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Helpful Mobile Apps in Israel

Last updated: 11.06.2025
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As mobile phones become more and more integrated into many people’s daily lives, the availability and use of “apps” takes on new importance. When moving to a new country, it is not a strange question to ask, “what apps work here”? Although many of the apps you used in the country you made Aliyah from will also work here, there are a few that might be unique to Israel or new for you.

The following list represents many of the most common or popular apps used in Israel. It is by no means exhaustive, but should provide you a good base to start from. They should be available for Apple and Android phones, just search for them in their online stores. If they aren’t, there usually are replacement or similar apps that provide the same functionality.

  • Messenger – messages
  • Signal – messages
  • Telegram – messages
  • WhatsApp – messages
  • Your cell phone provider’s app
  • Cheetah CX – courier service
  • Ten Bis – תן ביס – food and drink
  • Wolt – food and packages
  • Home Front Command – פיקוד העורף – an extremely important app from the IDF, providing alerts, guidelines and life-saving information in real-time based on your location
  • Magen David Adom – מד”א שלי – emergency ambulance service
  • Red Alert – rocket attack updates
  • Tzofar – rocket attack updates
  • חמ”ל – rocket attack updates and related news items
  • Amazon Prime
  • Apple Music
  • Disney+
  • Netflix
  • Spotify – Music and Podcasts
  • Youtube
  • Any of the various currency conversion apps
  • Apple Pay
  • Bit – ביט – Bank Hapoalim’s digital wallet
  • Google Pay
  • Paybox – digital wallet
  • Your bank’s app
  • Any Jewish calendar app as Israel uses both Civil and Jewish dates
  • ChatGPT – AI assistant
  • Claude – AI assistant
  • Duolingo – translator
  • Google – search engine
  • Google Gemini – AI assistant
  • Google Translate
  • Grok – X AI assistant
  • Morfix – Hebrew/English dictionary

Your Kupat Cholim app

  • Daka90 – travel, information and reservations
  • Restaurant chains often have their own apps
  • Supermarket chains often have their own apps
  • Yala – Fatal hotel chain last minute deals and reservations
  • Arutz Sheva
  • C14
  • Haaretz
  • Jpost
  • Kan – כאן
  • Times of Israel
  • Ynet
  • Levi Yitzchak – לוי יצחק – used car prices
  • Pricez – פרייסז – food price comparison
  • Yad2 – second-hand marketplace
  • Zap – price comparison
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • TikTok
    X (Twitter)
  • Cello – parking
  • Central Park – parking
  • Efo Bus – איפה בוס – bus route planning and schedules
  • Egged Bus Company – אגד
  • Gett Taxi – taxi app
  • Google Maps
  • HopOn Rav Kav or Rav Kav Online – public transit payment card
  • HopOn Rav Pass – הופאן רב-פס – public transit, navigation and payment
  • Israel Railways – רכבת ישראל
  • Moovit – public transit, navigation and payment
  • Pango – parking
  • Waze – directions
  • Yango – taxi app
This guide was created and translated by Shivat Zion based on information from Misrad Haklita’s website, Shivat Zion’s Knowledge Base and an article by Yaacov Jacob, the Director of the Individual & Partnership Department at Phillip Stein & Associates in Jerusalem.