Brisbane Apps: Brisbane Passenger Guide

This app is designed for those who are traveling to Brisbane and want to create an itinerary for their stay. The app has a very simple and easy user-friendly appearance making the app experience smooth and enjoyable. From the 'Home' menu we can see a the user can select the feature they are looking for with the app including features ranging from lists of activities and attractions to maps and hotels.

One of the key feature of the app is the itinerary feature.Users are able to select what days they will be in Brisbane to create an itinerary and can easily add events or attractions to each day by using the "add to itinerary" button at the top of each informational page. This feature is surprisingly easy to use and allows users to be linked back to the activities they have planned for each day.

Each attraction page gives a basic description of the attraction and provides links to wikipedia articles and official pages where possible.

  

The 'tours and attractions' page follows a similar format but add more information such as price, tour duration and a bookings link.

One of the final features of this app worth noting is the map. The online map uses GPS and mobile data to pin your location on the map as well as showing attractions or hotels in your area with links back to their respective pages.There is also a map available for offline use that can be purchased for $5.46.

This app is comparable to the Melbourne travel app I wrote about in my first app review. This app is user friendly and potentially a useful tool for organised tourists. Every city should have an app like this one.

Brisbane Apps: Brisbane Kids

While I was in Melbourne a few weeks ago my mother and I relied pretty heavily upon a "Melbourne Guide" app produced by the city council. The app gave us all the necessary information about what was happening in Melbourne, where we could eat, drink and shop and even how to get where we wanted to go. This made me wonder if there was a similar app available to tourists staying in Brisbane. So I looked, and looked, and looked. On the Google Play story on my android phone I found seven apps with the potential to be similar to the one we used in Melbourne, although none of them produced by our city council. Over the next month I'll be reviewing these apps to let you know which ones are the most informative and user friendly. This week we'll look at Brisbane Kids.

1. Brisbane Kids - "The official guide to child friendly Brisbane"
This was an app that I really enjoyed and found easy to navigate. Run by the website brisbanekids.com.au he aim of the app is to make it easier for parents to find child friendly activities and events in Brisbane.

The home screen of the app looks like this and is very easy to navigate. Simply select the area you're interested in and you'll be directed to a list of those kinds of events/activities. The app includes the categories what's on, activities, playgrounds, competitions, classes, services, shopping, party help and holiday. For demonstration I've tapped the "what's on" option and this is where you'll be directed to.

Here I can select the day that I'm looking to occupy and a key word if I have a specific idea in mind. Then I can browse through all the events listed and click on the ones I'm interested in for more detail. 

The other options from the home screen follow a pretty similar template, with the addition of further sub-groups on occasion such as the activities option which then allows you to select the type of activity you're interested in.

 After spending a few minutes I began to really enjoy this app and even though I am not looking for ways to entertain children I really enjoyed exploring this app and may keep it a little longer but ultimately it wasn't designed for me so won't get the use out of it that parents would. I cannot ew3recommend this app enough to parents who are looking for ways to keep their children occupied, particularly over the approaching school holidays.