This free travel app is the only app you need to navigate a new city like a local — here's how it works

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There's no arguing that smartphones have made navigating new cities a little easier, but all too often we travel to a new place only to find that the the apps we usually rely on are worthless there.

The current alternative? Download a brand-new set of apps that take up storage space and are left untouched for the rest of eternity.

Mitty. (yes, with a period) is a new travel app that sets out to fix both of those problems.

The creators of the iOS app, available in the App Store on Wednesday (and coming soon to Android), considered the services you would set out to find when you move to — or vacation in — a new city, and then picked the single best app for each service in every city.

The best part about the concept, in my opinion, is that it avoids making you download each app separately. Mitty cloud-streams the apps so that there's more space on your phone's screen, and one less thing you have to unpack when you're home.

Here's how to use Mitty — the one-stop shop for travelers to new cities: