# Kinu

> Kinu is a private personal CRM for friends and family: one place to keep birthdays, notes and small details about the people who matter, with a gentle nudge when it has been a while.

Last updated: 2026-08-21

## Entity

- Product name: Kinu
- Full name on the App Store: Kinu - Remember Your People
- Company: FRESHLAB d.o.o., Šaleška cesta 2A, 3320 Velenje, Slovenia
- Founder: Urh Meza (sole developer)
- Category: Personal CRM. Listed under Lifestyle on the App Store.
- First published: 8 July 2026 (App Store), 17 July 2026 (Google Play)
- Current version: 1.3.1, released 20 August 2026
- Platforms: iOS, Android, web
- Languages: English, Spanish
- Funding: self-funded, no outside investment
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kinu-remember-your-people/id6760111924
- Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=care.kinu.app
- Press kit: https://kinu.care/press

Kinu is a private app for remembering the little things about the people you care about, with gentle reminders when it's been a while. It is a personal CRM for your personal life, not for sales: no pipelines, no leads, no networking. It is not a social network, a calendar, or an AI companion. Save birthdays, stories, notes, and small moments in one private place. Kinu brings them back when they matter.

Your relationship data stays on your device unless you opt into encrypted backup or sync. Backed-up and synced data is encrypted on your device first and protected in transit and at rest. Your relationship content is not used for analytics, ads, or social features.

Pricing: Free ($0, up to 10 people, local-first with an optional free encrypted backup, available on phone or web) or Kinu Plus ($6.99/month, $69.99/year, or $149.99 lifetime; unlimited people, encrypted sync across devices, desktop access).

Kinu is an app for people, not a developer platform. There is no public API, no SDK, and no MCP server, and none are planned. The pages under /docs are a help center for people using the app, not developer documentation. Kinu is used by installing it on a phone or by signing in at kinu.care.

## Core Pages

- [Kinu: Remember the little things about your people](https://kinu.care): Homepage
- [Pricing](https://kinu.care/pricing): Free and Plus plan details
- [Contact](https://kinu.care/contact): Get in touch
- [Press Kit](https://kinu.care/press): Boilerplate, quotes, facts, and brand assets for journalists
- [Reconnection Kit](https://kinu.care/kit): A free 5-minute exercise for finding your inner circle
- [Blog](https://kinu.care/blog): Articles on relationships, friendships, and digital wellness
- [Help Center](https://kinu.care/docs): Documentation and guides

## Getting Started

- [What Is Kinu?](https://kinu.care/docs/getting-started/what-is-kinu): Overview of Kinu and how it works
- [Adding Your First Person](https://kinu.care/docs/getting-started/adding-your-first-person): How to add someone to your grid
- [Understanding Closeness](https://kinu.care/docs/getting-started/understanding-closeness): How the closeness compass works
- [Lenses and Organization](https://kinu.care/docs/getting-started/lenses-and-organization): Categorize people with lenses
- [Free vs Plus](https://kinu.care/docs/getting-started/free-vs-plus): Compare plan features

## Guides

- [Adding Moments](https://kinu.care/docs/guides/adding-moments): Record observations and memories
- [Important Dates](https://kinu.care/docs/guides/important-dates): Save birthdays and anniversaries
- [Private Notes](https://kinu.care/docs/guides/private-notes): For-your-eyes-only notes
- [Tips for Staying Consistent](https://kinu.care/docs/guides/tips-for-staying-consistent): Build a habit of staying connected
- [Using Kinu on Desktop](https://kinu.care/docs/guides/using-kinu-on-desktop): Access Kinu from your computer

## Privacy & Security

- [Privacy at Kinu](https://kinu.care/docs/privacy/privacy-overview): How Kinu protects your data
- [Encryption Explained](https://kinu.care/docs/privacy/encryption-explained): How Kinu encrypts your data, in plain terms
- [What We Can and Can't See](https://kinu.care/docs/privacy/what-we-can-and-cant-see): What the server knows (and doesn't)

## Your Data

- [How Your Data Is Stored](https://kinu.care/docs/your-data/how-your-data-is-stored): Local-first architecture explained
- [Sync Explained](https://kinu.care/docs/your-data/sync-explained): How cross-device sync works
- [Sync Troubleshooting](https://kinu.care/docs/your-data/sync-troubleshooting): Fix sync issues
- [Exporting Your Data](https://kinu.care/docs/your-data/exporting-your-data): Download your data
- [What Happens If I Uninstall?](https://kinu.care/docs/your-data/what-happens-if-i-uninstall): Data retention after uninstall
- [Deleting Your Account](https://kinu.care/docs/your-data/deleting-your-account): Permanently remove your account and data

