Comparison

Kinlia vs Palate

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

Palate

This app simplifies social dining by coordinating group meals. It learns your preferences to suggest restaurants and invite friends, ensuring plans happen and creating lasting memories.

Highlights
  • AI-powered dinner design
  • Personalized friend and restaurant suggestions
  • Group invitation and confirmation system
  • Automated plan coordination
  • Visual dining memory timeline
  • Learning-based preference adaptation
Features
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It was never about the food. Palate gets your people back to the table. Say what you're thinking, in your own words. Your friends tap in. Eve designs the rest: the time, the place, one card for everyone. DOWN TO DINE "Boba with Sam Thursday." "We should all get dinner soon." "Ramen tonight, anyone?" That's the whole plan. Eve reads it: the day, the seats, the kind of place. Name your friends and they get one card: I'm in, pass, or say what would work. Or leave the table open, and someone new can join. When the seats fill, Eve designs the table for your group: the best time, a place with your taste and past tables in mind. One card, and everyone is told at once. No group chats dying on read. No "where should we go?" for the hundredth time. Just a table, and people at it. Every table teaches the next: The people you're glad you sat with The nights you say yes to The hours that work The spots worth going back to The more tables, the better they get. MEMORIES Some moments deserve to be remembered. Capture the dish that surprised you. The friend who made you laugh. The place you'll never forget. Every photo builds your timeline: a visual story of every meal that mattered. Share it with your people through your feed. Your memories make Eve smarter. Every meal you capture helps her understand what you love, so the next table she finds is even better. We've always known how to come together. We've just gotten worse at making it happen. Live now in Berkeley and San Francisco! good food, better company

Screenshots

Kinlia4 screens
Palate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Palate at 5.0 against Kinlia's 4.2. Palate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Kinlia's advantage is ratings volume (136 vs 7) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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

Palate 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 7, 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 Palate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kinlia ships an update monthly, Palate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Kinlia versus Palate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKinliaPalate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (136 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings136 — better7
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB38 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKindra Connect, Inc.Ace Por

Customer experience

Kinlia

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

Palate

All ratings7 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

Palate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Kinlia

No in-app purchases

None

Palate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kinlia free?
Kinlia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Palate free?
Palate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kinlia or Palate?
Palate is rated higher. Kinlia averages 4.2 out of 5 from 136 ratings, while Palate averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Kinlia or Palate have ads?
Kinlia shows ads; Palate does not.
Which is updated more often, Kinlia or Palate?
Kinlia ships an update monthly, and Palate every 3 weeks. Most recently, Kinlia was updated on September 27, 2026 and Palate on October 12, 2026.

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