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What are the most useful apps for daily life in Chiang Mai?

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Hello everyone,

I’m planning a move to Chiang Mai and putting together a list of useful apps for daily life there. This is what I’ve found so far. Happy to hear any additions, corrections, or better alternatives:

🚕 Transport & Mobility: Grab (rides, food, payments), Bolt (cheap rides), inDrive (fare negotiation), Maxim (budget taxi), ViaBus (bus tracking), AnyWheel (bike sharing), Skoot (e-scooter rental)

🍜 Food & Groceries: LINE MAN (food delivery), ShopeeFood (restaurant delivery), Makro PRO (bulk groceries), TukApp (local delivery), eatigo (restaurant discounts), 7-Eleven (convenience orders), Sushiro (queue booking sushi)

🏠 Lifestyle & Home: BeNeat (home cleaning), GoWabi (beauty bookings), Lazada (online shopping), Shopee (marketplace), RentHub (apartment search), MonthlyChiangmai (monthly rentals)

🏥 Health & Safety: AirVisual (air quality), Police i lert u (emergency alerts)

🏛️ Government & Admin: DLT Smart Queue (transport office booking), DLT QR Licence (digital driver license), THIM (visa services), Thailand Tourist Police (tourist assistance)

💸 Money & Payments: TrueMoney Wallet (payments, transfers), Deep Pocket (expense tracking)

💬 Messaging: LINE (main local chat), WhatsApp (global messaging), Telegram (groups, channels), Facebook Messenger (social chat)

🛍️ Offline Shopping: Power Buy (electronics), Banana IT (gadgets), Thai Watsadu (home improvement), HomePro (home goods), Watsons (health & beauty), Makro PRO (bulk shopping), SHEIN (fashion)

✈️ Travel & Planning: D-Ticket (train tickets), Klook (activities), Trip.com (flights & hotels), 12Go (transport tickets), Booking.com (accommodation), Traveloka (travel deals)

Answer summary

A user is compiling a list of useful apps for expats living in Chiang Mai, covering various categories such as transport (Grab, Bolt), food delivery (LINE MAN, ShopeeFood), lifestyle (Lazada, RentHub), health (AirVisual), government services (DLT Smart Queue, THIM), payments (TrueMoney Wallet), messaging (LINE, WhatsApp), shopping (Power Buy), and travel planning (D-Ticket, Booking.com). Community members provide feedback, questioning the necessity and availability of some apps and suggesting alternatives.

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Jean ************

Jean ************

You don't need any applications to live healthily in Chiang Mai.

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Dany ********

Dany ********

Agoda for hotels.

Windy for live weather, forecast and muc more

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Bob **********

Bob **********

That sounds pretty complicated

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Tor ******

Tor ******

For Line man and Shopee youre gonna need a Thailand app store account.

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Michael ***********

Michael ***********

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Tor Toiz

Actually, it's available on the Google Play Store

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Tor ******

Tor ******

Yes, sorry, I was talking iOS. I sometines forget there are other OS out there lol.

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Dany ********

Dany ********

Michael Sternberg but for 7-11 app you need

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Michael ***********

Michael ***********

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Dany Nomads yeah..

But maybe I can just change my Google Play Country to be Thailand?

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Christer *****

Christer *****

AI tend to exaggerate

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Bill *********

Bill *********

This is definitely overkill. If I had a half of these apps on my phone I'd be running out of space. I know most of these and I choose 1 or 2 from each category and that will be plenty sufficient.

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Brandon ************

Brandon ************

Many of these are not going to be of any use to you in Chiang Mai. ViaBus for example. I don't know if Eatigo is in Chiang Mai or not, and I'm trying to remember if I had to download Sushiro from the Thai app store or if it was on the international one.

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Michael ***********

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@Brandon ***********

eatigo works in Chiang Mai, sushiro is available at Google Play Store

not sure about ViaBus, actually not sure if there are any buses in Chiangmai :)

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Wolf *****

Wolf *****

Michael Sternberg never met anyone using any of those. Don't think they serve much purpose here. Basically you need the top 2 or 3 in every category and you're good.

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Brandon ************

Brandon ************

@Michael **********

there's like 6 different Sushiro apps for individual countries, at least on the apple store

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Barry ******

Barry ******

I'm about to move to Chiang Mai myself and Perfect Homes Chiang Mai have been very good looking for a condo to rent. They seem to have lots of properties on their books.

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