from many cities in Russia. Search by given criteria, dates, price, detailed descriptions of hotels. Payment online by bank card.

There are many more useful travel apps, but these are the ones installed on my smartphone and often help out on the road.

Today's travelers are incredibly lucky, because now it is much easier than it once was for our parents who set off on the road - mobile applications come to the rescue that will help in almost any matter - they will find tickets, wi-fi, translate everything, select a museum and restaurant, save scanned documents.

During our travels, we have accumulated a lot of information on this topic and we decided to collect it into one large list of travel assistant applications.

Travel preparation apps

PackPoint

It will help you get ready for your trip by making a list of things based on the number of days, distance and type of vacation.

TripIt

An application for trip planning with which you can make a list of all the to-dos and stages, both during preparation and during the trip.

uPackingList

Another application that helps with collections.

Evernote

Electronic notepad, convenient for planning. Notes can be collected in any convenient form (photos, links, articles) and tagged by topic.

Packing (+ TO DO)

A paid (75 rubles) application for iOS that helps you get ready for a trip based on your goals, duration of the trip, and the weather in the host country.

TravelSafe

Application that contains phones emergency services any country in the world and can function without an Internet connection. The cost of the application is 75 rubles.

My eVault

An application that saves copies of all documents needed for a trip.

XE Currency

A simple and convenient currency converter.

Off-line maps

Maps.me

Detailed maps with landmarks. The downloaded maps of the country or city you need will work without an Internet connection. But it is very important (you’ve been caught doing this yourself) to periodically check them for updates and download new versions, because if you have not updated the map of a country, then the route will not be built along it.

City Maps 2Go

An application with maps that can function offline. Here you can create your own reviews, mark your favorite places and read recommendations from other travelers. Application on this moment Available in English only.

OsmAnd

Another detailed maps, with the ability to work without the Internet. The application has several modes - motorist, pedestrian and cyclist. U free version There is a limit on the number of downloaded maps - 10 pcs.

Applications for searching flight tickets

AviaSales

Skysсanner

Sites for choosing air tickets are so popular that they don’t need detailed description. Working with them is extremely simple and convenient - you specify the date and destination you need in the search, and the program itself selects flight options for various airlines.

AnyWayAnyDay (AWAD)

Another free one convenient application, which scans and provides data on more than 800 airlines.

Kayak

An application that will help you not only choose and book tickets, but also select a hotel or car for rent.

Momondo

Efficient and quality system search for cheap tickets. By the way, we use it most often.

SeatGuru

An application from the creators of TripAdvisor that will help you book seats using already purchased tickets.

Applications for finding accommodation for travel

Airbnb

Provides offers for renting apartments or villas from private individuals.

Booking

Helps you choose and book hotels, apartments, villas.

Couchsurfing

An application that helps you find free housing.

Expedia

An application for searching and booking hotels and air tickets, cars and even entertainment. It operates in many languages, but, unfortunately, Russian is not among them.

Hotels.com

Free application with a database of more than 200,000 hotels around the world.

Airport assistant apps

LoungeBuddy

He will tell you what to do at the airport, what entertainment there is and where to find a relaxation area.

FlightHero

An application with departures/arrivals boards, airport maps, as well as information about traffic jams near airports and flight information (aircraft location, altitude, speed, etc.). Has the largest information base by flights and airports, among all similar AppStore applications.

GateGuru

Contains information about shops, cafes and restaurants in more than 180 airports. Available in English only.

Guide apps

Tourist Eye

A planner that helps you think through your route, including attractions, parks, cafes, and restaurants. Will help with choosing and booking hotels. You can create your own route based on the experience of other users. Available in English and Spanish.

Triposo

It will help you generate your route and provide information about attractions. Can work offline. Available in English.

Wikitude

The application synchronizes with the phone's camera and, when it is pointed at a building or object, provides information about it, based on data from other sites (Wikipedia, TripAdvisor, Yelp). Available in several European languages, but there is no Russian version.

Redigo

An application that has everything necessary information: information about the country, maps with attractions, phrasebook. Can work without the Internet, available in Russian.

