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The best app for car travel. Travel apps. Applications for searching flight tickets

The best app for car travel. Travel apps. Applications for searching flight tickets

Most useful mobile applications for travel for iPhone and Android devices: 12 best electronic assistants that will organize your trip. Travelers, arm yourself!

Hello friends! I travel 10-15 times a year and without convenient applications, which are always at hand, my brain would break, and my budget would suffer greatly. Without these helpers, traveling to new countries is difficult and expensive. In this review I will tell you about the very best useful programs for your gadget that I use myself. Let's go!

1. Search for tours

Do you prefer to relax on a package holiday? You don't need a travel agent in an office near the metro. They have one interest - to sell you a more expensive tour. For people of the 21st century, I recommend searching for and buying tours using a smartphone. It happens that I urgently need to buy a last-minute ticket when I’m still abroad. How to do this without a normal online service? No way!

2. Search for air tickets

Air tickets are the first thing an independent traveler needs. And preferably cheaper!

I think that the best mobile application for finding tickets is from the well-known Aviasales. Price comparison among 700+ airlines, price calendar, voice search, building complex routes, map low prices and a bunch of other useful features in one program. Download on Android or iPhone.

I believe in cheap flights and budget travel! This is me on the island of Penang in Malaysia, my first winter in Asia.

3. Search for hotels

I bought the tickets - it's time to look for a hotel. Prices for the same hotel different services not the same - the difference can be 10-30%. So we need to compare all the booking sites and find the best price. Can do this Hotellook: download for Android or iPhone. Install it on your gadget, and you can always quickly find an inexpensive hotel anywhere and at any time.

6. Offline maps

This is the most useful mobile app for traveling.

What does every traveler need? Of course, on the map! But a paper map is inconvenient, and online maps do not work without the Internet. MAPS.ME and OsmAnd will come to the rescue - both work on the basis of Open Street Map and are almost identical, but the first has a more intuitive design.

These applications will help you build routes, find cafes, shops, ATMs, gas stations, attractions, and so on. To work offline, download a map of the desired country or region in advance. I use these programs on every trip I take: in the mountains, desert, jungle - wherever I end up, it’s easy to find the right road using GPS and these maps.

6. Search for food

Food in establishments for locals is always tastier than in restaurants for tourists. Pick up good place where you can have a snack, well-known free apps, or . There are reviews, tourist ratings and more or less convenient filters for searching places by price level and type of cuisine.


The main thing when traveling is to find a place where the food is tasty and inexpensive. The rest will follow! Photo from South Korea.

7. Money

Very important! Install your banks' applications on your smartphone. This way you can make banking transactions, monitor your balance and block the card in case of problems.

  • : 10% cashback on hotels and car rentals, 2-3% on air tickets, 2% on all other purchases + free annual medical. insurance + the ability to buy tickets for any airline using miles + a year of free service.
  • : withdrawal of money without commission all over the world + the ability to change the currency of your account (euro, dollars and others) in the application so as not to lose a penny on conversion + 3 months of free service.

Read my detailed one and find out how to save wisely when traveling.

Calculate your travel expenses in the program. Just don’t forget to enter your expenses there, and after your vacation, look at the report - you’ll find out where so much money went.


In the magical mountains of the beloved Caucasus! Adygea, Lago-Naki.

8. Taxi

When traveling, I try to travel by public transport - it’s cheaper. But sometimes you have to take a taxi. To prevent cunning taxi drivers from ruining you (especially when you need to go from or to the airport), use mobile applications for finding cars. Install in advance Yandex.Taxi(Android or iOS) for Russia and foreign version Uber(Android or iOS) for abroad. If you're traveling with a group or family, Uber rides are often even cheaper than bus rides.

9. Lost in translation

You can’t go abroad without an interpreter! I am using a useful application Google Translate (for and ). It also has a cool feature - translation through the camera: point the lens at the text, and voila - more or less understandable text in a language you know. I advise you to translate not into Russian, but into English, otherwise the result in half the cases will make you laugh wildly (the pearls there are fierce!). Before your trip, download a dictionary of the languages ​​you need. Alternative: - useful applications for communicating with family, friends and foreigners. For example, it is convenient to correspond with the owner from whom you rent an apartment. By the way, with Skype you can make calls to regular landline and mobile numbers- the service is paid, but inexpensive. I had to call Sberbank support to unblock the card while traveling, and I used Skype.

