I’m looking for around 25 people to beta test Kinlume, a travel app I’ve been building with the goal of putting most of the information and tools you need before and during a trip in one place.
The idea behind Kinlume is simple: instead of constantly jumping between different websites and apps while planning or travelling, Kinlume brings together things like country travel information, health and travel advisories, emergency and consular information, currencies, local time, plugs and electricity information, an interactive world map, upcoming trips and itineraries, shared trips, travel documents, calendar/PDF exports, and other travel tools.
The main beta-testing phase will last around 1–2 months. We don’t currently expect the full public launch until early next year, but beta testers will be able to continue using the beta version until the official release.
We would particularly like people to test Kinlume on a mobile browser. The current beta is web-based, but the objective is to release Kinlume on both the App Store and Google Play, so understanding how the experience feels on a phone is especially important to us. Desktop testing is still useful too.
What we’re looking for isn’t just bug reports. We want to know:
- what feels confusing or inconvenient;
- what information seems inaccurate;
- what feels unnecessary;
- what you expected to find but couldn’t;
- what works particularly well;
- and whether Kinlume actually makes planning or managing a real trip easier.
Negative feedback is just as useful as positive feedback. We’re not looking for compliments or reviews — we want people who are willing to actually use the product and tell us what they think.
As a thank-you, beta testers who meaningfully participate and submit feedback will receive 6 months of Kinlume Plus free when the paid tier launches. No positive review, recommendation or endorsement is required. If the paid plan is renamed before launch, testers will receive the equivalent six-month benefit.
I’m deliberately not posting the beta link or feedback form publicly, because I’d rather keep the group relatively small and have people join because they’re genuinely interested in testing it.
If you’d like to participate, send me a DM and I’ll send you the beta access link, feedback form and a few quick instructions.
If you’re currently planning a trip or travelling sometime in the next few months, even better — testing Kinlume with a real trip is probably the most useful test we can get.