A few apps on your phone can make travelling around Bali way easier. You can order dinner to your villa, get a scooter across Seminyak and, check whether that incoming rain is actually heading your way and message your driver without making a single phone call.
The trick is knowing which travel apps for Bali are actually useful. I narrowed this down to the apps that are genuinely useful for Bali tourists in 2026, including transport, maps, food, money, and a few more.
Best Apps for Bali
You don’t need to fill your phone with a bunch of random apps for Bali before arriving, but there are a handful that will make your trip much easier.
The most useful apps for Bali cover getting around, ordering food, finding places, messaging local businesses, translating Indonesian and managing your money.
I recommend downloading the important ones before you fly, as some require an SMS verification code or account setup.
Here are the best apps for Bali to download for 2026:
| App | Best For |
|---|---|
| Gojek | Motorbike taxis, cars and food delivery |
| Grab | Transport and food delivery |
| Messaging drivers, hotels, tours and local businesses | |
| Google Maps / Waze | Directions and navigation |
| MyBluebird | Booking Bluebird taxis |
| Google Translate | Translating Indonesian |
| Wise / Revolut | Managing travel money |
| XE Currency | IDR exchange rates |
| Booking.com / Agoda | Booking hotels and accommodation |
| Windy | Checking Bali weather and rain |
| VPN | Using public Wi-Fi and accessing services from home |
| Chope | Restaurant reservations |
| Muslim Pro | Prayer times, Qibla direction and other Muslim travel tools |
| Zabihah | Finding halal restaurants |
You definitely don’t need every app on this list. For most tourists, Gojek, Grab, WhatsApp, Google Maps and Google Translate will cover most of what you need during a Bali holiday.
The rest depend on how you travel. Wise and XE are useful for managing money, Windy can help when you’re planning around Bali’s weather, while apps like Muslim Pro and Zabihah are useful for specific travellers.
Gojek
Gojek is one of the most useful apps for Bali, especially for getting around the island. It’s a bit of an all-in-one app, with transport, food delivery, shopping and several other services available from the same account.
The Gojek services you’re most likely to use in Bali are:
- GoRide: Book a scooter and driver for short trips around town.
- GoCar: Great for A to B trips with two or more people
- GoFood: Order food and drinks from restaurants, cafes and local warungs.
- GoSend: Have documents, shopping or other small items picked up and delivered.
- GoMart: Order everyday essentials for delivery.
- GoShop: Have a driver purchase something from a shop and deliver it to you.
For most tourists in 2026, GoRide, GoCar and GoFood are the big three. GoRide is cheap and handy for getting around, while GoCar is better if you’re travelling with luggage, as a couple or in a small group.
🔗 Download for Gojek for iPhone
🔗 Download for Gojek for Android
⚠️ Heads Up: Gojek works best around the main tourist areas. You may come across local pickup restrictions at some hotels, beaches and attractions, and drivers are less likely to accept long trips across the island.
Grab
Grab is Gojek’s biggest competitor in Bali and another app worth having on your phone. It covers many of the same services, so having both lets you compare prices and availability before booking a ride.
The Grab services you’re most likely to use in Bali are:
- GrabBike: Book a scooter for short trips.
- GrabCar: Book a 4-wheeler through the app.
- GrabFood: Order meals and drinks from restaurants, cafes and local warungs.
- GrabMart: Order groceries, snacks, toiletries and other essentials.
- GrabExpress: Send documents, shopping and small items around Bali.
Like Gojek, GrabBike, GrabCar and GrabFood are the useful ones. Prices between Grab and Gojek can vary depending on demand, so it’s worth checking both apps when prices are higher than usual or drivers are difficult to find.
🔗 Download for Grab for iPhone
🔗 Download for Grab for Android
⚠️ Heads Up: Grab has the same restrictions as Gojek. If an area doesn’t allow app pick-ups, don’t bother checking the apps.