12. Wine

I don’t know about you, but I love wine! It is especially difficult to control yourself when traveling through European wine countries. I’m never a sommelier myself, so I have to look for help when it comes to choosing good wine.

Vivino is a cool, convenient and free mobile application for choosing wine. You launch the program, scan the label and get all the necessary information: user ratings, reviews, taste description, characteristics, average price. Choose wines with a rating of 3.8 or higher. One minus: you need internet.

Thanks to this useful application I buy wines in Europe for 10-20 €, which in Russia cost 5,000 rubles. Bliss!

First photo: Martin Engel - Grafiker Hamburg | unsplash.com.

If you have always thought of themed smartphone apps as some kind of funny toys that can only sometimes be useful in certain situations, then it’s time to take a fresh look at the situation. Applications are capable of not only performing certain individual functions or providing information support, but also burying entire segments alive various devices. For example, it was they who practically destroyed the car navigator market in a matter of years. And the next victim has long been in sight. But we will not make predictions and will simply share those applications, or, more precisely, their varieties that we ourselves seem relevant and interesting.

Acceleration measurement

  • Version: 2.1
  • Google.Play rating: 3.7
  • Number of installations: 50-100 thousand.
  • Volume: 4.9 MB
  • Link to the program:


What Russian doesn't like driving fast? And fast acceleration? A smartphone is a perfectly suitable tool for measuring these parameters. The bulk of such programs base their performance on data not from the GPS receiver, but from the acceleration sensor. The GPS receiver has extremely low accuracy for these tasks and a huge error. However, there are programs whose developers claim that GPS is also used to obtain readings and correct results.

"Acceleration measurement" uses only data from the acceleration sensor. Before starting, it is necessary to perform calibration. Recording of the result will begin automatically when you start moving. The main thing is not to hold the smartphone in your hands. This is the most common mistake among those who give this and all similar programs a low rating. The smartphone must be firmly secured in the cradle! At the end of the measurements, the program saves the result and can show the final graph.

If you have a manual car, then keep in mind that if it takes you more than 0.5 seconds to change the next gear, then this is a rather weak result. Professionals switch with lightning speed - literally with blows (if you practice, you won’t kill the box).

In addition to measuring acceleration dynamics in the application, you can specify a number technical characteristics car, and then it will also be able to plot power and torque graphs. Overall, the app is good, but tends to inflate results. Although it all depends on the quality of the built-in sensor in a particular smartphone.

RoadAR DVR

  • Version: 1.4.8
  • Google.Play rating: 4.3
  • Volume: 26 MB
  • Link to the program:

The DVR is the very feature of a smartphone that could undermine the real market segment, but this has not happened yet. I don't think it will happen in the future. However, those who this function needed from time to time, can be done without software solutions, of which there are quite a lot, and many of them have an expanded set of additional functions, such as RoadAR.

The application copes with its primary responsibilities perfectly. You can overlay time, coordinates and speed on the video. But there is no separate saving of short video fragments based on events from sensors. But there is a function for recognizing road signs: speed limits, pedestrian crossings, “give way”, prohibition of overtaking, prohibition of stopping and parking. If necessary, the application displays warnings, for example, if you are stopped in the area of ​​a “no stopping and parking” sign or if you accelerate too much in front of a pedestrian crossing.

In general, character recognition works quite satisfactorily. But you need to understand that the phone’s camera is not designed to work in backlit conditions, so on sunny days all camera-related functions will not work satisfactorily.

And one more caveat: RoadAR is very demanding on hardware resources. During a trip, when recording video, it drives two 1.2-GHz Cortex A9 cores to 100%. If you have a weaker single-core smartphone, then it is better to use another application, for example or.

Auto Expenses

  • Version: 1.91
  • Google.Play rating: 4.5
  • Number of installations: 5-10 thousand.
  • Volume: 5.4 MB
  • Link to the program:


There is a category of citizens who like to scrupulously calculate expenses. There are those who are simply interested in what it actually costs to run one kilometer on their car or one month to maintain it. And there are serious revelations here. Many are surprised to learn that if they had walked for three years, they would have paid off the mortgage long ago. A beer with friends after work would be a nice bonus.

There are also those for whom it is important not to miss the next replacement of spark plugs or air filter. In all these cases, apps like Auto Expenses will come in handy. In the above-mentioned application, you can separately keep records of a large number categories of expenses, keep track of when and which consumables were changed, plus set up reminders for their periodic replacement, which is very convenient.

