Release notes

This page lists every version of the Yucts Travel iOS/iPadOS app released on the App Store, newest first. The notes are the same as the App Store "Version History". Dates are release dates in Taiwan time.

Updating to the latest version

Open the App Store on your iPhone or iPad, tap your account picture in the top-right corner, find Yucts in the list of updates and tap Update. Turn on App Updates in Settings → App Store to install future versions automatically.

3.1.0

Released November 3, 2026

YUCTS 3.1.0 brings an in-app Transit Planner for Taiwan: routes, times and fares for Taiwan Railway, High Speed Rail, metro and light rail, plus buses, domestic flights, ferries and public bikes. Deals now include promo codes from travel booking sites.

New

• Transit Planner for Taiwan: search routes on Taiwan Railway, High Speed Rail, metro and light rail with departure and arrival times, transfers and fares. Sort by earliest arrival, fewest transfers or price
• Station departures and full-day timetables, train stops and today's delays. You can also search by train number
• Taiwan transport info: buses and coaches, domestic flights and airport boards, ferries, public bikes, service status and weather alerts, news, and getting to the outlying islands
• Look up trains for the Taiwan legs of your itinerary and show the train you pick on that leg. You can also bring places from your trip into a search
• Promo codes in Deals: see the expiry date and terms, and copy a code with one tap. You can switch the content language
• Festival app icons, now 24 designs. They switch automatically during festivals, and you can choose "Restore original icon (until this festival ends)"
• A "Back to top" button on long pages such as articles, threads and deals

Improved

• System Status, the User Guide and announcements now open as full pages
• System status and app announcements are shown separately on Home
• Tapping the author card at the end of an article opens the Authors tab
• Our Services shows the countries and regions where each app is available
• Festival icons now appear only during festivals and are no longer listed on the App Icon page
• Yucts Plus now clearly says it removes Google and other third-party ads. Best answers, likes and followers on profiles are shown to every signed-in member
• The forum website's online list shows which section you're browsing in the app and your device type (iPhone or iPad). You can hide your online status in the forum's privacy settings

Fixed

• Opening Profile & settings could briefly freeze the app
• Our Services showed only Taiwan
• The My Card button position, and the User Guide colors after changing themes
• Stability and polish improvements

3.0.2

Released October 30, 2026

YUCTS 3.0.2 adds a public holiday calendar for Japan and Taiwan, holiday alerts for your trips and a new member card, with richer check-ins and trip collaboration.

New

• Holiday calendar for Japan and Taiwan: month and year views, the next holiday and long weekends. Tap any day to see the holiday name, substitute days off, make-up workdays and data sources on the same screen
• Local holidays for your trips: based on the time zones of your stops and bookings, see the public holidays and long weekends during your trip, with alerts while you edit dates
• Comment on, react to and repost check-ins, and choose how much of your location to show: exact, city, region or hidden
• A new member card with a QR code to your public profile. Share or copy the link, or export the card as an image
• Festival app icons: during Japanese or Taiwanese festivals the app icon switches to a limited festival design, then returns to the icon you chose
• Customize your quick tools: reorder, add or remove (up to 12), plus a new Transit Planner shortcut (web version)
• Home now greets you with today's date
• Trip collaboration: remove members, cancel invites or leave a trip. Invite links open a confirmation screen in the app first
• See reaction summaries and full lists on albums and photos; add the source and license when uploading

Improved

• Map & places, All tools, expense charts, My Card and sync settings now open as full pages
• Long-pressing the back button shows every page's title
• Home announcements and maintenance notices show which services are affected
• Sign-up lists exactly what's still missing and shows the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy separately
• Tapping an author opens the Authors tab, and Forum on an author page opens the Forum tab
• Trip PDF amounts are rounded and show custom category names
• Friends-only and private check-ins no longer appear as profile posts
• New installs start in Japanese; change the language for Yucts in the Settings app (updates keep your current language)

Fixed

• Tapping an author in the Authors tab now opens their page
• Albums and photos could fail to upload or share in some cases
• Stability and polish improvements

3.0.1

Released October 22, 2026

YUCTS 3.0.1 makes sharing trips, tracking expenses and using the forum smoother, and adds ten original notification sounds and new launch animations.

