18 apps to make life in the UAE much easier (and more fun!)

From groceries to food to designer shopping, home help, deals and discounts, these are the UAE apps you need to download, stat, if you haven’t already! 

• Ounass

Got an event tonight and need something to wear?  Ounass is your one stop, 2 hour delivery, shop for all things luxury fashion and beauty.

• Mall of the Emirates

No time to get to the mall?  Mall of the Emirates and their digital concierge have you covered!  They’ll go shop to shop to get what you’re looking for and better still deliver it in 4 hours.

• Cafu 

Fuel.  Car wash.  New tyres.  Straight to your door. I don’t need to say anymore (although, I will – they also come to you roadside with fuel if you’ve left it too late to get to the fuel station!).

• mimojo 

Love eating out / working out / hanging out and saving money?  mimojo is the app for you!  Say goodbye to outdated vouchers and get cashback with a simple app!

• Instashop 

All your groceries within the hour at the click of a button. Pharmacies are on there too!  You can even order services – home and beauty. 

• Level Shoes 

Designer shoes at your door in less than 2 hours?  Sign me up!

• Privilee 

From luxurious pool daycays to family friendly weekend fun, Privilee’s membership gives you beach and pool access at a huge range of hotels and resorts across the emirates.

• Cinema UAE 

Fancy the cinema but don’t want to trawl all the movie theatre websites?  Cinema UAE has you covered.

• Kibsons 

Our favourite e-supermarket.  All your grocery need,  from great priced fresh fruit and veg to home country favourites (think Sainsburys, M&S, SuperValu) to fresh flowers all in one place.

• Zofeur 

Dinner, drinks and home safely in your own car.  Zofeur is our safe driver of choice.

• Flaunte*

Effortlessly book top-notch beauty, health, and fitness services in UAE, whether at home or at a salon.  Flaunte* is new and fast becoming our app of choice for service booking.

• Champion Cleaners

As the name says, they’re the champion cleaners.  We especially love their shoe and bag spa service!

• Leap 

If you want your kids to be financially savvy – check out Leap.  The debit card (and parent accessed app) that teaches children how to earn, save and spend.

• Deliveroo 

Every take away  you can imagine, plus 100 more, all delivered to your door.

• Noon 

From clothes to home items to water, Noon is a world of products, all available for delivery – some of them in 12 minutes!!

• Uber 

Taxis and more at the touch of a button!

• Careem 

Taxis, errand running and food delivery all in one app.

• Dubai Now 

Don’t wait around in queues.  This app lets you do everything from updating your Salik, to paying bills and storing IDs.