Living in London can be a lesson in stress management, but not with the iPhone by your side. Apple’s touchscreen super-phone has all you need to conquer the capital and make London your own.
From traffic-dodging to finding the best local attractions, we’ve rounded up the finest iPhone apps to help you out. Install the lot, and you’ll soon be a regular Dick Whittington.
TubeStatus (£free)
Peep up-to-the-minute travel updates on all of London’s tube lines with this sanity saving commuter charm. It’ll make sure you never get to the station only to be told you’ll have to catch a bus. While others are sighing at the demoralizing tannoy announcements you’ll be one step ahead and onto the train to freedom, or maybe just Soho.
Urban Spoon (£free)
Choosing a good restaurant can seem like taking a gamble, so why not combine both? Using clever clogs GPS, Urbanspoon will pinpoint your current location to display a myriad of nearby food factories. Shake your iPhone and a virtual slot machine will serve up all the possible choices, letting you define choices like price-range or food type, and then spin around to help you choose where to stuff your gob. Tasty.
G-Park (£0.59)
Finding a nice spot in a shopping centre to park your ride can be tough, but finding out where you left your rubber burner can be even tougher. Find your car easily without resorting to a trail of breadcrumbs, with G-Park. It uses GPS to tag your vehicle’s location, so you’ll no longer look silly while wandering aimlessly around the multi-storey.
BA Flights (£free)
Londoners are a bunch of busybodies when on the move. But placing your trust in the lap of the transport gods is asking for trouble, especially when trying to catch a flight. BA Flights will keep you up to date with your plane’s progress so you’ll know when to stop the dignified walking and begin running to the departure gate.
Fizz Weather (£3.49)
A londoner’s favourite conversation starter now has its own dedicated app. Trying to figure out what the British weather’s going to do on any given day is one of the great enigmas Londoners face. But now you can pull out this app and get instant weather updates. Rejoice! You’ll no longer need to don both shades and a brolly just in case!
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