Have you a very useful app to share?

[Mik_Bennett]

@ChrisMann

FWIW I subscribe to YouTube Premium - both to get rid of the ads and to support the channels that i watch - they get a slice from YTP in lieu of the ad revenue.

Yes that is reasonable. Or you can avoid ads using Brave browser or a VPN set to Albania but NewPipe seems to be much more than that and I am playing about with how to use it at the moment.

There is an ominous warning that Google is about to lock down Android. I have no idea what that means but it feels like more restrictions coming,

[Mik_Bennett]

@ChrisMann

To find out what’s visible in the night sky I use Stellarium.

I second that suggestion. I have been using it for years now.

@ChrisMann

And PetrolPrices to find cheaper fuel - it works in both UK and France.

I suppose there are still some people left using petrol

[ChrisMann]

@Mik_Bennett

I suppose there are still some people left using petrol

Touché! An electric car is in my future but for now I am still tied to E10.

When I get one of these I will no doubt swap over to using a “where the heck is the next charger?” app.

[NotALot]

There’s always Patreon if you want to directly support content creators.

[Juliet]

Another excellent app, in my opinion, is Flora Incognita

https://floraincognita.com/

[Juliet]

I use several apps I’ve found on F-Droid, including those developed by Fossify (Phone, Contacts, Gallery, etc.), as replacements for the Google apps that come pre-installed on my phone (without a custom UI). They’re lightweight and brilliant.

[ChrisMann]

yes but then you have to sign up with each of them individually - with YT Premium the folks I actually watch get at least some money.

[CritairConfused]

@ChrisMann

And then there’s the apps for Direct Ferries, Brittany Ferries and DFDS to keep track of my bookings

I have a similar App, for the Eurotunnel.

Mind you, I also take along a printed copy of the booking (likewise for my hotel booking), just in case the App, or phone, stops working.

[CritairConfused]

@KarenLot

jealous

What are you jealous of?

[ChrisMann]

@CritairConfused

I also take along a printed copy of the booking

Ditto! I bring a large folio of printed “stuff” on every trip!

[Bosendorfer]

You may be surprised with an excellent bird song recognition app - just put your mobile on a window sill for half-an-hour: Merlin

Also - the weather site used by balloonists, which allows you to work out for yourself what’s going to happen near you: windy.com

[JaneJones]

@Bosendorfer

with an excellent bird song recognition app

There is a birding thread

Bird discussions and identification

Heard a very loud continuous bird song which led to sighting a small yellow bird with bright orange beak sitting on my TV arial. Hunted down my camera and here this little bird is, about the size of a sparrow. Not a sign of it in my guide to European birds and cannot ID it on the internet. Anyone have an idea what this bird is please? Yellow with orange beak and loud continuous song. Fast flyer. [small bird yellow brown plumage orange beak 01] [small bird yellow brown plumage orange beak 02]

[Nunthewiser]

I know thisIGN app is going to be useful to me, especially in my new place (Chars) which is quite rural. But is there a legend anywhere or some sort of guide to make it more useful? I’m sure the maps themselves are pretty standard fare, but I have never really explored them in depth and I know there is a lot of information on them that I can’t dechipher.

[CritairConfused]

@ChrisMann

Ditto! I bring a large folio of printed “stuff” on every trip!

Yep, my folder alo contains my V5C, Insurance Certificate, MOT, VED receipt, Travel Insurance Documents, etc.

[George1]

@Nunthewiser

is there a legend anywhere or some sort of guide to make it more useful? I’m sure the maps themselves are pretty standard fare, but I have never really explored them in depth and I know there is a lot of information on them that I can’t dechipher.

Glad it might be useful. I’m told there is an “interactive onboarding tutorial” when you open it. The app also fully supports English, if needed. It can also trace your route and operate offline. Feel free to post any questions - I’m sure the many map readers on this forum will be delighted to help you decipher things. I’m not aware of any actual free guide/legend.

[SuePJ]

Légende de carte IGN : les symboles de la carte

[Nunthewiser]

Thanks! That helps…

[Ionadog]

Interesting that it’s now free, it used to be paying when it was Iphigenie. I will download it again, I stopped using it a while back. Thanks for the info.

[DrMarkH]

I’ve got the app and Visirando, and our group has posted a lot of chemins on it over the years, but I still prefer a paper map. Partly a legacy of ‘A’ level Geography, but also having previously lived in Cumbria, where sole reliance on phones is not recommended by the mountain rescue. However, perhaps more importantly, if I’m lost I like to be able to see and analyse a much larger area of terrain, read the contour lines and plan a route etc.

[KarenLot]

@CritairConfused Notalot has something on an i-thing that there doesn’t appear to be on Android. So jealous.