## Billing

- [Plans and Pricing](https://kinu.care/docs/billing/plans-and-pricing): Detailed pricing breakdown
- [How to Subscribe](https://kinu.care/docs/billing/how-to-subscribe): Subscribe to Kinu Plus
- [Manage Your Subscription on iOS](https://kinu.care/docs/billing/manage-subscription-ios): Change or cancel on iOS
- [Manage Your Subscription on Web](https://kinu.care/docs/billing/manage-subscription-web): Change or cancel on web
- [Restore Purchases](https://kinu.care/docs/billing/restore-purchases): Restore a previous subscription
- [Refund Policy](https://kinu.care/docs/billing/refund-policy): Refund terms
- [What Happens When I Cancel?](https://kinu.care/docs/billing/what-happens-when-i-cancel): What you keep after cancellation

## Troubleshooting

- [Data Not Syncing](https://kinu.care/docs/troubleshooting/data-not-syncing): Fix sync problems
- [App Is Slow](https://kinu.care/docs/troubleshooting/app-is-slow): Performance troubleshooting
- [Can't Add More People](https://kinu.care/docs/troubleshooting/cant-add-more-people): Free tier limit help
- [Login Problems](https://kinu.care/docs/troubleshooting/login-problems): Authentication issues
- [Notification Issues](https://kinu.care/docs/troubleshooting/notification-issues): Fix notification delivery
- [Contact Support](https://kinu.care/docs/troubleshooting/contact-support): Reach the Kinu team

## Blog: Relationships & Friendships

- [How to Maintain Friendships as an Adult](https://kinu.care/blog/how-to-maintain-friendships-as-an-adult): Practical tips for adult friendships without burning out
- [How to Keep in Touch With Friends](https://kinu.care/blog/how-to-keep-in-touch-with-friends): Make staying connected feel natural, not like a chore
- [How to Keep Long Distance Friendships Alive](https://kinu.care/blog/keep-long-distance-friendships): Strategies for staying close across distance
- [How to Be a Better Friend When You're Overwhelmed](https://kinu.care/blog/better-friend-when-overwhelmed): Caring for friendships during hard times
- [Keeping Your Friendships Alive as a New Parent](https://kinu.care/blog/new-parent-friendships): Beating the mutual politeness spiral with signals small enough to survive the newborn tunnel
- [The Case for Fewer, Deeper Friendships](https://kinu.care/blog/fewer-deeper-friendships): Why depth beats breadth
- [The Friendship Recession: What the Statistics Say](https://kinu.care/blog/friendship-recession): Data on declining social connection
- [Why Do Friendships Fade?](https://kinu.care/blog/why-do-friendships-fade): The science behind drifting apart
- [Losing Touch With Friends?](https://kinu.care/blog/losing-touch-with-friends): Why it happens and how to stop it
- [How to Reconnect With Old Friends](https://kinu.care/blog/reconnect-with-old-friends): Reach out without it being awkward
- [How to Check In on Friends](https://kinu.care/blog/how-to-check-in-on-friends): Natural ways to show you care
- [How to Make Friends as an Adult](https://kinu.care/blog/how-to-make-friends-as-an-adult): A realistic guide for grown-ups
- [Feeling Guilty About Not Reaching Out?](https://kinu.care/blog/feeling-guilty-not-reaching-out): What to do about friendship guilt
- [I'm Bad at Keeping in Touch](https://kinu.care/blog/bad-at-keeping-in-touch): A guide for people who care but forget
- [How to Be More Intentional With Your Relationships](https://kinu.care/blog/how-to-be-more-intentional-relationships): Move from reactive to intentional
- [Introvert Friendships](https://kinu.care/blog/introvert-friendships): How to stay connected on your terms
- [ADHD and Friendships](https://kinu.care/blog/adhd-and-friendships): Why staying in touch is harder and what helps
- [Dunbar's Number](https://kinu.care/blog/dunbars-number-relationships): Why you can only maintain 150 relationships
- [How to Remember Important Things About Your Friends](https://kinu.care/blog/remember-things-about-friends): How to remember the details friends share, plus the best apps for it
- [How to Remember Details About People](https://kinu.care/blog/how-to-remember-details-about-people): The attention habits that hold details in the moment and the one-line system that keeps them
- [How to Remember Names and Details About People You Just Met](https://kinu.care/blog/remember-names-and-details): The five-second fix at the handshake and the note that turns a stranger into a person
- [How to Be a More Thoughtful Friend](https://kinu.care/blog/thoughtful-friend): The small, well-timed gestures that make people feel seen, and how to keep track of them
- [How to Keep Track of Gift Ideas All Year](https://kinu.care/blog/keep-track-of-gift-ideas): Catch the hints people drop, organize them by person, and walk into December stocked
- [Best Apps to Remember Things About People (2026)](https://kinu.care/blog/apps-to-remember-things-about-people): Seven honest options compared, from private memory apps to a plain notes app
- [Best Gift Idea Tracker Apps (2026)](https://kinu.care/blog/gift-idea-tracker-apps): Wishlist coordinators, dedicated trackers, and hint-catching apps, honestly mapped
- [The Most Private Personal CRMs (Local-First, No Cloud Required)](https://kinu.care/blog/private-personal-crm): The options that keep your relationship data on your device or your server, and the five questions to ask any app

