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Find a Doctor Across the Pond with mPassport London
Price: Free Score: 9/10 By Lara Vukelich Like its predecessor, mPassport Paris, the mPassport London application is very useful. The app by HTH Worldwide provides a number of medical resources, from a physician locater to a drug equivalency guide for any American living in or traveling to London. Under the doctors tab, you can select the type of physician you [...]
Continue reading...Vatican Museums Tour: Your Personal Museum Guide
28. January 2010
Price: $4.99 Score: 10/10 By Lara Vukelich Have I been to the Vatican Museums? Yes. Do I want to go back in part to use this app? I wouldn’t be opposed. Italy Guides: Vatican Museums Tour by ComPart Multimedia is an app replete with photos and audio that will guide you through the Vatican Museum [...]
Continue reading...Visit Paris App Takes you to The City of Light
17. January 2010
Price: $1.99 Score: 8/10 By Shaun Campbell Paris is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Her history and architecture, arts and culture attract millions of tourists every year who come to experience the wonder that is La Ville-Lumière – The City of Light. Developed by Geodio, Visit Paris is a new iPhone [...]
Continue reading...KLUCKR: Finding Chicken Has Never Been Easier
9. November 2009
Price: $0.99 Rating: 8/10 By Daniel Bischoff Kluckr is an app from the website of the same name that allows you to find the best possible chicken wings in your neighborhood. When you first load up the app, your iPhone will ask you if it’s OK for Kluckr to use your current location. If you [...]
Continue reading...New Version of myLanguage Pro Shows Big Improvement
28. October 2009
Price: $4.99 Rating: 8/10 By Michelle Schusterman Creating a truly useful language translation app requires constant building, changing, and adding – and myLanguage, Inc. is apparently up for the challenge. We reviewed their application, myLanguage Pro, over a month ago, stating that this app “shows a lot of promise with some improvements.” And in the latest version [...]
Continue reading...Walkabout is Anything but Roundabout for Travelers
4. October 2009
Price: $2.99 Score: 9/10 By Michael Essany For serious travelers who live and die by their itineraries, there’s Walkabout from Jon Wiest, a welcome addition to the app store family. Combining the tools to stay organized and the resources to remain informed, Walkabout is not as much a tour guide as it is a travel log. Allowing [...]
Continue reading...GlobeMaster App Makes Globetrotting Safer, Easier
27. September 2009
Price: $2.99 Score: 9/10 By Michael Essany Never in the history of humankind has the ability to travel been so easy, accessible, and largely affordable. Unfortunately, globetrotting still involves a host of challenges for visitors in unfamiliar places. With a foreign road map folded under one arm and a hefty translation guide tucked beneath the other, [...]
Continue reading...myLanguage Pro is Helpful, But Needs Some Improvements
12. September 2009
Price: $0.99 Rating: 7/10 By Sarah Parker The application myLanguage Pro, developed by myLanguage, Inc., is a useful application for those who need a little extra help translating various languages while traveling. myLangauge Pro has an extensive and impressive language database, with a total of 45 supported languages. The translation capabilities are all interchangeable: you can translate [...]
Continue reading...Cab4Me – Get a Taxi Anywhere
29. June 2009
Price: $1.99 Score: 8/10 By Shaun Campbell Most people know their local cab numbers – but what do you do when you’re out of town? Cab4Me from Skycoders GmbH is a new iPhone app that makes finding a cab easy, no matter where you are. Cab4Me uses your current location (via GPS or cell triangulation) and [...]
Continue reading...Free WiFi Cafe Spots Finds you Free Internet
18. June 2009
Price: $1.99 Score: 8/10 By Shaun Campbell There is something strangely satisfying about scamming yourself some free WiFi. And it’s not just satisfying – it can be incredibly useful if you don’t have 3G internet or mobile broadband for your laptop. Free WiFi was a god-send when I was traveling – internet cafes are generally expensive [...]
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27. February 2010
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