Comparison

EZ Link Setup vs Kindred Contact

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

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About

EZ Link Setup

This app enables a special feature on EZ Link devices by requiring parental consent and selection of a streaming service. Once activated, it allows access to content through your chosen platform.

Highlights
  • Enable EZ Link feature
  • Establish parental consent
  • Select preferred streaming service
  • Connect to karaoke machine
  • Background operation for feature access
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Our EZ Link products are shipped with the EZ Link feature button disabled. To enable this button and use the EZ Link feature, you need to establish parental consent and select a preferred streaming service that the EZ Link will use to access content. Once the feature is enabled, please leave EZ Link Setup App open to allow the EZ Link feature to operate.This is a one-time activation. Once the EZ Link feature is enabled, leave the app running in the background, but you do not need to use this app again unless you wish to disable the feature, or change your preferred streaming service.Do I have to leave the EZ Link Setup App open?

The EZ Link button, once enabled, will connect the user to existing playlists on their selected streaming service. To open the streaming service, and access the playlist, the EZ Link Setup App does need to be running.How do I enable the EZ Link feature?To unlock this feature, first, connect the Bluetooth device running this app to the karaoke machine with the EZ Link feature.Next, you will need to answer a few short questions to prove that you are an adult, and then agree to the terms and conditions of using the EZ Link feature. Lastly, select the streaming service you would like the EZ Link feature to use.

About

Kindred Contact

Features
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Walk into every meeting knowing what matters to the person across the table, and follow through on what you promised. Kindred Contact helps you remember what matters to your network, from clients and colleagues to mentors and friends, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Over the years, your influence grows with every relationship you keep. Built on the contacts and calendars you already have, and kept in your own iCloud. No Kindred account, no Kindred server. BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER EVERY MEETING • Today shows who you're meeting and what you talked about last time. • Calendar: your day, week or month, and a page for each meeting with what's worth bringing up. • Catch me up: a short brief before you meet, on devices with Apple Intelligence. • Take notes your way: typed, handwritten with Apple Pencil, or a quick spoken note. A new note suggests who you were with. • Start a note from Control Center, the Lock Screen, the Action button or a squeeze of Apple Pencil Pro. • Record a meeting on Apple Watch and get a transcript made on your device. • Log a meeting once for everyone who was there. • Follow-ups keep your promises in view, due on a day you pick or at your next meeting. EVERY 1:1, ONE AFTER ANOTHER • Each person's page keeps every conversation in order, with the follow-ups still open. • Search your notes for any words, transcripts included. • Rate how each conversation went and see the trend. REMEMBER THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM • Write "her daughter Adelaide just turned 6" and Kindred offers to add Adelaide, connected to her parent, with her age. • Remember the name you call someone. Kindred uses it when it brings them up and in the messages it drafts. • Search finds anyone by anything you know: a nickname, their company, a street, something they told you. • Note who introduced you, and how your people know each other. • Birthdays and anniversaries, with ages. SOMEONE TO THINK OF • Now and then, Kindred suggests someone you'd enjoy hearing from, with something to talk about. • Choose how often to be in touch with each person, and get a friendly morning reminder. WRITTEN ON YOUR DEVICE With Apple Intelligence: a one-line summary of each note, and a text or email drafted from your notes in the way you write. Nothing you write is sent to us or to anyone else. WORKS WITH WHAT YOU HAVE • Your people come from Apple Contacts, including Exchange and Google accounts. Kindred never changes a card unless you edit that person yourself. • Meetings come from your calendars, work calendars included, plus Month and Week widgets. • In Messages, tap + › Kindred for what you know about them and a few words to start. Nothing is sent until you send it. • Anyone you add to your iCloud contacts can join Kindred automatically. • Ask Siri who to say hi to, to start a log, or to catch you up. • On the Mac: a full desktop app, a menu bar item, and Check Mail for recent email with your people in Apple Mail. • On Apple Watch: who's next, calls and messages, and quick spoken notes. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your notes are yours alone. Nothing is shared with your employer, or with us. • Your data lives on your devices and in your own private iCloud database. • No tracking and no analytics. Optional Face ID or Touch ID lock. Export everything whenever you like. ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Try everything free for 14 days, then buy Kindred once for $29.99 and it's yours on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, with Family Sharing and every Kindred 1 update. No subscription, no ads, no limit on people. WHAT YOU NEED iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 or watchOS 26, and iCloud. The writing features need Apple Intelligence; everything else works without it. Privacy policy: https://www.kindredcontact.com/privacy Support: https://www.kindredcontact.com/support Terms of Sale: https://www.kindredcontact.com/terms Terms of Use (Apple's standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

EZ Link Setup4 screens
Kindred Contact4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Kindred Contact at 5.0 against EZ Link Setup's 2.7. Kindred Contact also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (4 vs 2). EZ Link Setup's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (23 vs 2). On price and ads 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. Kindred Contact sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. EZ Link Setup asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kindred Contact holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EZ Link Setup has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EZ Link Setup ships an update every 2 months, Kindred Contact every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
EZ Link Setup versus Kindred Contact: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEZ Link SetupKindred Contact
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (23 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKIDdesigns, Inc.Pointe Ventures LLC

In-app purchases

None

EZ Link Setup

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Kindred Contact

One-time2
  • 14-Day TrialFree
  • Kindred$29.99

Questions

Is EZ Link Setup free?
EZ Link Setup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kindred Contact free?
Kindred Contact is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EZ Link Setup or Kindred Contact?
Kindred Contact is rated higher. EZ Link Setup averages 2.7 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Kindred Contact averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do EZ Link Setup or Kindred Contact have ads?
Neither EZ Link Setup nor Kindred Contact shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EZ Link Setup or Kindred Contact?
EZ Link Setup ships an update every 2 months, and Kindred Contact every 2 weeks. Most recently, EZ Link Setup was updated on November 3, 2026 and Kindred Contact on November 10, 2026.

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