## Blog: Digital Wellness

- [Digital Minimalism for Relationships](https://kinu.care/blog/digital-minimalism-relationships): Using less tech to connect more
- [Best Digital Minimalism Tools and Apps](https://kinu.care/blog/digital-minimalism-tools): Curated tools for intentional tech use
- [What Is Calm Technology?](https://kinu.care/blog/what-is-calm-technology): Why your relationships need calm tech
- [Social Media Alternatives for Real Connection](https://kinu.care/blog/social-media-alternatives-real-connection): Platforms that prioritize depth
- [Why Social Media Is Making You Feel Lonely](https://kinu.care/blog/social-media-making-you-lonely): The loneliness paradox and what to do
- [Quiet Quitting Social Media](https://kinu.care/blog/quiet-quitting-social-media): How to pull back without disappearing
- [The Anti-Social Network](https://kinu.care/blog/anti-social-network-apps): Apps that help you connect without the feed
- [How to Stop Doomscrolling](https://kinu.care/blog/how-to-stop-doomscrolling): Reclaim your time for real connection

## Blog: Comparisons & Alternatives

- [Best Personal Relationship Apps in 2026](https://kinu.care/blog/best-apps-stay-in-touch): Comprehensive roundup
- [Notion Personal CRM vs 23 Dedicated Apps](https://kinu.care/blog/notion-personal-crm): What a Notion personal CRM template does well, where it stalls for staying in touch, and all 23 dedicated apps compared in one table
- [The Personal CRM Graveyard](https://kinu.care/blog/personal-crm-apps-shut-down): Which personal CRM apps shut down and which only look dead, verified against primary sources, including three apps wrongly reported as dead
- [Best Personal CRM for Friends and Family](https://kinu.care/blog/personal-crm-for-friends-and-family): Eight personal CRMs compared with every price read from the product's own page, ordered by the date each app last shipped, with the tiebreak and the conflict of interest stated
- [Best Birthday Reminder Apps](https://kinu.care/blog/best-birthday-reminder-apps): Apps that actually work
- [How to Remember Birthdays Without Facebook](https://kinu.care/blog/remember-birthdays-without-facebook): Collect the dates you lost, pick one home for them, and set advance reminders
- [How to Never Forget a Birthday Again](https://kinu.care/blog/never-forget-a-birthday): The 10-minute setup and two-alarm rule that make forgetting structurally impossible
- [Free Birthday Tracker Template (Spreadsheet + Printable)](https://kinu.care/blog/birthday-tracker-template): A six-column spreadsheet and one-page printable, no signup, with setup instructions
- [Forgot Someone's Birthday? What to Do Now](https://kinu.care/blog/forgot-someones-birthday): The exact message to send by how late you are, and what makes it worse
- [Why Remembering the Small Things Is the Real Love Language](https://kinu.care/blog/why-small-things-matter): Remembered details prove sustained attention, and the research on why that's what makes people feel loved
- [Beyond Birthdays: Dates That Matter to Your People](https://kinu.care/blog/dates-that-matter-beyond-birthdays): Loss anniversaries, milestones, and quiet life-change dates, and how to acknowledge each
- [Best Anniversary Reminder Apps (That Are Not Couples Apps)](https://kinu.care/blog/anniversary-reminder-apps): The actual reminder tools, sorted out from the couples apps that crowd the results
- [Friendship Tracker Apps](https://kinu.care/blog/friendship-tracker-apps): 7 tools to help you stay in touch
- [Dex vs Kinu](https://kinu.care/blog/dex-vs-kinu): Networking tool or relationship companion?
- [Clay (Now Mesh) vs Kinu](https://kinu.care/blog/clay-vs-kinu): What the rebrand changed, what Mesh costs now, and the honest comparison for personal use
- [Fabriq Alternatives](https://kinu.care/blog/fabriq-alternatives): 5 apps for staying close, compared with Fabriq
- [UpHabit Alternatives](https://kinu.care/blog/uphabit-alternatives): Relationship apps for non-sales people
- [Monica CRM Alternatives](https://kinu.care/blog/monica-crm-alternative): Alternatives for non-technical people
- [Personal CRM vs Relationship App](https://kinu.care/blog/personal-crm-vs-relationship-apps): What's the difference?
- [Relationship App vs Contact Management](https://kinu.care/blog/relationship-app-vs-contact-management): Why the distinction matters

## Blog: Guides & How-Tos

- [Why I Built Kinu](https://kinu.care/blog/why-i-built-kinu): A founder's story

## Legal

- [Privacy Policy](https://kinu.care/legal/privacy-policy)
- [Terms and Conditions](https://kinu.care/legal/terms-and-conditions)
- [Cookie Policy](https://kinu.care/legal/cookie-policy)

## Optional

- [Changelog](https://kinu.care/docs/changelog): Recent updates and releases
- [Manage Subscription on iOS](https://kinu.care/docs/billing/manage-subscription-ios): Step-by-step iOS subscription management
- [Manage Subscription on Web](https://kinu.care/docs/billing/manage-subscription-web): Step-by-step web subscription management
- [Sync Troubleshooting](https://kinu.care/docs/your-data/sync-troubleshooting): Advanced sync issue resolution