Denmark Travel Apps 2026: What Old Guides Get Wrong

Here is a fast way to tell whether a Denmark travel guide has been updated recently: check whether it tells you to download the DOT app, or to set up MobilePay when you land.

Both are wrong, and they're wrong in different ways. The DOT ticket app no longer exists. It was retired at the end of 2025 and its job moved to a new app called Rejsebillet. MobilePay does exist, it's genuinely everywhere in Denmark, and you cannot sign up for it as a visitor. It requires a Danish CPR number, a Danish bank account, and a Danish phone number, so recommending it to a tourist is like recommending a library card you're not eligible for.

Denmark churned through an unusual amount of app change between early 2025 and mid-2026: a ticketing system replaced, a national travel card switched off, ride-hailing rebuilt from scratch, and a food delivery giant swapped for another. This guide covers what actually changed, and what to install now.

What Changed, in One Table

What guides still say	What's actually true in 2026
"Get the DOT app for tickets"	DOT Billetter closed end of 2025. Rejsebillet replaced it nationwide
"Buy a Rejsekort card at the airport"	The physical card's last check-in day was 29 June 2026. It's gone
"Set up MobilePay"	Visitors can't register. Use contactless card, Apple Pay or Google Pay
"Uber doesn't operate in Denmark"	Uber returned in January 2025 and now runs nationwide
"Book a Viggo"	Viggo shut down in June 2025 after Bolt acquired it
"Order from Just Eat"	Just Eat exited Denmark in March 2026. Wolt dominates

If a guide gets three or more of these wrong, it hasn't been touched since 2024.

Public Transport: Two Apps, Two Jobs

The single most common mistake is assuming one Danish transit app does everything. It doesn't, and the split is genuinely confusing until someone explains it.

Rejseplanen plans journeys. It covers every train, metro, bus, and light rail service in Denmark, with live departure boards and disruption data. It's the app locals actually open. It does not sell you a ticket.

Rejsebillet sells tickets. It's run by Rejsekort A/S and covers bus, train, metro, and light rail across all of Denmark, single tickets and zone tickets alike. The interface is available in English and it takes foreign Visa and Mastercard.

So: plan in Rejseplanen, buy in Rejsebillet. Install both before you arrive.

One practical warning about Rejsebillet. A recurring theme in its reviews is registration friction with non-Danish phone numbers. Set the app up and complete a test purchase while you still have working WiFi and patience, not while standing on a platform at Nørreport watching your train leave. It's a five-minute job done calmly and a genuinely stressful one done in a hurry.

The Rejsekort Card Is Gone

For over a decade the answer to "how do I pay for transport in Denmark" was: buy a blue Rejsekort card, load it with kroner, tap in and tap out. That era ended this summer. The last day you could check in with a physical Rejsekort was Monday 29 June 2026.

There is a Rejsekort app that inherits the tap-in/tap-out model, and there's a physical replacement card called Basiskort (about 50 DKK, available in an anonymous version from sales points) aimed at Danes who don't want to use a smartphone. Neither is built with visitors in mind, and Rejsekort's own English-language pages still don't clearly address whether someone without Danish ID can complete app registration.

Don't spend your holiday finding out. For a short trip, Rejsebillet covers you, and if you're staying in Copenhagen and sightseeing hard, the Copenhagen Card bundles unlimited public transport (including the airport train) with entry to 80+ attractions in a single app that works offline.

Intercity Trains: Use the DSB App

For travel between cities, Copenhagen to Aarhus or Odense, install DSB, the national rail operator's app. It's the highest-rated transport app in Denmark by a wide margin and it's in English.

The reason to use it rather than the website is money. DSB sells discounted advance fares called Orange and Orange Fri, which can cut the price of an intercity journey substantially if you book ahead and commit to a specific departure. There's a second reason too: DSB's website has a long-documented history of rejecting foreign payment cards, while the app is far more reliable. American Express is reportedly not accepted at all, so bring a Visa or Mastercard.

The DSB app has also absorbed a "Check in" feature, a swipe-before-you-board digital ticket priced at old Rejsekort rates, which is one of the official replacements for the card that just died.

Payments: The MobilePay Trap

Denmark is about as close to cashless as a country gets. Cash accounts for roughly 1% of payments. Contactless is universal, and you can complete a two-week trip without touching a krone note.

You will see MobilePay logos on café counters, market stalls, and payment terminals everywhere, which is exactly why so many guides tell tourists to install it. Don't bother. Registration requires a Danish CPR number, a Danish bank account, and a Danish phone number. Those requirements have not loosened, and a short-stay visitor doesn't get a CPR number at all.

The good news is that this costs you nothing. Every merchant that accepts MobilePay also accepts foreign Visa and Mastercard, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Set up your phone's wallet before you fly and you have full coverage.

The one edge case worth knowing: a handful of flea markets and very small independent vendors run MobilePay-only or Dankort-only. Carrying 200 to 400 DKK in cash covers those rare moments and nothing else.

Taxis: Uber Is Back, Viggo Is Dead

Danish ride-hailing was rebuilt between 2025 and 2026, and this is the section where outdated guides are most confidently wrong.

