About YouApp

Feel likea local.

YouApp lets you spend stablecoins like a local and meet verified locals. Scan any DuitNow QR, pay in ringgit, and book activities with people who know the place best.

Local host teaching travellers to make Malaysian kuih in a home kitchen
Kopitiam owner in Kuala Lumpur holding a DuitNow QR code stand

ID verified

Every user, every time

Paid in ringgit

Any DuitNow QR

Pay like a local

Scan any DuitNow QR

Pay in ringgit with stablecoins: MYRT, the Malaysia Ringgit Stablecoin, plus XSGD, JPYC, IDRT and USD stablecoins on Ethereum.

Play like a local

Meet verified locals

Chat with verified locals and book food walks, city tours, classes and adventures with local hosts.

Verified-only

Real people, every time

Every user is ID-verified before they can chat, book, pay or post. No anonymous accounts.

Our mission

Spend like a local. Meet real locals.

The best way to know a place is through the people who live there. We make it easy to pay the way locals pay, and to meet locals you can trust.

Our story

From local experiences to local payments

YouApp was founded in 2022 with a simple idea: travel should be about real people and real places, not only tourist spots.

We started in Singapore and grew to connect travellers with local hosts in Malaysia and Vietnam.

Visitors kept telling us the hardest part was paying like a local. So we added payments. Today YouApp is Malaysia-first: scan any DuitNow QR and pay in ringgit with stablecoins. Cross-border QR payments are planned from 2027.

Verified local guide showing travellers the street art of George Town, Penang

What we care about

Our values

Verified, always

Everyone on YouApp is ID-verified, so every chat, meetup and payment is with a real person.

Local first

We build for the way people really live, eat and pay, starting in Malaysia.

Your money stays yours

Your YouApp wallet is non-custodial. YouApp never holds or touches your wallet funds or stablecoins.

Respect and community

Travellers, locals and hosts treat each other with care. Our guidelines keep it that way.

The company

Built in Singapore, Malaysia-first

YouApp is operated by YouApp Pte. Ltd., a Singapore company, with subsidiaries and affiliates around the world.

  • Every payment, conversion and settlement is provided by licensed parties.
  • Your YouApp wallet is non-custodial, powered by Privy, a Stripe company.
  • Conversion is powered by Sera, a non-custodial settlement protocol.

Verified-only

Conversion powered bySera(sera.cx), a non-custodial settlement protocol for stablecoins.

Non-custodial wallet powered byPrivy

Travellers, builders and locals

Our team

Travellers, builders and locals

We're a diverse team of travellers, technologists and community builders who want everyone to feel at home, wherever they are.

Feel like a local

Verify once. Pay anywhere.

Takes two minutes. Then any DuitNow QR in the country is yours.

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Conversion powered bySera(sera.cx), a non-custodial settlement protocol for stablecoins.

Non-custodial wallet powered byPrivy

Every payment, conversion and settlement is provided by licensed parties. Your YouApp wallet is non-custodial: YouApp never holds or touches your YouApp wallet funds or stablecoins. MYRT is the Malaysia Ringgit Stablecoin, a limited-purpose stablecoin minted and redeemed 1:1 for ringgit, with its reserve held at a licensed Shariah-compliant fund.