While Android is surely catching up, it still can’t beat the iPad, when it comes to tablet optimized applications. The iPad boasts of a stellar number of applications that are enhanced for it. The iPad is an incredible travel companion, it’s convenient and thanks to the cellular models, it keeps you connected anyplace, whenever!
To associate your travel, the App Store features various quality travel applications for the iPad, that you are going to love if you are indeed a road warrior. It’s intense and confusing to pick between those plenty of applications, so worry not, as list you today the top 10 travel applications for the iPad.
1. City Maps 2 Go Pro
If you need an extraordinary travel companion for your iPad, the City Maps 2Go Pro is just the application for you. There are both paid and free versions of the application accessible. If you are a persistent traveller abroad, we will suggest you go ahead with the Pro/Paid version of the application. The Pro version of the application brings you boundless get to and any number of destinations you need while the free version is constrained to five destinations you pick.
City Maps 2 Go gives offline maps, which ought to be extraordinary when you don’t have an internet connection on your iPad. The application gives worldwide coverage, in-depth travel content, search and discovery, tips, recommendations. You can also plan your trips and customize the applications to suite your wants. The application features synchronize capability, so you can be able to see your map data on your iPhone too. The application is accessible for iOS 7 or later and the Pro version cost INR 190.
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2. Kayak
The Kayak application is a great search application if you are travelling to another place. The application lets you search for almost everything you require in another city. You can go ahead and search for Hotels, flights. You can search and book cars, the application additionally brings a flight tracker and itinerary management.
The application works incredible and quick. You will be presented with different details while you search for something. For instance, if you search for a hotel, you will get the different details, for example, the complete address, the distance from you, its ratings and the price rate.
The application is compatible with iOS 7 and later and it’s accessible for free over at the App Store.
3. TripAdvisor
If you are certainly a travel junkie, then you should be aware of TripAdvisor. The TripAdvisor applications is the best application to plan a perfect trip for you. The application gives you a number of great features, which you are going to adore if you adore trips and travelling to new places.
The TripAdvisor application boasts of millions of reviews, opinions, videos and candid pictures by travelers, so if you are going to a new place, you may need to check them out. The application gives you to search for hotels, explore cool restaurants and happening places, the lowest airfare deals and some more. There is a Near Me Now feature that gives you to discover places around your present location. Furthermore, you can ask particular questions to the traveler community at the Trip Advisor forum.
The application needs iOS 6 or later and it’s accessible for free at the App Store.
4. Yelp
Yelp is a very well-known application and it’s the local guide you would want on your iPad. The application is pretty great if you are into exploring new places. Yelp gives you to search for great local businesses and you can discover the best place to eat, shop and enjoy near your current location.
There’s also capability filter your searches depend on rating, prices, distance and some more. You can also pick to filter places by what’s open at that time. Alongside the great discovery capabilities, the application gives you images of local places and rating, reviews from the locals, thus giving you a good and honest idea about a place. You can additionally check out the address of a place and get more details such as the phone number. You can include tips, pictures and more of your own for a place.
Yelp is companionable with iOS 6 or later and it’s accessible for free, over at the App Store.
5. Google Maps
We all know that Apple Maps is okay but still not good sufficient to compete against the likes of Google Maps and Nokia’s Here Maps. Google Maps is the best maps providing on iOS and if you are utilizing an iPad, it’s a must have.
Google Maps gives the great and accurately detailed maps for around 220 nations. There’s voice guided GPS navigation for walking, driving and biking. For the bikers, there’s elevation information too. The application also gives you live traffic reports, automatic rerouting while navigatio and a lot more.
If you are in a new city, the transit directions and maps that Google Maps are a must have. With so many features, we don’t truly want to say more and chances are you already have it on your iPad. If not, get it from the App Store for free. Google Maps requires iOS 6 or later.
[ad type=”banner”]6. TripIt
If you are a frequent traveller, the TripIt application for the iPad is a must have. It is the rapidest way to organize and get going with an excursion you’ve planned at the final minute. You can share all your trip information with TripIt over an email and the application will prepare a detailed everyday itinerary.
You can access these itineraries anytime you need and from multiple devices. The application also gives you maps, direction for places you need to go and weather reports for your destinations. There’s capability to synchronize your trip plans with Outlook, Google and Apple Calender. You can also share your trip plans on social networks or through email.
TripIt is the best application for individuals who travel frequently and need to keep things organized. The application is accessible in both a free and paid version. The paid/Pro version of the application features no-ads and it gives notices for flight alerts, flight tracker and more. The paid version is accessible for Rs. 60 and the application needs iOS 6 or later.
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7. Hotel Tonight
Love making sudden trips? Hotel Tonight might just be the perfect app for you. As the name suggests, it finds you the best Hotel deals in a place for tonight. The app brings you deals that will be hard to find anywhere else.
Hotel Tonight brings you a curated selection of hotels,that are top rated and have the best deals for you. The app supports a lot of countries, so it should be helpful for people who make frequent visits abroad. So, if you want a Hotel room at the last minute, Hotel Tonight should get you one and that too at a great price.
Hotel Tonight is available for free at the App Store and it requires iOS 7 and above.
8. XE Currency
While we talked about a lot of trip planner applications, discovery applications, here’s something that you might really come in handy when you’re travelling to a different country. XE Currency is a cool little app that shows you the current currency rates from every country.
XE Currency offers currency charts from different countries that refresh every minute and the application saves the last updated info if you don’t have an internet connection. There are a lot of features in the application, the notable ones being the currency converter, which lets you calculate prices in different countries’ currency. There’s ability to monitor 10 currencies simultaneously.
The application should be pretty handy for people who travel to different countries a lot for business purposes. The application is accessible for free on the App Store and it needs iOS 6 or later.
9. Pixter
There are times when you are travelling to a country or a state, where the main language is a language you are not well versed with and that’s where Pixter Scanner comes into play. This application extracts texts from pictures by using optical character recognition.
The application is great if you’re not able to read signs and name of the places in a foreign country with a foreign language. Sounds pretty great, right? Don’t worry, as the application works pretty great too. The application can also be utilized to bring a handwritten data into digital form. You should definitely check out the application on your iPad.
Pixter Scanner requires iOS 7 or later and is available for Rs. 190 at the App Store.
10. WorldMate
WorldMate lets you completely depend on an application for your trip. You can plan your excursion, make you booking and manage each part of your trip utilizing only a solitary application, that’s WorldMate.
The WorldMate itinerary gives you to organize your flights, your hotel and car bookings, your business meetings and transportation. The application also provides maps and directions to your destinations on an excursion. The Travel Dashboard presents you with all the data you require at one place. There are a plenty of different features, which make it a great all in one travel application.
The WorldMate applications comes in a free as well as a paid version. The paid version is known as the WorldMate Gold and it gives flight alerts notices, real time flight status, synchronize with your iPhone and no advertisements. The application also 3 months of Gold subscription each time you book a Hotel via the application. WorldMate needs iOS 6 or later and the Gold version is accessible for Rs. 620 on the App Store.
WorldMate – Apple iTunes
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Well, that’s our list for the Top 10 travel apps for the iPad.