Comparison

Kainy vs ColdCopy

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

Head to head
About

Kainy

This app offers a minimalist web browsing experience, eliminating traditional address and search bars. It provides unique ways to open URLs, including QR code scanning, clipboard reading, and app schemes.

Highlights
  • Address and search bar-free interface
  • QR code URL scanning
  • Clipboard URL reading
  • App scheme URL opening
  • Minimalist design
Features
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The ultimate small web browser - probably the first in the universe without address and search bars - opens the URL in these way: 1、Click on the icon in the upper right corner to scan the URL QR code 2、Read the URL in the clipboard 3、Via app scheme 订阅价格和条款: 此应用提供每年12元的自动续订每年订阅,以提供解锁全部内容和其他高级功能。 订阅成功后将会自动续订,并从iTunes账户中进行扣费;如想取消自动续订功能,请在当前订阅期结束的至少24小时之前,于iTunes设置中手动取消该功能。购买订阅之后,所有未到期的试用天数将被强制取消。用户可以在订阅成功后,在本人苹果商店用户账号中管理续订等功能。 您对此应用程序的使用受 https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ 上提供的服务条款的约束。 收集和使用您的数据受 https://kainy.cn/app/privacy.html 上的隐私政策约束。

About

ColdCopy

Features
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ColdCopy backs up your iPhone photos, videos, contacts, and calendars directly to a USB drive or NAS — no cloud, no subscription, no internet required. Just plug in your drive and tap Back Up. ColdCopy copies only what's new, skipping files you've already transferred. Your originals stay on your iPhone. WHAT YOU CAN BACK UP • Photos and videos (HEIC, RAW, Live Photos, videos) • Contacts • Calendars FEATURES • Offline-first — works with zero internet connection • Smart deduplication — never copies the same file twice • USB and SMB (NAS / network drive) support • HEIC to JPEG conversion on the fly • Transfer history with per-file status • Home screen widget showing your last backup • Filter by year, date range, album, or hand-pick files • Drive management — rename drives, view coverage per drive PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Unlimited files per day (Free: 50 files/day) • No ads • RAW file backup included • Back up all selected files in one go ColdCopy is built for people who want their photos safe without giving them to a cloud service. Your files go from your iPhone to your drive — that's it. Support: lidavi.com/coldcopy

Screenshots

Kainy4 screens
ColdCopy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ColdCopy at none against Kainy's 1. ColdCopy also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Kainy's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). 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. Kainy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year. ColdCopy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kainy ships an update every 3 weeks, ColdCopy weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kainy versus ColdCopy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKainyColdCopy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperQucai Laicai (Shenzhen) Network Co., Ltd.LIDAVI Technologies Private Limited

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Kainy

Subscriptions1
  • 包年会员$1.991 Year
None

ColdCopy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kainy free?
Kainy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ColdCopy free?
ColdCopy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kainy or ColdCopy have ads?
Neither Kainy nor ColdCopy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kainy or ColdCopy?
Kainy ships an update every 3 weeks, and ColdCopy weekly. Most recently, Kainy was updated on November 3, 2026 and ColdCopy on October 31, 2026.

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