Exactly how a travel app should be done

FREE

the good

  • » Amazingly well designed
  • » Huge amount of content
  • » City tours are especially great

the bad

  • » Block text background info
  • » Makes the Trip Advisor app look bad
9.1
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Skyscanner

Money

30th Nov -0001

This travel app for Android app will save you money

FREE

the good

  • » Great UI
  • » Chart function is excellent
  • » Good in broad strokes

the bad

  • » Some routes under represented
7.3
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WorldMate

Travel

30th Nov -0001

Neat travel itinerary planner

FREE

the good

  • » My Trips automated itinerary building
  • » Slick design

the bad

8.3
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Get live travel info and plot your Underground route offline

£0.99

the good

  • » Offline functionality makes it useable on the tube
  • » POI search function
  • » Live departure info

the bad

  • » More POIs please
8.2
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Your travel guide to The Big Apple and other cities around the globe

£4.29

the good

  • » Superb, easy-to-use UI
  • » A wealth of detail and local knowledge
  • » Mapping is downloaded at the setup stage - no roaming charges

the bad

  • » Huge initial setup download - albeit once only
  • » Accesses GPS without permission
8.8
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Glympse

Going Out

30th Nov -0001

Real time location-sharing made easy

FREE

the good

  • » Simple and super-intuitive
  • » Real-time tracking
  • » Slick PC tracking interface

the bad

  • » Heavy GPS use saps power
8.7
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Turns your Android phone into a multi-language interpreter

FREE

the good

  • » Great text translation
  • » Good English voice recognition
  • » Unrivalled wow-factor

the bad

  • » Robotic voice
  • » Patchy foreign language voice recognition
8.9
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The world's biggest eBook library lands on Android

FREE

the good

  • » Huge catalogue
  • » Cross-device sync
  • » Customisable reading experience

the bad

  • » Expensive books
  • » Dull magazine experience
  • » No dictionary
9
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Google Goggles

Tools

30th Nov -0001

Use pictures to search the web

FREE

the good

  • » Simple but powerful
  • » Scans print to text
  • » Clever tricks

the bad

  • » Patchy translation
  • » No facial recognition
9.4
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RAC Traffic

Travel

30th Nov -0001

Warns of traffic problems and Pro version can act as a route planner

FREE

the good

  • » Traffic incidents well displayed
  • » Useful explanations of road conditions
  • » Areas of delay shown clearly on map

the bad

  • » No times shown for incidents
  • » Route planner of limited value
6.7
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FlightTrack

Travel

30th Nov -0001

Powerful and comprehensive flight-information

£3.20

the good

  • » Well designed and easy to use
  • » Seating maps from SeatGuru
  • » Automatic information-updates

the bad

  • » No integration with airlines
  • » Lacks frequent-flyer details
8.5
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Parking

Travel

30th Nov -0001

Straightforward, albeit simplistic, app for finding nearby car parks

FREE

the good

  • » Quick and responsive
  • » Able to call car parks from the app

the bad

  • » Locations poorly displayed
  • » Questionable sources of data
  • » No pricing information for car parks
4
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