Essential apps for Jerusalem

Plans bus, light rail and train trips with live arrival times, and can pay the fare.

Good to know: Paying in the app means you don't need to load a Rav-Kav card first.

Egged's current app: trip planning, Rav-Kav loading, fare validation and intercity seat booking.

Good to know: Launched in October 2025, replacing Egged's older apps.

Loads credit and monthly passes onto your physical Rav-Kav card by tapping it on your phone.

Good to know: Needs a Rav-Kav card and a phone with NFC.

Pays bus, light rail and train fares by scanning the code on board, with daily and monthly fare caps.

Good to know: No card needed; HopOn says foreign cards and Apple Pay work.

Live arrival times for the buses at the stop you are standing at.

Good to know: Quicker than a full trip planner when you only want to know when your bus comes.

Train timetables and seat reservations, including the fast Jerusalem–Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion Airport line.

Good to know: Some trains require a reserved seat, which you book here.

Pays for street parking in blue-and-white zones: start a session when you park, stop it when you leave.

Good to know: Sign-up sends an SMS code, so an Israeli phone number is the easy route.

The other main parking-payment app, used the same way as Pango.

Good to know: Renamed from Cellopark; visitors often find it accepts foreign cards more readily.

Driving directions with live traffic; the navigation most Israeli drivers use.

Good to know: Useful for Jerusalem's frequent road closures.

Walking directions, business opening hours and reviews.

Good to know: Shabbat and holiday hours are not always right; call ahead.

Orders a licensed taxi with in-app card payment; Israel's main taxi app.

A second taxi app that shows an estimated fare before you book.

Good to know: Fewer drivers than Gett, so it is worth having both.

Sends money by phone number: to friends, the babysitter, the building committee or a market stall.

Good to know: Works for customers of most Israeli banks, not only Hapoalim; needs an Israeli account and phone number.

Sends money and splits group costs; popular for class and group collections.

Good to know: Needs an Israeli card or account and an Israeli phone number.

Delivery from restaurants, supermarkets and pharmacies.

Good to know: The easiest delivery app to use in English.

Food ordering, often paid with an employer-funded 10bis meal card.

Good to know: Now part of Just Eat Takeaway, which also runs an English-branded Just Eat Israel app.

Employer meal benefit for ordering food or paying in restaurants.

Good to know: Only needed if your employer provides it.

Food delivery with cashback and wide coverage of kosher restaurants.

Israel's main listings site for rentals, second-hand goods and cars.

Good to know: Many rental ads are from brokers who charge a fee (tivuch); the ad says so.

Pharmacy and toiletries shopping, the store club and pickup of online orders.

Reports city problems (rubbish, streetlights, potholes) to the 106 hotline and tracks them.

Good to know: You can also call 106 from any phone in Jerusalem.

The official government app for digital documents (such as the ID appendix and vehicle licence), payments and address changes.

Good to know: Built for Israeli ID holders; very little English.

Books appointments at the Population Authority (Misrad HaPnim) and other government offices.

Good to know: A website, not an app; it replaced myVisit for the Population Authority.

Payments, certificates and benefit claims with National Insurance.

Good to know: There is no official app; use the personal area on the website.

Tracks parcels and books post office appointments.

Good to know: Handy for customs notices on overseas orders.

Book doctors, see test results, renew prescriptions and join video visits.

Good to know: Log in with your teudat zehut number and an SMS code.

Book doctors, see test results, renew prescriptions and join video visits.

Book doctors, see test results, renew prescriptions and join video visits.

Book doctors, see test results, renew prescriptions and join video visits.

Official rocket and emergency alerts for your location, with shelter instructions.

Good to know: Install this one first; allow location and critical alerts, and add Jerusalem as an alert area.

Calls an ambulance and sends your location, stores medical information and gives first-aid guidance.

Good to know: The emergency number is still 101.

A popular backup alert app.

Good to know: Unofficial; keep the Home Front Command app as your main alert.

Zmanim, Shabbat and holiday times for your location.

Good to know: Choose Jerusalem: candle lighting here is 40 minutes before sunset.

Translates Hebrew letters, forms and signs through the camera.

Good to know: Download Hebrew for offline use.

Everyday Hebrew practice alongside ulpan.

The standard Hebrew–English dictionary.

Good to know: Use the website: the app has not been updated in years.

How Israel communicates: schools, building committees, shops and many businesses use it instead of email or calls.