Apps for your trip: These free apps make your vacation easier | Life & Knowledge

Pack your suitcase and go on holiday!

Your smartphone can help you prepare for and during your trip. With the right apps, you can prepare for the best weeks of the year and have the perfect guide with you on the way.

Apps can create packing lists, check the weather at your destination or plan tours – there are countless apps that make traveling easier – and new ones are added every day. Here are some of the most useful classics.

Apps for packing your suitcase

☞ PackPoint Travel Companion (Apple) and PackPoint travel packing list (Android)

With the PackPoint app from Wawwo you can enter where you want to go and what you want to do there. The app then creates the appropriate packing list for your Vacationwhich can then be further edited and individualized.

However, additional functions on the Android system cost 3.19 euros and Apple offers a premium version for 2.99 euros. (Manage Default activities and List items as well as Triplt Integration each cost 0.99 euros)

☞ Packr – The suitcase packing list (Apple)

This app also helps you save time and plan your trip better with your smartphones to organize. Enter your destination, departure and arrival dates and your activities. Premium users (1.99 euros/month) can synchronize their trips on all devices.

☞ PackTeo – Packing list for travel (Android)

The PackTeo app helps you quickly create checklists. What's special about it? You can also enter your luggage and its weight here. It can also record multiple people. In-app purchases may vary.

Apps for on the go

☞ Tourist: Travel planner (Apple and Android) can also be used offline and offers over 12,000 cities with which you can plan your vacation. This makes it easy to create the perfect travel plan. There is also various premium content that can be unlocked with in-app purchases (1.99 euros/week).

☞ What you can add: travel guides and routes, itineraries, checklists, budget management, flights, accommodation, attractions and notes. You can also share your experiences with others in blogs.

☞ Get Transfer: Transfers & Rides (Apple and Android) Free app for booking taxis, delivery services, transfers and long-distance travel

☞ CityMaps2Go – Offline maps (Apple and Android) is an offline map app. Ideal for nature lovers who are traveling in remote areas without a network and want to find their way. Premium content can also be purchased (from 9.99 euros).

Apps for communication abroad

☞ Google Translate (Apple and Android) provides translations in 133 languages. You can type in text, translate handwriting, translate images instantly, translate bilingual conversations and use the app offline.

☞ Deepl Translator (Apple and Android) is even more accurate and precise in its translation. Up to 26 languages ​​can be translated.

Apps as travel diaries

☞ Journi Blog: Travel diary (Apple) and Journi Blog – Travel diary (Android) keeps track of maps, photos and notes while traveling, can synchronize with all devices, print and turn the notes into a photo book. Everything works offline too. You can choose between three premium memberships (starting at 4.99 euros).

☞ Findpenguins: Travel Tracker (Apple and Android) tracks the travel route automatically, collects notes and comments, adds maps and statistics and can create a book from the material after the trip. In-app purchases are possible monthly (4.99 euros) and annually (29.99 euros).

☞ Day One – private diary (Apple) is the most used online diary app and can be accessed via computer and mobile Add location and Weatheras well as a variety of photos and videos. In-app purchases offer premium content (from 6.99 euros).

☞ Day One Journal: Private Diary (Android) is the perfect private travel diary for notes, photos and videos. In-app purchases may vary.