App Watch: Polarsteps

For many travellers, social media is a necessary evil. You want to enjoy the place and its many delights, but if you don’t post a picture on Instagram or Snapchat, what will the friends say? Well, here’s an app that allows you to do both. On Polarsteps, all you do is enter the dates of your trip and the country that you will be visiting; the app then automatically tracks routes travelled and places visited—all without an internet connection. When you do get connectivity, it transfers your routes and photos to the Polarsteps profile, creating a travel journal that can be viewed by your friends, family and other followers. The app also lets you order a personal travel book that consists of your travel statistics, routes and photos. Available from €30 and is shipped for free to any country worldwide. Polarsteps is available on both iOS and Android.