KinLink's core idea
Not a live dot on a map. A growing network of the places that actually matter to your family.
Every other family safety app is built around a live location pin: a dot on a map that tells you where someone is right now. To understand context, you have to already know what that location is.
KinLink inverts this. You build a map of named places: home, school, grandma's house, the mall, the soccer field. As your family moves through the world, the app reports in terms of those named places. Not coordinates. Places.
That network of places is the Places Mesh. And it gets more valuable every time you use it.
An example Places Mesh
Grows with every check-in
Consider two notifications you could receive:
Live dot (competitors)
馃搷 Location updated
33.8573掳 N, 118.3761掳 W
You'd need to open a map to understand this.
Places Mesh (KinLink)
馃彨 Madison arrived at School
Today at 7:52 AM
You already know what this means.
The Places Mesh isn't something you build all at once. It grows naturally as part of how you use KinLink.
Start with Home. Add School. Add the places you already know matter. Even a handful of Places is useful on day one.
Every time your Dependent checks in from somewhere new, you see exactly where they are. One tap turns that location into a named Place.
Over weeks and months, the map fills in with the real geography of your family's life. Not a generic street map, but your street map.
As the mesh grows, every notification has context. "Madison arrived at Soccer Field" means something specific. "Madison left the Library" tells you something real.
Not every Place needs to be visible to the Dependent. Guardians can create Private Places: geo-fences that trigger alerts for the Guardian but are invisible on the Dependent's map. It's a layer of awareness that doesn't compromise the relationship.
Join the waitlist and be first to know when KinLink lands on the App Store on July 1, 2026.
Free 路 No credit card 路 Launching July 1 on iOS
