Getting started
From download to your first Places Mesh check-in in under five minutes.
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Get KinLink free from the App Store. Create your Guardian account in about 60 seconds. No credit card, no subscription.
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Tap anywhere on the map and name it. Start with Home. Then add School, Work, Grandma's house, wherever matters to your family. Each Place becomes a geo-fence that triggers alerts.
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Share a unique invite code with the family member you want to stay connected with. They'll install KinLink and enter the code to begin pairing.
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Your Dependent enters the invite code and the PIN you've set separately. Both are required to complete the connection. This double-lock keeps the pairing genuinely secure.
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The moment your Dependent arrives at a Place or leaves one, you'll get a push notification. You never need to open the app; it tells you when something changes, then stays quiet.
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Anytime you want confirmation, tap 'Request Check-in.' Your person gets a notification, taps once, and sends back their current location, an optional note, and an optional photo.
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When a check-in comes in from somewhere you haven't named yet, tap once to turn that exact location into a saved Place. The mesh grows naturally as you use the app.
KinLink is designed to be simple enough that you don't need a tutorial. Here's the quick summary:
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Free · No credit card · Launching July 1 on iOS
