12 Most Useful Apps for Living in Israel
Understanding Israel
The best way to help you with your Hebrew in Israeli grocery stores and to make your ulpan homework a little bit easier,
Be your own personal tour guide and get tips on everything, from places to travel to on weekends and how you can spend afternoons off.
How many Kilometers is a mile? How much money am I actually spending when I'm using these shekels? The ultimate conversion app...
Standard tip in Israel is 10% at a restaurant, which is pretty easy to calculate, but this app makes it even easier!!
Getting Around (without getting lost)
The best way to learn the best bus routes, and the only way to know when the next bus will arrive.
Travelling to another city? This app allows you to plan your trip accordingly!
Not that any of us have a car, but it's great to support Israeli startups and if you're curious about traffic, an incredible way to monitor road conditions when you're headed anywhere.
If you need to get somewhere much faster, this app is exactly like uber.
Keeping in Touch
Even if you have iMessage, sometimes when you're relying on wifi, whatsapp is the way to go. It's especially helpful when you're sending photos and voicenotes to your family and friends back in America, and when you need to message someone who doesn't have an iPhone.
Don't worry about long distance calls to your family when you use viber!!
Staying Updated
Even though you're learning about it in school anyways, this is another way to stay on top of what's going on around the country!
Just to be extra cautious, you can get real time alerts from this app to receive security updates from all over the country.
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