Scotland’s Best: Travel Guide is an app by TouchScreenTravels in the Travel & Local category, listed since at least July 2021. It includes native code for x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.
It asks for 11 permissions, 3 of them sensitive: precise location, approximate location and modify shared storage. The app offers in-app purchases through Google Play and can read the advertising ID that ad and analytics services use.
What's new in v2.0
Now with OFFLINE maps. Updated all hours and prices throughout app and added one-click links for latest hours and admission prices. Added new section on Film and TV locations across Scotland. Also added Scottish National Portrait Gallery entry. Fixed broken URLs.
Description
From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.
SCOTLAND’S BEST is an ideal trip planner and travel guide to this engaging country. Written by a pro-author it introduces DESTINATIONS, suggests ITINERARIES, explores various INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES and details FOOD & DRINK highlights. All content (250 entries/500 pics) is original and independent; no tips are ads!
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★ This app comes FREE with occasional pop-up ads: a SINGLE, one-off PURCHASE removes all ads; allows you to access all content (including maps) when offline; and includes free updates in the future. ★
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SCOTLAND’S BEST starts with essential TRIP-PLANNING information and an overview of key REGIONS and DESTINATIONS to help you decide where to go.
A hand-crafted ITINERARIES section then offers first-timers a good way to start exploring key cities and many of its regions.
The app also groups Scotland’s finest sights and attractions by INTEREST and ACTIVITY so no-one misses a highlight they'll love. So if it’s HISTORY or WHISKY you’re after; or you want to travel in LUXURY or with KIDS, you can be sure you'll get a good heads-up.
Other categories here include ART, CASTLES, GOLF, HIKING, NATURE, OUTLANDER SCOTLAND, STATELY HOMES & GARDENS, MOUNTAIN BIKING and SIKING. Some come with extensive background info designed to help you appreciate Scotland that little bit more as you travel around.
Finally, a FOOD & DRINK section provides a run-down of Scottish food and suggests some places you wouldn't want to miss.
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APP FEATURE: TRIP ESSENTIALS
★ Accommodation
★ Costs
★ Seasons, Festivals & Events
★ Transport
APP FEATURE: DESTINATIONS:
★ Central Scotland
★ Edinburgh & Around
★ Glasgow & Around
★ The Highlands
★ The Islands
★ North-East Scotland
★ Southern Uplands
APP FEATURE: ITINERARIES:
★ Scotland in a week (6/7 days)
★ Classic Highland Tour (3/4 days)
★ The North Coast 500 (NC500) In-A-Week
★ Skye (3 days)
★ Edinburgh (1 day)
★ Glasgow (1 day)
★ Cairngorms & Moray (1 day)
★ Glencoe & Argyll (1 day)
★ Moray & The Great Glen (1 day)
★ Perthshire & Cairngorms (1 day)
★ Trossachs & Stirling (1 day)
APP FEATURE: INTERESTS:
★ Art
★ Castles
★ Film & TV Locations
★ Fine Dining
★ Historical Sights (with extensive background info)
★ Kids
★ Luxury Accommodation
★ Outlander Scotland
★ Science & Technology
★ Stately Homes & Gardens
★ Whisky (Scotch: with extensive background info)
APP FEATURE: OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES:
★ Golf (with extensive background info)
★ Hiking
★ Cycling
★ Skiing & Snowboarding
APP FEATURE: FOOD & DRINK
★ Cafes
★ Pubs & Bars
★ Restaurants
★ Scottish Food
APP FEATURE: TECHNICAL:
✔ One-click website LINKS.
✔ One-click PHONE CALLS (on phones).
✔ NAVIGATE quickly using the app's global search; internal hyperlinks, and its many images.
✔ LOCATION info (using your device's GPS).
✔ Detailed MAPS and the ability to ADD YOUR OWN markers.
✔ Save and share FAVOURITES.
✔ Easily CONTACT the author.
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CREDITS:
AUTHOR: Christian Williams has been a freelance travel writer since 1998. He's covered destinations all over the world, but mostly specialises in Germany and Canada. He's lived in Scotland for 20 years and is pleased to have finally written about somewhere on his doorstep.
ICON: Christian Williams
FEATURE GRAPHIC: ikeofspain.
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Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
Certificate issued to “Unknown”Not the developer's name (“TouchScreenTravels”). Names in certificates can't be verified, so this alone proves nothing.
Store checks and file details
Developer signature verifiedOct 7, 2024
Signed byCN=Jackson Pauls, OU=Unknown, O=Unknown, L=Unknown, ST=Unknown, C=Unknown
Uploaded by “appupdater”Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020
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Permissions (11)
Scotland’s Best: Travel Guide requests 11 permissions, 3 of them sensitive.
Scotland’s Best: Travel Guide APK: questions and answers
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Is Scotland’s Best: Travel Guide free?
The APK is free to download, but the app offers in-app purchases through Google Play.
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