Comparison

Kinlia vs Bailiwik

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Kinlia

Discover and connect through meaningful events in major cities. Find communities focused on dance, wellness, art, and conscious gatherings. This app is for those seeking authentic connections and active participation.

Highlights
  • Discover connection-driven events
  • Find communities for dance, wellness, art
  • Attend conscious gatherings
  • Connect with like-minded people
  • List events as an organizer
  • Built-in ticketing system
Features
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Find your people. Build community. Go to events that matter. Kinlia helps you discover meaningful, connection-driven events in New York City, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area. From dance and wellness to art, music, and conscious gatherings — Kinlia brings together people who care about showing up, participating, and building real community. No spectators here. Just people who want to connect. On Kinlia, you’ll find a curated mix of creative, conscious, dance, nerdy, wellness-focused, and community-centered events — including: • Movement & dance: Ecstatic dance, conscious raves, community-centered EDM, 5Rhythms, contact improv, acro yoga, embodiment practices • Healing & mindfulness: Sound healing, meditation, breathwork, ceremony, integration circles • Nature & community: Nature walks, hikes, outdoor gatherings • Creativity & self-expression: Art salons, music jams, poetry nights, storytelling, crafting, flow arts • Talks & workshops: Spirituality, activism, tech, self-growth, communication, culture, politics • Festivals, retreats & immersive experiences: Conscious parties, themed gatherings, immersive art, transformational festivals, wellness retreats We partner with community builders and event organizers to make it easy to find events where you belong — and to deepen connections with the people you meet there. Are you an event organizer building community? List your events at www.kinlia.com or directly through the Kinlia mobile app. We’d love to support you through Kinlia’s built-in ticketing system, which offers: • Immediate payouts • Free email and SMS messages to ticket holders • Simple event management • Marketing support to help you grow your audience Whether you’re looking for friendship, collaboration, creative inspiration, shared experiences, or authentic networking, Kinlia helps you meet people who feel aligned with you. Kinlia welcomes everyone. All genders, sexualities, relationship styles, belief systems, and life stages are welcome. Our values are authenticity, kindness, creativity, play, community, and personal growth — and we invite you to live those values with us. Kinlia is a product of Kindra Connect, Inc. We’re using technology to deepen human connection and help communities thrive.

About

Bailiwik

Connect with people who share your physical spaces, like neighborhoods or workplaces. Create or join communities to foster a sense of belonging and facilitate real-world interactions. Discover local events and deals, and get to know your neighbors.

Highlights
  • Create and curate place-based communities
  • Connect online and offline
  • Member directory
  • Discover and promote local events
  • Access local merchant deals
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Bailiwiks are communities that share a place: a neighborhood, a co-working office, a dog park -- anywhere people come together on a regular basis. Create a community that makes the people who share a place feel welcome and connected -- or join one created by someone else. Get to know the people you see every day, and turn your shared place into a real community that connects online and off! Put yourself at the center of the community. Create and curate a community for a place you care about. • Turn a place into a real community that connects online and off. • Make people feel welcome. Bailiwiks are hosted and curated by real people. That could be you! • Chat with the people around you. Get to know the people you see every day. • Put names to those familiar faces with our member directory. • Find nearby events -- or promote your own, for free. • Get deals from local merchants -- or offer your own, for free.

Screenshots

Kinlia4 screens
Bailiwik4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bailiwik at 5.0 against Kinlia's 4.2. Bailiwik also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Kinlia's advantage is ratings volume (136 vs 15). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bailiwik holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kinlia has 136 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Kinlia's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bailiwik's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kinlia ships an update monthly, Bailiwik every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kinlia versus Bailiwik: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKinliaBailiwik
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (136 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings136 — better15
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB59 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperKindra Connect, Inc.Bailiwik Inc.

Customer experience

Kinlia

All ratings133 ratings
Positive78.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative17.3%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.3%
Negative27.0%

Bailiwik

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Kinlia

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Events have wrong dates
  • Broken links
  • Contact link broken
  • Cannot type in collage text box (Android/iOS)
  • Zero profiles nearby/results over 1000 miles away
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  • App consistently crashes on iOS
  • App crashes upon opening
  • Discovery page won't load
  • Not seeing messaging icon
  • Messages don't show up/disappear
  • Cannot view sent messages
  • Cannot report accounts for spam

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add pagan, Wiccan, Santeria to religions
  • More ways to meet people
  • Verification of profiles
  • Online chatting and video on platform
  • PR for media exposure/more users
Show 3 more
  • Ability to change match preferences by mileage
  • Pause/cancel dating feature
  • Improve discovery features

Bailiwik

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Kinlia

No in-app purchases

None

Bailiwik

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kinlia free?
Kinlia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bailiwik free?
Bailiwik is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kinlia or Bailiwik?
Bailiwik is rated higher. Kinlia averages 4.2 out of 5 from 136 ratings, while Bailiwik averages 5.0 from 15 ratings.
Do Kinlia or Bailiwik have ads?
Both Kinlia and Bailiwik show ads.
Which is updated more often, Kinlia or Bailiwik?
Kinlia ships an update monthly, and Bailiwik every 3 weeks. Most recently, Kinlia was updated on October 23, 2026 and Bailiwik on October 8, 2026.

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