Comparison

iFLYER vs Kinlia

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

Head to head
About

iFLYER

Discover concerts, clubs, and festivals with an updated, user-friendly interface. Easily search a vast database of events and purchase tickets to see your favorite artists with just a few taps.

Highlights
  • Event discovery
  • Concert listings
  • Club events
  • Festival information
  • Ticket purchasing
  • Simplified design
Features
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iFLYER is Japan's events platform — and this is its app. Not a feed to scroll: see where your friends are out, what's on near you tonight, and go. BE SOCIAL • See who's going. Your people mark going / interested and it shows up in your feed. • Tonight. What's happening right now, ranked by where your friends are. • Near me. Events, venues and check-ins around you, live. • Check in. Arrive, check in at the venue, name the party. Your friends see it in real time. • DMs and group chat. Plan the night without leaving the app. • Party reports. Photo galleries from the nights you were at, shared with the crew. THE WHOLE SCENE • Every event in Japan — clubs, live music, festivals, art — with lineups, venue details and tickets. • Artists, venues and promoters with real profiles, histories and upcoming dates. • Listen before you go: songs from the lineup, right on the artist page. • Add friends by QR in seconds. ONE ACCOUNT Your iFLYER login works here and on iflyer.tv. Sign in with your iFLYER account, Google, or Apple. iFLYER PRO (optional) A consumer membership with perks, live "popping now" and more. Cancel anytime. Built on MF8, iFLYER's social engine. Available in English and Japanese.

About

Kinlia

Discover and connect through meaningful events in major cities. Find communities focused on dance, wellness, art, and conscious gatherings. This app is for those seeking authentic connections and active participation.

Highlights
  • Discover connection-driven events
  • Find communities for dance, wellness, art
  • Attend conscious gatherings
  • Connect with like-minded people
  • List events as an organizer
  • Built-in ticketing system
Features
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Find your people. Build community. Go to events that matter. Kinlia helps you discover meaningful, connection-driven events in New York City, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area. From dance and wellness to art, music, and conscious gatherings — Kinlia brings together people who care about showing up, participating, and building real community. No spectators here. Just people who want to connect. On Kinlia, you’ll find a curated mix of creative, conscious, dance, nerdy, wellness-focused, and community-centered events — including: • Movement & dance: Ecstatic dance, conscious raves, community-centered EDM, 5Rhythms, contact improv, acro yoga, embodiment practices • Healing & mindfulness: Sound healing, meditation, breathwork, ceremony, integration circles • Nature & community: Nature walks, hikes, outdoor gatherings • Creativity & self-expression: Art salons, music jams, poetry nights, storytelling, crafting, flow arts • Talks & workshops: Spirituality, activism, tech, self-growth, communication, culture, politics • Festivals, retreats & immersive experiences: Conscious parties, themed gatherings, immersive art, transformational festivals, wellness retreats We partner with community builders and event organizers to make it easy to find events where you belong — and to deepen connections with the people you meet there. Are you an event organizer building community? List your events at www.kinlia.com or directly through the Kinlia mobile app. We’d love to support you through Kinlia’s built-in ticketing system, which offers: • Immediate payouts • Free email and SMS messages to ticket holders • Simple event management • Marketing support to help you grow your audience Whether you’re looking for friendship, collaboration, creative inspiration, shared experiences, or authentic networking, Kinlia helps you meet people who feel aligned with you. Kinlia welcomes everyone. All genders, sexualities, relationship styles, belief systems, and life stages are welcome. Our values are authenticity, kindness, creativity, play, community, and personal growth — and we invite you to live those values with us. Kinlia is a product of Kindra Connect, Inc. We’re using technology to deepen human connection and help communities thrive.

Screenshots

iFLYER4 screens
Kinlia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iFLYER at 5.0 against Kinlia's 4.2. iFLYER also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Kinlia's advantage is ratings volume (136 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iFLYER holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kinlia has 136 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of iFLYER's written reviews are positive against 67% of Kinlia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iFLYER ships an update every 4 days, Kinlia monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iFLYER versus Kinlia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriFLYERKinlia
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.2 (136 ratings)
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2136 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB85 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperiFLYERKindra Connect, Inc.

Customer experience

iFLYER

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

Kinlia

All ratings133 ratings
Positive78.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative17.3%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.3%
Negative27.0%

Bugs and requests

iFLYER

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Kinlia

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Events have wrong dates
  • Broken links
  • Contact link broken
  • Cannot type in collage text box (Android/iOS)
  • Zero profiles nearby/results over 1000 miles away
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  • App consistently crashes on iOS
  • App crashes upon opening
  • Discovery page won't load
  • Not seeing messaging icon
  • Messages don't show up/disappear
  • Cannot view sent messages
  • Cannot report accounts for spam

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add pagan, Wiccan, Santeria to religions
  • More ways to meet people
  • Verification of profiles
  • Online chatting and video on platform
  • PR for media exposure/more users
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  • Ability to change match preferences by mileage
  • Pause/cancel dating feature
  • Improve discovery features

In-app purchases

None

iFLYER

No in-app purchases

None

Kinlia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iFLYER free?
iFLYER is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kinlia free?
Kinlia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iFLYER or Kinlia?
iFLYER is rated higher. iFLYER averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Kinlia averages 4.2 from 136 ratings.
Do iFLYER or Kinlia have ads?
Kinlia shows ads; iFLYER does not.
Which is updated more often, iFLYER or Kinlia?
iFLYER ships an update every 4 days, and Kinlia monthly. Most recently, iFLYER was updated on October 22, 2026 and Kinlia on October 23, 2026.

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