WhatsApp is the main messaging app for Bali and one of the apps I strongly recommend setting up before you arrive. You’ll use it far more than regular SMS while you’re here.
Hotels, villas, drivers, tour companies, restaurants, spas, scooter rentals and plenty of other Bali businesses use WhatsApp to communicate with customers.
It’s especially useful for:
- Messaging your driver: Send pickup details, hotel names and changes to your plans.
- Sharing locations: Drop your live location or Google Maps pin when someone is trying to find you.
- Contacting hotels and villas: Many properties use WhatsApp for everything from airport pickups to room requests.
- Booking restaurants and activities: Smaller businesses often take bookings directly through WhatsApp.
- WhatsApp calls: Make voice and video calls over Wi-Fi or mobile data without needing an Indonesian phone plan.
- Sending photos: Handy for showing a driver exactly where you’re waiting or sending a business a screenshot of your booking.
🔗 Download for WhatsApp for iPhone
🔗 Download for WhatsApp for Android
💡 Pro Tip: WhatsApp works with your existing phone number, so you don’t need an Indonesian number just because you’re visiting Bali. Set it up and verify your number before leaving home, then it will continue working when you use a Bali SIM or travel eSIM for data.
Google Maps or Waze
Google Maps is the navigation app most tourists will need in Bali in 2026, and you probably already have it on your phone.
It’s useful whether you’re driving yourself, riding a scooter, walking around town or simply trying to send your location to a driver.
You’ll probably use it for:
- Driving directions: Navigate between hotels, beaches, temples and attractions.
- Scooter directions: Useful for getting around smaller roads and avoiding some of the heavier traffic.
- Finding businesses: Search for restaurants, cafes, ATMs, pharmacies, shops and attractions nearby.
- Reviews: Check recent photos, opening hours and reviews before visiting somewhere.
- Sharing locations: Send your hotel, villa or current location directly to a driver through WhatsApp.
- Saving places: Pin restaurants, beaches and attractions you want to visit during your trip.
- Offline maps: Download areas of Bali before travelling so you still have basic navigation without mobile data.
Waze is one of the better alternative navigation apps for Bali if you’re driving yourself. Its live traffic information and rerouting can be useful around congested areas, but for most tourists, Google Maps is the better all-round app.
🔗 Download for Waze for iPhone
🔗 Download for Waze for Android
💡 Pro Tip: Google Maps is notorious for sending people down questionable roads. If you’re not used to riding a scooter, set your Google Maps to 4-wheeler on the tab at the top of directions. You’ll thank me later!
MyBluebird
MyBluebird is the official app for booking Bluebird taxis in Bali. If you prefer a regular metered taxi rather than Gojek or Grab, this is the app to have.
You can use MyBluebird for:
- Taxi bookings: Request a Bluebird taxi directly to your location.
- Upfront fares: Check an estimated or fixed fare before travelling where available.
- Metered trips: Book a regular Bluebird taxi and pay according to the meter.
- Driver tracking: See your driver’s location and vehicle details in the app.
- Cashless payments: Add supported payment methods instead of paying the driver in cash.
- Advance bookings: Schedule a taxi for later rather than waiting until you need one.
Bluebird is especially useful around Kuta, Legian, Seminyak, Sanur and Nusa Dua, where their taxis are common. Having the app also helps you avoid accidentally getting into one of the many similarly coloured taxis you’ll see around Bali.
MyBluebird is worth keeping alongside Gojek and Grab. Prices and availability vary, so having all three gives you another option when one service is busy or expensive.
🔗 Download MyBluebird for iPhone
🔗 Download MyBluebird for Android
Google Translate
You don’t need to speak Indonesian to travel around Bali. English is widely spoken in the main tourist areas, but Google Translate is one of those apps for Bali that is still worth having for those moments when pointing, smiling and saying terima kasih isn’t quite getting the job done.
The app is useful for:
- Menus: Translate Indonesian dishes and ingredients you don’t recognise.
