Apps Worth Having
A short list that actually earns its space on your phone. No paid placements. Eight of the nine links are plain links with nothing behind them. The ninth, Ferryhopper, is marked as a sponsored link, the same as the booking links elsewhere on the site.
Getting around
Moovit
The one to install first. Live bus, metro, tram and trolley times for Athens, including OASA routes, with an interactive map and real time arrivals. Works offline for route planning. It is not an Athens only app: Moovit's own Corfu page lists two transit types on the island, bus and ferry, run by Green Buses (KTEL) of Corfu, Corfu City Bus and Corfu Port.
moovitapp.comGoogle Maps
Reliable for walking and driving, and it now carries public transport times in Athens as well. Download the offline map of the area before you travel, because signal drops in the mountains and on the smaller islands.
www.google.comFerryhopper
The easiest way to compare ferry routes, operators and prices, and to book. Built for the Greek islands specifically, which the big international sites are not.
www.ferryhopper.comFreeNow, Bolt and Uber
All three work in Greece and all three dispatch licensed taxis at the regulated meter rate, so you are not gambling on a fare. FreeNow was formerly Beat and has the widest coverage. Uber in Greece calls a taxi rather than a private car. Coverage is not nationwide though, so check before you count on one: Bolt's own city list names just three places in Greece, Athens, Crete and Mykonos, as at 3 September 2026, and Corfu is not among them.
Language
Google Translate
Download the Greek language pack for offline use before you arrive. The camera translation is the genuinely useful part: point it at a handwritten taverna menu, a bus timetable or a pharmacy label and it reads the Greek alphabet for you.
translate.google.comA note on the alphabet
Learning to sound out the Greek alphabet takes about an hour and pays for itself immediately. Half the words on signs are ones you already know once you can read them, and it turns a wall of symbols into a place you can navigate.
Food and daily life
efood
Greece's biggest delivery app, with the widest range of tavernas and souvlaki shops. The default for most people here. Its own home page counts 20,000 shops across 100 towns and cities, Corfu included, and it is not only restaurants: supermarket and general shopping sit in the same app. Pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Revolut Pay, PayPal or cash.
www.e-food.grWolt
Usually the better English interface, and stronger on brunch and speciality places. Worth having both, since coverage differs by neighbourhood. Wolt Market is its own grocery arm, so a forgotten shop can arrive alongside the food.
wolt.comBOX
Handy for chains, and it runs discount codes more often than the other two. Its own site leads on a points scheme as well: you collect points on an order and redeem them later, and it carries general shopping alongside the food.
box.grTickets and events
more.com
The main Greek ticketing platform, covering concerts, theatre, festivals and most large venues. Buy direct rather than through resale, because markups are common and venues do not honour resold tickets. The address on the button below is its English interface, and its listings run well beyond Athens: Thessaloniki, Komotini and the islands all appear alongside touring shows playing multiple venues.
www.more.comAthinorama
What is actually on tonight, in Greek but readable with translate on. Its own footer calls it the guide to Athens rather than to the country, so read its cinema and theatre listings as the Athens ones and expect the open air summer screens to be Athens screens. The part that covers the whole of Greece is its Alpha Guide, which rates restaurants and tavernas nationwide.
www.athinorama.grPractical
Emergency numbers, no app needed
112 reaches the EU emergency line with English speaking operators. Greece's own civil protection service adds that calls to 112 are free, that the caller's location can be traced, and that the same system pushes the emergency text alerts you may receive during a fire or a storm. 100 police, 166 ambulance, 199 fire, 108 coast guard. If you cannot speak, the Hellenic Police accept a free SMS to 100. The tourist line is 1571, not 171. 171 does not appear on the police's own list of 24 hour numbers; 1571 does, and it is answered in Greek, English, French and German. Also official: 1056 for child protection, 116000 for missing children and 116111 for a children and teenagers helpline. Save them before you need them.