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I like driving, which is a good thing since I live in a rural area. Whether it's work trips or traveling to some remote trailhead to get a few days away from it all (my latest obsession is section hiking Hadrian's Wall), I spend a lot of time behind the wheel. Over the past 12 months, I've covered more than 25,000 miles. That's a lot of time in the driver's seat, and plenty of time to find the very best apps to help make whatever trip I'm on as quick, easy, and painless as possible.

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Since I'm an iPhone user, my platform of choice is CarPlay (except for the few times when CarPlay decided that it just wasn't going to work, and I had to dig out an old handset and hope I could get Android Auto to work), so that's the platform I'll be covering here.