- Signs: Point your camera at Indonesian text and translate it instantly.
- Conversations: Type what you want to say and show the translation to the other person.
- Voice translation: Speak into your phone instead of attempting to type Indonesian.
- Offline translation: Download Indonesian before your trip and use it without internet.
The camera translation is probably what you’ll use most. It’s great for menus, signs, product labels and anything else where you’ve got absolutely no idea what you’re looking at.
Just don’t expect every translation to be perfect. Indonesian is fairly easy for Google Translate, but local slang and Balinese words can occasionally produce some spectacular nonsense. You might occasionally raise some eyebrows.
🔗 Download Google Translate for iPhone
🔗 Download Google Translate for Android
💡 Pro Tip: Download the Indonesian language pack before you fly. It takes about a minute and means the app is still useful when your Bali SIM decides it needs a little holiday of its own.
Alternative translation apps for Bali: Microsoft Translator, DeepL, iTranslate and Papago.
Wise or Revolut
Wise and Revolut are both useful apps for Bali if you want to avoid using your normal bank card for every purchase, keep an eye on exchange rates and manage your travel money from your phone.
Both give you a physical or virtual card, let you manage currencies in the app and make it easy to freeze your card instantly if it disappears somewhere between the beach club and your hotel.
They’re useful in Bali for:
- Card payments: Pay at hotels, restaurants, shops and other businesses that accept international cards.
- ATM withdrawals: Withdraw Indonesian Rupiah from ATMs using your Wise or Revolut card.
- Currency conversion: See what you’re actually spending in IDR without doing mental maths every time someone says 500,000 Rupiah.
- Instant notifications: See exactly how much you’ve been charged as soon as you use your card.
- Card security: Freeze and unfreeze your card from the app if you lose it.
- Virtual cards: Useful for online bookings and keeping your main physical card separate.
👉 Get a Wise card before your Bali trip and make it easier to pay in Indonesian Rupiah, withdraw cash and keep track of exactly what you’re spending.
Revolut Users
Revolut is especially worth looking at if you’re travelling to Bali from the UK. You can spend in Indonesian Rupiah and withdraw IDR from local ATMs, with the exact fee-free allowances depending on your Revolut plan.
On the UK Standard plan, Revolut currently includes up to £200 or five ATM withdrawals per rolling month before its own withdrawal fee kicks in. Higher-tier plans have larger allowances.
Wise is also a solid option and can be used for card payments and ATM withdrawals in Bali. Its fees and free withdrawal allowances depend on where your card was issued, so check the current limits in the app before travelling.
💡 Pro Tip: If an ATM or card machine asks whether you want to be charged in GBP or IDR, choose IDR. Let Wise or Revolut handle the conversion rather than accepting the machine’s currency conversion.
XE Currency
Bali prices can take a little getting used to. When dinner costs 250,000 IDR, your brain needs a moment to remember whether you’ve just ordered a pizza or accidentally bought the whole menu.
XE Currency is a simple app for quickly converting Indonesian Rupiah into your home currency. Enter the IDR price and you’ll immediately see roughly what you’re paying in AUD, USD, GBP, EUR or whichever currency you normally use.
XE is pretty handy for:
- Checking restaurant prices: Quickly work out what those extra zeros actually mean.
- Shopping: Check prices before buying clothes, souvenirs or anything more expensive.
- Money changers: Compare the advertised exchange rate with the current market rate.
- ATM withdrawals: Work out how much 1,000,000 or 2,000,000 IDR actually is before withdrawing it.
- Multiple currencies: Useful if you’re travelling to Bali as part of a longer trip around Asia.
🔗 Download XE for iPhone
🔗 Download XE for Android
💡 Remember: XE shows you the market exchange rate. That doesn’t mean your bank, ATM or money changer will give you exactly the same rate. Use it as a reference rather than marching into a money changer demanding justice over 17 cents.
