Apps

Eight apps people here use every day. Install the first two before you fly.

• Grab everyday

  Food delivery from restaurants and shops, taxis and much else. The one app you use every day.

• Bolt, inDrive taxi

  Taxis, the alternative to Grab — often cheaper.

• Lazada, Shopee shopping

  The local marketplaces: clothes, electronics, everything delivered to your door.

• DLT QR Licence documents

  The official Department of Land Transport app. Your licence on the phone, shown to police instead of the plastic card — plus exam booking and renewals.

• Thailand Tourist Police (i Lert U) safety

  Calls the tourist police straight from the app, with your location and English translation.

• My AIS, dtac, True iService mobile

  Your mobile operator's app: balance, data packages, payments — all of it lives there.

• Line mobile

  The Thai messenger and social network in one. Venues, couriers and even government offices talk on Line, not WhatsApp.

• Facebook classifieds

  Here it is less a social network than the main marketplace: housing, bikes, cars, buying and selling anything — through local groups and Marketplace.