Comparison

Sequoia vs Kinma

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

Head to head
About

Sequoia

This app offers a personal and visual experience for tree planting. Grow and care for your own sequoia, build a digital forest, and track your ecological impact. It connects your digital tree to a real-world reforestation effort.

Highlights
  • Grow and care for a personal sequoia
  • Build a digital forest
  • Track ecological progress
  • Follow tree growth stages
  • Explore eco-metrics
  • Share progress with others
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Sequoia is an interactive eco companion that turns tree planting into a calm, visual and personal experience. Grow your own sequoia, care for it over time, build your personal forest and follow your ecological progress in one simple app. Sequoia is built around a clear idea: a tree should feel personal. You do not just see a number on a screen — you grow a living symbol of your contribution to nature. Your sequoia is connected to a real tree planted in a nursery, becoming part of real-world reforestation and the restoration of green spaces. With Sequoia, you can receive a personal certificate for your tree with detailed information about its growth and environmental impact, including its age, height, water consumption, CO₂ absorbed so far, and estimated CO₂ absorption per year. With Sequoia, you can: - Grow and care for your own sequoia - Build a personal digital forest - Track your ecological progress - Follow tree growth stages and milestones - Explore impact through simple eco-metrics - Personalize your forest experience - Share your progress with others - Take part in a nature-first community Sequoia is designed for people who want environmental action to feel simple, beautiful and meaningful. No complicated tools. No noise. Just your tree, your forest and a direct connection to nature. Start with one tree. Grow your forest. Help restore the planet with Sequoia.

About

Kinma

This companion app grows based on your real-life meals and social interactions. Photograph your food to feed your pet, or share meals with friends to foster connection and watch your companion evolve in unique ways.

Highlights
  • Pet grows based on real-life meals
  • Recognizes dishes and cuisines
  • Social dining with friends
  • Pet evolves based on nourishment and sociability
  • Records people shared meals with
  • Cosmetics unlock with pet leveling
Features
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Kinma is a little companion that grows on real life, not grind. Photograph what you eat, and Kinma recognizes the dish and cuisine, then grows a little from it. Eat with friends by starting a table and inviting whoever's with you, and Kinma grows a different way, through connection instead of calories. HOW IT GROWS Every pet tracks two things: Nourishment, from the meals you log, and Sociability, from the tables you share. Which one you lean into shapes how your pet evolves. Eat solo and often, and it grows one way; gather people around a table often, and it grows another; balance both, and it finds a third form entirely. FACES Kinma remembers who you've shared a table with, building a quiet little archive of the people you actually eat with. Not a feed, not a follower count. Just a record of real meals with real people. NO GRIND, NO ADS Cosmetics unlock as your pet levels up. Kinma doesn't run ads and doesn't sell your data. SIGN IN YOUR WAY Use Sign in with Apple, Google, or an email and password, or skip all of it and just start. You can always add a real login later from Settings, from any device, without losing your pet. A pet that eats what you eat, and thrives when you eat together.

Screenshots

Sequoia4 screens
Kinma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sequoia at 5.0 against Kinma's 4.0. On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sequoia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sequoia ships an update every 5 days, Kinma every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sequoia versus Kinma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSequoiaKinma
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrei OnishchenkoBrendan Pan

In-app purchases

None

Sequoia

No in-app purchases

None

Kinma

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sequoia free?
Sequoia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kinma free?
Kinma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sequoia or Kinma?
Sequoia is rated higher. Sequoia averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Kinma averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sequoia or Kinma have ads?
Neither Sequoia nor Kinma shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sequoia or Kinma?
Sequoia ships an update every 5 days, and Kinma every 3 days. Most recently, Sequoia was updated on October 19, 2026 and Kinma on October 26, 2026.

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