Afisha-Mir

A multifunctional application that can not only be an off-line guide, but also allows you to keep a travel diary, share photos and tips with other users. It works somewhat differently from other applications: you first prepare your individual route on the mir.travel website, and then download it to your phone.

Tagwhat

An unusual guide app that contains information about attractions in the form of small articles and stories, sorted by tags (topics). Available in English.

MapMyRide

An application that will help you build a cycling route.

TripAdvisor

A mega-popular application that contains information about attractions, hotels, restaurants, entertainment complexes, as well as reviews and ratings of those who have already been there.

City Guides from National Geographic

Another guide from the world famous geographical magazine. Available in English

Friendly Cities

A guide to major cities of the world, which tells about attractions and events: exhibitions, festivals. The application is paid (299 rubles), and its uniqueness compared to free ones is that local residents talk about cities - they often give recommendations that you will not find in other guidebooks. Available in Russian.

World Explorer

The program finds and tells everything about attractions that are located within a radius of 900 km from you, sorting them by distance. Available in Russian.

TopTripTip

A detailed guide to Russia. It contains descriptions of attractions, natural sites, audio guides with ready-made routes. The application can work offline.

Logistics

SixT

An application with which you can rent a car of any category.

ParkMe Parking

An application that will help you find parking in unfamiliar city, will give information about the cost of parking and will keep track of the time after you park your car. Available in English and Portuguese.

Railteam Mobile

A program that will help you plan a rail trip around Europe. Available in English, German, French and Dutch.

Metroshka

A convenient application with maps of the world's largest subways. Just point the camera at the street where you are standing and the application will tell you which is the nearest station and give you directions to it. Contains information about the metro of Moscow, St. Petersburg, London, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Kiev, Minsk, Washington, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles (the list is periodically updated)

Metro24

Moovit

Application with route information public transport in 800 cities around the world. The program builds you optimal route, warns you when a stop is approaching and updates information about delays and cancellations in real time.

Similar application for Android - Offi

Applications for finding restaurants and cafes

Foodspotting

Helps you find the nearest restaurant that has the food you want at the moment. Available in English, Spanish and Japanese.

LocalEats

The application has a good selection of local, non-tourist restaurants. Cost – 75 rubles, available in English.

Yelp

Another place to look for a place where you can eat deliciously and inexpensively. This application provides information on non-chain original restaurants and cafes.

Translator apps

Word Lens

A translator app that synchronizes with your phone's camera and translates the text you point it at. The program works offline.

Google Translate

The most popular and extensive translator, which, however, requires the Internet to work.

iHiT LITE

A voice-over translator who can work offline.

Applications for searching wi-fi

WiFi Map

Helps you find the nearest ones wi-fi points and tells them their password. Extended version “Pro” available (cost 379 rubles)

Free WiFi finder

Another wi-fi search engine operating in 104 countries. Shows which establishment has the nearest free Internet and builds a route to it on the map.

If you have any additions to the list, share them in the comments!

In this article, we talk about the 20 most useful iPhone apps that will come in handy when traveling.

We also bought an iPhone, which at that time seemed like a beautiful toy - convenient, pleasant, nimble, but a toy - with the ability to make calls, send SMS and check email.

Gradually, while traveling around Asia, the iPhone grew various applications, becoming more and more functional - we selflessly installed dozens of “useful” applications and mercilessly deleted 9 out of 10 as unnecessary, so in the end, bit by bit, like grains of gold from ore, we filtered out for ourselves 2 dozen truly best apps for iPhone when traveling .

One of the most important tasks when traveling on your own is navigating the terrain. Previously, in Europe we used a very good IGO program, but in Asia there are no good maps for it, so at first it helped us out Google maps, fortunately, mobile traffic there is cheap.

But still, you don’t want to depend on the Internet, because from experience, it has a tendency to disappear at the most inopportune moment, and Google doesn’t want to cache its maps. In this regard, we were looking for good offline maps and found them. Well, in general, due to the instability of the Internet, one of our main requirements for most applications is autonomy.