Automotive lawyer

  • Version: 3.5
  • Google.Play rating: 4.4
  • Number of installations: 0.5-1 million.
  • Volume: 2.1 MB
  • Link to the program:


The application contains step by step instructions and scenarios for communicating with traffic police inspectors in case of violation of the rules traffic or the emergence of controversial situations. It also contains comments on the preparation of protocols, various background and related information, including the amount of fines and other educational measures. Plus a convenient interface.

The free version of the application has not been updated since spring 2013, so some of the information in it may be out of date. However, in general, it is quite suitable for everyday practice. And if you want to have more up-to-date information at hand, you can additionally install the “” application.

Traffic police fines

  • Version: 1.0.6
  • Google.Play rating: 4.3
  • Volume: 12 MB
  • Link to the program:


There are applications that help you check whether you have received fair (or not so fair) retribution and whether you have any debts to your homeland in the form of unpaid fines. The TKS Bank version, called “Traffic Police Fines,” is a little more practical than some of its competitors. Its advantages are the presence of a notification system (subscription), which will notify you of the appearance of “sudden debts”. The “” application is no less popular. It is supported by a large number of devices and it allows you to pay not only with a bank card, but also with Yandex.Money.

AALinQ Player in Auto

  • Version: 1.2.1.0
  • Google.Play rating: 3.4
  • Number of installations: 100-500 thousand.
  • Volume: 3.2 MB
  • Link to the program:


This player was originally created as software part for working with external hardware units that expand the capabilities of built-in speaker systems various cars. After all, automakers were able to teach their cars to play MP3 approximately 10 years after MP3 players were in the pockets of every second student. Therefore, various companies have offered and are offering their solutions that make up for this omission.

AALinQ is quite suitable for those car owners who have not yet installed a USB drive instead of a CD changer on their “rare Lexus” or who have Aux connectors or the ability to connect via Bluetooth.

The player's functions are quite standard. And the design for automotive use is expressed in large interface buttons and the ability to control playback from the lock screen. This can be useful when the smartphone is not charged in the car, but is used as a sound source, and in this case, according to the settings, the screen is dimmed to save battery power.

GPS AntiRadar Free

  • Version: 1.0.39
  • Google.Play rating: 4.3
  • Number of installations: 0.5-1 million.
  • Volume: 11 MB
  • Link to the program:

IN free version This is an extremely simple application. The neat interface has just two buttons: one activates camera alerts, and the second allows you to add new detected cameras to the database. For each camera, the speed limit for a given area and the direction of monitoring are specified. In the settings, you can limit alerts only if the speed limit is exceeded by more than 19 km/h. The only minor flaw is that all road cameras are considered radar cameras.

Total for at the moment The database contains just over 9 thousand cameras throughout Russia, and their locations can be found here.

As an alternative to GPS AntiRadar Free, we can recommend the application, which is successful in many ways, has more than 500 thousand objects in the database, but warns about cameras on dedicated lanes for public transport, speed limits and speed bumps only when you subscribe. Moreover, the price bites.

Where is my car parked

  • Version: 1.51
  • Google.Play rating: 4.0
  • Number of installations: 1-5 thousand.
  • Volume: 3.2 MB
  • Link to the program:

Blondes with topographic cretinism, mushroom pickers and travelers - this is for you. There are many similar applications, and we took this one solely because of the Russian interface. The application has only two buttons: remember your current location and show the saved location on the map along with your current one. Nothing more.

If you're not afraid English language, then it’s better to install another more popular application - You can store several places in it, and also add photos and notes to the tags, for example, the number of the parking space and the floor in a multi-story parking lot.

iOnRoad - road assistant

  • Version: 1.5.1
  • Google.Play rating: 3.8
  • Number of installations: 0.5-1 million.
  • Volume: 5.2 MB
  • Link to the program:





You don’t have a Mercedes and the ability to order car tracking systems for it. road markings, distance to the vehicle in front and navigation with augmented reality mode? No problem. One of the most powerful startups in history will fill these gaps.

Before you start working, you need to securely secure the smartphone in the cradle and align its position with the virtual levels that appear on the screen in the event of a noticeable deviation along one of the axes. After the movement starts, the application takes 5-10 seconds to analyze the picture and recognize the markings and other objects in the frame. While driving, the distance to the vehicle in front is displayed on the smartphone screen, and warning signals sound in case of danger. The same thing happens when crossing a solid marking line. Overall, the application works well, but the lack of a lens hood on smartphone cameras makes the built-in camera difficult to operate on sunny days. The screen becomes overexposed and object recognition deteriorates.

