What’s on my home screen? (Thailand Edition 🇹🇭)

Brett Dev

23d (edited) • Living in Thailand

Thought I’d share what apps I’m rocking on a daily out here in Thailand.

Many of them you should download as soon as you get here.

🚗 Getting Around

Grab - Basically the Uber of Thailand. Reliable taxis, food delivery and more.

Bolt - Usually cheaper than Grab. I go to it if Grab is on a mad one and prices are stupidly high.

inDrive - Not many people know about this but a lot of the Thais use it and it's really reliable and cheap! You can negotiate the price yourself too.

💸 Money Stuff

Bangkok Bank - If you live here, you know. "Scan to pay" (PromptPay) is life.

Wise - The best way to get money into your Thai bank account from a foreign account.

📦 Buying Stuff

Lazada - Basically the Thai version of Amazon. Don't need a bank account either can pay cash on delivery.

AliExpress - Good for cheap gadgets and random stuff I don't need immediately (shipping takes forever but it's cheap).

Foodpanda - Good food delivery app.

🛠 The Essentials

LINE - In Thailand people don't use WhatsApp much they use Line! Has cool stickers too (very asian)

Google Translate - Don't forget you can live scan Thai and see it in English, think menus, etc.

myAIS - If you want the best mobile plan, go into an AIS store and buy a 50 baht sim card with no plan on it. Download this app and buy a plan yourself. You can get unlimited internet for a year for around 1800 THB last time I checked.

Skool - To hang out with you guys obviously! 😉

🫤 Honourable Mentions

Sh**t! I Smoke - Kinda depressing but necessary up north. Tells you the air quality in "cigarettes smoked."

7-Eleven - Haven't had the patience to set it up yet but soon I too will become one of those annoying fuckers who holds up the line so I can get my points.

If you live in Thailand let me know in the comments what I’m missing or what you guys are using!

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