Phone apps for travel

[cleaver]

I used TrackMyTour on a recent 7 month trip through Asia, then the trans-mongolian and onwards. Available on iOS.

From
https://trackmytour.com/

• Create a map and share it with your friends and family
• Go traveling and add waypoints whenever you want to highlight a location or just say, "Here I am!"

Your friends and family can visit your online map at anytime to see the progress of your journey

Absolutely fantastic. The app will get the geo-data out of photos if taken with your phone, so if you take a lot of snaps on your phone you can add the waypoints later. The resulting map will have a pin/waypoint on a map that will have a photo, then your commentary and other details you can input. Free app - you can choose to donate $6.50 or so which I did after finding it so useful.

 

[Christoo]

I couldn't be without Tripit and the Pro subscription. I love getting delay advices before the lounge announces them (The announcement usually happens when you are walking to the gate)
My favourite part of android is the customisable homescreen.
I have Business Calendar 2 Pro with the Agenda widget on my home page and I love getting off a flight and having all of my rental information right there on the home screen.

 

[codash1099]

I couldn't be without Tripit and the Pro subscription. I love getting delay advices before the lounge announces them (The announcement usually happens when you are walking to the gate)
My favourite part of android is the customisable homescreen.
I have Business Calendar 2 Pro with the Agenda widget on my home page and I love getting off a flight and having all of my rental information right there on the home screen.

I was very happy with TripIt Pro but for the next trip, I'm trialling Worldmate. It's considerably cheaper and I don't expect it to be as good. Hopefully it's serviceable.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Opinions of the learned ladies and gentlemen here re best news apps to keep up abreast of daily events at home whilst travelling o/s please?

 

[GarrettM]

Opinions of the learned ladies and gentlemen here re best news apps to keep up abreast of daily events at home whilst travelling o/s please?

At the risk of being labelled bias what about the ABC News app. Get your 14c a day's worth even when out of the country.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Any recos for an App to resize pics on iPhone/iPad? I have one which is so easy to use but images lose too much clarity in process.

 

[jamesD]

I found Rome2rio good for planning & Flight Scanner for finding flights - not sure if they've been here mentioned already.

 

[Franky]

Any recos for an App to resize pics on iPhone/iPad? I have one which is so easy to use but images lose too much clarity in process.

The Oz - I get it included as part of my normal newspaper delivery, about $40pm from memory for both options. You get regular updates to the app during the day after you have downloaded the morning edition.

 

[suze2000]

I was very happy with TripIt Pro but for the next trip, I'm trialling Worldmate. It's considerably cheaper and I don't expect it to be as good. Hopefully it's serviceable.

How did it go? I'm trying to decide between the two.

 

[straitman]

How did it go? I'm trying to decide between the two.

I think they are as good as each other.

They each have a few things better than the other which makes the choice very subjective.

 

[codash1099]

How did it go? I'm trying to decide between the two.

Tripit is still the better of the two, with better gate/flight/other reminders, but I don't think it's worth the price difference. Tripcase is also useful.

 

[chrisjohnson]

XE
Baidu Maps
Skype
Taobao Travel
China Railways timetable
Tripit
Kayak

I also make sure that all the reservation emails and their attachments/PDFs are loaded on to my phone to access offline before I go.

informative... great

 

[funkyr]

XE - great currency app, lots of currencies all at once
Flightboard - flight information boards for airports all over the world
Dashlane - 256-bit encrypted password app, they dont store your data on their servers!
Dropbox
Maps.me - great overall app for offline maps and navigation (drove from Lake Como to Cinqueterre recently with no problems)
Citymapper - great for individual cities, not heaps of cities
Tripadvisor - has offline downloadsfor content
Vivino - for the alcoholics out there
Whatsapp
Google translate - has offline option for translation, point your camera and it'll translate things even offline
Emergency+ - never had to use this fortunately but gives exactly GPS location and can call Aussie emergency services

and finally

Qantas app - cant leave home without it

 

[jamesD]

How did it go? I'm trying to decide between the two.

IMO, for the price Worldmate can't be beat.

 

[Boca68]

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and finally

Qantas app - cant leave home without it

Seriously?

I can never get it to work! Log in and it crashes in about 5 seconds. Continually updated, but the same happens.

But, that aside, totally agree with your other recommendations.