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Everything that is most important for travel (except for a passport) is placed on a smartphone: payment cards, routes, hotel reservations and even airline tickets. If you can store multiple apps in your phone's memory, they can help you solve your finances on vacation faster.
We've picked useful mobile travel apps that have a free version. And for an additional fee, in some of them you can get more options or, for example, a version without ads.
So what can you do with smartphone financial assistants?
Consider spending
Expensify
The application helps to collect all information about travel expenses. You just need to scan the receipts or enter the amount of purchases manually. You can attach a bank card to the application, and then expenses will be calculated automatically. It is possible to choose different currencies.
The application is convenient to use if you rented a car and go on toll roads. If you turn on GPS, it can automatically calculate how much the trip cost. At the end of the trip, the application will collect all expenses in one report and send it to you by e-mail.
Expensify is suitable not only for recreation, but also for convenient collection of information for a business trip report. The app is currently only supported in English.
Platform: iOS, Android
Trail wallet
Another way to record your travel expenses. In the application, you can specify the limit that you would like to spend per day. Among the disadvantages is that all expenses must be driven in manually. But the application can be used without an Internet connection. When the link appears, it will automatically update the amounts based on the currency rate you selected. The application is available in the English version only.
Platform: iOS
You can also use other financial planning services.
Convert currencies
XE Currency
Convenient currency converter. You can customize a list of 10 currencies and adjust how often the rate is updated. The app has a built-in calculator that instantly converts one currency to another. It is not necessary to connect the Internet all the time: the data can be downloaded once and then used offline. But it is better to periodically update the exchange rates, as they may change more than once during your vacation.
Platform: iOS, Android
xCurrency
A similar application with a more laconic design. Its plus - it can determine, according to your location, into which currency to convert.
Platform: iOS, Android
Receive bonuses
Stocard
Allows you to use discount cards without taking them with you on the trip. You can load any discount card into the application by scanning it with your smartphone's camera. Vendors will read its barcode directly from the phone screen.
This is especially convenient if you get cards while traveling: it makes no sense to always carry a card of a foreign pharmacy or supermarket with you. But if you upload it to the app, you can use the map on your next trip. In addition, the application helps you not to think - have you forgotten the card at home or it has already been lost.
Of course, you can use discounts and accumulate bonuses in coffee shops, pharmacies and stores using this or a similar application not only while traveling, but also at home.
Platform: iOS, Android
Award Wallet
Award Wallet also helps you collect bonus cards in one interface. With this application, you will always have access to all your loyalty programs from airlines and hotels to bonus programs for cafes, shops and gas stations.
To do this, you need to allow the application access to all personal accounts of your bonus programs.
But there is one thing: this application is rather informative - it shows how your balance is changing, reminds you when bonuses will expire and what special offers are available to you. In order to redeem miles and points, you will have to enter your logins and passwords on the airlines' websites or provide your bonus card number in the store.
The app has its own bonus. On his website, you can draw up a travel plan and attach suitable bonuses to each point so that you do not forget to use them on the spot. For example, attach an airline loyalty card to "Flight to Murmansk", and all bonus cards of cafes and restaurants that you plan to visit to "Dinner in Kaliningrad". All this information will be available in the application as well. But here it was not without but: you can edit the plan or add new items to it only through the site.
Platform: iOS, Android
Share the budget
Budgy
Traveling with friends? With this app, you don't have to argue about money anymore. You just need to record in the application all expenses, who paid for them and select the currency of payments. All expenses can be named, for example, "lunch in a tavern" or "horseback riding".
In the application, you need to write down all the participants in the trip, and in the end it will calculate who owes whom and how much.
The financial report of the trip can be sent by mail. The application works so far only in the English version. On the plus side, you can enter information there offline.
A similar application in Russian is Comoney. True, it is paid ($ 4).
Platform: iOS
Trip Budget
A similar financial application for tourists based on Android. Trip Budget breaks down spending into categories - food, transportation, and so on. The costs are also shared among several participants in the trip. In addition, the app allows you to plan your travel budget in advance.
Platform: Android
Find ATMs
In addition to the well-known and familiar Google Maps, there are many other interactive maps designed specifically for tourists.
Maps.me
It will help you quickly find ATMs in the city and at the same time save Internet traffic: Maps.me works offline. All you need to do is to download the map of the country or city where you are going in advance. The application plots the shortest path to the desired point and helps to find cafes, shops, banks, public transport routes.
On the map, you can put your own tags with personal comments and then share them with friends who will gather on the trip after you. Labels can be categorized such as food, clothing, or dressings, and colorized for clarity.
Platform: iOS, Android
2 GIS
A similar application focused on traveling around Russia. But there is also information on the cities of Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Chile and the United Arab Emirates. The application is available in Russian. It works offline, you only need to download the data of the city you are going to once.
You will receive a detailed map with cafes, shops, bank offices and ATMs and will be able to lay out the most convenient routes to them.
