Comments on: The Ultimate London iPhone iPad App Review List – The Top 17 London Apps for iPhone

By: Julian Huntly

Julian Huntly — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:48:37 +0000

Why not take a look at our London Music Mapp – pretty much perfect for any music fans living or visiting London this year http://www.londonmusicmapp.com/Site/Home.html

By: Plushzilla

Plushzilla — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:06:46 +0000

Great article to showcase iPhone App for London.Good guide for those who are flat about there.
Well, Looking for iPhone apps.? Take a look at this:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rand-o-matic-the-easy-decision/id437908886?mt=8&ls=1

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:28:12 +0000

Great article but am sad to see that the app that I use all the time isn’t on your list. Check out “Travel Around London”, its great for finding Boris Bike locations as well as tube information!

By: Karl

Karl — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:46:31 +0000

Awesome!
I’d like to add one more. I do not know the link to buy it but I recommend the “play and tour audio guides”
They work as if you were in a big open air museum. Many places, nice speechs (not wiki ones)
Thanks
Karl Bott

By: BlimeyKite

BlimeyKite — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:25:07 +0000

Great list. My favourite London app is London’s Best Coffee for finding independent cafes. So well designed and means no more Starbucks and Nero.

itunes.apple.com/gb/app/londons-best-coffee/id400916958

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:57:39 +0000

I also visit london very frequently and have a flat there. I found the London Parks app pretty useful when I needed a but of relaxation, although it is a little slow.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/london-parks-open-spaces/id391268361

By: A real person

A real person — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:35:01 +0000

How about going and experiencing the place in person, meet people, talk to locals, instead of having your head buried in a screen looking at stuff other people have experienced – if you want that stay home and watch a tv show about london. My advice, chuck away your iphone and enjoy yourself.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 29 May 2010 16:33:13 +0000

Jonathan,

I have a US iPhone that I can ‘jailbreak’ to unlock. What carrier do you use for their ‘pay and go’ SIM card to get broadband on your US iPhone? What are the settings to make it work?

For years I’ve used a Virgin Mobile SIM card for when I’m in the UK, running a Windows Mobile phone. However I was never able to get the broadband to work. After the last trip I got fed up, junked the WM phone and now have an iPhone that I won’t be without.

With a trip back to the UK coming up, I emailed Virgin and O2 about using my iPhone. No response from Virgin (I don’t think they support iPhone) and a vague one from O2 that makes it sound like it will work, but they weren’t very clear.

Your experience?

Bob

By: Brad Alexander

Brad Alexander — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:33:02 +0000

I’ve been looking for an app with the \London Connections\ rail map. Safari can find one easily but if you’re on the tube there’s no Internet. I’d like one on my phone like the myriad Tube Maps that are available.

Any ideas.

By: Andrew Rogers

Andrew Rogers — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:22:21 +0000

The app Robert mentions here has been out for a few weeks, and I recommend it highly.

By: J. Magon

J. Magon — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:02:08 +0000

I agree with the user from before, Roaming is insane. Downloading one email with a picture can cost up to $40 (this is an At&t quote) – simply google iphone roaming.

Check if your phone will work first before going to the UK. Some phones are CDMA technlogy (Many of the Sprint and Verizon) and those won’t work. The GSM phones will work with a local SIM however you need to unlock the phone.

If your phone is unlocked you are probably best by buying a local SIM. If its not:

1. Take your phone and search for wifi spots, but they are not always available when you need them and many are chargin nowadays. (Starbucks in London is charging). Do you want to waste precious holiday time on this!?

2. Buy a new phone.. But this is not ideal due costs and the environmental impact.

3. Rent a local phone.. as the previous post you have aziphine.com and just another site called fonmigo.com, they provide smartphones and wifi modems (that allows you to take your own iphone).. u have cellualarabroad.com (old phones)..

There are definetely options.

By: taige

taige — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:11:11 +0000

An iPhone without internet, is effectively an iPod touch. There are several ways to get internet abroad for your iPhone.

