Frequent fliers used to be primarily concerned with how to find cheap airplane tickets and discount travel packages. With the advent of smartphones, travelers can access valuable information while in transit.
Free apps are now available that track flights and offer information on airport amenities. GateGuru provides a very good airport guide that makes flight tracking easy and offers a comprehensive and unbiased perspective, based on user reviews, on airport restaurants and retail shops.
Another popular app is called FlySmart and appears to be more intent on providing promotional services for airport advertisers than information needed to fly smart. Almost all of FlySmarts summaries of restaurants, shops and services at over 60 airports come with promotional descriptions.
Both GateGuru and FlySmart often rate restaurants similarly, with five stars the top rating, but GateGuru does not come with marketing laden summaries, preferring to provide users with fellow user reviews of restaurants.
FlySmart enables users to track flights, receive timely push notifications regard delays, gate changes and cancellations, use Bing Maps to view facilities at 60 airports as well as provide information about airport restaurants, shops, and services. Its biggest negative attribute is that this app provides no negative information about airport restaurants or shops or user reviews.
GateGuru app provides flight tracking with push notifications of changes, airport maps from FlightStats and almost 40,000 user reviews and tips concerning restaurants and services at over 200 airports. User tips, including which security lanes usually move quicker and the strength of Wi-Fi signals, make this app even more attractive.
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