Comparison

KindSpots vs Kinly

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

Head to head
About

KindSpots

Features
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Meet KindSpot — a simple, anonymous way to see and share the good happening around you. A living map of kindness, where bright spots mark moments when someone helped, gifted, encouraged, or made another person’s day. Key Features Anonymous by design: No names, no exact addresses — ever. Six quick-post categories: Share any act in seconds. Time-based glow: Recent posts shine brighter; older ones fade gracefully. Simple safety tools: Report content; moderators can hide or remove posts. Lightweight & kind: No follower counts, comments, or endless feeds. Who It’s For Neighbors looking for a little hope on their daily walk. Parents, students, commuters — anyone who enjoys good news. Communities, NGOs, and cities promoting local positivity. Lightweight. Hopeful. Download KindSpot and add one small spark to the map today.

About

Kinly

Create and explore your family history with a private, user-friendly app. Easily add relatives, connect generations, and visualize your lineage. Preserve your family's story with features like genograms and GEDCOM support, all while keeping your data secure on your device.

Highlights
  • Build family trees and genograms
  • Private data storage on device/iCloud
  • GEDCOM import, view, and edit
  • Connect generations and relationships
  • Family timeline and event reminders
  • Share privately with family
Features
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Build a beautiful family tree on your iPhone — private, simple, and free to start. Add relatives, connect generations, and preserve your family's story. Kinly is the family tree maker for people who want to document their family history without the complexity, ads, or forced subscriptions of big genealogy platforms. Draw a family tree, build a genogram, and import, view or edit your GEDCOM files — all while your data stays on your device and syncs privately across your family through iCloud. WHY FAMILIES CHOOSE KINLY • Private by design — your tree lives on your device and your own iCloud, not on someone else's servers • No forced subscription — start free, then choose a yearly plan or a one-time purchase if you ever want more • Beautifully simple — designed for everyone, no genealogy expertise required • Share with family — sync your tree privately so relatives can view it together EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO TELL YOUR FAMILY STORY • Add family members with photos, birth and death years, places, and notes • Connect relationships — parents, children, and spouses — with smart rules that prevent mistakes • Explore an interactive family tree canvas and pan across generations • See pedigree and descendant charts that make your lineage clear at a glance • Build a genogram to map relationships across your whole family • See a family timeline of births, marriages, and life events • Get gentle birthday and anniversary reminders for the people who matter • GEDCOM import, viewer, editor and export — bring your tree in from another app and back it up so it stays truly yours • Light and dark appearance, so your tree reads comfortably day or night HOW IT WORKS 1. Add yourself and your closest relatives 2. Connect them as parents, children, or spouses 3. Watch your family tree and timeline come to life WHO IT'S FOR Whether you're recording 2 generations or 5, starting your family record for the first time, or preserving stories for your kids, Kinly makes it easy to begin today — and keep it forever. KINLY PRO Kinly is free for a tree of up to 10 people, and anything you have already added stays unlocked. Kinly Pro adds unlimited members, GEDCOM import and export, birthday and anniversary reminders, and Stories — available as a yearly subscription or a one-time purchase, whichever you prefer. Start building your family tree now. Your story is worth keeping. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

KindSpots3 screens
Kinly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KindSpots at none against Kinly's 2. KindSpots also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Kinly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. KindSpots asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KindSpots ships an update every 2 weeks, Kinly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
KindSpots versus Kinly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKindSpotsKinly
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB19 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAnastasiia Rohach培 李

In-app purchases

None

KindSpots

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Kinly

Subscriptions1
  • Kinly Pro$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Kinly Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is KindSpots free?
KindSpots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kinly free?
Kinly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do KindSpots or Kinly have ads?
Neither KindSpots nor Kinly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KindSpots or Kinly?
KindSpots ships an update every 2 weeks, and Kinly every 3 weeks. Most recently, KindSpots was updated on October 13, 2026 and Kinly on October 28, 2026.

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