Mobile applications allow you to rationally plan your travel time, buy air tickets, find a hotel, and navigate the area. By downloading the app you need, you will be able to communicate with locals in a language you don’t know, find out the weather, exchange rates and get tips. An overview of the most useful and proven mobile travel apps.
When choosing applications, pay attention to which mode they work in: offline or online, because the Internet is not always free when traveling. Download the necessary maps and dictionaries in advance. Mobile app creators are releasing versions for iOS and Android devices. They are downloaded, respectively, in the App Store and Google Play.
Air tickets
Aviasales
Search for air tickets on 728 airlines, 200 ticket offices and 5 booking systems. Composite routes, schedule and price map, voice search, auto-complete data, smart filters, subscription to price reduction notification. Purchase air tickets directly from the app. In Russian.
Habitation
Ostrovok·ru
An online hotel booking platform. More than 1,200,000 accommodation options: hotels, apartments, hostels, guest houses and campgrounds in 220 countries around the world. Favorable prices, round-the-clock chat with the support service, various payment options. In Russian and other languages.
Airbnb
Booking private accommodation with hosts all over the world: rooms, apartments, houses, villas. To date, airbnb has hosted more than 6 million offers in 191 countries. In many languages, including Russian.
- You can book an apartment in Russia and the CIS on the Russian—language platform Daily – more than 100 thousand options in 500+ cities of Russia and beyond.
Hotellook
The program searches for hotels on all leading booking sites at once. User ratings and full-screen photos help you choose a hotel. Compare prices and decide which system is more profitable to book with (discounts up to 60%). In Russian.
Insurance
Tripinsurance
Online travel insurance with insurance limits up to 1 million euros, chronic disease coverage and 24/7 online doctor. Purchase of the policy in 4 minutes. Free medical consultations, calls to the service center, chat with the support service.
Tours
Travelata
Technological search and sale of tours from all tour operators, including: Coral Travel, Tui, Tez Tour, Pegas Touristik, Biblio Globus, Anex Tour, Sunmar and many others. The best deals with discounts up to 70%. Low price calendar, hotel search. Purchase directly in the app without visiting a travel agency. In Russian.
Cards
Google Maps
The largest map database (220 countries and territories). GPS navigation, street view, route creation. You can download maps and use them offline. In many languages, including Russian.
CityMaps2Go
Maps in offline mode + a guide from Wikipedia. Building hiking routes, detailed information, popular places and useful tips. The application menu is in English. The paid version of CityMaps2Go Pro.
MAPS.ME
Maps without an internet connection. Offline search by category, bookmark places, GPS navigation for car, hiking and cycling routes around the world. In many languages, including Russian.
Navigator
Navmii GPS World (Navfree)
Offline navigation with voice guidance and HD maps. Saves routes, shows gas stations. Mode selection by car or on foot. Integrated with Google street view. In many languages, including Russian.
Travel guides
Tripadvisor
The largest social network for travelers. Reviews of hotels, restaurants, entertainment — read other people’s reviews and leave your own, ask questions on the forum. It is available in 49 regions of the world in 22 languages.
WeGoTrip
300+ audio tours with tickets in 150+ cities. High-quality audio tours contain unique stories from local guides. Tickets to the best museums in the world without extra charge, tickets for cable cars, exhibitions, city quests, one-day tours. With this app, you won’t have to queue at the checkout or wait for a guide.
Taxi
Uber
Order a taxi for trips to the airport or around the city. The service operates in more than 500 cities around the world. The application determines your location, shows the driver’s photo and information about the car, tracks his arrival on the map. In Russian.
Translators
Google Translate
Translator with the largest vocabulary base: 103 languages online, 59 languages offline. Voice listening, voice and handwriting input, camera translation, conversation mode, translation of inscriptions from 38 languages.
Yandex.Translate
Translates offline from 6 popular languages, online from 90. Listening to words and phrases, quick typing tips, photo translation of text for 12 languages.
Smart Lens
Converts images to text, scans and translates into more than 100 languages, reads QR and barcodes. He can call from a phone number, send an SMS, open a website URL, send an email, save to Google Drive, share on social networks. It works offline.
Communication
Airalo
Airalo provides eSIM for over 200 countries with convenient internet access. With digital eSIM, you don’t need to buy local SIM cards in each new country and overpay for roaming. Round-the-clock customer support in chat, on social networks, on the website, by email.
The messenger downloads contacts from the phone, supports voice input and voice recording, and stores messages until they are delivered. In many languages, including Russian.
Zoom
A platform for organizing video conferences. Online communication with friends and business partners, remote work or training from anywhere in the world. In many languages, including Russian.
Skype
Calls, video calls, chat, file transfer. Skype is the world leader in terms of the number of users. Requires an internet connection. In many languages, including Russian.
Currency Converter
XE Currency
Fast conversion from one currency to another in offline mode. Monitoring of up to 10 currencies of your choice. There are 10 languages, no Russian, but you don’t need it for a calculator.
Weather
Gismeteo
Weather forecast in the cities of the world. A detailed forecast for 48 hours and a short one for up to 7 days. Airport weather, warnings about geomagnetic storms and other natural anomalies. In 4 languages, including Russian.
Flight tracking
The Flight Tracker
In addition to the above-mentioned mobile travel apps, there are many others. Cities and countries interested in attracting tourists develop their own applications and distribute them for free.
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