There are loads of great mobile apps that can help you find where the best parties and restaurants are, or help you throw a brilliant bash of you own!
Here are our picks of five apps you must have to plan your weekend.
Stay In And Cook Your Own 5 Star Meals
Looking to raise the bar in the kitchen? You can do just that with Yummly.
This recipe app creates a personal profile according to your food preferences such as nutrition, diet, allergies and favourite dishes. Once your profile is set up, you’ll be able to access over 1 million recipes that match your lifestyle.
You can even add recipe ingredients to a shopping list you can access on your phone.
Available: iTunes and Google Play
Cost: Free
One-Stop App For Travelling South Africa
Endorsed by SA Tourism, Awesome South Africa pulls all the restaurants, hotels, spas, adventure venues, arts and crafts spots across the country together in one app.
If you’re searching for something new to do, or are playing host to a guest from overseas, you’ll be able to scroll through current specials, promotions, events and news to find the perfect option for you.
They’ve recently added details of car rental agencies around the country, so it really is worth grabbing this app if you’re travelling around the country.
Available: iTunes and Google Play
Cost: Free
Find The Perfect Spot To Eat Out
For the foodie-on-the-go Zomato is the perfect app. It lets you search their massive database of restaurants for the cuisine, or location, of your choice.
Then you can browse through menus, photos of the venues, and user reviews to determine whether it’s the place you want to go.
It also will have the restaurant’s contact details, and a map feature which links to Google maps and Uber!
Available: iTunes and Google Play
Cost: Free
Mindful Meditations For Movers
Not everyone has the time, or patience, to sit down and concentrate on meditating for 30 minutes, and that’s fine.
There’s nothing that says you have to sit still to be mindful, and walking meditations are a great, low-impact exercise.
For those of us who want to exercise our bodies and minds there’s Walking Meditations – an app with three 16 to 18 minute walking meditations that you can easily integrate into your weekend exercise routine.
Available: iTunes and Google Play
Cost: R22
Find The Perfect Book
Sometimes you just want to spend your weekend relaxing at home with a good book.
But with the plethora of amazing novels out there it can be difficult to find the ideal book to relax with.
Fortunately Goodreads has created an app that provides you with the ability to preview books, and then gives you a link to where you can buy it – so you can browse through their huge online archive to find the right book for you.
A real must-have for bibliophiles.
Available: iTunes and Google Play
Cost: Free
