Out on the road? Here are some of the best apps for driving

Ever since manufacturers have started outfitting handsets with GPS antennas, navigation apps have slowly, but surely, grown into a common and extremely useful tool. But GPS navigation is not end-all be-all of driving-related apps.

As you know, operating a smartphone when behind the wheel is not only dangerous, but illegal. Yet, in the 21st century, our lives and everyday doings are so tied up with the gizmos that sometimes – it's just too hard not to reach for the touchscreen – to make a call or answer one, dismiss a forgotten alert, or whatever else.

So, we scoured the Play Store and App Store, looking for a combination of apps that offers both navigation and ease of use. Check them out, they may just make your time spent on the driver's seat easier.

Drivemode - Driving Interface

Drivemode swaps out your Android handset's UI for an easily-navigatable, color-coded interface, which makes sure that you will have minimum need to take your eyes off the road. The app gives you super-easy access to your navigation app of choice and music player. Anything that happens on-screen is announced by the phone's default text-to-speech engine, so messages, callers, menus, and actions will be read out loud to you. Definitely among the best drive mode apps you can find in the Play Store.