If your Thanksgiving plans involve flying into or out of an unfamiliar airport, get clued in to the location and quality of food and shopping options, and necessary services, in your terminal with GateGuru.
The free mobile app provides locations, ratings and reviews for restaurants, shops and services at domestic and international airports. GateGuru uses your location to determine the airport you’re visiting. (You can also search for specific airports, if you’re planning ahead.) You can then select the appropriate terminal or concourse. Once you’ve told GateGuru where you are, it will guide you to nearby food, shopping and service options.
The app provides real-time ratings, reviews and photos from your fellow travelers, and you can contribute your own. You can search for specific restaurants, stores and services, and quickly and easily locate the highest-rated places. You can also search for amenities like coffee or an ATM. If you find places that you like, you can easily retrieve tagged information on them on later trips.
GateGuru also tells you what food and shopping options exist before and after you go through security, so you know whether to eat something and grab a magazine before you go through the TSA screening — or endure a boring, hunger-filled trip.
The app also features security wait times and easy-to-read airport maps and will let you send tweets and Facebook updates. GateGuru also has its own social-network aspect, if you’re interested in another one, allowing you to earn points as you use the app and improve your ranking to work your way up to “Captain” of your airport.
GateGuru is free for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, as well as for Android-based mobile devices.