There are four main ways (in order of recommendation):

1. Unlock your iPhone and buy a local sim card. Top up for internet.

2. Rent a local iPhone. For London, use Aziphone.com

3. Download a free wifi-finder app for where you’re going and try to pick up free wifi.

4. Call your mobile network to go on their travel roaming plan. Use data for emails mostly.

This one might work for those bold enough.

Rack up an inane amount of roaming charges upwards of $300 and then call your carrier afterwards. Be shocked and apologize. Ask it to be wiped out. I’ve heard stories of people having $600 being written off.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:51:30 +0000

The following on the list require an internet connection:

British Airways
Telegraph
Currency
London Jamcams
Spoonfed Radar

All the others you should be able to use without use of a data connection.

Hope this helps! Happy Travels!

By: Myriam

Myriam — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:11:48 +0000

Hey Jonathan,

First thanks a lot for your article : I’ll be one week end in London (from Paris, London is just two hours away and will have my Iphone (at last) next week !
And your article (along with the international roaming article) is so useful ! Couldn’t find none as interesting and complete on the French-speaking web ! So again, thanks a lot !

But a small question : as I’m afraid of my phone bill, which ones of these apps don’t work offline (just to avoid them?)

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:36:19 +0000

I have this app, its a great app but the price tag bothers me, especially since the same info is available for free on the website. The interface is nice, but I don’t know that its worth what they are charging for it.

By: KT

KT — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:03:56 +0000

Thank you, Jonathan. I found your App reviews very useful. They helped me decided which ones to download for a forthcoming trip to London. Your efforts are much appreciated!

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:11:22 +0000

Tried the national rail app? It’s not london-specific, but considering how many people commute into and out of London every day, it’s a fair bet that some of them want to know if their train is late. Quite a nice app, too – especially considering how much data it’s accessing. It’s hard to get a neat interface with so many stations/trains.

By: Robert Wright

Robert Wright — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:09:33 +0000

My Free London Walks now cover 62+ walks, mainly in Central London but also in the outskirts. The walks have been downloaded 678,000 times as of end October 2009. You can subscribe to the walks by searching in the podcast section of iTunes for ‘London Walks’

My iPhone app is nearly ready. You can see the screen shots on the London Walks Facebook group page. Should not be long before the app is live.

All my walks are recorded live, so you can download to your iPod or iPhone and walk the routes without ever looking at a guide book or a map.

Robert Wright

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:23:29 +0000

Hi, you forgot to include the web apps such as http://www.pocketlondonguide.co.uk which even includes audio commentary! Web apps require no downloading, you just use them from safari.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:00:49 +0000

Tube Deluxe is definitely a lot better than London Tube. The routing function is much better and it’s updated more often.

By: Boon

Boon — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:51:41 +0000

While I myself have an iPhone and whenever I travel I look for relevant apps for the city I am going to, I find that nothing beats a good guidebook by your side. Any iPhone app just won't have the breadth and depth of knowledge of a guidebook, and my opinion is that as long as you are spending more than two days in a city, the £5-£10 is well worth the investment. Anyways, I did a quick search on google, and if you have trouble deciding which guidebook to get, here's a good top 5 list from someone in London: http://www.london-insider.co.uk/reviews-of-london-travel-guides/

By: jonathan

jonathan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:13:31 +0000

Thanks for your comments and excellent suggestions!

By: jonathan

jonathan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:07:21 +0000

Well, I’ve been there half a dozen times so I’d like to think I know what to look for in a good London app.

By: Jonathan Green

Jonathan Green — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:08:15 +0000

Tube Deluxe is a good alternative to London Tube. It too has the original Tube map which you can pan around and doesn’t rely on an internet connection/mobile signal. Also has live departure/arrival boards and current status on each line.

The one I’m really waiting for is this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2uH-jrsSxs

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:00:17 +0000

What about the just released NRU (‘near u’) from lastminute.com Downloaded it last night and it’s great on an iPhone 3GS (apparently works on iPhone without digital compass but not as cool). Check this out: http://bit.ly/Rvsq9 – and no, I don’t work for them