Comparison

Hapiton vs Kin

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

Head to head
About

Hapiton

This app connects you with people nearby for real-life interactions, from friendships to co-working. It facilitates introductions and guides users to meet in person after mutual consent, prioritizing privacy and genuine connection over endless scrolling.

Highlights
  • Find people nearby
  • Facilitates introductions
  • Guided in-person meetings
  • Privacy controls
  • User-defined social interaction types
  • Location sharing only upon consent
Features
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Hapiton finds the right person nearby, makes the introduction, and brings you together. Real life. Literally, in seconds. Here’s how Hapiton works for you: Compass Chat Tell Hapiton what you're looking for. When it finds someone, it tells you about them and opens a conversation. Sometimes it reaches out on its own, when someone is right. You’ll only be notified of messages once you’ve replied to them, so there's no spam. Not a fit? Unmatch, and tell Hapiton what was off so it does better next time. Compass Moment Go to one of our meeting zones, likely somewhere you already go. When someone nearby seems right, Hapiton reaches out to you both. If you both say yes, your compasses activate and guide you to each other. A real conversation with a real person, in seconds. Privacy and control Your exact location is never visible to anyone until both people say yes to meeting. You decide when the compass is on, and can turn it off anytime in settings. You can delete your account and all your data with one tap. Why Hapiton We're a public benefit corporation. Our mission is to rebuild human interaction in real life, not to maximize the time you spend staring at a screen. Free during our pilot. Questions? Email support@hapiton.online. A real person reads every message. Born from the silence that ended when someone said hello.

About

Kin

This app helps you maintain important friendships by providing gentle reminders to connect with people you care about. It offers features like a connection score, fading friend alerts, and private messaging to ensure you never lose touch.

Highlights
  • Friendship reminders
  • Connection score
  • Fading friend alerts
  • Log hangouts
  • Check-ins
  • AI friendship advice
  • Private messaging
Features
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Kin is the friendship tracker that helps you stay close to the people who matter — even when life gets busy. We all have friends we mean to call but never do. Kin makes sure you never lose touch again. Add the people you care about, choose how often you want to connect, and Kin reminds you before a friendship quietly fades. WHY YOU'LL LOVE KIN • Never lose touch — gentle reminders when it's been too long • Connection score — see at a glance which friendships need attention • Fading friend alerts — catch drifting relationships before it's too late • Log hangouts — keep a private history of the time you spend together • Check-ins — track how you and your circle are really doing • AI friendship advice — talk through any situation and get warm, judgment-free guidance • Private messaging — stay connected right inside the app STAY CLOSE, EFFORTLESSLY Kin is your private space for friendships — not another noisy social network. No feeds, no likes, no pressure. Just you and the people you love. KIN PLUS Upgrade to unlock unlimited friends, AI friendship advice, private messaging, and more — $4.99/month or $29.99/year. Kin is free to download, with optional ads. Download Kin today and never lose touch with the people who matter most. Terms of Use (EULA): https://brilliant-idea-bot.replit.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://brilliant-idea-bot.replit.app/privacy

Screenshots

Hapiton4 screens
Kin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hapiton at none against Kin's 8. Hapiton also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Kin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Hapiton asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hapiton against 5.0 for Kin. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hapiton has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Hapiton versus Kin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHapitonKin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB53 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHappy Guide Public Benefit CorporationRUSSEL JAMES BLAYLOCK

Customer experience

Hapiton

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hapiton

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Kin

Subscriptions2
  • Kin Plus Monthly4 variants$4.991 Month
  • Kin Plus Annual4 variants$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Hapiton free?
Hapiton is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kin free?
Kin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hapiton or Kin?
Hapiton and Kin are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Hapiton or Kin have ads?
Kin shows ads; Hapiton does not.

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