In addition, the application contains a detailed directory of organizations: opening hours, reviews, ratings, photos.
Platform: iOS, Android
We've picked useful mobile travel apps that have a free version. And for an additional fee, in some of them you can get more options or, for example, a version without ads.
So what can you do with smartphone financial assistants?
Consider spending
Expensify
The application helps to collect all information about travel expenses. You just need to scan the receipts or enter the amount of purchases manually. You can attach a bank card to the application, and then expenses will be calculated automatically. It is possible to choose different currencies.
The application is convenient to use if you rented a car and go on toll roads. If you turn on GPS, it can automatically calculate how much the trip cost. At the end of the trip, the application will collect all expenses in one report and send it to you by e-mail.
Expensify is suitable not only for recreation, but also for convenient collection of information for a business trip report. The app is currently only supported in English.
Platform: iOS, Android
Trail wallet
Another way to record your travel expenses. In the application, you can specify the limit that you would like to spend per day. Among the disadvantages is that all expenses must be driven in manually. But the application can be used without an Internet connection. When the link appears, it will automatically update the amounts based on the currency rate you selected. The application is available in the English version only.
Platform: iOS
You can also use other financial planning services.
Convert currencies
XE Currency
Convenient currency converter. You can customize a list of 10 currencies and adjust how often the rate is updated. The app has a built-in calculator that instantly converts one currency to another. It is not necessary to connect the Internet all the time: the data can be downloaded once and then used offline. But it is better to periodically update the exchange rates, as they may change more than once during your vacation.
Platform: iOS, Android
xCurrency
A similar application with a more laconic design. Its plus - it can determine, according to your location, into which currency to convert.
Platform: iOS, Android
Receive bonuses
Stocard
Allows you to use discount cards without taking them with you on the trip. You can load any discount card into the application by scanning it with your smartphone's camera. Vendors will read its barcode directly from the phone screen.
This is especially convenient if you get cards while traveling: it makes no sense to always carry a card of a foreign pharmacy or supermarket with you. But if you upload it to the app, you can use the map on your next trip. In addition, the application helps you not to think - have you forgotten the card at home or it has already been lost.
Of course, you can use discounts and accumulate bonuses in coffee shops, pharmacies and stores using this or a similar application not only while traveling, but also at home.
Platform: iOS, Android
Award Wallet
Award Wallet also helps you collect bonus cards in one interface. With this application, you will always have access to all your loyalty programs from airlines and hotels to bonus programs for cafes, shops and gas stations.
To do this, you need to allow the application access to all personal accounts of your bonus programs.
But there is one thing: this application is rather informative - it shows how your balance is changing, reminds you when bonuses will expire and what special offers are available to you. In order to redeem miles and points, you will have to enter your logins and passwords on the airlines' websites or provide your bonus card number in the store.
The app has its own bonus. On his website, you can draw up a travel plan and attach suitable bonuses to each point so that you do not forget to use them on the spot. For example, attach an airline loyalty card to "Flight to Murmansk", and all bonus cards of cafes and restaurants that you plan to visit to "Dinner in Kaliningrad". All this information will be available in the application as well. But here it was not without but: you can edit the plan or add new items to it only through the site.
Platform: iOS, Android
Share the budget
Budgy
Traveling with friends? With this app, you don't have to argue about money anymore. You just need to record in the application all expenses, who paid for them and select the currency of payments. All expenses can be named, for example, "lunch in a tavern" or "horseback riding".
In the application, you need to write down all the participants in the trip, and in the end it will calculate who owes whom and how much.
The financial report of the trip can be sent by mail. The application works so far only in the English version. On the plus side, you can enter information there offline.
A similar application in Russian is Comoney. True, it is paid ($ 4).
Platform: iOS
Trip Budget
A similar financial application for tourists based on Android. Trip Budget breaks down spending into categories - food, transportation, and so on. The costs are also shared among several participants in the trip. In addition, the app allows you to plan your travel budget in advance.
Platform: Android
Find ATMs
In addition to the well-known and familiar Google Maps, there are many other interactive maps designed specifically for tourists.
Maps.me
It will help you quickly find ATMs in the city and at the same time save Internet traffic: Maps.me works offline. All you need to do is to download the map of the country or city where you are going in advance. The application plots the shortest path to the desired point and helps to find cafes, shops, banks, public transport routes.
On the map, you can put your own tags with personal comments and then share them with friends who will gather on the trip after you. Labels can be categorized such as food, clothing, or dressings, and colorized for clarity.
Platform: iOS, Android
2 GIS
A similar application focused on traveling around Russia. But there is also information on the cities of Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Chile and the United Arab Emirates. The application is available in Russian. It works offline, you only need to download the data of the city you are going to once.
You will receive a detailed map with cafes, shops, bank offices and ATMs and will be able to lay out the most convenient routes to them.
In addition, the application contains a detailed directory of organizations: opening hours, reviews, ratings, photos.
Platform: iOS, Android