4w ago

must hsve apps for trip

hey guys

which apps would be must have for you for a trip abroad also general apps recommendations are fine

preferably ipen source (foss)

hopefully here is fine i didnt see any rule against it if its not okay remove the post

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Anki to learn the language (if you need it) Binary eye for qr codes (you ll need it in restaurants, museums etc ) Breezy for the weather (low poly ui, love it!) Co maps for navigation (fork of organic maps, offline) Converter - km/miles and currencies Translate you for translation ,you can set different translation engines
- Breezy is brilliant, thank you for the recommendation
Whatever map software you pick, try to download a huge chunk of offline map for your area.
Figure our the public transit apps the locals use, familiarize yourself. Download offline data if possible.
Maps. Translations. Local eSIM. Local rideshare or taxi app.
I used citymapper on my trip through four countries in Europe a couple months ago and it was amazing for the transit systems and navigating me around. Especially useful in Paris and London's subway and bus lines. I really liked the reminder notification it would send me when my stop was approaching, because I would get the notification on my Garmin watch.
Other than that, openvpn client back to my home router in the US when I was on public Wi-Fi.
Google translate for real time image translation and quick reference to ensure I remembered the right word in French or German properly.
- City mapper is excellent for bike riding too! It lets you use bike share bikes confidently knowing that it's routing you on safe bike lanes and roads, rather than sending you down heavily trafficked ones like Google does.
  It only works on some cities though, which is a bummer.
Trail Sense
I have two suggestions. First is YR weather, is is from the Norwegian bureau of meteorology, and I find it really reliable and accurate in a lot of places. I actually had it recommended to me by a farmer in the middle of bowhere North East Victoria, Australia who said it was the most accurate for him in his area which actually turned out to be really true!
Second is Peak Finder, which I think is a one time paid app, but I've had it for ages so cant remember. It is an augmented reality app that you hold up to the horizon and it will tell you what all the mountains that you see are.

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