Defence Discount Service

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About this app

The Defence Discount Service App is brought to you from the official Ministry of Defence discount service for the UK’s; Armed Forces, Veterans and Armed Forces Community.

With thousands of offers already available within this service, this app acts as an ideal way to experience, find, remember those offers that are of particular interest to how and where you shop. We have designed the app so that all offers and features are simply a swipe or a touch away.

You can easily register to become a member of this great service, access promoted companies that have extra special offers, obtain your own Defence Privilege Card. As there are so many offers and discounts available to qualifying members we have many quick and simple ways to help you find exactly what you are looking for.

For members who have applied for a Defence Privilege Card, we provide a virtual version within the app itself that many companies will accept if you forget your physical card.

What's inside?

- Search - A single location that allows you to quickly find what you are looking for by entering a phrase, choosing a company or selecting a category.
- Near me - Find all the local deals around you, or where you will be going to, all shown on an interactive map and a list view - you choice which you prefer.
- Register to become a member of the Defence Discount Service right inside the app, simply download the app and choose the option on the very first screen.
- Members can sign up for the Defence Privilege Card right inside app as we like to make things as easy as possible. Don't worry if you like to post things - we are still very happy to receive them.
- Quick access to different types of offers including online and high-street are immediately available to you.
- Offers of the week, special campaigns and limited time offers in the palm of your hand
- Need some inspiration? Shake your device to receive a random offer
- We all have companies we visit often so simply add your favourites with the touch of a button and they are kept safely for you, ready when you are to use them again. You can even order your favourites just how you want them to appear.

If you fall into one of the groups below you can become a member of the Defence Discount Service and benefit from this service:

- Armed Forces Personnel
- Reserved Forces
- HM Armed Forces Veterans
- Spouses/Partners (of serving personnel)
- MoD Civil Servants
- Bereaved Family Members
- War/Service Widow(er)s
- Cadet Forces (over 16 years of age)
- NATO Forces serving in the UK

We have built this app to make your life easier, to help you get the most benefit from the service and to find what you want as quickly as possible. We rely on our users to help us focus on what is most important.

We have incorporated all the feedback given to use from the users of version 2 into this brand new version 3 app. For those who were generous enough to share their thoughts please accept our thanks and more importantly take a look at what your contributions have allowed us to build for you.

We have been so grateful for your great ideas and even when you have pointed out something wasn't easy to find and yes, even those things that did not work. We have built in a way for you to tell us about any problems, this is found on the login screen and using this is now the fastest way to let us know if there is something not working correctly. Whilst we know some people have sought to alert us to issues using app store reviews - there is no automatic way for us to be told about those. If you have an idea that you think we might try or a feature we could include, please use the contact screen to get in touch.

So if you are part of the Defence Community, download the app and start saving today.

Defence Discount Service, Supporting the Armed Forces Community.

Ratings and reviews

the app doesn't work it constantly gets me to log in to then say there is a problem and to log in again creating a continuous cycle. So I try to click the help button but it tells me there is an error with that too. I have a card but not many places accept it as much as the app and it would be great if this problem is fixed

Has been updated in the last few months which makes it much harder to find companies. No longer can you search for part of a name, no longer does the "near me" function work. Makes it much harder to find smaller businesses, or other lesser known companies. Otherwise has good discounts (if you can find them).

search for local discount. reported issue with the search facility not working back in March. They advised it was a known bug. May update has not resolved. This makes app very limited use, search local was my biggest usage point.