Highways by the names you say
NKVE, LDP, KESAS, with the yellow route number from the signboard, so what Bound says matches what you see.
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Guidance
Know your lane before the junction
Big distance, the road name as the sign spells it, and the lanes to be in, shown early enough that you are not cutting across three lanes at the last moment.
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Tolls
The right toll lane for your car
Tell Bound whether you pay with TnG, MyRFID, SmartTAG or card. At the plaza it shows which barriers take it, from what drivers have reported. No more reversing out of a cash lane.
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On the way
Add a stop without ending the trip
Petrol, a drive-through, picking someone up: add up to three stops mid-drive and Bound reroutes through them.
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Privacy
A map that doesn’t need to know your life
No account to sign up for. Home, Work and your recent places stay on your phone, and our servers never keep where a drive started or ended.
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Coming soon
And more on the way
CarPlay and Android Auto, your next turn on the Lock Screen, and voice guidance in Bahasa Melayu.
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Made for Malaysian roads
And the little things that matter here.
Timed with live traffic
Up to three ways to go, each with an arrival time that counts the jam you can't see yet.
The right branch, first time
Every result says where it is, neighbourhood then street, so you pick the one you meant.
Running late? Say so in a tap.
Share your arrival time as a plain message. No link, no live tracking of where you are.
Why Bound exists
Malaysia’s map should belong to Malaysians.
Not Google’s. Not even ours. Everyone’s.
Almost every map app in Malaysia runs on Google. Every day, Malaysians keep it up to date: a new kedai, a review, a road that changed. None of it is open. Developers can only rent it, on Google’s terms, so every new idea for Malaysian drivers starts locked in.
And our map isn’t complete. Not even close. Neighbourhood shops, toll lanes, what each plaza really charges: no map has them all.
Bound is my attempt to change that: navigation that genuinely suits Malaysians, and a map we build together. Places you add can go to OpenStreetMap, the free map anyone can use, and Bound will open up the toll and lane data drivers share, for the whole country to use.
It’s ambitious, it’s fun, and I’m building it alone. I can’t finish it by myself. Join me.
The founder of Bound
Made in Malaysia
Built by Malaysians, for Malaysian roads.
We’re building our own map of Malaysia, instead of borrowing one from big tech.
Help us finish the map
Spot something missing or wrong? Tell Bound in a few taps, and every driver gets a better map. We still use TomTom for live traffic today; everything you add makes Bound’s own map more complete.
- Add a missing place A new shop, a warung, a mall entrance.
- Report a closed shop Closed for good, or under renovation.
- Share your toll fare What you actually paid at the plaza.
- Map the toll lanes Which lanes take TnG, MyRFID or SmartTAG.
- Flag road hazards Floods, accidents, police, blocked lanes.
How we decide
Why we built it this way
Every choice has a cost. Here are ours, in the open: why we made each one, what could go wrong, and what it costs.
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Know what’s behind the map you use.
- Why almost every map app in Malaysia runs on Google Malaysia can use other maps. Most apps don't, because the places Malaysians add every day can only be used through Google. Here is what that gets right, and what it costs. Read
- How open source works Open source means anyone can read, use and improve something, as long as they follow its licence. Here is how that works for software, and for maps. Read
- What a server is, and why it matters where it sits Your phone can't do everything alone. A server is a computer somewhere else that does the rest. Here is what Bound's servers do, and why their location matters. Read
Bound runs on drivers, not investors.
One person builds Bound, with no investors and, today, no ads. Every line on this bill is paid every month. If Bound gets you somewhere, help keep it free, independent and Malaysian.
In the app: Profile & settings, then Support Bound.
- Live traffic and routes
- RM260
- The map you see
- RM130
- Crash reports
- RM26
- Gateway and places database
- RM22
- Total
- about RM440
At 10,000 drivers, renting all of it would be RM15,000–20,000 a month.