Christmas could be a time to relax, chill and have great memories with friends and relatives. Take a look at these apps and services to have everything under control and enjoy the holidays!
Locate your friends and family in the crowdest places
Christmas time is full of events; we go to visit the family, we return to the town where we have grown, we see the Christmas lights and we laugh at the Christmas dinner with coworkers. However, in the busy streets those days it is quite difficult to meet and find the right place to go. Wave Let’s Meet App is the easiest way to meet by sharing the live location between contacts on a private map, so everyone in the group knows where the others are even in the crowdest Christmas market.
Opening a session on Wave is private so it is great for family members that are gathering for a walk around the Christmas lights. Wave also offers a chat to type or to send voice messages and the possibility to set a meeting point on the map. We love using it for our outdoor trips in the mountain or while skiing, so it is easy to feel safe and connected in the wild. Wave is free and available for iOS and Android.
Stick to your budget for gifts
Organizing the list of Christmas gifts is not simple. Nor is it easy to control the budget established for each one of the family members when we are in a shopping center and all we want to do is to go home to rest.
The best way to keep track of what we have bought and what we have to look for still is the Christmas Gift List application, which allows users to make a checklist of all the gifts per person, calculate the budget for each one and share the list with who you want. This last feature is great for those moments in which we decide to share the costs of a gift for the parents. It is available and free for Android.
Get ideas for a delicious Christmas menu for all tastes
The new gastronomic tendencies also arrive at the Christmas menu, and even those who have a grandmother’s recipe might want to know that there are thousands of options available to make a delicious menu.
Vegetarian, vegan, celiac or allergic may take ideas to create a cutting-edge menu with the Yummly application, which presents quality recipes to surprise the most exquisite palates and for all culinary tastes. It is a mandatory application for these Christmas because of the huge catalog of recipes that it entails. What we like best is that we can also personalize the shopping list according to our culinary tastes. It is available for iOS and Android for free.
Let children decorate the tree
Children already have the technology incorporated into their daily lives and there is no simpler and funnier entertainment than virtually placing a Christmas tree in their own room a Christmas tree. Panda Christmas Tree application uses augmented reality to scan the room and place in it virtual objects through the screen of the smartphone or the tablet.
Panda Christmas tree comes with many tree designs that children can decorate, make bigger or smaller and then keep a photograph. Best of all, kids will have fun without us taking out the Christmas balls. It’s free and available for iOS.
Keep informed about your flight
At Christmas, millions of people around the world will head to the family home by car, plane, bus or train. Those who prefer to choose the plane may suffer some of the frequent strikes that occur in the season.
One of the most popular applications to check the status of flights is Flightradar 24, which displays a world map showing the route of the flight we want to track, informs about delays or cancellations, arrival & departure boards and sends notifications with the status of the flight in real time. It is an awesome way for families to make sure their relatives can be on time for Christmas Eve. It is free for iOS and Android, although it has many paid features.
Now you are all set! Put your Christmas jumper, download these great apps and enjoy Christmas.
Pablo Clemente Pérez 