Alternative currency exchange apps for Bali: Wise, Revolut, Currency Converter Plus and Easy Currency Converter.
👉 If you want to know the real costs of a trip to Bali, see my Bali Travel Costs guide for an easy breakdown.
Chope
If you’re planning on eating at some of Bali’s more popular restaurants, Chope is worth having on your phone.
Plenty of restaurants around Bali use Chope as their online reservation system, so you’ll often end up there anyway when you hit the “Book a Table” button on a restaurant’s website.
Chope lets you search restaurants, check available times and make a reservation without having to call or WhatsApp the restaurant.
It’s useful for:
- Restaurant reservations: Book a table and get instant confirmation.
- Checking availability: See which times are available before deciding where to eat.
- Restaurant deals: Chope sometimes has discounts, dining offers and other promotions.
- Last-minute bookings: Handy when everywhere you actually want to eat suddenly seems fully booked.
- Managing reservations: Keep your upcoming restaurant bookings together in one place.
The deals are the sneaky bonus. Depending on the restaurant and current promotion, you can sometimes score a discount or special offer simply by booking through Chope rather than making the exact same reservation directly.
You definitely don’t need any reservation apps for Bali, and plenty of restaurants still take reservations directly through WhatsApp. But if you’re planning a few nicer dinners or want to try some of Bali’s popular restaurants, it’s worth checking Chope before booking.
🔗 Download Chope for iPhone
🔗 Download Chope for Android
Alternative restaurant reservation apps for Bali: TableCheck, OpenTable, Eat App and Quandoo.
Booking.com or Agoda
Even if you’ve already booked your accommodation in Bali, it’s worth keeping Booking.com or Agoda on your phone.
Plans change, hotels disappoint, ferries get cancelled, and occasionally that “peaceful private villa” turns out to be next door to a construction site.
Both apps have a huge selection of accommodation across Bali, from cheap guesthouses and homestays to private villas and five-star resorts.
They’re both useful for:
- Last-minute hotels: Find somewhere to stay if your plans change while you’re already in Bali.
- Comparing prices: Check both apps because the same hotel can be cheaper on one than the other.
- Managing bookings: Keep reservation details, addresses and check-in information on your phone.
- Messaging properties: Contact your hotel or villa through the app before you arrive.
- Finding accommodation nearby: Handy if you decide to stay another night somewhere rather than driving back across Bali.
- Member deals: Both platforms offer discounts and loyalty benefits for eligible accounts and properties.
Agoda is especially strong across Southeast Asia, so it’s always worth comparing it against Booking.com for Bali. Don’t assume the price you see on one app is automatically the cheapest available.
⚠️ Heads Up: Check exactly what’s included in the final price before booking, especially with Agoda. Breakfast, cancellation conditions, taxes and payment terms can make two apparently identical room rates quite different once you reach checkout.
Alternative hotel apps for Bali: Traveloka, Airbnb, Expedia and Trip.com.
Windy
Weather apps and Bali don’t always get along. You can open your phone, see thunderstorms forecast for the entire day, then spend the next six hours wondering where the rain is.
Windy is much more useful than a basic weather forecast, especially if you’re planning surfing, paragliding, skydiving, snorkelling, diving or a boat trip while you’re in Bali.
You can use Windy for:
- Surfing: Check wind direction, wind speed, swell and wave conditions before heading out.
- Paragliding: Check wind speed, direction, gusts and changing conditions around the flying area.
- Skydiving: Wind, cloud cover and incoming weather can all affect whether jumps can go ahead.
- Snorkelling & diving: Check wind and sea conditions before heading somewhere like Amed or Nusa Penida.
- Boat trips: Useful before taking a fast boat to Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan or the Gili Islands.
- Mount Batur: Check cloud cover, rain and general conditions before dragging yourself out of bed at 2am for sunrise.
- Rain radar: See where rain is actually falling and which direction it’s moving.
