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Country Survival Kit.

A curated travel companion for people who plan before they travel. Language, culture, currency, and everything else you'll need — for every country, offline.

See what's inside ↓ Coming soon to the App Store

During the trip

The screens you'll actually keep open.

A widget with live exchange rates and the time in both places — home and where you've landed. A full currency converter that works offline and remembers the ones you use. A curated list of the local apps that actually matter — not the tourist-facing ones the internet promised. Three surfaces CSK travellers reach for most.

The Country Survival Kit widget on an iPhone home screen, showing the live dollar-to-euro rate, a conversion table, clocks for home and France, and shortcuts to phrases, apps and the country page

The home-screen widget

Today's rate and both clocks at a glance — and one tap to the tools below. For a lot of travellers this is the whole app, most days.

The Currency Converter in Country Survival Kit, showing a live USD to EUR rate, saved currencies and a number pad

Live currency

The tool people open most. Real European Central Bank rates, saved currencies side by side — cached, so it keeps working with no signal at all.

The Recommended Apps screen in Country Survival Kit, listing curated local and global travel apps for France with a short verdict on each

The apps that actually work there

One app instead of ten. A curated verdict on which local apps to install before you land — rail, transport, payments — and which to skip.

What's inside

Six sections. The same six, every country.

Consistency is the point. Once you know where the tipping etiquette lives in Japan, you know where it lives in Portugal.

Language

Speak the language

Essential phrases with native script, phonetic pronunciation and audio playback — at normal speed or slowed down. The alphabet, numbers from 0 to 1000, and the signs you'll actually need to read. Plus a phrase quiz, and the history of how the language got that way.

The Language section for France in Country Survival Kit — speak the language
Essential Phrases in Country Survival Kit — French greetings with phonetic pronunciation, English translation and an audio button on each

Heritage

Know the country

Country facts, history from ancient to modern, and the customs and etiquette that separate a guest from a tourist. Deliberately concise — depth where it earns its place, not padding for symmetry.

The Heritage section for France in Country Survival Kit — know the country
History in Country Survival Kit — an illustrated timeline of France from the Sun King to the Fifth Republic, each era tagged and summarised

Explore

Discover where to go

Where to visit, with insider tips rather than brochure copy. Getting around by metro, train, bus, ferry, taxi, car and plane. An interactive map with themed pins that tap straight through to Apple Maps — every place tagged with whether it's an easy day trip from where you're staying.

The Explore section for France in Country Survival Kit — discover where to go
Getting Around in Country Survival Kit — France transport by rail, metro and ferry, with journey times, booking apps and fixed taxi fares

Food & Drink

Eat like a local

The dishes worth ordering, with native names, pronunciation and audio, and vegetarian and vegan indicators. A menu decoder so you're never guessing at a menu. And a drinks guide with the cultural context that makes the ordering make sense.

The Food & Drink section for France in Country Survival Kit — eat like a local
Must-Try Dishes in Country Survival Kit — French dishes with native names, phonetic pronunciation, audio playback and vegetarian markers

Trip Essentials

Travel smart

Month-by-month weather and packing. Money and budgeting. A full currency converter with live rates that caches for offline use — the same one that powers the home-screen widget. Emergency and health information, eSIM and connectivity, and an honest verdict on which local apps are worth installing and which aren't.

The Trip Essentials section for France in Country Survival Kit — travel smart
Weather & Packing in Country Survival Kit — a month-by-month grid of France temperatures, conditions and what each month is like to visit

Quick Reference

At a glance

The section you'll open in a hurry. Emergency numbers you can tap to call. Tipping etiquette by context, so you're not guessing at the bill. Embassies and consulates with 24/7 lines. And a dual-country clock that tells you not just what time it is at home, but whether it's a reasonable hour to call.

The Quick Reference section for France in Country Survival Kit — at a glance

Works everywhere.

Every country downloads for offline use. Aeroplanes, remote regions, hotel WiFi that never quite works — CSK doesn't care. The information you need is already on your device.

Every country earns its place.

Each entry is researched, verified, and edited before it ships — no thin countries, no filler. Europe, Southeast Asia, and East Asia are live today, and each region is growing. New regions launch next.

Europe

— live, growing
  • Albania
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey

Southeast Asia

— live, growing
  • Cambodia
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam

East Asia

— live, growing
  • Japan
  • South Korea

Coming this year

Americas · South Asia · Oceania · Middle East & Africa

Nothing ships until it's ready.

One price. Every country.

Start free with a whole country, not a trial. Unlock the rest — and every country we add afterwards — when you're ready.

Free

[FREE-TIER: TBD — Dave to confirm]

There's a free tier, and it's a whole country — not a trial, not a teaser. [FREE-TIER: which countries are free — and whether they rotate — is not decided. Do not name countries here until it is.]

Everything

[PRICING: TBD — Dave to confirm]

All 25 countries, and every country added after. Available as a subscription or as a one-time unlock. [PRICING: both tiers pending — subscription price and one-time unlock price still to be decided.]

No ads. No tracking. No account. Purchases are handled by Apple, and you can cancel a subscription any time from your iPhone's Settings.