Kin Developer Program Apps — Live in Week Three

Michelle Desrochers
Kin Blog
Published in
4 min readNov 8, 2018

There’s only one more week until the deadline for the first milestone in the Kin Developer Program! All 32 teams are required to take their Kin-powered experiences live in at least one app store by Nov. 14 in order to receive the reward for the first milestone ($15,000 USD and 50,000,000 KIN). So far, fourteen apps have reached the first milestone and are progressing towards the program’s second and third milestones:

  • Milestone 2: 10,000 monthly active wallets for at least two months before Oct. 15, 2019
  • Milestone 3: 50,000 monthly active wallets for at least two months before Oct. 15, 2019

Here are the newest additions to the Kin Ecosystem, live and available for download now:

Beseech is a place for local communities to gather, exchange advice, create connections, trade, and compete.
Category: Travel & local
Download now on: Android
Available to: Users in Canada and US
How to earn Kin: Provide helpful answers to questions posted by the community
How to spend Kin: Ask questions to the community. The Kin spent to post the question will be the reward given to the most helpful answer.
Other resources:
Twitter: @Beseech_App
App support: seekingdigitalllc@gmail.com

Kindred enables locals and tourists to find and meet others in their area.
Category: Travel & local
Download now on: Android
Available to: All public beta testers (click the link above to become a tester)
How to earn Kin: Interact with other users, and earn Kudos (tips) from others
How to spend Kin: Tipping other users with Kudos.
Other resources:
Website: spaced.be
App support: simon@spaced.be

Kimeo is a video-sharing platform where everyone (both users and creators) is rewarded for their contributions.
Category: News & entertainment
Download now on: Android
Available to: Public Beta testers (click the link above to become a tester).
How to earn Kin: Watch promoted content; post premium content; earn badges; earn from Kimeo’s daily pool, which rewards users based on their activity on the platform
How to spend Kin: Promote your own videos, or watch premium videos
Other resources:
Website: kimeoapp.com
Twitter: @kimeoapp
App support: support@kimeoapp.com

ThisThat is gamified, self-managing, crowdsourced utility where peer-to-peer knowledge sharing communities can share opinions, ask questions, and learn instantly.
Category: Communications & social
Download now on: iOS
Available to: U.S. and U.K only
How to earn Kin: Make good content for the platform (applies to both polls and comments); report abusive content.
How to spend Kin: Tip a user for posting good content; boost your own polls to increase reach and the bounty available for the top comment on your poll
Other resources:
Website: https://www.thisthatapp.co.uk/
Twitter: @ThisThatPolling
App support: ivison@thisthatapp.com, osborne@thisthatapp.comx

Vent is a community-driven social platform that helps people understand and manage their mental health so that they can live happier lives. Users can post updates with emotion tags and receive support from their peers.
Category: Communications & social
Download now on: Android
Available to: 10% of users
How to earn Kin: Vent Streaks (post once a day for seven days)
How to spend Kin: Emotions ‘day pass’ — unlock paid emotions for 24 hours (free emotions are available, but Kin can be spent on premium emotions, such as holiday-themed sets)
Other resources:
Website: https://www.vent.co/
Twitter: @Vent Feed
App support: hello@vent.co

And don’t forget to download the nine apps that went live in previous weeks:

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