In addition to the main function, the application will display the text of incoming SMS, transfer incoming calls to external speaker and will help you find the place where you parked your car. Moreover, it will link an automatically taken photo from the camera to this location and offer to set a timer with a reminder. It will also save pictures of unexpected situations during sudden maneuvers or braking. The application can run in background and will not interfere with other navigation programs.

But the main thing is that there is a DVR function. Alas, it's paid. However, with it, all these “bells and whistles” that do not always work stably begin to make sense.

Moscow transport

  • Version: 1.4.2
  • Google.Play rating: 3.8
  • Number of installations: 0.1-0.5 million.
  • Volume: 26 MB
  • Link to the program:




The application contains a large volume of various reference information and several services. In essence, this is a repackaged and slightly expanded piece of the Moscow State Services application. The main point in the application is a map on which you can display up to 13 layers: intercept parking lots, gas stations with high-quality and low-quality fuel, park-and-ride routes, parking lots, payment machines, etc. In “Services” you can check a taxi by license plate number legality, view the list of issued fines and search the database of evacuated cars. The “Help” contains traffic rules, a list of fines, routes of ground urban transport and a number of other useful information.

One of key functions applications - sending messages to other motorists by license plate, provided that the owner was registered in this application or in “Moscow State Services” and linked data about your car, and also enabled notifications via SMS or push in the application settings. Why are these notification methods initially disabled and are not offered to be enabled when linking a car? This is a question for the developers. After all, this negates the entire advertised idea. Each new user must realize that notifications must be turned on manually through the settings menu. Otherwise, you can only find out about incoming messages by launching the application and going to the “Messages” section. In addition, not all messages reach registered recipients. Sometimes they get lost.

Other complaints include stability. Cloud services They often “hang” for hours, while the application produces some unintelligible script errors, and guess what exactly the problem is. But despite all the negativity, the application can be very useful.

BlaBlaCar - Search for travel companions

  • Version: 4.1.23
  • Google.Play rating: 4.3
  • Number of installations: 1-5 million.
  • Volume: 10 MB
  • Link to the program:


If you want to cut down on gasoline costs on long-distance trips or are just looking for company on the road, then BlaBlaCar, widely advertised on social networks, is a completely suitable solution. By registering as a driver (or you can do without registering at all), you simply indicate the starting and ending point, departure date and time, the price for which you are willing to accept a passenger on board, free space for luggage and leave a comment. Then you wait for applications from the “horseless”.

If you register, you will be able to add your photo to your avatar, indicate the make of the car and your attitude towards communicating on the road, listening to music, smoking and transporting animals in the cabin. Statistics also begin to be collected on you, which has a positive effect on your reputation in the system and will help you find travel companions faster in the future.

Breathalyzer - PartyFriend

  • Version: 1.1.3
  • Google.Play rating: 3.8
  • Number of installations: 0.1-0.5 million.
  • Volume: 1 MB
  • Link to the program:


In the past, on weekends before lunch, traffic police officers were often on duty at the exits from cottage villages near Moscow, who caught the “early birds” and initiated the process of confiscation of driver’s licenses for the presence of minor “exhaust”. The business was profitable for them, and it is good that now this practice is fading away. Nevertheless. To correctly calculate the departure time, it is best to use a portable breathalyzer. Chinese “toys”, although they give a large error, are generally quite capable of “hinting” When it's a little early, huh When It's definitely possible. Well, if you don’t have such a “toy,” then you can use an approximate mathematical calculation using appropriate applications, of which there are a huge number. The optimal ones will be those who, in addition to your build, “understand” that you did not drink all the mentioned alcohol in one gulp at a strictly specified time, but over several hours. After that, an approximate graph of blood alcohol content will be built depending on the elapsed time. And “Breathalyzer - PartyFriend” is ready to help you with all this. But if you are not afraid of the English language, then you can install the application “” developed by Netigen Tools. It gives a less optimistic assessment and, in addition, has a built-in reaction speed test. So, just in case, for the self-confident.

This app is an indispensable tool at the airport, especially if you fly infrequently. It will inform you about changes in the status of your flight, remind you to open online check-in, tell you Wi-Fi passwords and the best places to eat. The app has the largest coverage worldwide, with over 1,000 airlines and over 5,000 airports.

