Best Apps for Working Holiday Makers in Australia 2026: 13 Picks

Quick comparison

The apps fall into four jobs: staying legal, getting paid correctly, finding work and getting around. You will want at least one from each.

1. AussieCamps: where to stay between jobs

Regional work means long drives between towns where accommodation is thin. AussieCamps puts bookable hotels, motels, backpacker hostels, holiday parks and tours from BookEasy in one iPhone app, free to browse and book, so you can find a bed near the next farm without paying for the app first.

If you are travelling in a car or van, the AussieCamps Pass adds 1,838 campgrounds, 5,552 rest areas, 3,004 drinking water points and 1,186 toilets from state park agencies, road authorities and public facility datasets, and trips with the distance and drive time between stops. Place details are stored on the phone and stay readable out of signal; the map, directions and weather need a connection. The Pass is a weekly subscription or a one-off lifetime purchase, with in-app purchases listed at A$2.99 to A$9.99.

The app runs only on iPhone, and it carries no traveller reviews. If you only ever stay in hostels in cities, Hostelworld covers more of them, with reviews from other backpackers.

2. myVEVO: check your work rights

myVEVO is the free Home Affairs app for checking your visa's work rights, conditions and expiry date. It lets you email your visa details straight to an employer, and Home Affairs says employers can check your work rights through VEVO with your permission. It is rated 4.8 from 4,420 Australian ratings.

Home Affairs says working holiday makers can usually work for the same employer for 6 months only, counted from your first day and including part-time, casual and voluntary work. You can work for the same employer for more than 6 months without asking permission if you work in different locations, none of them for more than 6 months, or in plant and animal cultivation, or in critical sectors including tourism and hospitality, agriculture and aged care, anywhere in Australia, among other exceptions. It is free on iPhone and Android, and the same check is on the VEVO website.

3. The ATO app and myGov: tax and super

You apply for a tax file number online with the ATO once you are in Australia on a visa that lets you work. Give your employer the number: without it, the ATO tax table says they must withhold 45%. The ATO app then shows your tax and super, but to see your own records it needs a myGov account linked to the ATO and an Australian mobile number, so set those up in your first week. The myGov app handles sign-in and government mail.

Working holiday makers are taxed at 15% on income up to A$45,000 in 2025-26 and 2026-27. Only an employer registered with the ATO as an employer of working holiday makers can withhold at that rate; an unregistered employer must withhold 30%, and any extra is refunded when you lodge your return. When you leave, you can claim your super as a Departing Australia Superannuation Payment, with the taxable part taxed at 65% if it includes super paid while you held a 417 or 462 visa. Both apps are free; their ratings are low, 2.7 for the ATO app and 2.3 for myGov.

4. Record My Hours: proof of what you worked

The Fair Work Ombudsman's free Record My Hours app records your shifts, automatically by location or entered by hand, and stores photos of your payslips. If your pay looks wrong, that record is what you take to the employer or to Fair Work. It is on iPhone and Android, and rated 2.4 from 88 Australian ratings.

Visa holders have the same workplace rights as every other employee. On farms covered by the Horticulture Award, pieceworkers must be paid at least the minimum hourly rate for the hours they work each day, a guarantee that has applied since April 2022. The app records hours; it does not work out your award pay.

5. SEEK: the most-rated job board app

SEEK has more Australian ratings than any other dedicated job app here, 422,409 averaging 4.7, and covers hospitality, farm, retail and trade work in every state. It is free on iPhone and Android.

It is not built for working holiday makers, so listings do not say whether a job counts as specified work for another visa. Check the industry and postcode against Home Affairs before you accept.

6. Indeed and Jora: more of the market

Indeed (4.7 from 51,502 ratings) and Jora (4.7 from 78,753) are free job search apps. Jora pulls roles from company sites, recruiters and other boards across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, so one search covers many boards.

The same job can appear on several boards. Like SEEK, neither tells you whether a role counts towards a second or third visa.

7. Workforce Australia: the government jobs board

The Australian Government's Workforce Australia jobs board includes harvest and farm work, and its free app searches by industry, location and the days you can work. It is rated 3.4 from 4,737 Australian ratings.

It is built mainly for Australian jobseekers, so some of its features may not apply to you, but its harvest listings are worth checking alongside the private boards.

8. The 88th Day: finding specified work

The 88th Day is built for working holiday makers chasing the regional work for a second or third visa. It has a database of farms and factories for finding specified work, mostly around Adelaide and South Australia, and a calculator for counting your days. It is rated 4.6 from 459 Australian ratings and free to download, with in-app purchases from A$6.99 to A$19.99 for nationwide, full or premium access.

An employer appearing in an app does not make the work eligible. Eligibility depends on the industry, the postcode and your visa, so check each job against the Home Affairs list.

9. Hostelworld and CamperMate: getting around

Hostelworld is a hostel booking app rated 4.8 from 28,649 Australian ratings, with reviews from other guests. CamperMate is free with no in-app purchases and lists free camps, holiday parks, toilets and dump stations across Australia and New Zealand, with maps you can download before you lose signal.

Hostelworld is built around hostels, with some budget hotels and B&Bs. Many of CamperMate's listings and updates come from travellers, so check a free camp's rules on the sign or with the land manager.

10. Gumtree: buying a car or van

Many working holiday makers buy a car or van second-hand, and Gumtree, rated 4.7 from more than 1 million Australian ratings, is where many of them are listed, along with rooms and casual jobs.

Inspect the vehicle in person and check its registration and history before you pay.

The rules behind the apps

To get a second Working Holiday visa you need at least 3 months of specified work, a minimum of 88 calendar days, and for a third visa at least 6 months, a minimum of 179 calendar days. As a rule, the work must be done while you hold your previous visa: your first visa for a second, and your second visa, on or after 1 July 2019, for a third. Paid work must be paid under Australian law and awards (some volunteer disaster recovery work also counts), and the eligible industries and postcodes differ between the 417 and 462 visas. UK passport holders who apply on or after 1 July 2024 do not need specified work for a second or third 417 visa.

In September 2026 the government announced a plan to allocate second and third visas by ballot, with the regional work still required to enter. It was not in force and had no start date when we checked, so confirm the current rules with Home Affairs before planning around it.

How we chose

Each app's price, in-app purchases and rating were checked on the Australian App Store on 20 October 2026. The rules come from the Department of Home Affairs, the Australian Taxation Office and the Fair Work Ombudsman, and the visa rules change often, so check them before you rely on them.

We built AussieCamps, and the Pass is how we charge for its camping data. No other app or developer in this list paid to be included.

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