A Starting Point vs Kinfolk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A Starting Point
This app provides a bipartisan platform for Americans to communicate with their elected officials. It offers concise, video-based explanations of current issues to foster a more informed electorate.
- Bipartisan communication channel
- Connect with elected leaders
- Video-based issue explanations
- Understand issues in under 2 minutes
- Informed electorate creation
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A Starting Point is a civic engagement app that creates a clear and bipartisan channel of communication and connectivity between Americans and their elected leaders. The video-based platform helps voters better understand the issues of the day in less than two minutes. Our goal is to create a more informed electorate.
Kinfolk
Explore hidden histories and cultural narratives through augmented reality. Discover stories layered into public spaces and engage with community archives to preserve collective memory. This platform brings history to life, connecting past, present, and future.
- AR monuments revealing hidden histories
- Guided storytelling quests
- Monuments Library by theme and location
- Community archives for cultural memory
- Interactive badges and achievements
- Immersive historical narratives
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In a time of book bans, cultural erasure, and monuments that still glorify oppression, Kinfolk offers a different kind of education — rooted in truth, powered by the people. Kinfolk is a platform for collective memory, built with and for our communities that have too often been excluded from the narrative. We use augmented reality technology, monuments, and storytelling to make history visible and alive, layered into the very spaces we inhabit. Features: - AR monuments that reveal hidden histories in public spaces - Guided Quests that lead you through curated storytelling experiences - Monuments Library to browse stories by theme and location - Community archives preserving cultural memory and lived experience - Interactive badges and achievements for deeper engagement - Immersive narratives that connect past, present, and future History isn't behind us. It's alive in us. Download Kinfolk and help reimagine how we remember.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Kinfolk at weekly against A Starting Point's every 5 weeks. Kinfolk also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). A Starting Point's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (95% vs 72%). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
A Starting Point holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: A Starting Point has 757 ratings behind it against 105, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of A Starting Point's written reviews are positive against 72% of Kinfolk's.
A Starting Point ships an update every 5 weeks, Kinfolk weekly. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | A Starting Point | Kinfolk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (757 ratings) — better | 4.6 (105 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.3% of reviews — better | 71.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 757 — better | 105 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 311 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A Starting Point Llc | Kinfolk Tech Foundation |
Customer experience
A Starting Point
Kinfolk
User reviews
A Starting Point
From 757 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Informative and unbiased
- 🚀 Concise and easy to digest
- 🔍 Provides direct access to politicians
- 💡 Facilitates bipartisan dialogue
- 👍 Visually appealing and intuitive
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional app crashes
- 🔍 Limited content and topics covered
- 🔍 Lack of closed captions or transcripts
- 🔍 Absence of independent or third-party perspectives
Kinfolk
From 105 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Educational and inspiring content
- 🎨 Beautiful aesthetics and design
- 📱 Interactive and engaging learning
- ✨ Innovative AR experience
- 👍 User-friendly for kids
Room to improve
- 😴 Boring for some users
- 📍 Limited monument availability
- 🚫 AR aspect is a barrier
- 🛠️ Difficult to use and outdated
- 🔒 Camera permission concerns
Bugs and requests
A Starting Point
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen not functioning properly
- Video playback issues and stuttering
Requested features
4 requests- Add dark mode option
- Implement a way for users to submit questions
- Provide a filter to view content by home state
- Expand the range of topics and issues covered
Kinfolk
Reported bugs
6 issues- Downloading content doesn't work
- App is outdated
- Camera permission required
- Made user's 'booty hole' bleed
- Caused nightmares about crawdads
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- Stole user's 'no no card'
Requested features
5 requests- Add James Baldwin
- Expand to Civil Rights history globally
- Include information on African enslavement
- More user-friendly map functionality
- Allow users to add their own pins
In-app purchases
A Starting Point
No in-app purchases
Kinfolk
No in-app purchases