Uber left Denmark in 2017 over taxi licensing law. It returned on 28 January 2025, working through licensed local fleets rather than private drivers: first the electric operator DRIVR, then Dantaxi, Denmark's largest taxi company, which Uber acquired outright in May 2025. Rides are metered and priced under Danish taxi regulation. The familiar app now books regulated Danish cabs nationwide.

Bolt entered by buying Viggo, the Danish electric ride-hailing service, in March 2025. The Viggo app was switched off in June 2025. If a guide tells you to book a Viggo, it's pointing you at software that no longer runs. Bolt also covers e-scooters and e-bikes in Copenhagen, which makes it a useful single install.

If you'd rather book a traditional metered cab directly, TAXA 4x35 is Copenhagen's largest taxi company and its app offers upfront fixed pricing. The Dantaxi app still works, though its fleet is now bookable through Uber anyway.

Bikes: Donkey Republic

Copenhagen is one of the world's great cycling cities and the bike share is home-grown. Donkey Republic rents pedal bikes and e-bikes from hundreds of pickup points around the city, around 95 DKK for a day, unlocked from your phone.

Two things trip visitors up. The app needs mobile data throughout your rental, not just at pickup, so this is one of the few genuine connectivity dependencies on your trip. And you must explicitly end the rental in the app when you're done. Walking away from a parked bike without closing the rental means the meter keeps running.

Food: Wolt In, Just Eat Out

Wolt is the default delivery app in Denmark and one of the best-rated delivery apps anywhere. It's the one locals use.

Just Eat confirmed its exit from Denmark in March 2026, closing a business that had been part of the Danish market for years. Any guide still listing it is out of date. Uber Eats filled the gap, launching in Denmark on 15 April 2026 starting with Copenhagen and expanding to Aarhus and Odense, so it's now a real second option rather than a rumour.

The genuinely useful Danish install is Too Good To Go. It was invented in Copenhagen, and it lets you buy surplus "magic bags" from bakeries, cafés, and restaurants at roughly a third of the normal price near closing time. In a city where a casual lunch can cost 150 DKK, it's the most effective budget tool on this list, and the pastries are the same pastries.

Connectivity: Most Visitors Need Nothing

Here's the part where most travel guides try to sell you something. Denmark doesn't need it.

Denmark is in the EU, which means "roam like at home" applies. If your phone plan comes from anywhere in the EU or EEA, your existing data, calls, and texts work in Denmark at your normal domestic rate. You don't need a travel eSIM, a local SIM, or a data pass. Buying one would be spending money to duplicate something you already have.

If you're arriving from outside the EU/EEA, from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, or elsewhere, then it's worth checking your carrier's international roaming rate before you fly, and a travel eSIM is a reasonable way to avoid a bad one. That's a genuine use case. It just isn't most visitors to Denmark, and free public WiFi is widespread in Copenhagen regardless.

English proficiency in Denmark is close to universal, so translation apps are a nice-to-have rather than a necessity. Install Google Translate or DeepL if you like having them, but you will not need them to order dinner.

What's Coming Next

There's one change on the horizon worth knowing about, because it will date this article too.

Rejseplanen and Rejsekort are building a combined "super app" that merges journey planning and ticketing into one product, ending the two-app split described above. A public pilot called Rejseplanen NextGen has been available since around March 2026 and is being actively developed, with updates shipping as recently as August 2026.

It is not ready. It's explicitly labelled a pilot, its ratings are poor, and it doesn't replace ticketing yet. Install Rejseplanen and Rejsebillet for a trip taken now. If you're reading this well after publication, it's worth a quick check on whether NextGen has graduated, because when it does, the two-app answer becomes a one-app answer.

The Denmark App Stack

Purpose	Install	Why
Journey planning	Rejseplanen	Every train, bus, metro, live times
Tickets	Rejsebillet	Replaced DOT nationwide; takes foreign cards
Intercity trains	DSB	Cheap Orange fares; works with foreign cards
Taxis	Uber or Bolt	Both fully operational; licensed Danish fleets
Bikes	Donkey Republic	Copenhagen's own bike share
Food delivery	Wolt	The local default
Cheap food	Too Good To Go	Danish-invented, genuinely saves money
Sightseeing	Copenhagen Card	Transport plus 80+ attractions, works offline
Payment	Your existing phone wallet	Apple Pay / Google Pay, not MobilePay

The Bottom Line

Denmark is one of the easiest countries in the world to travel with a phone, provided you're carrying the 2026 list rather than the 2023 one. The stack is small: Rejseplanen and Rejsebillet for getting around, DSB if you're leaving Copenhagen, Uber or Bolt for cabs, Donkey Republic for bikes, and the wallet already on your phone for everything you buy.

What you don't need is longer than what you do. No MobilePay, because you can't have it. No Rejsekort, because it's switched off. No DOT app, because it doesn't exist. And for most European visitors, no travel eSIM either, because you're already covered.

For the current app list by category, see our Denmark country page.

Denmark Travel Apps in 2026: Why Most Guides Are Out of Date