For planning the trick or treat route: Next Door’s Treat Map
For kids, often the best part of Halloween is, of course, trick or treating. Whilst getting dressed up and knocking on doors is fun for children, it’s sometimes difficult to know which homes are excited to take part in the festivities, and which would prefer you go somewhere else. Next Door’s Treat Map App is a way of tracking which houses are taking part in trick or treating, before you get to the doorstep.
This requires a little bit of planning to get your neighbourhood involved, but homes can add their details to the Treat Map for your area, so that you know they’re ready for spooky visitors. For those trick or treating, you can use the map to plan a route, see what’s on offer, and even check out the businesses that are taking part.
For keeping track of the kids: Life360
For older children who don’t want their parents tagging along for their trick or treating, or Halloween plans, we’d recommend trying Life360. This is a family tracking app which provides you with real time updates of where your kids are off to, as well as one touch check-ins, so there’s no need to call when they miss a text. You can even set up an alert when their battery is low.
The app is available for free, and comes with 2 days of location history. If you go for their silver, gold or platinum plan, you’ll also get access to a stored location history, so you can see where everyone has been for up to 30 days. Life360 also comes with Crash Detection for drivers, and Emergency Dispatch when a crash is detected. On the gold and platinum plans, you can also see driving stats and summaries, nationwide free towing and breakdown coverage.
For keeping your exercise on theme: Zombies, Run!
If you’re all in on Halloween, your workout should be spooky too. Zombies, Run! is a novel in a running app, where you’re one of a team of survivors within a zombie outbreak. You play as Runner 5, and your job is to run across the city, gathering supplies, rescuing other survivors and trying to keep out of the zombies’ clutches. The GPS keeps track of your pace, all you need to do is run.
However, despite being called Zombies, Run! there’s no need to run if you don’t want to. You set the pace for the adventure, so you can walk, train outside or inside, whatever works for you. The app even works with your own playlists, so you can listen to your music on your journey; every now and again your ‘radio’ will kick in, and you’ll hear a new part of the story. It’s the perfect way for making those autumnal workout sessions a little more scary.
