Ultimate List of Android Travel Apps

09 May 2012 by Olga Brighton

Travel Information

Our life moves quickly and so does the progress of technology. Many spheres of our life are being improved. Nowadays the market grows so fast that it is difficult to keep up with new developments. To help international travelers make their trips less stressful and more pleasant, a huge number of different applications have been created covering various traveling aspects like weather, car routes, airlines tickets etc. So, let us help you to prepare for your trip by presenting you a list of Android travel apps.

First of all, let us introduce the сombined mobile Apps for travelling.

1. Where

Travel location app

Using your location the Where app will help you with what to do and where to go. It gives you real-time information on gas, weather forecast, movie showtimes, restaurants, bars, cafés, recommendations, news headlines, traffic conditions and so on. In addition, this app provides lots of information about the proposed travel destination, including information about tours, fine dining, resorts, and a wide range of entertainment.

2. Navigation Mapa Europe

Navigation Mapa Europe app will be all for you from your speed assistant, search engine to restaurant and hotel guide. It has 2D and 3D map displays that provide the best GPS navigation for Europe.

In case you don’t need all the options these applications offer or you need ones they do not cover here is a collection of separate applications divided into sections. So, here is the list of the separate travel apps.

Weather Apps

1. The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel app provides you with current weather of the place where you are, 10 Day Forecast, Map Layers, 36 Hour Updates. Pros: It has perfect abbreviated format. Cons: Too sensitive on Motion Gestures.

2. WeatherBug

Get the latest current conditions, forecast, weather alerts, radar etc. WeatherBug app for Android brings the most accurate, reliable and timely weather information directly to your Android smartphone in real time. Pros: You can view weather cams and some have the ability to rotate. Cons: There is no option to control the frequency of the temperature notifications. You could also buy WeatherBug Elite to get more advanced location-based weather information.

3. Flowx

The Flowx app provides the following: looping radar, lightning strikes, current conditions, forecasts. Pros: It shows your location and other including international. It has auto map scroll on your location. Cons: It has limited map layers.

Hotels Apps

1. Booking.com

Travel booking app

With Booking.com application you can find nearby hotels and book safely from your Android phone. It contains over 180,000 hotels worldwide. There are no booking fees. Before making a choice you can flick through hotel photos, read guest reviews.

2. Hotels.com

Hotels.com application offers over 140,000 hotels worldwide. It is available in more than 34 languages in more than 70 countries. The Hotels.com app gives users quick access to more than 25,000 last minute deals. You could search for hotels close to where you are as well as searching using an interactive map.

3. Priceline

The motto of the Priceline app is “Never pay full price for a hotel again with the Priceline Hotel Negotiator app!” It offers Bonus coupons and other deals that you could find here:

4. Expedia Hotels

Expedia Hotels offers a great deal at over 130,000 hotels in 20,000 cities worldwide! It provides users with a rich interface, a filter by price, distance, hotel name, and traveler rating. The app is localized for 19 languages.

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Restaurants, Cafes Apps

1. Restaurant Finder

With Restaurant Finder you can not only search restaurants through search but also gain easy access by registering restaurants of your interest on.

2. Groupon –Daily Deals, Coupons

Groupon offers the best stuff to do, to see, to eat, and to buy in more than 500 cities around the world. This app delivers daily deals to your Android each morning, while thousands of deals on demand can be found in real-time. With the Groupon app, you can buy and redeem deals directly from your Android, find great holiday gifts, set up your own Deal Types.

3. Urbanspoon

Urbanspoon app can help you to decide where to eat in a very special way. Shake your phone and Urbanspoon suggests restaurants near you. It is available in the U.S., Canada, and most major cities in the UK and Australia.

Translation Apps

1. Google Translate

Google Translate app translates text from over 60 languages. There is an option for most languages that you can speak your phrases and hear the corresponding translations. Google Translate also can translate SMS messages. In addition, this app provides a great way of communicating with the locals when you are travelling because it can translate the reply received back from into your native language.

2. iTranslate

iTranslate is a universal translator providing over 50 languages, high-quality voices, landscape mode and much more.

Financial Apps for Currency Exchange

1. XE Currency

Travel currency app

XE Currency application serves to make currency conversion all over the world. It features a currency converter with up-to-the-minute currency rates, charts. XE Currency will calculate for you prices with the currency converter simultaneously monitoring up to 10 currencies. You can also use it offline because it stores the last updated rates. To reset rates shake your phone!