- Day trips: Compare conditions in different parts of Bali before committing to a full day out.
It’s handy for surfing and paragliding, where knowing the wind direction and speed is far more useful than your normal weather app showing a little picture of a cloud.
Windy lets you switch between different forecast models and layers, so you can dig deep into the conditions. Most tourists won’t need half of them, but anyone planning outdoor or ocean activities will get much more out of Windy than a standard weather app.
🔗 Download Windy for iPhone
🔗 Download Windy for Android
💡 My Advice: Just don’t let it run your holiday. Bali’s weather changes quickly, and no forecast is perfect. Use it to make better plans, not to cancel your entire day because there’s a suspicious-looking blob of blue approaching Ubud.
Alternative weather apps for Bali: AccuWeather, Weather & Radar, The Weather Channel and your phone’s built-in weather app.
VPN App
A VPN isn’t essential for everyone visiting, but it’s one of those apps for Bali that’s much better to have installed before you suddenly realise you need one.
The biggest reason is public Wi-Fi. You’ll probably connect to Wi-Fi at hotels, villas, cafes, airports and restaurants during your trip, and a VPN gives you an extra layer of privacy when you’re using networks you don’t control.
A VPN can be useful in Bali for:
- Public Wi-Fi: Add extra protection when using hotel, cafe and airport networks.
- Accessing services from home: Some websites and online services behave differently or aren’t available when you’re connecting from Indonesia.
- Streaming: Access your usual streaming services while travelling, although what you can watch still depends on the provider’s rules.
- Banking and work: Useful if you need to access accounts or work systems while travelling.
- Changing your virtual location: Connect through a server in Australia, the UK, US or another country when you need a service from home.
There are also internet restrictions in Indonesia, so some websites and online services you normally use at home may be blocked or unavailable while you’re in Bali.
If you’re going to use a VPN, download and log into it before you leave home. Trying to find and configure one after discovering the website or service you need isn’t accessible is doing things the hard way.
Popular VPN apps for Bali: NordVPN, ExpressVPN, Surfshark and Proton VPN.
Muslim Pro & Zabihah
Bali is predominantly Hindu, but there’s still a large Muslim community and plenty of mosques, prayer facilities and halal food around the island.
If you’re a Muslim traveller, Muslim Pro and Zabihah are two useful apps to have alongside the usual travel apps for Bali.
They do quite different jobs, so having both can be handy in 2026.
- Muslim Pro: Check daily prayer times, find the Qibla direction and locate nearby mosques and prayer spaces.
- Zabihah: Find halal restaurants and other Muslim-friendly places nearby.
Muslim Pro is the more useful everyday app. Prayer times change throughout the year, and the Qibla finder is handy when you’re staying somewhere without prayer information available.
Zabihah is more focused on food. You can search for halal restaurants around your location, which can save a fair bit of digging through Google Maps listings and restaurant menus.
💡 My Advice: Finding halal food in Bali generally isn’t difficult, especially around areas with larger local populations. However, some restaurants in the main tourist areas serve pork and alcohol alongside other dishes, so an app like Zabihah can make it easier if you specifically want halal-certified or Muslim-friendly options.
Apps You Don’t Need for Bali
There are plenty of other apps for Bali you might see on Instagram reels and Youtube, but honestly, you really don’t need to arrive with 30 new icons on your phone.
Some are designed more for Indonesian residents, while others basically duplicate something your phone already does perfectly well.
Here are a few you can probably skip:
- OVO: A popular Indonesian digital wallet, but not something most short-term tourists need. Your international card, cash, Wise or Revolut will cover most situations.
- DANA: Another Indonesian e-wallet that’s useful for locals but generally unnecessary for a Bali holiday.
- Shopee: Huge in Indonesia, but unless you’re planning an online shopping spree during your holiday, you probably won’t touch it.
- Tokopedia: Same story. Very useful if you live in Indonesia, not terribly exciting if you’re here for two weeks.
