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Google Translate
Free, iOS and Android- Google Translate
This translator can be a useful tool to support your own,
more serious language learning, but realistically, it’s most
useful on a practical level quickly translating day-to-day
words you come across on your travels. For example, you can
hold your camera up to text – such as a sign, or a menu – and
Google will translate it for you instantly. It’s an essential app
for any traveller.
Wolfram Sun Exposure
on iOS only - Price: £0.79
There are a few apps out there that help
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you manage your time in the sun safely,
but this one offers the most detailed
information to keep you informed. You
enter your skin type and it calculates
how long you can spend sunning
yourself before getting burned, based on
the time of day, where you are and the
strength of sun cream you’re wearing.
It also provides UV forecasts for your
location.
8Free, iOS and Android, livetrekker.com
This ambitious app creates a digital journal of your travels so
LiveTrekker
you can look back on your trips on an interactive map. The
app tracks you as you go, marking a red line along a map on
the exact route you take; the app also monitors your speed
and altitude, making it great for adventure travellers, though
it’s just as fun to look back at your route around a city.
You can add pictures, video, audio and text along the way,
creating a multimedia travel diary you can share.
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Tipulator
• Free, iOS and Android
The standard tip in Israel is 10% at a restaurant, which is
pretty easy to calculate, but this app makes it even easier!!
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If you need to get somewhere much faster, this app is
Get Taxi
Free, iOS and Android
exactly like Uber for Israel.
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Red Alert
Free, iOS and Android
Just to be extra cautious, you can get real time alerts
from this app to receive security updates from all over the
country.
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Even though you might be learning about it in school or
Israeli News
Free, iOS and Android
seeing it on T.V. anyway, this is another way to stay on top
of what’s going on around the country!
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Israel App
Free, iOS and Android
Be your own personal tour guide and get tips on
everything, from places to travel to on weekends and how
you can spend afternoons off.
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