What to do if the flight is delayed for a long time, while the air carrier does not provide the compensation required in such cases? What to do if the flight is canceled altogether? If you need help asserting your rights, contact AirHelp - essentially an online aviation lawyer. The application will help you receive compensation for a canceled or delayed flight. In return, he takes a 25% commission for his services.

Finds offers of decent hotels with big discounts. Hotels are selling rooms at low prices that risk going unsold. An excellent option for those who decided to go on a spontaneous trip, suddenly found themselves without a roof over their head, or wanted to live in luxury for a day or two. Use the application to book hotels in the USA and Europe; there are few offers in Russia yet.

In an unfamiliar place, especially in a densely populated metropolis with complex transport interchanges and many subway exits, regular card won't be enough. Citymapper is the recognized king among applications that help you move around the city. It controls the metro, ground transport, electric trains, bike rental and taxis. It will build your route based on constantly updated data and use an alarm to remind you that it’s time to go out. In Russia, coverage extends to Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Comprehensive map guides to cities and countries. Contains detailed routes to the most visited cities in the world. The maps are detailed and work completely offline. You can search in different categories: restaurants, cafes, tourist attractions, hotels, ATMs and public transport. On cycling or walking routes, the app shows the slope - uphill or downhill. You can also use it to book hotels through Booking.

A replacement for traditional printed travel guides, featuring over 100 guides to world capitals and smaller cities. Recommends attractions, restaurants, places for walking and shopping. It works without a network connection, which means there is no need to buy roaming. In Russia it provides data for Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Universal translator, the database contains 103 of the most common languages. Translation into 59 languages ​​is available without an Internet connection. There is a convenient function for real-time translation: just point your camera at a menu in a Japanese restaurant or an announcement at a bus stop in Paris, and you will immediately receive a translation. Or you can draw hieroglyphs or letters directly on the screen. A microphone for speech translation will help you communicate with local residents.

For those who can’t get enough of attractions and restaurant guides all the time. Local designers, gallerists and musicians recommend their favorite spots in different cities. If you wish, you can get personal recommendations, find out the opening hours, addresses and websites of the establishments you like, and also call Uber to the place you like so you don’t get lost.

An opportunity to save on expensive excursions and better experience the local atmosphere. The application contains a large collection of audio guides for cities in Russia and Europe. Izi.travel will automatically determine your location and start playing the story. Just walk along the scenic routes and listen. If you don’t want to use roaming, download audio guides to your phone before your trip.

The Russian-speaking giant in the world of guidebooks will guide you through Barcelona, ​​Prague, Rome, London, Berlin, Budapest, Vienna, Amsterdam, Madrid, Tbilisi, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sochi. The application will tell tourists the most important things about the main museums, restaurants and city events. It contains a map on which it is convenient to build routes. Weather forecast, currency converter and useful tips are also provided.

The Vegetarian Guide covers a huge range of restaurants, cafes, eateries and health food stores in more than 180 countries. There is a convenient search by keywords: “organic”, “gluten-free”, “raw” and many others. Addresses and opening hours are complemented by mouth-watering photographs of food.

Connects drivers who have empty seats in their car with fellow travelers who need to get to another city. For the driver, this is an opportunity to save on fuel, and for passengers, getting to their destination is much cheaper than by train, and more comfortable than by bus. From Moscow to St. Petersburg for 1000 rubles - quite realistic.

Living classics for independent travel. It will help you rent a room, apartment or entire villa from owners in almost 200 countries around the world. It's cheaper than renting a hotel room. And as a bonus, you get the comfort of home and spiritual communication. When choosing an apartment, be sure to pay attention to reviews.

Generates monotonous sounds - binaural beats that will help you fall asleep and relax. Recommended for those who are tired of jet lag and want to acclimatize faster. True, there is no scientific confirmation of the effect of this practice, but users like it.

Traveling is not only about package tours and relaxation under the hot sun. If you are the type of traveler who prefers adventure and the challenge of a five-star hotel, a survival guide will be a great companion for you. He will tell you how to explain any request in Morse code (even SOS, even “Mom, send me some more money”), how to light a fire in the desert or survive in snow captivity. The manual can be used in offline mode, an Internet connection is only required for the initial download of data. The app was created by a former Special Air Service soldier and instructor, so you can trust it.

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