In this review, we share our impressions and experience of using these useful iPhone applications. We use some of them every day, some very rarely, but nevertheless, each of them successfully solves specific problems.

This is a fairly simple navigation program, with a minimum of features, but with one very significant advantage, which more than covers all the shortcomings - it is possible to download and install offline maps, from almost any country and, most importantly, for free, without any in-app purchases .

For most countries, the maps are quite detailed, often even small paths are drawn in them, as well as landmarks, gas stations, large stores and so on. Another advantage of this useful application is that maps are stored not in raster, but in vector form and, thus, take up little space. Well, the most important thing is that it seems absolutely incredible - the program is free! There is a paid one PRO version, but its differences are not critical - you can put dots and search by POI (you cannot search for an address).

A fairly functional program that allows you to record and play tracks, make marks on the map, add photos and notes to them. There are a lot of possibilities and this makes the application somewhat cumbersome, the interface is overloaded. There is a map caching function, but it is not implemented very conveniently, but it allows you to choose from several types of maps that are downloaded from the Internet.

In our opinion, this is one of the best navigation applications for iPhone! A very well-thought-out interface - minimalistic but functional, and the program is very fast, so working with it is a pleasure. The program allows you to view cards from 15(!) various sources, but most importantly, the viewed map areas are automatically saved and can be viewed at any time.

You can import points and tracks into the application KML formats and GPX. Points can be sorted by category and only those that are needed at the moment can be displayed. So, for example, when we were looking for housing in Ao Nang or Chiang Mai, we turned off everything except the marked houses and condos, and when we were looking, for example, where to eat, we left only cafes, etc. on.

The program itself is free, but it has 3 built-in purchases (66 rubles each), which can be made as needed:

Import offline maps: you can download ready-made maps of a specific area.
Marks on the map: the ability to make new marks and edit previously imported ones.
GPS track recording: allows you to record movements, analyze statistics and export tracks in standard formats.

It’s especially nice that Galileo was written by Russian developers. Evgeny Bodunov, the ideologist of the project, travels a lot himself, which is probably why the program turned out to be so convenient and thoughtful.

This program is designed to find points Wi-Fi access. The functionality is quite simple - a map with your location is displayed and places with Wi-Fi and user comments are marked on it, which often contain passwords if access is not open. The information, apparently, is downloaded from Foursquare, but since comments are left, including local ones, sometimes it is impossible to read them 🙂 The map is not automatically cached, but you can manually upload a certain area.

Another problem that needs to be solved when large quantities movements is a search for tickets. We are talking about metasearch engines for air tickets and the most convenient of them is. For iPhone they have an excellent, useful mobile application that never ceases to please us with its convenience and pleasant design.

Just as in the case of Galileo, the creation of Aviasales, unlike many other applications, is not worked by programmers and marketers who rarely travel anywhere other than Turkey on an all-inclusive program, but by avid travelers who perfectly understand the needs of those who looking for air tickets.

Among the small but pleasant features of the application: exchange of cities of departure and destination with one button, search for an airport by code, search for the nearest airport to current location, routes based on interests - mountains, diving, sea and beach, and even sex or alcohol tourism :) But convenience is not the main advantage of the application, it copes well with its main function - as a rule, it gives out really, really good offers.

If you often fly, then this application is well suited for storing flight information. It is enough to enter information about the date and flight after purchasing tickets, and then you will not have to look for printouts to remember when and what time your departure is.

In addition, FlightTrack not only stores flight information, but also updates it via the Internet, for example, informs about delays or cancellations. Also in the application you can get information about the type of aircraft, current weather at departure and arrival airports and terminal diagrams (though not all).

This useful application is an electronic display of departures and arrivals at all airports. Convenient to have on hand to check the current departure time, as well as clarify the terminal number. FlightBoard will also be useful if you need to meet someone at the airport - you can track whether the departure was on schedule and find out the expected time of arrival.

We have already written more than once about our love for as a way of getting to know the country. We will publish a separate article on this topic in the near future, but here we will simply mention their mobile application, which is not very convenient for finding hosts, especially in large cities where you need to send a lot of requests, but is quite suitable for reading responses and correspondence.