New

• Ten original YUCTS notification sounds: Sakura Breeze, Journey Begins, Horizon Pulse, Ocean Whisper, Lantern Glow, Railway Daybreak, Passport Pop, Celestial Route, Bamboo Serenity and Urban Spark. Preview each one and choose a sound on every device
• Launch Animation: choose Departure, Postcard Sent or a random one each time (Profile & settings > Appearance > Launch Animation)
• A new "Travel Stamp" launch screen
• Move an expense to another trip
• Choose which preferences sync through iCloud, such as reading history, theme and layout. Turn it on per device; turning it off deletes nothing
• Announcements now appear on Home
• Redesigned KKday and Klook promotion tools in the forum, with on-device Apple Intelligence polishing that keeps your links intact
• The forum widget shows the latest topics

Improved

• A redesigned shared trip page with a day-by-day timeline, local times, transport and stays. Choose exactly which sections to make public; booking codes, seats and ticket numbers are never shared
• Sharing a trip again keeps its existing password
• Expense totals now match across Overview, Expenses, Stats and PDF
• The converter supports every time zone, with search and correct daylight saving time
• The translation card's natural spoken version always appears in the target language
• New threads start with the board's default prefix
• Forum boards show their description; tap to read it in full
• Double-tap a tab at the bottom to return to its first screen
• The user guide follows your language and works offline; system status is more accurate
• In some regions, you can change Ad Privacy Options in settings

Fixed

• Chat messages send faster, and link previews no longer stay on "Loading"
• "Report an App Issue" opens the bug report board directly
• Stability and polish improvements

3.0.0

Released October 18, 2026

YUCTS 3.0 is our biggest update since 2.0: a full redesign, a Travel Hub built around your trips, and a refreshed forum, reader, and themes.

New

• Travel import: boarding pass barcodes (camera, photo, or PDF), ICS calendars, or manual entry, processed only on your device
• Local time zones for stops and bookings, so flights show the right departure and arrival times
• Choose a transport mode and travel time for each timeline leg
• 9 festival themes that switch on during holidays and back afterward, never overriding your pick
• Forum identity badges for admins, moderators, YUCTS writers, and VIPs
• Follow or unfollow members right from their profile
• Member leaderboards and today's birthdays
• Featured media and resources, plus rating breakdowns on resource reviews
• Forum search history, stored only on your device and cleared at sign-out
• Filter deals by brand and campaign theme
• An iCloud sync status page with recent sync times and any issues
• Subscribe to the YUCTS newsletter from Home

Improved

• A native redesign with a new design system and better contrast, Dynamic Type, and Dark Mode
• 10 free themes and 5 Yucts Plus themes; widgets follow your theme colors
• All three layouts now have a Trip tab; iPad uses a sidebar on wide screens
• The Travel Hub puts your current and next trip, passes, and tools on one screen, with a page for each trip
• The map and timeline stay in sync, with day filters and side-by-side view on iPad
• Redesigned stop and booking editors with place search; unchanged fields are never overwritten
• Redesigned Home and destination browsing by region, with region overviews
• Articles render natively, with a table of contents, author card, and sponsored-content labels
• The AI assistant finds our articles and forum posts more accurately, with numbered sources
• Redesigned translation cards: translate as you pause, swap languages, copy, or read aloud (iOS 18 or later)
• A full-screen forum editor for threads, replies, and messages; drafts are kept if sending fails
• Link previews and social posts appear as native cards; the forum grid keeps its hierarchy
• YUCTS links in private messages show preview cards
• Redesigned Media and Resources with filters by type, album, price, and prefix
• Shared articles and forum threads always include the full link
• YUCTS website and forum links open the matching screen in the app
• Forum uploads: photos are re-encoded; videos and PDFs have location and author metadata removed
• Check-in photos go to your own forum album, public or private, with location data removed first
• The Account Security page brings together signed-in devices and passkey management
• Signing out stops this device's push notifications and clears member caches

Fixed

• Opening a forum thread from a link sometimes showed a different thread
• Travel lists that failed to load were shown as "0 articles"
• Safer iCloud sync: deleted items stay deleted, and default categories no longer duplicate
• Deleting a trip now also removes its expenses, photos, and bookings
• Trip photos added while signed out upload after you sign in
• Better protection against data loss if the on-device database fails
• Popular deal tags load much faster
• Some resources no longer stop the resource list from loading
• Fewer duplicate network requests for the forum, chats, and alerts, plus other stability fixes

2.0.2

Released July 5, 2026

This update transforms the "Map Wall" into a brand-new social feed, and brings Passkey sign-in plus a wave of travel-tool upgrades.

A whole new social feed

• Scroll endlessly through everyone's travel check-ins, just like your favorite social app - like, comment, and reshare
• Check-ins pin your location automatically and suggest nearby spots; photos surface where they were taken and preview before you post
• Personal profiles: follow the travelers you love and explore their footprints and achievements
• Travel footprint: tally the countries, regions, and cities you've visited and unlock travel achievement badges
• Zoom into photos on the detail page, and see who liked a post and when

Passkey sign-in

• Sign in fast and securely with Face ID or Touch ID - no passwords to remember

More powerful trip tools

• Drag-and-drop day-by-day reordering, with List, Calendar, and Map views
• Import GPX/KML routes, plus place ratings and opening hours
• Split expenses with a payer and shared participants per item, synced live for group trips

A more thoughtful experience

• Hourly weather forecasts with °C/°F toggle
• The AI assistant can cite on-site articles as sources; Trip Recap builds beautiful share cards from your real photos
• Verified identity and phone number badges

We also fixed crashes on the packing list, when clearing data, and more, and improved accessibility and overall stability. Thanks for all your feedback - happy travels!

