Whether you’re fond of travelling and seek the opportunity to utilize your smartphone or have a new driving license or you want to resist the urge to use your phone while driving, there are many ways you can help keep everyone safe and exploit your smartphone.
In this article, I’ve selected a collection of 10 top mobile apps to help you get the most out of traveling with your vehicle. From avoiding text messages, phone calls, Skype calls to finding parking spots, finding the nearest cheapest gas stations to locating your car or buying car parts online, there is certain to be a mobile application on this rundown that will meet your driving or traveling needs.
1. GasBuddy (Free)
Reason to have it: To Find Cheap Gas
Most gas stations have applications that spot their marked stores, which are helpful in the event that you utilize their credit cards. At the same time for drivers who essentially need the least expensive gas there’s the iPhone application GasBuddy. It shows you the 10 closest fuel stations and their prices. Gasbuddy application plans to include fuel-station conveniences, for example, carwashes to its listing. The GasBuddy assert that 110,000 fuel stations are incorporated in its database, which is almost every station in operation in the U.S.
2. My Max Speed 2.0 (Free)
Reason to have it: To Track Your Kid’s Driving & Location
Do you want to know how fast your kid is driving the car? My Max Speed 2.0 application would be the best option for you that uses the internal accelerometer to log speed and location every five minutes, to monitor a teen’s driving habits. It can also provide a location history or notify you via a message if the phone travels outside a preset location perimeter.
3. DriveSafe.ly (Free)
Reason to have it: Reads your text messages
By using this innovative app you can actually hear incoming text messages, Twitter updates, Facebook messages, emails and Google text messages. The most promising feature of DriveSafe.ly app is that the app eliminates that urge to grab your phone, or need to press any button, in order to listen to stuff. The app does everything itself and leaves the user’s hands and eyes completely free for driving.
4. MMGuardian (Free)
Reason to have it: Help your kids drive safely
This app is very useful and ideal for the parents with driving teens whose smartphones can be controlled from the parents’ phones without needing to install the app. A number of features can block out phone calls, text messages, and even lock the phone during a set schedule.
5. Openbay (Free)
Why You Need It: Car Repair & Maintenance Services From Local Automotive Pros
In an event you didn’t like the last mechanic who fixed your car, or need to find the correct garage with the appropriate charges, the Openbay app enables you to get quotes from garages in the nearby area. The most useful feature of the app is the ability to compare prices, telling you the repair cost and time frame. The app also allows you to authorize only a certain amount on your card so that a garage cannot lift up the price unexpectedly. Android devices users can also utilize this service through the mobile site.
6. TripAlyzer ($5.99)
Reason to have it: A Fuel-Economy Coach
This is a cool app that works though a cell tower or Wi-Fi, is designed to analyze your driving efficiency, and records your fuel usage habits and how much you’ve spent on the trip. The TripAlyzer application can display speed of the car, route direction, and distance, determines your miles per gallon (MPG), notes your carbon dioxide emissions, and records how much gas you refill. TripAlyzer also pronounces vocally the current fuel efficiency.
7. RepairPal (Free)
Reason to have it: Keeps informed about car repair history
It is an award winning app that will keeps you posted with information regarding your car repair history, creates estimates for repair expenses, and gives suggestions on the best repair shops in your general vicinity. This app also recommends places and online stores to buy your vehicle parts, as well as synchronizes all your repair-related data by means of an online record. This application just works in the US however.
8. Find My Car (Free)
Reason to have it: Find your parked car
You might have experienced the frustration of forgetting your car location in parking lots or on unfamiliar streets. This simple app can help you find your car by using GPS location services and Internet connectivity. The Find My Car Smarter system automatically saves your parking location. The latest version of the application features augmented reality technology.
9. IOnRoad (4.99)
Reason to have it: To monitor vehicle’s position on the road
Another award-winning augmented reality driving safety application that utilizes your phone’s camera to constantly monitor vehicle’s position on the road. The app keeps track of surrounding vehicles and alerts driver of lane departures and possible hazards. The app features some useful options such as collision warning, speed limit and driving analytics with audio and visual cues.
10. Waze (Free)
Reason to have it: A smart tripadvisor
With over 50 million users, Waze is another must-have application to keep you informed with the road condition. This app keeps you updated with traffic conditions, maps, live-routing smart voice-assisted navigation, road hazards, and even notifies when a Facebook friend is heading towards the same destination.
Featured photo credit: OnStar Connections via flickr.com
