10 Apps To Help You Have the Best St. Patrick's Day Ever

It's that time of year again, it's almost St. Patrick's Day. Between the parade and the unlimited flow of beer, this day of the year pretty much excuses all levels of debauchery that might ensue. Although it's encouraged for you go out and have an insane amount of fun, we want to prepare you in advance. We've complied all the apps you'll need to make the most of this glorious holiday, from an on-call cab service to a local fast food joint finder. All you have to do is download them, go out, have fun, and put them to good use. And remember, drink responsibly.

Since no one in their right mind will volunteer to be the designated driver on St. Patty's Day, make sure you've got your ride covered with this app. Taxi Magic helps you locate the cabs nearest you, then in a few easy steps you can book the cab to pick you up from anywhere. What's even better? The app provides the cab's estimated time of arrival, leaving you a few extra minutes to get another drink.

The Night Out app is great even for a regular night on the town. But, on St. Patrick's Day it becomes a necessity. This app will helps plan your night in advance. Map out all the spots you want to hit, and in order of importance. Considering you'll be obliterated half way through, this app is perfect for actually remembering what you wanted to do.

This PubFinder app is the simplest way to find the best pubs with the beer you want to drink. It maps your location and shows the bars in your area. It goes as far as to tell you what beer they're carrying at the moment. What better way to save time, instead of checking out the bar yourself, you can have an app do it for you.

Consider St. Patrick's Day Photo Free a very festive Instagram. Except, instead of vintage filters, you have St. Patty's favorites. If you're too embarrassed to actually walk around with a Leprechaun hat on, just edit one into your pictures. Where else can you get a pot of gold for free?

Using a series of tasks, Drunk-O-Meter tests your reaction time and stability to see how drunk you actually are. If the app thinks you're to drunk, it will give you the option to send and email to a friend with your current location for assistance. If that's not an option, this app will hunt down the nearest taxi and contact it for you. But, if the app says you're still okay, you can keep drinking.

If you're planning on celebrating St. Patrick's Day at some place further than where a taxi can take you, download iTrans onto your phone immediately. It provides all the information you need to know before hopping on a train. It'll inform you of the estimated time until the train arrives, what line it's running on, and how long it will take to get you to your destination.

Between the massive of amounts of people at the parade and the goblets of beer you'll be drinking, it's almost a certainty that you'll end up losing at least one of your friends. If that's the case, you can use Foursquare to look up where the rest of your friends are, or pray that your lost friend checked in somewhere. Either way, with this app you'll always find somewhere to be, and someone to be there with.

There's absolutely nothing worse than being drunk and not being about to figure out what you want to eat, or where you want to go to eat it. Fast Food Finder helps with both of those things, and then some. It will locate all the restaurants in your area, give you the ratings for them, and even give you possible deals so your meal comes out cheaper. This sounds like the holy grail of apps.

Drunk Dial NO! is going to save a lot of people during St. Patrick's Day. This app helps you avoid the mistake of drunk dialing an ex that you have no business speaking to. All you need to do is input the persons contact info into the app prior to drinking. Then, if you try to call them when you've had a few, the app won't let you until tomorrow--when you can properly think about the consequences of your decisions.

There are those times when you are either extremely hungover and don't want to take on your responsibilities for the day, or you just want to play hookie. In either case, Easy Excuses thinks of any excuse for you based on the situation. Input what led you to not want to go to work, school or a meeting, and the app creates the most believable excuse. Sweet.