The Oktoberfest app has offered visitors many functions so far. Unfortunately, you will have to do without the app at the moment.
Oktoberfest App: Currently not available for 2024
As of September 2024, the Oktoberfest app will no longer be available in any app store.
- However, you don't have to miss out on information and dates relating to the Oktoberfest. You can find everything you need to know on the official website of the city of Munich and the Oktoberfest website.
- But even beyond the Wiesn app, there is useful, free content for your smartphone that you can download to prepare for the festival. One important point, for example, is safety. With the emergency app, you can move around the Wiesn without worry.
- If the Oktoberfest app returns or you are interested in the previous features, we have listed all the information for you below.
Former features of the Oktoberfest app
With the free app for Android and Google Play, a visit to the Oktoberfest should be a stress-free experience. These are the functions of the app when it was last used:
- The app is also available to visitors without roaming charges in Offline-Modus The app can also be selected in English, French, Italian and Spanish.
- About the respective The heading the guest will find everything he needs for his visit to the Oktoberfest. In the “Dates” section, current events can be viewed, from the tapping of the keg to the firing of cannons on the last day.
- The “News” section contains current photos, videos and articles from the Wiesn editorial office in Munich. These News can be shared with friends here, just like on Facebook. You can also find information about the “Mittags-Wiesn” here.
- The Site plan offers a good overview of the Oktoberfest locations. Of course, the app also shows the current location on the site map. This Location can be shared, for example, to quickly arrange a meeting point with friends who are strolling elsewhere on the Oktoberfest. Currently (as of September 2024), the Oktoberfest is working with the what3words initiative to provide more precise locations for emergency services.
- Using the search function in the database, visitors can see everything the Oktoberfest has to offer: everything from the festival tent to the ATM, the taxi stand and individual snack bars is listed.
- In the so-called “tip area” local and foreign visitors can information Here you can find out everything about the security checks and what items you are allowed to take with you. You can also find all the information about arrival and departure, opening times and reservations.
- Using the “Marquee Fill Level” in the app, you can see how full each tent is and where the chance of a free space is still at its highest.
Advantages and disadvantages of the Oktoberfest app
The app has these advantages and disadvantages:
- A special gadget in the app is definitely the friends finder. The tracking function, which is connected to Facebook, means you can easily find each other anywhere and check who is sitting in which tent during your visit. Of course, your friends have to be logged in to Facebook and have shared their friends list.
- For all app users there is a Advantage: Every day, a reserved place in a marquee is raffled off among all users, sometimes even with food and drink vouchers.
- Because so many people use the app, you can see how full the tents are before you arrive, for example on trains and buses. This makes it easier to avoid crowds.
- The disadvantage: Without Facebook, many functions cannot be used properly. If you don't have or don't like Facebook and would rather stroll around the Oktoberfest without your smartphone in your hand, you should do that too. The app can be helpful, but it can't replace a ride on the carousel or a beer in a convivial atmosphere.