These are the Apps that we’re loading and using for the trip, on our smartphone, laptop and/or tablets. Three cheers for technology!
General:
- Firefox
- Instagram (follow me! @warblerific)
- Snapseed – intuitive and powerful photo editor made by Google
- ebird – we’ll be documenting all the birds we see, you can follow along, just look up Kevin Hannah
- Skype – we’ve been told that if we get a Skype phone number, we can forward messages to our smartphone, so people can contact us at one number the whole trip
- WhatsApp – the best way to share photos, videos and contact info with other travellers
- Google sheets – this is where we keep our big trip metafile; can be used offline
- Sony play memories mobile -camera app; sending images to my phone for editing and uploading is priceless!
- Google Translate
Entertainment:
- Netflix
- Minecraft PE (boys)
- The kids have various games loaded – Sudoku, Tangram, Solitaire, FIFA 15, Clash Royale, Subway Surf, Bloons TD 5…
- Overdrive – the software from our public library at home, for reading free ebooks
My kids are obsessive readers: thank goodness for free ebooks from the public library!
Travel:
- Booking
- TripAdvisor
- Agoda
- AndroMoney – for tracking spending – not sure how useful this will be; I might just use google sheets or Excel (or a pen and paper, ha!)
- Wikicamps Australia
- Wikicamps New Zealand
- Maps.Me – offline maps, recommended by travelling friends – apparently it’s a lifesaver!
Education:
- Skymap – Southern constellations! Can’t wait!
- WordPress – we all will write blog posts; the kids will use blogging as part of their journaling homework
- *still reasearching math apps – potentially Khan Academy?
We are also looking into a password manager – any recommendations? *Update – We are using LastPass, and it’s great so far!
Can you think of any we’re missing that we should add? (We use Android devices).
*I’ll update this list as we come across other useful apps that we end up downloading and using.
Later!
Theresa
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