Going to abroad for study? if yes then these apps will save lot's of your time and money that you can later use for your study. 21 Apps that every student should have while their abroad study helping them in daily life and making study abroad more easy and memorable.
2. SKYPE
Having Skype on your phone means you can video chat while travelling without having to
carry your heavy laptop with you. A little older school, but parents are usually already
knowledgeable about Skype's ability to send messages, make phone calls or video chat
with one or more people in one or more locations. You can instantly show them everything you
see at that moment. The downside is that if you make a regular call to a mobile number or use
the video conferencing feature, you will have to pay a certain amount.
3. WHATSAPP
Get with friends and family wherever they are with this handy messaging app. It is also useful for
projects or group presentations as you can create group chats and organize meetings.
4. XE CURRENCY CONVERTER
Exchange rates are always changing so it pays to pay attention.
This application allows you to convert any currency to the currency of your choice.
The app is free and has real-time prices from USD at multiple world costs.
5. CONVERT DEVICES
This one is self-explanatory. Part of the study abroad may be learning how cultures around
the world do things differently than our own, but trying to figure out miles and grams can be
extremely frustrating when you just want a few pieces of meat on the market. Have this handy
app that works without wifi and don't have to guess what temperature in Celsius you should bake
your homemade biscotti at.
6. TRIPADVISOR
This is a great app for those of you who do not want to stick to rough hostel food every time
you travel. You can see what the top-rated restaurants are around you and can use the many
filters to find the right match for what you are looking to eat that day. TripAdvisor also has tours
and tourist attractions, so you can save time knowing which places to check and which ones are
too much.
7. AROUNDME
This popular application can help you find the nearest bank, hotel, grocery store or just about
anywhere you want to go. It identifies your location via GPS and then gives you a list of the nearest
sights. You can also choose to see them on a map rather than on a list.
8. GOOGLE MAPS
Not your regular driving app, Google has data for public transportation systems in many parts
of the world, so you can see all your options for getting from one end of a city to another.
In my opinion, it also has the best hikes.
9. PRONOUNCE
Another translation tool, this app allows you to speak foreign words correctly,
which helps you avoid the wrong pronunciation of words. With Google Translate and Bing
Translate support, (How to) pronounce can help with 53 different languages.
Type the word or phrase and this app will pronounce it for you.
10. AIRBNB
You may be throwing a student budget, but you can still find incredible deals through study
abroad apps like Airbnb. Stay with the locals, get the feel of neighborhoods that are not demolished,
or enjoy more memorable homes, such as small houses or tree houses or courtyards. It's also a great
place to get travel advice!
11. SAY HELLO
This app allows you to translate your voice in over 100 languages as well as write what you want
to translate, in all the moments where you are lost for words, but probably to help your pronunciation,
for the most part.
12. BBC WEATHER
You never know how unpredictable the weather on this little island can be,
so don't be caught by a sudden drop in temperature or rain shower. You can also see how the
weather is at home as the app allows you to have multiple locations available on your thumb.
13. GREAT NOTE (+ TODO )
Awesome Note is capable of unlimited note usage including memos, diaries,
must-remember information, to-do lists, travel journals and ongoing projects and supports a
built-in graphical calendar.
14. VISUAL TRAVEL LIST
The Visual Travel Checklist (VTC) is an important travel program that helps you prepare and
pack for your trips. VTC provides an intuitive user interface that allows you to create up to 10
different checklists with 250+ tasks and items, all represented by their own unique icons.
As a bonus, there is even a built-in visual tutorial.
15. EVERNOTE
Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across
all the devices you use. Get organized, save your ideas and improve productivity.
With Evernote, you can take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice memos,
and make these notes fully searchable, whether at home, at work, or on the go.
You can organize notes by notebooks and tags, email notes and save tweets to your
Evernote account and share notes with friends and classmates via Facebook and Twitter.
16. KINDLE
While the Kindle is almost the same as iBooks, it's an advantage that it offers a massive selection
of books compared to Apple's iBook app. The Kindle app is optimized for iPad,
iPhone and iPod touch, allowing users to read Kindle books, newspapers, magazines,
textbooks and PDFs on an easy-to-use interface. You have access to over 1,000,000 books in
the Kindle Store plus hundreds of newspapers and magazines. Amazon Whispersync
automatically syncs your last page reading, bookmarks, notes and highlights across devices,
so you can pick up your book where you left off on another device.
17. WI-FI FINDER
If you are travelling abroad, international data charges can steal a serious amount of cash from
your wallet, so using Wi-Fi instead of 3G is often your best bet. With the Wi-Fi Finder app,
you can quickly and easily find free or paid Wi-Fi in over 650,000 locations in 144 countries
around the world. Using the GPS feature of your iPhone, the Wi-Fi finder will tell you exactly
where the nearest Wi-Fi hotspot is, and if you prefer specific providers, such as Comcast,
you will be able to see which hotspots are served by these providers. You can also filter by
location type (restaurant, cafe, hotel, etc.)
18. TRIP BOSS EXPENSE & BUDGET
Trip Boss Expense & Budget was truly made for the conscious traveller. With Trip Boss,
you can record and track expenses in 50+ expense categories with the option to display
foreign expenses in your home currency. When it comes to the actual purchase, you have a
tip/split calculator and currency converter, and you can even take photos of receipts for use
with the included refund features.
19. TRIP JOURNAL
This travel app makes it easy to create a travel record of your travel experiences and share
them with friends and family. You can add full-resolution travel photos and videos to your iPhone
photo gallery or take them straight in the Trip Journal, then add comments and write notes in
the journal to describe your experiences. With Google Earth integration, Trip Journal allows friends
and family to easily see the route you've travelled, the places you find most interesting, and
full-screen photos, videos and comments about the places you've visited. It even includes trip
statistics like the distance, time and geography you travelled
20. TUNNELBEAR
Keep your internet connection secure while abroad, especially if you expected to connect to lots
of random WIFI networks. TunnelBear is an app that functions as a virtual private network (VPN).
This is a fancy way of saying that your IP address and location are not public and you can mask
your location with someone else. This is especially useful if you are travelling to countries that
practice strict internet censorship (i.e. China, Vietnam, etc.)
21. VIBER
This instant messenger and voice-over application allows you to send text messages and
call for free. Not only that, but you can also send pictures, icons and voice and video messages.
22. GOOGLE TRANSLATOR
From professionals to students, Google translate is the app which is widely used around the world.
This Google tool not only helps students to get the actual meaning but also improve their
pronunciation. Even if the student is good in English but there is always a need to understand
something in the local language at that time Google translate is your perfect guide without any
charge.