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Old 02-09-2013, 07:25 PM   #1
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Apps for RV'ers??

So I finally broke down and purchased a smart phone and service. I’ve already installed an app for truck stop locations and a weather app. Are there any other “must have” apps for RV’ers you would recommend?
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Old 02-09-2013, 07:26 PM   #2
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So I finally broke down and purchased a smart phone and service. I’ve already installed an app for truck stop locations and a weather app. Are there any other “must have” apps for RV’ers you would recommend?
Rv checklist
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So I finally broke down and purchased a smart phone and service. I’ve already installed an app for truck stop locations and a weather app. Are there any other “must have” apps for RV’ers you would recommend?
Gas Buddy - check gas prices

List Master Pro - great way to create your own lists

Amazon app - good for those, oops had a few too many and need to make some frivolous purchase moments, (one click shopping no less)

AVG free anti-virus - you can make even make your phone ring on silent when you "misplace" it outside somewhere

Spotify - driving tunes

Words Free - funny how board games have become electronic....

Draw Free - same as above - both are games that the DW and I play when the kids go to bed.
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Old 02-09-2013, 07:43 PM   #4
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Oh wait!
Pandora radio
Or
Slacker radio
Free tunes you decide what to listen to.
I heart radio if you are in goshen and want to listen to your favorite station back home!

My radar
Or radar now apps
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Top 10 RV Apps
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I personally Life Trip Journal, CoPilot and Goby
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I would add DropBox to this as well. Great way to transfer photos from phone to laptop.
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I use the Pilot/Flying J app for my fuel stops.
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I use the Pilot/Flying J app for my fuel stops.
In Texas at least, fuel is a lot cheaper everywhere else.
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My radar,Doppler of your current location,urban spoon is food joints close to your current location.Police scanner,if you enjoy listening to one.GPS is an app that shows where you are if your in trouble and need to give your location if in trouble.These are all free.
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I have a Wind Alert on mine, also Love's Truckstops.
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Thanks for all the suggestions. Some of the apps mentioned came preinstalled on the smartphone. I’ve been looking into the apps everyone suggested and I think the ones that will be helpful to me while on the road are:

Big Truck Stops
Google Earth
Gas Buddy
Micro Spirit Level (the compass function sucks)
Radar Now
Weather Bug
RV Parky
Wi-Fi Finder
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Depending on your data plan, I still have unlimited on my phone. So I have downloaded the full version of FoxFi. It makes my phone a hotspot without having to pay the cell company for the added benefit.

Now we barely get out of the driveway and the kids are asking if I can turn it on. It can handle 4 ipads searching the net even with 1 or 2 on youtube.
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Depending on your data plan, I still have unlimited on my phone. So I have downloaded the full version of FoxFi. It makes my phone a hotspot without having to pay the cell company for the added benefit.

Now we barely get out of the driveway and the kids are asking if I can turn it on. It can handle 4 ipads searching the net even with 1 or 2 on youtube.
Is that an iPhone app or an Android app? I looked on the iTunes app store and did not find it. That is an app I would be interested in. Would be nice to be able to do this without jail-breaking the iPhone.
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Is that an iPhone app or an Android app? I looked on the iTunes app store and did not find it. That is an app I would be interested in. Would be nice to be able to do this without jail-breaking the iPhone.
That's an Android app. The only way to do it with an iPhone is to jailbreak it or pony up the dough.

We just switched to AT&T's "shared data" plan and the iPhone hotspot is now included.
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Thanks ependydad, that is what I thought. I was jail broke for a while, but after the lastest ios update, I have not redone the jail break. I don't need the hotspot very often, but it would be nice to use it once in a while.
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I'm just not a fan of jailbreaking my phone. I'm a computer guy (web developer/programmer), but not a tinker-er with gadgets. My buddy would show me all of the great things he could do with his jailbroken phone. BUT then would tell me he has to re-jailbreak it after each update and he can't do this or that.

If you do re-jailbreak your phone, there is an app in Cydia for making your phone a hotspot.

I like this mobile sharing plan (I think- I just started it last week). I can add a dedicated hotspot device for $20/month (for when my mother-in-law wants to use internet and I'm not at the camper) or even my iPad for $10/month so that I don't have to leech off of my iPhone with it.
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Old 02-12-2013, 06:11 PM   #17
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Besides what others have side:

xclinometer- I level me rv with it works great
the weather channel
usa rest areas
rv park finder
camp compass
pilot
funny mouth- for laughs
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gas buddy
local- find stuff to do and where to eat
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I like this mobile sharing plan (I think- I just started it last week).
X2. Been on a sharing plan for about 6 months now. It is great and allows both my wife and I to use our phones as hot spots when we need it. Of course you do have to keep an eye on the amount of data you use given that most of the carriers don't offer unlimited in the sharing plans. However if you set your phones to connect to a wifi network when available you greatly reduce your data consumption.

If you do enable a hot spot from your phone be sure to secure your network vs. leaving it wide open. Don't want strangers jumping on your hotspot and taking your data (or worse) either.
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I'm just not a fan of jailbreaking my phone. I'm a computer guy (web developer/programmer), but not a tinker-er with gadgets. My buddy would show me all of the great things he could do with his jailbroken phone. BUT then would tell me he has to re-jailbreak it after each update and he can't do this or that.

If you do re-jailbreak your phone, there is an app in Cydia for making your phone a hotspot.

I like this mobile sharing plan (I think- I just started it last week). I can add a dedicated hotspot device for $20/month (for when my mother-in-law wants to use internet and I'm not at the camper) or even my iPad for $10/month so that I don't have to leech off of my iPhone with it.
I agree, I was not thriled to jail break the phone, but I had a need for a short time for it to be a hotspot. When I got my iPhone, the unlimited data plan was REQUIRED and it would be nice to be able to use that unlimited data. Unfortunately, when I enable the hotspot on my phone through the carrier (Verizon) it cost $20 per month PLUS another data plan, not the unlimited one I HAD to have when I first got my phone. Oh well, I have looked into the data sharing plan with a hotspot and may have to go to that sometime in the future.
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