Kin is the simple iPhone app for private daily check-ins. Tap once to share your status with a trusted circle, so family, partners, roommates, or close friends know you're okay without location tracking or social media noise.
Private by design · No feed · No likes · No location tracking · Not emergency monitoring
Kin keeps personal safety check-ins simple. You choose your status, your trusted people see the update, and everyone gets a quiet signal that you are okay.
Open Kin, tap once, and mark yourself okay for the day.
Your check-in is visible only to the people you choose, not to followers, strangers, or a public audience.
Let close people know you are alive and well, especially when you live alone, travel, or go quiet for a while.
Most safety apps ask for location, wearables, or constant alerts. Kin does the lighter thing: a private daily check-in that helps the right people know you are okay, without turning your life into a feed.
Nothing to scroll. Your check-in is the whole point.
Say you are okay without starting a conversation every time.
Your status is a signal for trusted people, not content for an audience.
Kin is built around presence and reassurance, not a map of where you are.
Your daily check-in is shared only with the people you add.
For people living alone, partners, family, roommates, and close friends.
A simple daily safety check-in for solo apartments, new cities, and quiet routines.
Give parents, siblings, or adult children a calm way to know you are okay.
Stay lightly aware of each other on busy days, late nights, and travel days.
Share a small proof-of-life signal with the few people who would actually check in.
Kin is designed for private check-ins. Your status is meant for your chosen circle, not a public profile, algorithmic reach, or a location-based safety feed. We believe checking in should feel simple, calm, and respectful.
See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use for full details.
Start sharing your news with one close person, at your own pace. Upgrade only when you want more people in your trusted circle.
Kin helps the right people know you are alive and well without turning your day into a conversation, a feed, or a location trail.
Available on iPhone.
I'm okay
Home safe
Checking in
