Thursday, 3 January 2019

Best Apps for Daily Living in Antalya, Turkey

These apps provide you with the essentials for public transportation, food and your mobile phone.

1. Antalyakart
The official app for public transportation in Antalya.  There are many other apps that can be used but this is the only one officially issued by the city.  I have used Moovit and several others, but they fall short of this one.  Even better, you can use your phone to make payment if you set it up in advance. Here is what the app looks like:






2. Yemeksepeti
Most restaurants will deliver in Antalya, including restaurants like McDonald's and Burger King.  It usually costs around $1 for delivery.  Once you have this app set up with your delivery address and payment, you can select from hundreds of restaurants.






3. Hesabim
This is the official app for Turkcell.  Most of the phone companies here are quite competitive, but this one is, in my opinion, the best value for the money.  To get this sim card and get set up in Antalya, follow this link.

This app will tell you the essentials, such as data and time remaining.  Having the app also allows you to receive a bonus once a week which is usually and extra gigabyte of data or minutes.





4. Migros Sanal Market
If you want to get fancy and order your groceries online from the largest grocery store in Antalya, here it is.  You can order almost anything in the store except alcohol (what a pity!).  I used this app but I have found it very buggy.  I prefer to do it directly from the website which is at https://www.sanalmarket.com.tr/.  It costs about $1.50 for delivery.  Totally worth it. At any rate, here are the apps.






5. Hebsiburada
The equivalent of eBay or Amazon in Turkey.  It is the most widely used online site.  Great for electronics, but almost anything can be found.  I have used eBay a lot and I find it almost exactly the same.  Shipping times are really fast.

This app is great for electronics which are generally quite expensive in Turkey due to tariffs.

Here is what it looks like:






There are plenty more apps related to Antalya, but most are self promoting and for tourism.  The apps related above are for daily living in Antalya.  I hope you find them useful!

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