Many Europeans are travelling as we speak and to help them avoid roaming costs, Orange created an Android app called Travel Angel — we’re not sure whether it’s also available for other platforms. As you can imagine, the free to download application monitors your smartphone use, helping you manage the cost. It’s super easy to use, and will even detect the country you’re in to provide you with accurate prices (for calls, texts and data). Moreover, you can also track your spend against your bundle/tariff, and set alerts to be notified when you’re entering the “red” zone.
As far as I can tell, it’s a must-have app for every Orange customer planning to visit some other country during the summer. Not sure whether something similar is also available from other operators, but we do hope all of them will follow on Orange’s example and launch such apps in the near future…
Travel Angel from Orange (FREE) [Google Play link]