We mainly look for information about countries on the Internet - on blogs, forums, etc., but sometimes there are situations when information needs to be obtained offline. One source in this case is Lonely Planet in in electronic format, and the other is the Redigo travel guide.

You won't find any super in it unique information, but you can still get a general idea of many places. The main advantages of the guide are that it is compiled, among other things, based on blogs, i.e. the information there is quite up-to-date, and in addition, Redigo has photographs, so you can not only read, but also look at the place of interest.

In addition to the guidebook, Redigo has the following: useful features, like a map with marks and a phrasebook, with minimal necessary set phrases.

You need to control your finances - this is practically an axiom, and this is even more true for long trips when income and expenses are unstable. Otherwise, sooner or later a situation will come when you will have to sharply cut expenses and not leave the house for weeks, eating rice, while waiting for funding.

On Windows Mobile there was (and now it is available for Android) a wonderful program for accounting finances, which we have never seen equal in terms of convenience and functionality (Cash Organizer). Unfortunately, developers stubbornly bypass iOS, so we had to look for alternatives. Having tried many analogues, we chose Money.
The program is quite convenient, functional and attractive, and has great capabilities.

This application is not directly related to travel, in addition, it will only be useful to clients Tinkoff Bank Credit Systems, but I still want to mention it - well, we really love high-quality software :) The mobile application (as, by the way, the Internet bank) is made with exceptional quality and thoughtfulness - all operations are carried out easily and quickly, the interface is pleasant and intuitive . In general, if you are a client of TKS Bank, but have not yet used mobile bank, be sure to try it.

In general, by the way, the bank itself, due to its online focus, is very convenient for travelers. All operations, including opening/closing deposits, are carried out through Internet banking, transfers to other banks are free, tariff rates deposits are among the highest, there is cash-back, and in addition, when replenishing a deposit from another bank, an additional 1.5% is credited, in general there are a lot of amenities. But that’s not what the article is about, so if you’re interested, you can look in more detail on their website.

By the way, the bank is currently running a “bring a friend” promotion, so if you sign up credit card according to this one, then as a bonus, both you and we will be credited with 500 rubles - a small thing, but nice :) The cost of annual card maintenance is 590 rubles, the first year is free. If you don’t like affiliate links, then you can apply for a card, although without a bonus :)

The application downloads current rates from the Internet and allows you to compare several currencies at the same time - this is especially convenient when you come to a new country. So, having lived 5 months in Bali, we still for a long time automatically converted all prices into Indonesian rupees to evaluate whether something was expensive or cheap.

This is a very useful application - it is designed to measure Internet speed. It solves a rather specific problem, but is nevertheless quite useful in certain cases. We use it when looking for more or less long-term housing. Due to the specific nature of our activities, normal access to the Internet is one of the criteria by which we choose housing. We are looking various options and where everything suits us, we measure the speed.

The program cannot boast of rich functionality, but it copes with its main task well. In addition to the actual measurement, Speedtest stores a history of measurements linked to coordinates; there is even a built-in map on which you can find a specific point.

It is unlikely that there are many people left who do not know about this program, but since it takes important place in our lives, we could not miss its description. Dropbox is a cloud storage service. Actually, there is nothing special in the service itself, it is not the only one, but here is the implementation of applications, both for mobile devices, and for desktops, is done quite successfully.

When installing the program on a computer, a folder is created in the system, the contents of which are automatically synchronized with the server, so in order to upload a file to the Internet, you just need to copy it to the folder. After downloading, the file will be available from any device, be it a smartphone, tablet or desktop computer. By default, there is a public folder, the contents of which, as the name implies, are available to everyone. You can also share any file and send a link to someone personally.

Thus, we store all the necessary information in this cloud - ticket reservations, scans of passports and other necessary documents.
It is worth noting that with all the ardent desire of the developers to make the service as reliable and safe as possible, no one can guarantee 100% confidentiality of your data, so avoid storing there in unencrypted form the data that you would not want to give access to to third parties under any circumstances. circumstances.

