Phone apps for travel

[get me outta here]

My favourite one right now is Free Sleep Sounds. It covers up the hotel door bangers and street noises coming up from the canyons of NYC. It has rain, waves, streams as a very pleasant white noise.

 

[get me outta here]

Anyone have a good weather app that's not in Fahrenheit? Or, if it is, is changeable to C.

 

[roomer]

Anyone have a good weather app that's not in Fahrenheit? Or, if it is, is changeable to C.

Weatherzone ! Absolutely brilliant ( Aussie too)

 

[pyffii]

agree !!!...weatherzone amazingly accurate

 

[Pushka]

Weatherzone uses BOM data. I'm surprised in that case that it is accurate.

 

[Sale]

Shipmate with all excursions loaded into it. Plus offline deckmaps.

Thanks Pushka - the Shipmate is great and I love all the port data. I'm just about to start the loading of excursions. The offline deckmaps - what is that please? (I cant find it in the Apps store)

 

[get me outta here]

I haven't used this for entertainment on QF is it any good? Introducing our Q Streaming App

 

[Pushka]

Thanks Pushka - the Shipmate is great and I love all the port data. I'm just about to start the loading of excursions. The offline deckmaps - what is that please? (I cant find it in the Apps store)

Its in the shipmate app. You used to have to download them to see them when offline.

 

[serfty]

...
Speedometer (I like to see how fast the train is going!)
and, of course, AFF.

I have been using GPS Test ... free basic app with buy up to upgrade.

Shows altitude, speed and heading amongst other info.

interesting when in a flight .

 

[samh004]

I have been using GPS Test ... free basic app with buy up to upgrade.

Shows altitude, speed and heading amongst other info.

interesting when in a flight .

I've done that before. Great fun.

 

[Ho Really]

Hi ozbeachbabe,

try the following if you have an iPhone:

iPacking "itunes.apple.com/au/app/ipacking-easy-trip-packing/id833049263?mt=8"
Travel Butler "itunes.apple.com/au/app/travel-butler-vacation-trip/id906336042?mt=8"
All Packed?! "itunes.apple.com/au/app/all-packed-!/id691246774?mt=8"

The beauty about these is they are all free.

Cheers

 

[get me outta here]

‘Travel Aware – one tap away from help’

A new travel safety app that connects travellers with overseas emergency services and embassies at the touch of a button, and can translate critical emergency questions into the local language, was unveiled at the launch of the Travel Aware App this week.
In the event of a terrorist attack, accident, natural disaster, or crime, Travel Aware provides international travellers with important emergency information, contacts for 2172 embassies worldwide, translations of key emergency phrases in over 200 languages, and secure storage of passport

Home Page - Travel Aware

 

[Buzzard]

Thanks for the thread update get me outta here

 

[get me outta here]

U r welcome (that's app speak, I think). The app looks good though doesn't it, useful I mean.

 

[DavBlayn]

That actually looks like a really good app. Thanks for that.

 

[GarrettM]

Not sure if it's been mentioned, or if it's in line with some of the other apps already noted.
I've used Triposo quite a bit when travelling through Europe. Has heaps of info on cities, sights, places to eat, accommodation, and good maps.
You can download specific cities or whatever nation you plan to visit. Helps heaps with pre-planning I found.

 

[Jeffrey O'Neill]

Google now launcher. I love the cards that google now allows you to set up.

If you have the google calendar also installed it will then automaatically add flights and a lot of hotel reservations to your calendar - airbnb doesn't get picked up for some reason.

Google wil then have your flight that's coming up in a day or two as a card entry and let you know of any delays.

You can also search for a particular flight number and this will tend to be monitored by google for you too. could be handy if you're going to meet someone arriving.

It does worry me that google seems to know more about my life than sometimes I do, but the now functionality makes life so much easier.

 

[RooFlyer]

‘Travel Aware – one tap away from help’

A new travel safety app that connects travellers with overseas emergency services and embassies at the touch of a button, and can translate critical emergency questions into the local language, was unveiled at the launch of the Travel Aware App this week.
In the event of a terrorist attack, accident, natural disaster, or crime, Travel Aware provides international travellers with important emergency information, contacts for 2172 embassies worldwide, translations of key emergency phrases in over 200 languages, and secure storage of passport

Home Page - Travel Aware

Great application, thanks! But a bit limited for the more adventurous traveller. My last 2 countries - Georgia and Azerbaijan, not on the countries list, nor one of my intended this year - Turkmenistan (although the other 'stans are there) . Also for Canada, it only speaks English. The Quebeckers won't like that!

Edit: Interestingly, those countries are mentioned as included, on the web site ...

 

[get me outta here]

Maybe if you give them some feedback they could include those countries + French Canadian before you next depart.

Great application, thanks! But a bit limited for the more adventurous traveller. My last 2 countries - Georgia and Azerbaijan, not on the countries list, nor one of my intended this year - Turkmenistan (although the other 'stans are there) . Also for Canada, it only speaks English. The Quebeckers won't like that!

Edit: Interestingly, those countries are mentioned as included, on the web site ...

 

[Jamesraff]

Tripit
grabtaxi ( Singapore)
Singapore Metro App by mxapps
Ez-Link ( Metro card )
WhatsApp
Skyscanner
Viber
Stockard ( I just started using this a few weeks ago)
Agoda App