- Traveloka: Popular for booking flights, hotels and transport in Indonesia, but Booking.com, Agoda and your airline’s app will usually cover what most international tourists need.
- Dedicated Bali guide apps: Google Maps combined with a decent Bali travel website will generally give you much more useful and current information. I may be slightly biased on that last one.
- Multiple weather apps: Bali’s weather is unpredictable enough without having four apps disagreeing with each other. Windy plus your normal weather app is plenty.
- Multiple currency converters: Pick one. XE, Wise or Revolut can all tell you that 100,000 IDR isn’t nearly as terrifying as the number initially looks.
The idea isn’t to download every app that might be useful. Start with Gojek, Grab, WhatsApp, Google Maps and Google Translate, then add the others (like dating apps) based on how you’re actually travelling.
Your phone storage can remain blissfully free of 17 Indonesian apps you’ll never open again.
FAQs About Travel Apps for Bali
What apps should I download before going to Bali?
At a minimum, download WhatsApp, Gojek, Grab, Google Maps and Google Translate before going to Bali. I also recommend having your banking app, Wise or Revolut and a VPN set up before you leave home.
What apps are used in Bali?
Some of the most commonly used apps in Bali include WhatsApp, Gojek, Grab, Google Maps and MyBluebird. Gojek and Grab are widely used for transport and food delivery, while WhatsApp is the go-to app for messaging hotels, drivers, restaurants and other businesses.
Which app is most used in Bali?
WhatsApp is probably one of the most important apps for Bali. It’s widely used by locals and businesses for messaging, bookings and sending locations. For tourists specifically, Gojek and Grab are also among the apps you’ll probably use most during your trip.
What is the best app for transportation in Bali?
Gojek and Grab are the best transport apps for Bali tourists. Both let you book cars and motorbike taxis and see the fare before booking. MyBluebird is another good option if you prefer traditional Bluebird taxis.
What is the best map app for Bali?
Google Maps is the best all-round map app for Bali. It’s useful for driving, scooter navigation, walking, finding businesses and sharing locations. Waze is another good option if you’re driving yourself and want live traffic information.
Do I need an Indonesian phone number to use apps in Bali?
No. You can use most Bali travel apps with your normal foreign phone number. Some apps require SMS verification when setting up your account, which is why it’s a good idea to download and register for important apps before leaving home.
Can I use Bali apps with an eSIM?
Yes. A travel eSIM with mobile data is enough to use apps such as WhatsApp, Gojek, Grab, Google Maps and Google Translate once they’re set up. The main thing to watch is SMS verification, as data-only eSIMs generally don’t give you a regular Indonesian phone number.
What are the best translation apps for Bali?
Google Translate is the best translation app for most Bali tourists. You can translate Indonesian text, conversations, menus and signs, and download Indonesian for offline use. Other options include Microsoft Translator, DeepL and iTranslate.
What are the best currency apps for Bali?
XE Currency, Wise and Revolut are all useful currency apps for Bali. XE is great for quickly converting Indonesian Rupiah into your home currency, while Wise and Revolut are better if you also want to manage and spend your travel money.
What are the best weather apps for Bali?
Windy is one of the best weather apps for Bali, especially for surfing, paragliding, skydiving, diving and boat trips. It provides detailed information on rain, wind, gusts, waves, swell and cloud cover rather than just giving you a basic daily forecast.
What are the best Bali travel apps for Muslim travellers?
Muslim Pro and Zabihah are two useful apps for Muslim travellers visiting Bali. Muslim Pro is useful for prayer times, Qibla direction and finding mosques, while Zabihah can help you find halal restaurants.
Michael
Bali Travel ExpertAfter more than 15 years living in Bali, I’ve explored the island inside and out, from famous temples to hidden local gems. I’m fluent in Indonesian and created this website to help travelers discover the real Bali with trustworthy, practical advice.