2.0.1

Released June 28, 2026

Map check-ins, now more complete

• More reliable check-in posting with clearer photos; added comments, sharing and "Forward to forum".
• Locations and details are automatically blurred when browsing without signing in to protect your privacy; you can also see everyone's latest check-in map in the forum.

Smoother sign-ups

• Fixed an issue where the "Join the author team" and "TestFlight sign-up" forms sometimes couldn't be submitted — they now go through reliably.
• Switched to a lightweight human check, with required fields clearly marked by a red asterisk.

Forum & travel

• Forum sharing/copying now includes the link, and inline images are clearer.
• Travel cards are fully tappable and the home "More" button is easier to tap; promo links can open KKday/Klook tools directly.

More

• Switching the app icon now shows a clear in-app message instead of the English system alert.
• More of the interface is now translated, plus many bug fixes for better overall stability.

2.0.0

Released June 25, 2026

2.0.0 is a big one:

• Brand-new Chat: a familiar messenger-style layout with sender avatars, last-message previews and unread counts, plus clear group conversations. Pin chats and messages, reply to a specific message, star conversations, and jump straight to pinned messages.
• Map Wall / Wish Wall: pin the places you’ve been and want to go, and upload your travel photos (members).
• Sharper images: high-resolution forum and travel covers, a configurable image-cache limit, and offline viewing of images you’ve already seen.
• Refreshed System Status and Help pages.
• Many display and stability fixes for a smoother experience.

1.1.1

Released June 22, 2026

• Instant DM notifications: get push alerts for new direct messages even when the app is in the background or closed — never miss a message.
• More stable, more reliable: cross-device sync for packing lists, trips and photos is more dependable to prevent data loss; fixed issues with cloud data migration.
• Cleaner search: optionally exclude promotional content to find travel info faster.
• Forum experience: clearer messaging when ignoring a user, and clearer admin/moderator badges.
• Purchases & membership: more robust and accurate purchase verification and member status.
• Security and privacy hardening, plus many bug fixes and overall performance/stability improvements.

1.1.0

Released June 20, 2026

• Sign in with Apple: log in securely with one tap, plus other social accounts.
• AI travel assistant upgrade: answers stream in live (typewriter effect) with tappable source cards linking back to articles and forum threads; Markdown formatting makes key points clearer.
• Refreshed Yucts Plus: VIP members get a gold badge, avatar ring and premium theme, plus advanced profile stats; member status now shows across posts, members and messages. Fixed membership status display and instant ad removal.
• New Yucts iMessage stickers: share your travel mood right in Messages.
• In-app announcements & maintenance notices: important news via home banner, announcement center and notifications.
• Reading improvements: richer layout for travel content, more complete images, and a fix for some images that failed to load.
• Forum and more: emoji reactions on long-press, pull-to-refresh in the announcement center, and many performance and stability improvements.

1.0.1

Released June 12, 2026

• Trip collaboration: plan a trip together. Open collaboration, share an invite link, and set each member's permission (edit / add-only / view). Changes sync live.
• Smarter iCloud sync: items deleted on one device now correctly disappear on your other devices.
• More reliable translation: cloud translation now works on older devices (Traditional/Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean).
• Marketing tab stability: fixed a crash/freeze when scrolling, and forum tags now show.
• Performance and stability improvements.

1.0.0

Released June 2, 2026

The first version released on the App Store. Highlights:

• Home: site articles and forum threads in one place, with categories, destinations, recommendations, reading history, bookmarks and unified search
• Travel: a travel map and travel tools — trip planning, expenses (multi-currency with charts), trip statistics, departure reminders, packing and shopping lists, a travel journal (PDF export), trip photos, favourite places, a document vault, companions, bookings, weather, travel phrases, and converters for currency, clothing and shoe sizes, voltage and plugs, and tips
• Deals: travel deals from the blog and the forum, filterable by tag
• Forum: forums and threads, posting and replies, search, members, direct messages, albums and media, resources, reactions, reporting and thread watching
• Authors: the author directory and author profiles
• The AI travel assistant, Yucts Plus and push notifications
• Browse as a guest without signing up
• The interface was available in Traditional Chinese only in this version