ALDI SIM card: the plans, the network, and ALDI Mobile international roaming

What ALDI SIM card plans were listed on 10 November 2026?

An ALDI SIM card runs on prepaid plans that renew every 30 days, with unlimited standard national calls and texts. All five standard plans are 5G and include unlimited international calls and texts to 20 destinations plus a minutes allowance to 30.

There is also a $289 Long Life Plan with 300GB over 365 days, Family Plans from $60 for 90GB shared between two services, and data-only plans from $125 for 60GB over 365 days. The promotions shown on ALDI Mobile's home page when we read it, including double data and a price promise, had end dates in September 2026 or earlier, so we have not counted them.

This is desk research from ALDI Mobile's own pages. We have not bought or tested an ALDI Mobile SIM card, plan or roaming pack.

Where can you buy an ALDI SIM card, and is there an eSIM?

There is an eSIM. Mobile, Family and Data plans are offered on a physical SIM or eSIM. ALDI Mobile says the eSIM QR code can take about 45 minutes to arrive after you order. New customers choose "New service"; existing customers can move with a "SIM swap". A physical ALDI SIM card is posted free from the ALDI Mobile website and should arrive within 10 business days. You can also buy an ALDI Mobile SIM card or plan in an ALDI store; the coverage page links to a store locator. Activation is online, where you choose your plan.

What network does ALDI Mobile use?

ALDI Mobile uses the Telstra Wholesale Mobile Network. Its coverage page says predicted coverage reaches all major cities, most outer-metro areas, larger regional centres and many smaller towns and transport corridors, though it does not give a percentage. Your phone must support 4G VoLTE and emergency calls over it, and 5G needs a 5G phone in a 5G area. ALDI Mobile says its coverage maps are a guide only and may change, so check its own map for the places you need. Our Telstra guide explains the parent network.

Does ALDI Mobile have international roaming?

Yes. ALDI Mobile sells International Roaming Packs that you add on top of an active Mobile Plan, Long Life Plan, Family Plan or Super Pack. Each pack lasts 7 days. Its Critical Information Summary, last updated 25 March 2026, sets them out:

The Pacific pack covers Fiji, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. The Asia pack covers 15 countries including Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and the Republic of Korea. The North America pack covers Canada, Mexico and the United States. The Global Travel Pack is the only one with calls and texts, and its call minutes count incoming as well as outgoing calls.

How do you turn on ALDI Mobile international roaming?

You must switch roaming on in My ALDI Mobile while you are still in Australia; ALDI Mobile says you cannot buy a pack until it is enabled. Then:

1. Log in to My ALDI Mobile on the website or app.
2. Choose International Roaming from the Manage account menu.
3. Pick the pack and pay by credit card, debit card or PayPal.

A pack starts as soon as you buy it and expires at midnight Australian Eastern Time seven days later, so buy it on the day you need it. Unused data, calls and texts do not roll over. You can buy up to two of the same pack in 24 hours, but buying the same pack again while one is active replaces the old one and forfeits what was left. Data is counted in kilobytes and calls in 60-second blocks.

What does ALDI Mobile roaming cost without a pack?

The summary says standard pay-as-you-go roaming rates apply outside a pack's inclusions and outside its listed destinations, and points to ALDI Mobile's legal pages for the rates. We did not find those rates on the pages we read, so we cannot quote them. Treat a pack as the only safe way to use data abroad, and turn data roaming off when your pack runs out.

When is a travel eSIM cheaper than ALDI Mobile roaming?

ALDI Mobile's packs are among the cheaper roaming options from an Australian provider, and for light use they hold up. The North America pack is $5 for 2GB over 7 days. Our verified US eSIM prices, read on each seller's site in August 2026, were US$12.50 for Airalo's 5GB over 7 days and US$21.50 for 10GB over 7 days. If 2GB a week is enough, ALDI Mobile is cheaper and you keep your number.

The gap opens once you need more data. The Asia pack is $8 for 1GB. For Japan, Airalo's 10GB over 7 days was US$17 and Nomad's 10GB over 30 days US$16; for Thailand, Airalo's 10GB over 7 days was US$10. Five Asia packs to reach 5GB would cost $40, and ALDI Mobile limits you to two of the same pack a day, with a repeat purchase replacing the one before. For Bali, see our Indonesia guide; for Japan, our Japan SIM and eSIM guide. The cheapest eSIM table ranks plans by cost per gigabyte.

A good split for a heavy data user is a travel eSIM for data and the ALDI Mobile line kept on for texts, with data roaming switched off on it.