Useful Apps

Visa Requirements for Countries around the World

• Visalist

Maps and Route Planning

• iOverlander
• Google Maps (iOS /Android, free)
• HERE Maps – Better offline maps (Download free)
• Maps.me – iPhone and Android offline maps

Language

• Google Translate (iOS /Android, free)
• Duolingo – a freemium language-learning platform (iOS / Android, free)

Financial

• XE Currency – (iOS /Android, free)

Photography

• Snapseed – Powerful set of tools for better mobile phone photo editing (iOS / Android, free)

Communications

• Signal – Free, secure, encrypted voice calling, video calling and instant messaging app.
  • Alternative: Skype – The granddaddy of all consumer VoIP systems, Skype lets you make and receive calls from anywhere that has a decent internet connection. Premium services let you call real phones as well, or provide a standard phone number for others to call you.
  • Alternative: Google Voice – Lets you make and receive calls and texts from a U.S. based phone number when you’re travelling, often free of charge.

Other Travel Tools

• Sit or Squat – Bathroom finder (iOS /Android, free)
• Wifi Map – Helps you stay connected (iOS / Android, free)
• Time and Date

Online Security

• LastPass – LastPass works with the browsers on your desktop, tablet and phone, and will securely generate and/or save your login information for any website. You only ever need to remember the password for the app itself. (iOS, Android – Yearly subscription for full benefits)
• Google Authenticator – This two-step verification app provides an ever-changing code that needs to be entered as well as your password. It works offline, and is supported by Google, Facebook, WordPress (Download)

Other useful Tools

• Pocket – saves web page to read offline at a later
• Evernote – create and sync notes, web pages, images, sound recordings and more, across devices. (Download, free) 
  • Alternative: Google Docs