{"id":1535,"date":"2018-11-27T11:14:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T11:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2020-04-09T13:49:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T12:49:44","slug":"best-driving-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/best-driving-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Best Driving Apps On The Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of aspects to driving can be a bit of a hassle at times. From dodging traffic jams to finding proper parking spaces (and then having to relocate them afterwards), sometimes you might find yourself wishing something could just take care of all that for you.<\/p>\n<p>Well, we&#8217;ve got good news for you there &#8211; you&#8217;re living in the future, which means that there&#8217;s no shortage of handy smartphone apps to help you tackle the tricky bits.\u00a0There&#8217;s so many available, in fact, that it can be tricky to work out which ones are best, so here at Scrap Car Network we&#8217;ve done the research for you to uncover the most useful ones. Here are our recommendations &#8211; just remember to set them up before you set off, and don&#8217;t fiddle with your phone while driving!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">1. Waze (Traffic and Navigation)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Free to download on Windows, iOS and Android systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Built-in or portable SatNav systems aren&#8217;t always the most reliable. Just ask anyone who&#8217;s been directed through a river by their SatNav system. The trouble with most of them is that they don&#8217;t always take into account local traffic when providing estimates for your journey. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Enter Waze. It&#8217;s marketed as the world\u2019s largest community-based traffic and navigation app. With real-time traffic information supplied by fellow Waze users, you can spot delays well ahead of time, and take a look at suggested alternative routes to avoid any particularly congested areas. Waze also displays petrol prices for nearby fuel stations and can show you the journeys of friends, family and colleagues, which can be useful if you\u2019re all heading in the same direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/woman-with-car-compressed.jpg\" alt=\"woman with car\" width=\"800\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/woman-with-car-compressed.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/woman-with-car-compressed-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/woman-with-car-compressed-768x336.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">2. Find My Car (Parking)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Free to download on iOS and Android.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You might laugh, but seriously, losing your car is easier than it might sound. For example, huge airport carparks are common places to find confused holidaymakers, often severely jet lagged and increasingly desperate to remember where they left their ride home. Large, unfamiliar cities are other prime locations to forget which street you parked on. We&#8217;ve previously discussed two men who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/have-you-ever-lost-your-scrap-car\/\">lost their cars<\/a> for five days and twenty whole years, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The Find My Car app saves you the time and worry of searching for your car by preventing these tricky situations. Using GPS navigation, you can \u201ccheck in\u201d on the app before leaving your car and then view its location on a map when you\u2019re ready to return to it. Find My Car will also tell you how long it will take you to get back to your car and can offer quicker alternative routes should you be particularly short on time. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">3. Parkopedia\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">(Parking)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Free to download on iOS and Android. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">We all know that familiar stress of frantically searching for a parking space in a busy city. It can often be enough to want to make you take the train! Handily though, this app makes that time-honoured struggle just that little bit easier. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/smiley-driver-compressed.jpg\" alt=\"smiley driver\" width=\"800\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/smiley-driver-compressed.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/smiley-driver-compressed-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/smiley-driver-compressed-768x336.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">In a nutshell, Parkopedia offers what is essentially an\u00a0encyclopaedia\u00a0of parking spaces. The app\u2019s database lists over 38 million parking spaces in 75 countries, so it&#8217;s especially useful when visiting cities you aren\u2019t familiar with! Parkopedia allows you to find available parking spots through an address search or by using your current location, and you can filter your search results by on-street, undercover or free parking. You can even reserve unoccupied spaces, so you can be sure that no one else takes your spot before you manage to reach it. Once the app has found you your ideal parking space, Parkopedia will advise how far it is away from your current location, commute times and current parking rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>4. Carcorder<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Free to download on iOS. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Dashboard cameras (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carcommunications.co.uk\/accident-and-witness-camera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dashcams<\/a>) are more popular than ever here in the UK. It&#8217;s not hard to see why &#8211;\u00a0 if you&#8217;re unlucky enough to have a crash that&#8217;s severe enough to scrap your car, there&#8217;s irrefutable evidence that demonstrates exactly what happened leading up to the collision. They do require a bit of investment though, and that&#8217;s where Camcorder steps in to fill the gap.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Carcorder is a free app available on iOS which essentially turns your smartphone into a dashcam. Using the phone\u2019s built-in camera, when activated the Carcorder app keeps an eye on your surroundings whilst on the road, continuously storing between one and three minutes of footage that you can access at any time. The footage is replaced automatically over time, saving memory space on your phone, but can be committed to long-term storage if the phone detects an impact (via a clever little accelerometer in the app). <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there&#8217;s no app for restoring your car to pristine condition once it&#8217;s finally past its prime. However, there is the next best thing &#8211; you can get the most amount of cash for your scrap car by using our services here at Scrap Car Network. Just\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">enter your car reg and postcode\u00a0for a free, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/\">no-obligation scrap car quote<\/a>. No fuss, no hassle. Why not see how much your car is worth?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of aspects to driving can be a bit of a hassle at times. From dodging traffic jams to finding proper parking spaces (and then having to relocate them afterwards), sometimes you might find yourself wishing something could just take care of all that for you. Well, we&#8217;ve got good news for you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":1743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Not every part of driving is fun. 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