Local activities
Associations, studios, clubs and small organisers become reachable micro-actions — discovered at the moment someone is ready to act.
Lugano · Switzerland
A Swiss privacy-first wellbeing companion. Twelve dimensions, conversational check-ins, and one concrete local step — rooted in your neighbourhood.
Un compagno digitale svizzero, privacy-first. Dodici dimensioni, check-in conversazionali e un passo locale concreto — radicato nel tuo quartiere.
The app is just the way in — Yu! is a wellbeing system you own and control.
L’app è solo la porta d’accesso — Yu! è un sistema di benessere che possiedi e controlli.
How it works
A short, conversational check-in — no forms, no scores, no streaks. Just a few simple questions, drawn from validated wellbeing frameworks across twelve dimensions, that build a personal picture of you only you own and control.
An explainable engine reads the pattern underneath — which dimension is asking for attention, and why, in plain language. The decisions stay yours.
One concrete, doable micro-action you can take nearby — a walk, a call, a place to go. Sustainable, not a prescription.
When the moment calls for people, Yu! surfaces local activities and gatherings near you — matched to the dimension you're working on — with the practical details: when, where, what to know, and how to book.
Yu! doesn’t diagnose or treat — it points you to one small, doable step. No diagnosis, no labels. And it always makes room for real help if you need it.
From a moment to an action
Pick a focus and a moment, and Yu! offers you one concrete local action. In the app, a short check-in proposes the focus for you; here, you pick it. Yu! only proposes — it doesn’t diagnose you, doesn’t score you, doesn’t prescribe anything. Whether you take the step is up to you.
The easy part is a list of actions. The hard part — reading where you are and choosing the one that fits — is the engine underneath.
Sample actions, for illustration only.
The twelve dimensions
Wellbeing isn't one number. Yu! holds twelve dimensions of a life and reflects the balance between them — a reflection, not a grade. Hover or tap any dimension to bring it into focus.
Real life — your own balance, naturally uneven across dimensions.
Why Yu!
Connection helps. So do small steps you can actually do — that's what the research keeps showing. Yu! puts it to work, built around five principles.
Every check-in ends in one concrete step — not another feed to scroll.
No streak to keep, no guilt, no manufactured urgency, nothing nagging you to come back. We built it to stay quiet, on purpose.
A picture of you that evolves with you — and stays under your control.
Actions rooted where you are — your street, your lake, your quartiere.
No adtech, no labels, no toxic positivity. It says what it is.
Small steps. Real places. A life that feels like yours. Piccoli passi. Luoghi veri. Una vita che senti tua.
Built on evidence
Yu! turns decades of wellbeing research into small, doable steps — today, where you live. We cite the field, not ourselves.
Yu! is a wellbeing companion, not a medical device — it doesn’t diagnose or treat. The studies below are about the field of social prescription, not proof that Yu! works. Our own results come later, measured openly.
Regular activity is one of the most studied protectors of body and mind.
Pedersen & Saltin 2015 · WHOTime outdoors lowers stress and lifts mood — and it can be prescribed.
Ulrich 1984 (Science) · Nguyen 2023 (Lancet Planet. Health)Engaging with the arts is linked to better wellbeing — and, over years, to living longer.
Fancourt & Steptoe 2019 (BMJ) · Jensen 2024Helping others is good for the helper’s health, too.
Post 2005 · Sneed & Cohen 2013Strong social ties protect us as much as many medical interventions.
Holt-Lunstad 2010 (PLoS Med) · U.S. Surgeon General 2023Wellbeing isn’t just the absence of illness — it can be built, and measured. It’s the foundation our co-founder, a positive-psychology specialist, anchors.
Seligman — PERMA · Peterson & Seligman — VIAPromising, not magic: good reviews note the evidence is still growing. That’s why we’ll measure Yu! with recognised tools like the WHO-5 — and share what we learn. Social prescription is moving from research to practice, including here in Switzerland.
For partners
Yu! notices where someone’s wellbeing is asking for attention — across the twelve dimensions — and connects that need to a relevant local activity. That’s social prescription, in practice: partners list what they offer, and the right small step gets surfaced. It works by activation, not attention. No leaderboards, no one ranked against anyone else.
Associations, studios, clubs and small organisers become reachable micro-actions — discovered at the moment someone is ready to act.
A practical channel for social prescription: connecting people to community activities, grounded in evidence rather than slogans.
Wellbeing support without individual scoring or surveillance. Aggregated insight only where consented, appropriate and privacy-safe.
Lugano — we start here because it’s where we really see what works, not for show. What holds up here, we take to the next place. And the value comes from the aggregated signals of many people, never from any individual’s data.
Run a local activity, an institution or a team? Tell us who you are — we'll reach out.
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Privacy
You decide what you share. No adtech, no dark patterns, no social scoring — none of it. Yu! is Swiss, privacy-first, and we built it so that respecting you is part of how it works, not something bolted on later.
Rooted in Lugano
Yu! began with a simple belief: wellbeing isn’t an abstract idea — it’s something within reach, here, where you are. The tree grows from the Y in Yu! — a path that starts with you and keeps branching outward. Many shades, one organism.
From the Y in Yu! — it starts with you, and keeps branching.
LUGANO
46.0038° N · 8.9512° E · EST. 2026
Early access
Activate what makes you feel good.
Attiva ciò che ti fa bene.
Be among the first to try Yu! We’ll send one early invite when it’s ready — nothing more.
Thanks — you’re on the list. We’ll email you when early access opens in Lugano.