Biggest update yet! New Timeline & widgets, shared events, memories, iCloud backup - and contact sync that actually works (thanks, 3* review). Now go text your mum.
Kindred is your personal relationship memory.
Not a calendar. Not a social feed. A calm, private space where you remember the people who matter - and how to care for them.
We forget not because we don’t care, but because life is loud. Meetings bury birthdays. Algorithms drown out anniversaries. Spreadsheets don’t hold stories.
Kindred helps you keep track of milestones, memories, and meaning. Quietly, privately, beautifully.
What you can do with Kindred:
See your lifetime timeline: birthdays, anniversaries, moves, milestones.
Capture details that matter: your sister’s favourite wine, your friend’s new baby’s name, the last trip you took with your dad.
Stay present without the noise: no likes, no followers, no algorithm. Just reminders that help you show up.
Organise connections: add notes, related people, and personal rituals.
Privacy first: everything stays on your device, with optional encrypted iCloud backup.
Why Kindred?
Calendars are for logistics, not love. Kindred separates milestones from deadlines.
Social media is too loud. Kindred is quiet tech for real closeness.
When importing contacts the birthdays come in a day earlier than the actual birthdate. And for some reason on the import screen they show times. Birthdays don’t have times. Additionally, a person has to have a birth year associated. If you import a contact without a birth year it defaults to the year 1. Then the year bubble can’t handle that as it thinks their age is 2025. I think that years for birthdays should be optional. You don’t always know a person’s age.
Developer Response
Hey Astin! Thanks for the review and sorry for the late reply!I've been busy but finally found some time to update the app and fix these issues. We've just launched a huge update to address this import problem, improve the native features, update the UI, improve the widgets and further tighten the security. We also found and squashed a lot more bugs!If you'd like to give it another go, please do. If you want a free PRO code, or a refund (if you already upgraded) just let me know! :)
This update makes Kindred feel more alive - and more yours.
A Thread through your life
The Timeline has been redesigned around a single calm thread. Milestones get their moment, months breathe, and a gentle TODAY marker keeps you anchored. Tap the floating Today button to glide back anytime.
Shared moments
Anniversaries, dinners, reunions - events can now include more than one person, with everyone's face right there on the thread. Add people from the event editor, or when you create the moment.
Reach Out, everywhere
A new home screen widget quietly suggests one person to reconnect with each day - the same person your timeline and notifications point to. Tap it to jump straight to them.
Memories, resurfaced
Notes you wrote around this date in years past reappear just above Today. Small things you'd forgotten, back when they matter.
Automatic iCloud backup
Your people are now backed up automatically in the background - encrypted, private, no button to remember.
Also in this release:
• Message on WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram or Messages - every check-in recorded
• International phone numbers and smarter addresses with accurate Maps pins
• Birthday and reach-out notifications, right on time
• Search that reads your notes, tags and family - not just names
• A cleaner People grid with recency rings: green when you're close, red when it's been too long
• Faster everywhere - smoother scrolling, quicker loading, lighter on battery
Your people, remembered.
Version 2.0
The developer, Jarren Worrell, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
Seller
Jarren Worrell
Size
7.2 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.4 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.4 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.4 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.