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Although Glastonbury is over, the festival season has only just begun with countless major events just around the corner.
Creamfields, Boardmasters and Leeds are a few examples, with thousands of music lovers expected to rock out in the coming months.
If you have a festival on your calendar, you might be surprised to learn that your festival experience can be kicked up a notch with the power of technology.
Whether it’s finding your tent or needing first aid, technical experts are here to help, with loads of features that you can download to your phone.
So get ready, because MailOnline reveals the five apps that will boost your festival summer.
1. Snapchat
With thousands of people coming to festivals every year, it’s no surprise that many people get lost.
But snapchat has your back with a tool that uses augmented reality (AR) to find your friends.
This feature is only available to Snapchatters who choose to share their location in the messaging app.
When enabled, you can simply select a friend from the locator cards menu and follow an arrow on the screen until you see them.
Snapchat also offers a 3D mapped compass using the power of AR, which makes it easier for users to navigate through various popular festivals.
Up-to-date set times and GPS-powered signage are among the options available, helping Snapchatters eat and even find different stages.
These options will be available at 16 of the biggest international festivals in 2023, including Creamfields, Reading and Leeds.
Others also include the Electric Daisy Festival in Las Vegas and Lollapalooza in Paris.
Wireless, which took place in London earlier this month, also made use of the possibilities.
Snapchat also offers a 3D mapped compass using the power of AR, which makes it easier for users to navigate through various popular festivals
2. Find my tent
But friends aren’t the only things that can be missing at festivals.
Pitching your tent in a sea of khaki pitches can also be quite a challenge, especially if you’ve had one too many.
‘Find my tent’ can help with this by simply using GPS to mark the spot of your tent so you can track it later.
The iPhone app explains: ‘Find my tent is ideal for camping trips and music festivals. It is an easy to use app designed to help you locate your pitched tent.
‘All you need to do is “save” the location of your tent when you set it up. Go exploring and when you’re ready to return to your tent a little while later, just click ‘find.’
Pitching your tent in a sea of khaki pitches can also be quite a challenge, especially if you’ve had one too many. ‘Find my tent’ can help with this, simply using GPS to mark the spot of your tent so you can return to it later
Find my tent is ideal for camping trips and music festivals. It is an easy to use app designed to help you locate your pitched tent
Users can log only one location at a time when using this app.
While the free version requires phone service to function properly, premium payers can also use it in remote locations.
3. Virtual first aid
The iPhone first aid kit claims to provide life-saving knowledge and medical techniques that are easy to learn on the go
Whether it’s tripping in the mud or drinking a little too much booze, accidents are not uncommon at festivals.
But the British Red Cross may have the solution for that.
The iPhone First Aid Kit provides life-saving knowledge and medical techniques that anyone can easily learn on the go.
Users can browse a long list of advice pages that often come with detailed videos explaining what actions to take.
Dealing with extreme heat and burns are also covered here, which can come in handy during Europe’s scorching summer temperatures.
If you’re feeling extra careful about your safety, you can even prepare ahead of time using the app’s quiz-like tests.
4. Water reminder
Water may not be the drink that first comes to mind when you think of festivals.
But it’s still important to take a few good sips to keep your health in good shape and keep hangovers at bay.
Water reminder is the perfect app to help with this, allowing users to not only track their water intake but also read daily nutritional information.
Water Reminder not only allows users to track their water intake but also read daily nutritional information
Drink water alerts can also be sent to your iPhone and Apple Watch at any time – whether it’s the moment you wake up or the moment you hit the dance floor.
“Water Reminder by VGFIT helps you calculate how much water your body needs, tracks your hydration and gently reminds you to drink water to reach your goal,” it says.
“The app requests access to the following data types: water, caffeine, protein, food energy, fat, carbohydrates, and sugars.”
5. Wow
It can often feel overwhelming to plan your festival experience with countless artists performing on different stages at the same time.
Wow can make this a little easier as the app offers the option to create a personalized festival schedule.
Not only can users browse specific events and select their favorite acts, but they can also connect with other people who like the same music.
This could save you from braving the crowd alone if no one on your tag team likes the same artist as you.
Currently, the platform only supports a handful of festivals that can be found using their in-app search bar.
It can often feel overwhelming to plan your festival experience with countless artists performing on different stages at the same time. Woov can make this a little easier, as the app offers the option to create a personalized festival schedule