PayPal

PayPal Mobile

About this app

GET READY FOR THE ALL-IN-ONE PAYPAL APP
Join the millions of people who trust PayPal to send, spend, & manage their transactions without sharing financial information.
The PayPal App lets you shop online and in person, send & receive money and raise or donate for a good cause - right from your phone.

SEND & RECEIVE MONEY
A simple, secure way to quickly send & receive money to family and friends.
Exchange messages to make payments between friends more fun & less awkward & more interesting with our animations, emojis & range of themes.
With encryption technology, we go the distance to help make sure your money transfers are secure.

SEND MONEY GLOBALLY
Transfer money using our Xoom service to 130+ countries, even if the recipient doesn't have a PayPal or Xoom account.

BUY NOW, PAY LATER
Keep track of all your PayPal Pay in 3 and PayPal Credit repayments.2

2 Subject to status. UK residents only. Late fees apply for purchases made on or before 30 September 2021. PayPal is a responsible lender. Pay in 3 performance may influence your credit score. T&Cs apply.

PAY IN PERSON
Paying in person is as easy as scanning a QR code at checkout - and it's contactless. You don't have to handle cards, or cash, simply use the app.

PAY HOW YOU WANT
Add your debit or credit cards or link your bank accounts for extra flexibility at checkout. You'll even be able to continue collecting rewards points.*
*subject to credit card provider

GET INSTANT NOTIFICATIONS
Whether shopping at your usual store or somewhere new, we help keep checkout fast & your eligible purchases protected. You also get instant spend notifications, so you can easily keep track of all your online hauls.

KEEP YOUR BILLS IN ONE PLACE
Manage your subscriptions & household bills, all from one place.

DONATE & RAISE FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Give to support causes you care about through the app or at checkout.
Raise money for yourself, friends in need, or local businesses that need a boost.

PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. is duly licenced as a Luxembourg credit institution in the sense of Article 2 of the law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector as amended and is under the prudential supervision of the Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, with registered office in L-1150 Luxembourg. Deemed authorised & regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The nature & extent of consumer protections may differ from those for firms based in the UK. Details of the Temporary Permissions Regime, which allows EEA-based firms to operate in the UK for a limited period while seeking full authorisation, are available on the Financial Conduct Authority’s website.

Ratings and reviews

Works, then it doesn't. Randomly stopped allowing transfers to my bank so it's trapped in PayPal. Many people have this issue. Had to transfer it to a friend to take it out for me, and it won't even tell me the email associated with the contact so I can double check anything other than the name. I'd program that feature myself, they haven't figured that out how to do that yet

It's clear the latest redesign was driven by marketing, and the user experience was not considered. I spent a good 10 minutes trying to figure out where to go to pay my PayPal credit bill - it's under Wallet, not payments, and you have to tap the PayPal Credit 'card' in the wallet to pay your bill. Completely unintuitive, and I'm wondering if it was purposefully tucked away to squeeze finance charges out of customers.

Update: app is very easy to use. No issues. I've used this app for years and I have to agree with the latest reviews. The app is buggy now. I use my fingerprint and it wouldn't stay up very long then would ask me for a pattern. I never set up a pattern so it's wrong no matter what I select. I uninstalled then reinstalled and now it's just stuck on the yellow background with the blue logo and won't open at all. Need to check what you did in the last update because it messed up the app.

What's new

We have completely revised the PayPal app to make it even faster, clearer and more personal for you.

Also NEW:
- Reply with a message when receiving or sending money
- Create fundraising campaigns for yourself or others with the Generosity Network
- Pay by scanning a QR code at participating retailers.
- Keep track of all your PayPal Pay in 3 and PayPal Credit repayments.2