Kinu vs Yenesow
Kinu
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| Figure | Kinu | Yenesow |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5.83/mo | $4.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · Personal CRM Software | 8.2 (#10) | 7.4 (#24) |
| Integrations | Apple and Google are listed for account sign-in; the maker pages opened do not state integrations with other productivity or contact-management products. | Optional connected accounts include Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and Google Contacts; Apple and Google sign-in are for identity only. |
| Privacy | Relationship data is stored locally by default, and users can optionally enable free encrypted backup or paid encrypted sync. | Yenesow says it does not read messages or email and only uses contact data and context users provide in the app. |
| Product | Kinu is a private personal CRM for remembering details, birthdays, and important dates about friends and family. | Yenesow is an AI-powered personal CRM for nurturing personal and professional relationships, designed for iPhone. |
| Support | Kinu says its support team typically responds within 24 hours. | The maker lists [email protected] as its support contact. |
Plans
Kinu
- FreeFree
- Kinu Plus (monthly)$6.99 a month
- Kinu Plus (yearly)$69.99 a year
- Founding Member Lifetime$149.99, paid once
In their own words
Kinu
Kinu is a private personal CRM for remembering details and important dates about friends and family. It can remind users when a date arrives or when they have not been in touch for a while. For each person, users can keep moments, private and voice notes, dates, and rituals. It is designed for personal relationships rather than sales contacts or a larger social network, and has no feeds, followers, likes, or public profiles.
After sign-in, Kinu works offline and saves changes to the device first. Relationship data is local by default; users can enable free encrypted backup or paid encrypted sync. When either is enabled, data is encrypted on the device before it leaves and remains encrypted in transit and at rest. Voice notes stay on the device on every plan, and data can be exported at any time. Kinu is available on Android, iOS, and web. The free plan supports up to 10 people; Kinu Plus adds unlimited people and encrypted sync for $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year.
Yenesow
Yenesow is an AI-powered personal CRM for maintaining family, friend, and professional relationships on iPhone. Users selectively import iPhone contacts, including birthdays, companies, and roles, and sort them into relationship rings. A relationship map groups inner-circle, professional, and reconnect contacts and indicates relationship health to help identify connections that may be drifting. Contextual nudges cover birthdays, milestones, long silences, and follow-ups, with a reason and suggested opening line. Its Yene assistant answers questions about contacts, drafts messages in the user's voice, and helps plan meetups. Optional connected accounts include Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and Google Contacts; Apple and Google sign-in are for identity only. Yenesow says it does not read messages or email. Its policy describes encryption at rest with AES-256, TLS 1.2+ in transit, and hosting on AWS in the United States. Users can view, export, modify, or delete their data and revoke connected services. The iPhone app requires iOS 16.6 or later; Android and web are described as on the way.