Applications useful for holidays

Prey

Application for securing the phone or other mobile device in case of theft and its subsequent localization. The app has additional features like triggering a device alarm, blocking the device, or even masking the app’s icon behind the game. Also, the geographic zone setting function if the device leaves the area is also activated by an alarm.

Advantages: Simple management of mobile devices of various types. Useful features. The application is not well known, so an attacker may not detect and disable it after the device is stolen.

Disadvantages: User-friendly features, such as remote device deletion or device theft, are only available in the paid version.

Platform: Web, Android, iOS

Price: Free (tracking three devices) or $ 5 a month premium version.

Geotourist

This app will replace the tourist guide and provide a personalized guided tour of the interesting locations in the selected location. Commented recordings are linked to a map that guides you in the direction of the tour. Audio recordings can also be downloaded to the phone and listened to in offline mode.

Advantages: The application includes the number of audio recordings and the platform also allows you to add your own recordings, respectively. parades.

Disadvantages: Individual inspections may differ qualitatively. Some famous world metropolises are absent.

Platform: Web, Android, iOS

Price: Free

Google Translate

The known application compiler replaces the dictionary in the suitcase. Currently translates:

• Online from 103 languages
• Offline from 59 languages
• Text translation captured by the camera from 38 languages
• Two-way translation of the conversation from 32 languages

Advantages: Large verbal database, offline download of selected languages. Translation of text with photos is valuable in orientation in a foreign country.

Disadvantages: In the offline mode, only the translation is given by typing. Other forms of translation are only available online. A certain percentage of error has to be taken into account for translations.

Platform: Web, Android, iOS

Price: Free