The 15 best travel apps

See new cultures, cities, landscapes, people, ways of life, monuments, celebrations... and not only see them but also feel and participate in them. Live new experiences, some of them can even change our lives. All this is allowed by the fact of traveling, something that is very desirable for a large majority of the population. But traveling requires some preparation.

Fortunately, new technologies can make it easier for us to move around different places and solve unforeseen events, thanks for example to the appearance of a large number of applications for smartphones born with this end. In this article we are going to make a selection of some of the best travel apps, and can be useful in various ways.

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The 15 best travel apps

There are many needs that we may have when planning a trip or solving unforeseen events that occur during it. For example, we may need to know where to move, ask for transportation, help communicate in a language stranger, look for accommodation or specific establishments, ask for help, change currency or learn to apply first aid.

Fortunately There are many applications that have been developed to meet these needs.. In view of this, here are some of the 15 best travel apps.

1. googlemaps

Perhaps this application is one of the most obvious, and it is most likely that most of us have it installed by default on our mobiles. However, it is one of the most useful, since it allows us to obtain an image of the area and the streets of the places that we go or are visiting and even find updated information about how to go to a certain address whether on foot, car or public transport.

2. AroundMe

Well-known free application available on Android and iOS, which allows us to locate different types of establishments around us: from hotels to supermarkets.

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3. Alpify Safe365

An essential application that can be used if you need urgent help, especially for children and the elderly. This application allows us geolocate specific phone numbers that we have protected (being necessary for the other user to accept), notify us when they enter and leave locations chosen and also, in case of need, it will be enough to press a button to send an emergency notice to 112. Of course, coverage and data are required and at the moment it only works in some specific countries.

4. XE Currency

Available for both Android and iOS and free to download (although with the option to purchase within the app), this application is a useful tool that allows us to calculate the value of our currency in other countries. It is a good currency converter.

5. Airbnb

This application is widely known as a network that allows us to get in touch with the owners of private houses who rent out their home or a room.

6. Split wise

A very useful free application for Android and iOS that is very useful when it comes to generate groups to divide a specific amount equally, something useful in group trips. It allows us to calculate how much you owe and how much each of you has paid.

7. booking

Free application of the hotel search engine of the same name, which can be used to find accommodation and make reservations in different parts of the world.

8. SAS Survival Guide

Also for Android and iOS, this is a type of application that can help us in situations in which survival is in danger. Finding water, lighting a fire or navigating using the stars are some of the aspects that this application tries to teach. The application is paid, but the Lite version is free.

9. iTranslate

A useful translation application, free to download on Android and iOS, that allows us to make ourselves understood in more than 90 languages. The PRO version allows you to carry out voice conversations and use it without the need to be connected.

10. tracers

Free application that is based on viewing videos left by other users to take a look at the monuments, buildings and sites that we want to visit (as long as someone has recorded one and put it in the app).

11. IZI.TRAVEL

An application in the form of an audio guide that allows us to walk through different cities while the app explains different aspects of the city and its history on various predefined routes. It does not need a connection as long as we have pre-downloaded the guide that we want. It is free to download, but has in-app purchases.

12. Moovit

Application is very useful to learn to move around the different cities of the world, indicates and assists us when taking public transport.

13. First Aid-IFRC

Available for free on Android and iOS, this application offers us a useful first aid guide to try to control risky situations and know how to react if necessary.

14. tripadvisor

Another of the great acquaintances, TripAdvisor allows us to assess the opinions of users and travelers from different places and establishments, as well as hotels and flights. It also allows you to compare prices. Free on Android and iOS.

15. flush

It may seem ridiculous, but the truth is that this free application for Android and iOS can save us more of an awkward moment: it is an application to find public toilets in different cities of the balloon.