Kinfolk vs TRAR Experience
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
TRAR Experience
Explore historical sites through augmented reality, bringing Theodore Roosevelt and his family to life. This app offers an entertaining and educational way to engage with local history.
- Augmented reality experiences
- Interactive historical figures
- Location-based content
- Educational and entertaining
- Focus on Theodore Roosevelt
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TRAR is an Augmented Reality App that provides engaging experiences interacting with Theodore Roosevelt and his family. The experiences are available at various Long Island locations relevant to Roosevelt's history. The app is both entertaining and educational.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kinfolk at 4.6 against TRAR Experience's 3.4. Kinfolk also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 33%) and ratings volume (105 vs 5). TRAR Experience's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kinfolk holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kinfolk has 105 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Kinfolk's written reviews are positive against 33% of TRAR Experience's.
Kinfolk ships an update weekly, TRAR Experience every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kinfolk | TRAR Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (105 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.9% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 311 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kinfolk Tech Foundation | 360XR LLC |
Customer experience
Kinfolk
TRAR Experience
Bugs and requests
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
TRAR Experience
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kinfolk
No in-app purchases
TRAR Experience
No in-app purchases
