Best travel apps , travel planners, route calculators and service updates to help make sure you never miss the train again.
Stop getting yourself in a muddle when travelling abroad by letting the automated TripIt service do all the work for you
FREE
The seminal satnav provider has been a long time coming to Android – was it worth the wait?
£30.99
Satnav, GPS, call it what you will, but it’s one of the main car-based aids a GPS-enabled smartphone can provide.
FREE
Constantly updated app which gives you traffic information via Google Maps, helping you to plan your journey easier.
FREE
Qype Radar offers up millions of reviews of local amenities based on your location. From restaurants to taxis, it’s all rated and reviewed.
FREE
Mapping for 70 countries, with driving directions, traffic info and walking navigation.
FREE
An essential iPhone app for any Londoner or befuddled visitor who cannot make head nor tail of the tube map.
£0.59
Satnav applications on mobile phones have developed at an incredible rate, with the latest from CoPilot turning your iPhone into a fully-featured PND.
£26.99
We love talking about the weather in good old Blighty, and Weather Pro provides incredibly accurate local forecasts
£2.39
Keep complex trips under control and carefully logged. You can even blog about what you’re up to and bore your friends senseless. Thanks TripCase!
FREE
Looking for a train? Want to know the time? The TrainTimes is the app for you
FREE
If you already use toptable’s restaurant-booking website, then you will know what is in store with this useful food-finding app.
FREE
Keep track of project working time with this handy client
FREE
Text-to-speech app that allows you to type in phrases and voice-translate them into a number of different languages.
FREE
A free open-source satnav app that could well genuinely disrupt and improve the market for navigation apps on smartphones
FREE
Cover your sat-nav’s ears – Skobbler brings GPS navigation to Anfroid for free
FREE
Turn your BlackBerry into a fully-fledged GPS tracker with this nifty little app
£3.55
Booking train tickets can be a real nightmare, but not if you get yourself RailEasy
FREE
Journey Plans, Train Times, Fares, Platforms, SMS Alerts, Widget, Buy Tickets.
£3.49
An ideal app for the terminally lazy on holidays who want to send postcards, but don’t want to move from the sunbed.
FREE
You want apple tea? We can totally say that to Chinese people now
£0.79
A beautifully made app that will immediately fill you with wanderlust.
£1.49
Find out where you without electronic maps using your phone’s GPS and snaps of maps.
£1.69
Lonely Planet’s Guide to London on the iPhone is certainly a pricey app, but it’s worth it if you are planning to explore the city.
£9.49
Spidery lines all over your screen? What can it mean? That’s a London tube map.
£0.79
Find amenities fast using this app, which searches multiple databases to give you more useful results.
£1.49
A cracking app for hunting local crashpads and planning holiday stays generally
FREE
Available on Android devices with OS 1.6 and upwards, Google Maps Navigation brings free sat nav to your phone
FREE
You’re unlikely to need it every day, or every week for that matter. But for the convenience GloveBox delivers, it’s 69p well spent.
£0.69
Needs a few more versions before it can truly compete with TomTom, but it’s still a good app.
£39.99
Dramatic scenery and great detail, all organised in an easy to follow way. Superb.
£1.99
Turn your Android device into a fully fledged sat nav, complete with turn by turn navigation.
£50.43
A first-class app, and one that’s nicely flexible. The lack of ticket purchasing means it can’t be the only app you use, though.
FREE
Make beautiful walks even more memorable by creating and sharing these journals – just make sure you’ve got a full battery before you do so.
FREE
A useful and well-executed app – though there are a couple of frustrating niggles there, too.
£1.49
A fine way to harness your phones camera to snap and then translate up to 175,000 words from French to English.
£6.00
AA takes a no-frills approach to location-based discovery of UK attractions.
FREE
It’s an unusual way to present a travel app, but one that works so much better for it!
£2.99
Get up-to-the-minute train and travel info on all Virgin trains, including platforms, delays and arrival times.
FREE
An all-singing, all-dancing Tube guide and planner that tries to help you catch that next tube train.
£1.19
Why faff about with paper leaflets when you can use an advanced and interactive tube map instead?
FREE
If you travel or holiday a lot, iPhone’s Trip Advisor app will definitely find you the best hotel or meal
FREE
An app which seeks out the coolest hotel haunts so that you can mingle with the trendies
FREE
Travelling can be stressful, expensive and confusing. A single application helps to bring calm to this chaos by forcing some organisation on your travel-life.
£27.19
Create your own voice commands for turn-by-turn directions on your Nokia
FREE
Car locating tool for forgetful drivers helps you find your Golf in the multi storey.
FREE
Helping you to search out the best places to eat no matter where you are with restaurant listings, reviews and user ratings.
FREE
The visual splendor is somewhat spoilt by the dark tones, and levels are too slow-paced and repetitive to really grip you.
FREE
Explore world cuisine through Food Network UK ’s new mobile app
FREE
Useful for those with a passion for statistics, and could save you real money in fuel efficiency.
£4.99
Get Microsfot’s Bing service on your mobile and access maps, directions and location-aware information on nearby businesses and services.
FREE
Augmented reality app that delivers traffic alerts and speed camera warnings to help you avoid delays and stay fine free on your car journey.
FREE
This offers solid performance in locating speed cameras, but its ugly interface lets it down
FREE
If you’re looking for a decent, free guide to UK hotels then look no further
FREE
The AA’s latest app won’t help you fix a puncture on the M1, but it will make sure your weekends are more fun.
£4.99
Basic translation software that does exactly what is says on the tin – turns words into other words
FREE
Learn a new language for free with easy to follow audio clips and lists. Lots and lots of lists.
FREE
Could find you a nice beer in a pinch, but it’s not comprehensive enough for our tastes.
FREE
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