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To truly get into the festive spirit, everything has to have a winter revamp – including the apps you use.
These days, the twinkling Christmas lights are complemented by the plethora of illuminated mobile phone screens. Medianett found that the amount of apps out there are endless, especially those that are winter-related.
Here are our top 15 apps to make sure you are winning at winter:
1) Winter Survival Kit
If you’re going to download one app this season, make it this one. The winter survival kit will help you find your current location, call 999, notify friends and family, and calculate how long you can run your engine for in order to keep warm whilst staying safe from Carbon Monoxide poisoning.
2) Weather Tripper
Planning a journey but don’t want to be caught out with the weather? Weather Tripper is an easy way to avoid adverse weather en route. Just select your start and end point to stay abreast of the forecast.
3) Mixologist Drink Recipes
Want to learn how to whip up the perfect Mulled Wine? Teach yourself bartending whilst warming your cockles with some lovely, seasonal hot drinks.
4) SkiPhone
Gloves and touchscreens don’t mix – just shake your device with this app running to take calls or pictures.
5) Ski:Europe
Planning a snowy European vacation? Browse the best ski maps of European resorts for ideas, and then, once you are there, use it to navigate your way around new locations.
6) Fire Place HD
Maybe you can’t roast your chestnuts over it, but this app will provide you with seasonal flames and sounds to create a warm and bright atmosphere.
7) Super-Bright LED Torch
As the nights draw in, make sure you don’t get caught in the dark with this app. This ultimate lighting tool turns your device into a bright torch.
8) Just Eat - Takeaway
Let’s face it, it’s way too cold out there to source your own food! Download this app to order from over 20,000 UK takeaway restaurants at the tap of a screen.
9) Snow Live Wallpaper
Dreaming of a white Christmas? Sometimes the weather lets us down and we have to improvise. Set yourself a seasonal wallpaper of falling snow!
10) Jet2Holidays
Fancy a change of scene? This app is perfect for searching, saving and booking a winter break!
11) Advent Calender 2014
Let the countdown begin! This calendar may not come with chocolates, but it promises to be full of surprises.
12) Snow Globe Winter Christmas
Pick a winter scene, pick a snow globe – shake it up and share the fun!
13) iCaroler
iCaroler is a multiplayer carolling app which lets you and your children connect with other players to virtually sing together this Christmas. The app has many holiday songs to sing to like ‘Silent Night’, ‘Carol of the Bells’ and ‘Auld Lang Syne’ - or you can let the professional singers do it instead.
14) Where’s Santa?
Keep track of Santa anywhere in the world and check up on what he is doing. A marker pinpoints his location and gives you an anagram to solve!
15) Letters to Santa Claus
This app lets you write to Santa – and Santa will write back! Tell him how good you’ve been and what you hope to find under your Christmas tree this year.
So get downloading – and ‘ave an Appy Christmas!
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