PingID vs Kinster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PingID
This app enhances login security and verifies user identities. It also functions as a digital wallet for managing digital identities securely. Administrators benefit from mission-critical security features, and offline support is available.
- User identity verification
- Digital wallet for identity management
- Mission-critical security for administrators
- Offline support
- Seamless integration with PingOne ecosystem
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The PingID® mobile app is a user-friendly solution designed to enhance login security and verify end users’ identities. Additionally, it serves as a digital wallet, enabling secure storage and management of digital identities. The app offers mission-critical security features for administrators and provides offline support for scenarios where a device lacks signal. The PingID mobile app integrates seamlessly with PingOne®, PingFederate®, PingOne Verify®, and PingOne Credentials®. Before installation, please ensure your organization has licensed PingID, PingOne Verify, or PingOne Credentials. For more information, contact your administrator or Ping Identity support.
Kinster
Streamline form filling for your family by entering information once. This app securely stores family details and automatically populates them into various forms for schools, camps, and more, saving you time and effort.
- Enter family information once
- Autofill forms in seconds
- Secure private storage
- Built-in browser for forms
- Review before submission
- No advertising or trackers
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Enter your family's information once. Fill any form in seconds. Every camp, school, sports league, and daycare asks for the same things: your child's name and date of birth, your contact and emergency info, allergies, medications, the pediatrician, insurance. Kinster keeps all of it in one private place, then fills it into the forms you get, so a 20-minute chore becomes a quick review and done. HOW IT WORKS - Enter your family once: children, guardians, emergency contacts, medical details. - Open a form in the built-in browser. - Tap Fill. Kinster places your information into the right fields. - Review everything before you submit. You are always in control. BUILT FOR PARENTS - One record for the whole family, across every organization. - You check every form before it goes anywhere. Signatures and consents are never auto-applied. - No advertising, no trackers, no selling your data. Ever. PRIVACY FIRST - Your family's information is private to your family and stored securely. - We do not sell or share your data, and we use no third-party advertising trackers. - Export or delete your data at any time. SUBSCRIPTION Entering, editing, and viewing your family is free. Autofill is unlocked by a Kinster Family subscription: - Kinster Family Yearly: $49.00 per year - Kinster Family Monthly: $9.00 per month Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Kinster Terms of Service: https://www.kinster.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.kinster.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kinster at 100% against PingID's 20%. Kinster also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.2). PingID's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (439 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kinster holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PingID has 439 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of PingID's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kinster's.
PingID ships an update every 6 weeks, Kinster every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PingID | Kinster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (439 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 439 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #37 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ping Identity Corporation | Dorothy Thomas |
Customer experience
PingID
Kinster
Bugs and requests
PingID
Reported bugs
4 issues- Incorrectly identifies devices as jailbroken
- Fails to send push notifications consistently
- Camera issues when trying to scan QR codes
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to add new devices easily
- Landscape mode support for iPad
- Customizable alert sounds
- Faster authentication process
Kinster
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PingID
No in-app purchases
Kinster
No in-app purchases