2. Currency Converter

Currency Converter uses OANDA Rates®, which are the same daily filtered exchange rates used by auditing firms and banks. The app converts 190+ currencies and four precious metals.

3. Currency

The Currency app provides up-to-date exchange rate information for 128 currencies. This app is provided for over 180 countries, so you will always be able to find out the value of local money when you are on your trip.

Apps for Airlines Tickets

1. KAYAK

With KAYAK you can compare flights, hotels and car rental deals, track flight status, get cheap travel deals, look up baggage fees. The main advantage of the app is that the results are delivered very quickly.

2. Skyscanner

Skyscanner lets you compare over 600 budget and scheduled airlines and more than 700,000 routes around the world. The app is available in 28 languages. It is very helpful, flexible and fast in use if you are extremely busy.

Roads Conditions, Traffic Jams, Car Routes

Travel traffic app

1. Waze

Waze is a navigation app that connects you to other drivers. By getting this app you will become a part of the local driving community in your area. You will get live community-contributed traffic information and road reports. It provides you with real-time road monitoring and automatic re-routing as conditions on the road change. It helps you with reports on road accidents, police traps, and any other hazards along the way.

2. Google Maps

Google Maps app is voice-guided GPS navigation system. With this app you don' need to carry a paper map. You can find everything with Google maps and get recommendations for any place.

3. Street View on Google Maps

You can use Street View on Google Maps to view street-level imagery from your phone. It is simple in use. You just need to move around by dragging "Pegman" where you want to go.

4. INRIX Traffic

INRIX Traffic app shows you traffic forecasting and comparative traffic. It helps you not to stuck in traffic because it lets you know the best time to leave based on predicted traffic conditions.

Picture Apps

1. Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery app is a photo and album organizer with file browser. It is packed with a variety of options. It lets you share, crop, rotate, move pictures, add notes to your albums and photos. It also contains wallpaper editor, locker to hide and protect your pictures and videos. Learn about other functions by clicking the picture below.

2. PicSay - Photo Editor

PicSay contains many extra tools, special effects, styles, stickers, word balloons, titles, graphics, and effects like distortion. In addition, it has an easy-to-use interface.

3. Photo Effects

Photo Effects app contains more than 40 amazing effects (e.g. Holga, Lomo, Fisheye, Thermal etc.). So, you can challenge your art abilities with this app.

Trip Organisers

1. TripIt

Trip organiser app

When it comes to planning out your trip and putting together an itinerary. TripIt makes flight and accommodation booking easy and cheap. When you are planning your trip you can send the arrangements your TripIt online account and keep tracking you itineraries regardless of whether you are online or offline. The app gives you maps and directions based on your itinerary. In addition, it provides the information about hotels, airports, restaurants and so on.

2. Wikitude

Wikitude is a global travel guide that gives you information on your surroundings. It matches your position in relation to the landmarks you point the camera toward. This app is a great tourist guide and history expert.

3. FlightStats

FlightStats application has global coverage with features that include flight tracking, saving trip details, global airport and airline information, local weather conditions. Thus, it provides quick access to flight, airport and airline status for business and leisure travelers. You can create and save complete itinerary (flights, hotels, cars etc.), find airport address, current time and time zone, save your favorite airports for fast reference.

Business Travel Apps

1. Locale

Locale is a smart app that would change your phone to a silent mode if you are at the office or put the ringer up when you are at home. It adjusts our phone’s settings depending on your location. It automatically turns off power-hungry components when your battery is low.

2. Google Docs

Travel documents app

With Google Docs you can download, view, edit, and share online documents and PDF files. Also, you can convert photos of printed text to a Google document.

3. Google Voice

If you are planning a trip to the U.S. Google Voice app will be really helpful. You can make cheap international calls with your Google number, send free text messages, and use voicemail. There is no need to buy a new number wasting extra money.

4. Cab4me

Cab4me app helps when you are in a rush. You can order a cab using your current location and select how many passengers you need to travel with.

Do not trail behind! Whether you walk, drive, or fly, there is always a great app for your phone that can help you get around faster and travel more efficiently. Globelink International is always ready to help you to make your trip safe.

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