By default, when registering with the service, 2GB is provided free of charge. disk space. Additional volume You can get it for money, or for inviting friends. For example, by registering using this link, you will add 500 MB to us (although we don’t use Dropbox that actively, now we only have 20 percent occupied), and you will also receive +500 MB for yourself, of course. Direct link .

Another one of the most useful iPhone apps, indispensable for traveling. In fact, it is a very convenient “cloud” notepad in which you can store text, photos, audio and video information. We use it primarily to store text data. Information about cities and countries, blog notes, plans, interesting ideas and thoughts, recipes, etc. – all this is successfully stored in Evernote.
Be careful in free mobile version Offline notepads don't work. Those. if they are downloaded, then you can access them for some time, but at some point they may disappear, so in the mode of limited access to the Internet you need to be extremely careful with storing the data necessary for the trip in Evernote.

In the information age, we are surrounded by a lot of data that one way or another we need to have in our heads or at hand - bank card numbers and PIN codes, logins and passwords for online banks and personal accounts, and many other alphanumeric combinations. You can write all this data in a notepad, store it in mail or services like Dropbox/Evernote, but if we're talking about about confidential data, then all this is unsafe.

1Password is specialized software designed to store all your passwords. All data stored in the application is protected using 256-bit AES encryption, which eliminates the possibility of accessing the data, even if the smartphone is lost or stolen (of course, if you do not use the qwerty password or your date of birth).

This is great cloud service for storing offline copies of website pages. Until some time we did not attach any importance to it and only recently appreciated it fully. Saving pages for further reading implemented very conveniently - for major browsers desktop computers There are extensions that allow you to send pages to Pocket with one click; in the mobile version you just need to copy the required link to the clipboard and you will be automatically prompted to save it. In addition, you can send a link to a specific e-mail and it will be saved in pocket.

Mobile application of one of the largest dictionary developers. IN basic version includes 54 dictionaries for 27 languages, which in most cases is more than enough, and if you need terms on a specific topic, you can additionally purchase specialized dictionaries. Dictionary developers often approach their work with humor and provide very original examples ( climb: “I need a climb to set me straight” – “I need to smoke a marijuana cigarette to come to my senses”).

This one is simple English-Russian dictionary has not much large volume dictionary entries, but is quite suitable for those who do not plan to use intricate words and expressions or translate specific texts, and also do not want to spend money on purchasing useful applications for the iPhone.

This application is quite specific, and is unlikely to be so necessary for most iPhone users, but nevertheless, sometimes we need it. VelaClock allows you to find out the time of sunrise/sunset of the sun and moon, the current state of the moon, as well as full and new moon days anywhere in the world, at any time.

This information is sometimes needed for photography in, or just to know when you can. Also, the application may be useful in some countries, for example, where the full moon is a sacred and officially a day off, on which many shops, markets and all government agencies are closed. institutions.

This is a cross-platform messenger that allows you to communicate with other participants registered in the system. WhatsApp is considered one of the best applications for iPhone to simplify the communication process and therefore it is very popular all over the world, and becomes especially useful when you come to another country for short term and do not plan to connect to a local cellular operator.

To send messages you need an Internet connection, so sitting in a cafe with free wi-fi, you can send unlimited amount messages to your friends around the world without thinking about it international tariffs and roaming. This works especially well in countries with developed Internet - in Hong Kong, etc.

In fact, the application has only one fundamental feature that distinguishes it from analogues that allow you to exchange text messages(icq, mail agent, skype, etc.) – this is linking it to phone number, and not to the login. The application will integrate with address book iPhone, and thus you can easily find friends who use WhatsApp.

In this review, we talked about the best, in our opinion, iPhone applications needed when traveling. Of course, we also have other useful applications installed, designed for other tasks, but we’ll talk about them next time. If you know good analogues the above programs or other useful applications for iPhone, tell us in the comments!

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Not a single modern tourist would dare to travel with an ordinary push-button mobile phone. The choice is made only in favor of a smartphone, which will become much more useful assistant. It will be possible to download applications that will make spending time in an unfamiliar place more comfortable. These are the programs that will be discussed in this collection.

