Thanks to your smartphone, you can save a lot of time and make your life easier when travelling. Just download some really useful applications before you go on holiday. To help you, here is a selection of 8 practical and completely free applications

The travel list app

It's not always easy to think of everything when you're packing, so there's nothing like a little reminder list to help you. The "Travel Pack" application provides you with travel lists based on the country you are going to visit

Several lists of items are proposed to you (clothes, medicines, accessories...) and you tick what you are taking with you. It's a lot more convenient than the piece of paper you can never find when you need it..

Wifi Map

It's well known that instead of going broke using your French flat rate to connect to the internet, it's better to connect to the local wifi. But it's not always so easy to find the nearest hotspot.

The "Wifi finder" application geolocates you and shows you where the free wifi access points in your area are and you even have the right to passwords when there is one! A really good plan.

Google maps

It is certainly the most practical geolocation app. It gives you all the possible routes wherever you are in the world. Just enter your destination and she tells you how to get there: on foot, by public transport, by car...

If you are on foot, a small arrow shows you which path to follow, so you don't go in the wrong direction.

In the car, there is a voice function like in a real GPS and traffic jams or incidents on the road are given in real time. You may even be offered a faster secondary route.

Another advantage is that you can use the cards offline, provided you have downloaded the card in question beforehand.

The altimeter

This is a very useful application for hikers. It tells you not only the altitude you are at, but also the GPS coordinates of where you are. It's really not bad at all and very practical if you get lost because you can immediately communicate your position ..

Another plus: even offline, the app works.

The app that finds the constellations

We all broke our heads one day looking for the constellations on a beautiful starry night on holiday... And it has to be said that it's not always easy! There is now an application to find the constellations in the sky. It's truly magical.

With the SkyView free application, just point your iphone at the sky and the app automatically connects the stars to each other by giving you the name of the constellation concerned. Child's play! However, you will need to be connected to the internet to use it because the app will locate you in real time.

The unit converter

If you're in the United States and you're told it's 75 Farenheit, you'll have a hard time knowing that it's 24 degrees Celsius... And this problem of converting units arises in different countries, whether it's currency, distance, weight...

The "unit converter" application allows you to convert all the units in the world into the ones you know. Really ultra convenient, especially since it is accessible offline.

The app that saves lives

The Red Cross had the good idea to develop "The app that saves". It recapitulates all the gestures to do for first aid with very simple explanations, animations and even videos case by case: heat stroke, burns, allergies, chest pain, suffocation... The " Emergency " tab allows you to have all the information as quickly as possible when a case arises.

Did you know, for example, that in case of a burn you should not put ice on the wound but simply run the wound under cold water for 10 minutes?

Although the app does not replace a real first aid course, it can help in case of emergency. Above all, you can review when you're bored on the road thanks to the "Learn" tab and find out, for example, what all the symptoms of a stroke are.

Finally, the "Prepare" option also allows you to know what to do in case of various disasters: terrorist attack, earthquake, fire, flood, hurricane..

Good to know: the app is also accessible offline.

Tricount

As everyone knows, good accounts make good friends. The "Tricount" app (also accessible offline) allows you to summarize your friends' expenses during a stay and thus facilitate reimbursements at the end of the holidays. It's simple and it avoids a lot of hassle!