Useful apps for life in Efrat & Gush Etzion

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

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.

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.

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.

No card needed; HopOn says foreign cards and Apple Pay work.

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

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

Train timetables and seat reservations for every line, including to Ben Gurion Airport.

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.

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.

Renamed from Cellopark; visitors often find it accepts foreign cards more readily.

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

Handy for road closures and roadworks.

Walking directions, business opening hours and reviews.

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.

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.

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.

Needs an Israeli card or account and an Israeli phone number.

Delivery from restaurants, supermarkets and pharmacies.

The easiest delivery app to use in English.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Built for Israeli ID holders; very little English.

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

A website, not an app; it replaced myVisit for the Population Authority.

Payments, certificates and benefit claims with National Insurance.

There is no official app; use the personal area on the website.

Tracks parcels and books post office appointments.

Handy for customs notices on overseas orders.

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

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.

Install this one first; allow location and critical alerts, and add your city as an alert area.

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

The emergency number is still 101.

A popular backup alert app.

Unofficial; keep the Home Front Command app as your main alert.

Zmanim, Shabbat and holiday times for your location.

Pick your own city: candle-lighting customs differ from place to place.

Translates Hebrew letters, forms and signs through the camera.

Download Hebrew for offline use.

Everyday Hebrew practice alongside ulpan.

The standard Hebrew–English dictionary.

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.