Price: Free

If you are traveling to another city or even country, be sure to book your hotel room in advance! Otherwise, you may find that there are no vacancies in nearby hotels, leaving you with nowhere to stay. The most logical way to book a room is to use the mobile client of the Booking.com website. This way, information about your reservation will always be at hand. In particular, this will help tell the taxi driver the address to the selected hotel.

There are already more than 800 thousand hotels in the Booking.com database. In most cases, reservations are made without involving bank card, so there is no need to worry about the security of your payment information. The selection of apartments is carried out according to many parameters, thanks to which you can find a room that suits you 100%.

Aviasales

Price: Free

If the destination of your trip is located far away, then, with a high degree of probability, you will get there by plane. A the best way search and booking of air tickets is the use mobile client Aviasales. This service quickly won the love of Russians and residents of other countries. It currently allows you to view schedules and buy tickets on 728 airlines. And this is clearly not the limit!

Like others best apps For travelers, Aviasales is easy to learn. The program prompts you to select a departure point and destination, after which the user is provided with all tickets available for booking. If you plan to use this application regularly, it is recommended to register, after which the history will be saved search queries, which makes your actions even easier. In this case, the “Favorites” tab will also please you.

Price: Free

When choosing a seat on a plane, you can use the SeatGuru app. It contains the base of almost all modern passenger aircraft. Each vehicle presented in a cross-section, so you can see exactly where this or that place is located. This way you can easily choose a seat at the window or somewhere in the middle of the cabin.

The program is also capable of selecting flights based on your specified departure and destination points. Theoretically, you can use it to book tickets. However, you should remember that Skyscanner provides various bonuses for regular flights. There is no such function here.

Price: Free +

When you find yourself somewhere in another city or foreign country, the first thing you do is go sightseeing. But any trip also consists of visits to public catering places. An app for tourists called AroundMe should help you find them. This is a kind of directory that contains not only restaurants, bars and cafes, but also gas stations, cinemas, hospitals, hotels and other establishments that a traveler may need.

The program automatically detects your location and then shows the points you need that are nearby. The only drawback of the application is its focus on Western users - there is very little information on Russia in it. Also disappointing is the fact that it is designed only for the iPhone.

Price: 192.72 RUR

Not all of us know the language spoken in the country where we are going. Fortunately, this is no longer a problem. There are mobile applications for tourists that can provide the most popular phrases needed to pay for a hotel room, provide an address, order food in a restaurant and other popular actions. One such program is Lingopal Voyage. It contains hundreds of popular phrases, if not thousands. The speed of their pronunciation can be adjusted with a special slider. So any foreigner will definitely understand you!

The application supports 44 languages, including Russian, Ukrainian, English, Spanish and many others. There is no doubt that Lingopal Voyage will definitely be installed by all our readers who are planning to go abroad in the near future. The program is developed for both iPhone and Android. However, you will have to pay about two hundred rubles to use it. Not the biggest money for the absence of serious problems due to ignorance of the language.

Google Translate

Price: Free

If previous application contains only specific phrases, needed in a given situation, then Google Translate works on a completely different principle. It translates absolutely everything you enter into the application window in text or with your voice. Right now Google company has the best machine translation, so its program stands out from its competitors.

In total, the application supports more than 90 languages. From some of them you can receive a translation by photographing an object with an inscription. The first versions of Google Translate had one serious drawback - they required an Internet connection. But now the developers provide the opportunity to download the ones you need language packs, as a result of which the transfer is carried out without access to global web. However, it must be taken into account that in this case it will become slightly less accurate.

XE Currency

Price: Free

Our list of useful apps for tourists could not do without a currency converter. After all, the times have passed when the ruble exchange rate remained stable. What can I say, in the conditions of the economic crisis, even the dollar-euro ratio changes regularly. Therefore, now you can’t do without a currency converter in your smartphone. You can use XE Currency as it. This application is developed for iPhone and Android. It contains large base currencies, but the main screen only shows information about your preferred ones, so you don't have to scroll through a very long list.

