Top 5 iOS-applications for metro users
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
As if we did not abuse public transportation, it still remains one of the most convenient and affordable ways to travel for most people living in big cities and metropolitan areas. The most common, of course, is the subway, which carries millions of people every day in different parts of the world. The frantic pace of modern life, a person is very difficult to keep in mind the information about all the many stations, routes and stops, so we come to the aid special applications. They are now quite a lot, so we have selected for you the best app to help you with easily navigate the metro, plan your travel route and always be aware of where to find the nearest station.
Yandex. Underground
Perhaps the most popular application that is aware of the subway is literally everything. With it, you can easily find the best route to a particular place and also learn the approximate time it will take the trip, and taking into account transfers. Another application will tell you what part of the train take to get there faster. It is worth noting an important point, the application is able to work even without an internet connection, that is, all information will be available to you right during the trip. At this point in Yandex. Metro subway maps are available to the largest cities in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Kharkiv and Minsk.
Price: Free
subway
Another spetsializorannoe application designed to assist you in traveling on the subway. This application uses no less popular than the Yandex. Metro, thanks to additional functionality and greater coverage of cities. In Russia - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Samara, Yekaterinburg and Kazan. In the countries of the former USSR - Kiev, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Baku, Yerevan, Minsk, Tbilisi and Tashkent. The app shows a map of the city with the scheme and subway stations (the sending station is automatically selected based on a location for you). It allows you to calculate the optimal route of movement, in view of the landing site for a rapid transition and exit to the city. as well as showing all the entrances to the subway. The convenient search application, which allows for the old names of the stations and looking for their names in several languages.
2 GIS
2GIS - is, first of all, a detailed guide in town, which is able to work offline, but it contains a lot of useful information that is applicable and to the subway. You get access to a detailed three-dimensional map of the city and driving directions by car or public transport. The app includes a huge number of cities in both Russia and the CIS countries and abroad. First of all, 2GIS will be useful to view the circuits underground and preparation of optimal travel routes and find your nearest subway stations.
Price: Free
Wikiroutes
Useful application that contains all the routes of public transport (including metro) to more than 600 cities of Russia and 19 countries of the world. Thanks to the community, which edits the guide, you will have access only to the most current and detailed information covering a vast number of cities. With the application you can find the timetable of the path of movement, travel time, arrival time, distance and cost. In some cities is already available information on the calculation in real time of arrival, which should be coming soon, and others.
Metroshka
The simplest application of a selection, but not the most useless. The functionality built into Metroshku, limited only to the definition of your nearest station subway, but I realized she was a rather unusual way - with the help of augmented reality mode. Looking through the iPhone's camera to the streets, you'll see an interactive signs that show the name of the nearest stations and the distance to them. Also, you can pave the optimal route to your selected station. Metroshka works in Moscow, Sankt-Peterburg, Kiev, Minsk, as well as some countries in Europe and the United States.