Guidance

Download the GOV.UK app

How to download the GOV.UK app, and what the app does.

• From: Government Digital Service
• Published: 1 July 2025

A screenshot from the GOV.UK app. The text on the screen reads 'Your GOV.UK app - Government information and services for you'.

Get the app

What the app does

The GOV.UK app gives you time back by making your interactions with government more personalised and proactive.

You can use it to:

• save relevant topics to the app home screen, helping you get to the content you need most

• keep a record of pages you’ve visited, making it easier to return to content you need to access regularly

• quickly find services for your local area, as entering your postcode will add a link to your local council’s website to the app home page

• get notifications about things like important dates and deadlines and services you might find useful 

• search and browse for GOV.UK content

Accessibility of the app

We want as many people as possible to be able to use the GOV.UK app. The accessibility statement for the GOV.UK app describes how it works with assistive technologies.

First release

The first public release of the GOV.UK app is a beta version. This means that the app is being tested and updated regularly as a priority, allowing insights from users to inform design, features and functionality from an early stage of development.

Other UK government apps

The GOV.UK app is separate from the:

• GOV.UK One Login app

• GOV.UK ID Check app

• HMRC app

• EU Exit: ID Document Check app

• UK Immigration: ID Check app

• UK ETA app

Published 1 July 2025