The program is completely free to use. Paid version XE Currency will only be of interest to those who fly to many countries every year, because its main difference is its support for displaying information on more currencies

Google Maps

Price: Free

During a tourist trip it is impossible to do without a full navigation program. You won’t constantly ask local residents about how to get to this or that place? Currently leaders in development mapping services are Google and Yandex. The easiest way is to install both of their applications on your smartphone. If you don't want to spend so much permanent memory, then it all depends on where exactly you are going. Is there a foreign trip coming up? Then your choice is a product from Google. Would you like to visit the Russian outback? In this case, install Yandex.Maps.

The Google Maps program allows you to quickly find the establishment you are interested in and build a route. In total, 220 countries are mentioned in one way or another in this application. Of course, not all regions have the most detailed maps, but the number inspires respect! There is also voice GPS navigation, so you can look at the sights instead of watching the smartphone display. The only drawback of the application is the need to connect to the Internet. In Yandex.Maps you can download maps of certain cities, but in most cases the same problem occurs.

The best trip is one in which you hardly touch your smartphone. But sometimes he is your main travel companion and savior. These 15 apps will make your travel life easier.

First you need to buy a ticket. Do you think that buying them through your phone is inconvenient? You are wrong. Try Aviasales - it's convenient and fast, and searching through hundreds of travel agencies and airlines will give you the best price.

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Now you need to find a hotel by yourself best price. Please remember that it may vary greatly between different booking systems. Hotellook will help you find the best one.

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3. Couchsurfing

There is another cool and budget (or rather free) option - Couchsurfing. This is a social network for travelers. You can find a host (a person who will accommodate you) in any city. It is important to remember that this is not a free hotel, but a cultural exchange experience. And if you don’t want to live with someone, then you can simply ask them to take you for a walk around the city.

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4. TripIt

The most convenient travel planner. It’s convenient to add flights, hotels, plans with hourly detail and share this with fellow travelers.

5.PackPoint

PackPoint will help you pack for your trip. It doesn't matter whether you're going to the mountains or to the sea. Based on the type of vacation and the number of days, the program will offer a list of necessary things (it even adjusts to the weather forecast!). You can edit it to suit yourself.

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6. SeatGuru

Ok, the time has come online registration for the flight. How to choose for yourself the best place in airplane? SeatGuru will help you. Enter the number of the desired flight and it will show you which seat is best to sit on.

You can choose a location on the website. Or download for iPhone. Download for Android

7. WiFi Map

So, you've arrived. If you can't wait to Instagram the news about the start of your journey, check social media or write to your mom that everything is fine, then you need the Internet. WiFi Map will help you find open or closed (passwords are in the application) wifi network in any city. Similar applications there are many, but this is the most popular.

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8. Uber

How to get from the airport to the city and ride around the city itself? Uber is ideal for 400 cities around the world. Almost always cheaper than official taxis. By the way, here is a coupon for your first trip for 300 rubles. In Russia, Uber operates only in 6 cities. For the rest, use Yandex.Taxi or TapTaxi.

10.2GIS

2GIS is the best maps for Russian cities. In any relatively large city, you will immediately begin to navigate how local. Every house, every cafe, and indeed every establishment is on the map. Plus public transport routes. Very comfortably.

11. Exchange rates

Current exchange rates so that you are not cheated during the exchange. The most important thing is DO NOT CHANGE MONEY AT THE AIRPORT. It will even be more profitable to use an ATM, which is definitely located at the same airport. And withdraw money from a dollar account (or from a euro account if you are in Europe).

There are many currency converters, but this one seems to us the simplest and most convenient. Download for Android. For iPhone, try XE Currency.

Need to get from city A to city B? For example, from Moscow to St. Petersburg or from Barcelona to Madrid? Choosing between the bus. by train and hitchhiking, don’t forget about the opportunity to hitch a ride with a driver who is already driving along the route you need. Often the cost of the trip is purely symbolic, barely covering the cost of gasoline. In addition, it is more convenient than a bus and almost always cheaper than a train.

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