Student-created Evyree app aims to help students find local discounts, save money

A new app is sharing savings with UCLA students and beyond.

Launched in the summer of 2023, Evyree collaborates with local businesses to serve as a centralized platform for advertising student discounts and deals. Because over 80% of students receive financial aid in college, founder and fourth-year business economics and psychology student Carol Liang said Evyree aims to relieve students’ financial burdens. Chief operating officer and alumnus Thomas Kay said Evyree hopes to help students find local discounts through the app features, including options to filter deals by business type and maps to find deals through a geographic context. With a large focus on restaurants, local stores and tourist attractions, Evyree provides students with the opportunity to learn about businesses in the Los Angeles area and save money, Kay said.

“For freshmen or sophomores that first come to UCLA, they can look at the map that we have on our app and know exactly where exactly they can get good deals in Westwood, or even hopefully across California and America in the future,” Kay said.