Free vs Plus

Kinu has three plans, and all of them include every feature. The difference is how many people you can add and whether your Kinu syncs across devices.

The short version: the Free plan is the complete Kinu experience for up to 10 people, on your phone or in a browser. Kinu Plus lifts that limit and adds encrypted sync, so every device you use stays in step.

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Every feature, every plan

No matter which plan you choose, you get the full Kinu experience:

• People: the heart of Kinu, the records you keep for the people who matter
• Moments: small observations you record about a person, in text or as a voice note
• Voice notes: capture a memory out loud, then play it back later
• Important dates: birthdays, anniversaries, and other dates that matter
• Reminders: a quiet prompt at your preferred time, shifted out of your quiet hours
• Rituals: gentle recurring intentions for a person, like a Sunday call, that come back to you when they are due
• Private notes: for your eyes only, never processed, analyzed, or used by any feature
• Relational Compass: a calm visual map of who feels close in your inner circle
• Lenses: organize people into meaningful groups like Family, Friends, or Work
• Per-person Mode: set someone to active, low energy, or paused to control how much Kinu reaches out

There is nothing locked behind a paywall on the Free plan. You get the complete Kinu experience for up to 10 people, with no missing features.

You sign in, then Kinu works offline

Kinu asks you to sign in with Apple, Google, or an email and password. Your account is what makes backup, restore, and sync possible, and it keeps your purchases tied to you if you switch phones.

Once you are signed in, Kinu works fully offline. Your writes go to your device first, so the app never waits on a connection. On the Free plan, your data stays on that one device unless you turn on backup. On Plus, your account also lets your Kinu follow you across devices.

What "10 people" means

On the Free plan, you can add up to 10 people to your Kinu. Every feature works fully for all 10. You can record moments and voice notes, set the Relational Compass, add important dates, keep rituals, write private notes, and create lenses. Nothing is held back.

If 10 people covers your closest circle, you may never need to upgrade. A focused group of 10 is exactly the right size for many people, and the Free plan is built to stay that way for as long as you want.

If you do reach the limit and want more room, see Can't add more people.

Backup on the Free plan

Turn on backup in Settings and Kinu keeps one encrypted, restorable copy of this device's data on our server, at no cost. It is there in the app and in the browser, on the free plan. If you ever switch phones or reinstall onto an empty phone, sign in to the same account and Kinu offers to bring that backup onto it.

A few things worth knowing before you turn it on:

• It is one copy, not a live sync. If more than one of your devices has backup turned on, they share a single backup slot: only the most recent one is kept. If several devices back up on the same day, some may wait until tomorrow. That is different from Plus, where every device stays in step with every other one continuously.
• Free backups are capped at 4MB. That covers thousands of people, moments, and notes in plain text for most people. Voice notes are never uploaded on any plan, so they never count against the limit. Photos do count: Kinu shrinks each one on your device, and one still too large to fit is left behind rather than blocking the backup. If your backup goes over the cap, Kinu tells you in the app; export a copy any time, or Kinu Plus lifts the limit entirely.
• Turning it off removes the backup right away. The encrypted copy is then erased from storage within about a month.

For how the underlying encryption works, see Encryption explained.

What Plus and Lifetime add

When you subscribe to Plus or purchase Lifetime, two things unlock:

• Unlimited people: no cap on how many people you keep in your Kinu
• Encrypted sync everywhere: your Kinu follows you across every device, phone, tablet, and browser at kinu.care, encrypted on your device before it is uploaded

Sync is opt-in and runs quietly in the background. Your data is encrypted on your device before it leaves, and it stays encrypted in transit and at rest. Voice notes stay on your device and are never uploaded, on any plan. Photos travel with everything else. To understand exactly how this works, see How sync works and Encryption explained.

This is not a trial

The Free plan works forever. There is no countdown, no expiration, and no features that get taken away later. If 10 people and local storage suit you, Kinu is free for life.

You will never see a popup nagging you to upgrade. When you are ready, and only if you are ever ready, Plus is there.

Choosing between Plus and Lifetime

Kinu Plus is a subscription: $6.99 or €7.99 a month, $69.99 or €79.99 a year. You can cancel anytime, and your data stays safe on your device either way. The yearly plan saves you roughly 17 percent compared to paying monthly.

Lifetime is a one-time purchase of $149.99 or €179.99. You get everything in Plus with no recurring charges, no expiration, and every future update included. It is for people who already know Kinu is a companion for the long haul.

What happens if I cancel Plus?

Nothing is lost, and nothing is held hostage. Your data stays on your device. You keep everyone you have already added, and you can still record moments, set reminders, and use every feature. You simply return to the Free experience: no more syncing, and if you were using both a phone and a browser, they stop staying in step and each becomes its own local copy again. For the full picture, see What happens when I cancel.

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