WhatsApp is where your family talks. Kunbaa is where your family is kept.
A real family tree you can tap: how everyone is related, their stories and their birthdays, seen only by your family.
Anyone can start a family space, free · Only the people you invite can join · No ads in the app
Inside the Kunbaa app
Take the 30-second tour
The same six loops the app opens with. Tap a feature, or swipe the phone.
Made for families like yours
For new parentsA new baby, four grandparents
The baby goes on the tree the day she arrives, and every photo reaches the relatives you choose.
In Kunbaa: Who sees each post: everyone, extended family or household
For the one with the old albumsNani still remembers who's who
Put the old photos on the wall and write the names down while she can still tell you — in the words your family uses.
In Kunbaa: Relationship names in your language
For families far apartThree countries, one family
The wall is there when each of you wakes up, and the birthdays come off the tree.
In Kunbaa: Birthday reminders straight from the tree
For first-time tree buildersBoth sides, every branch
Invite an aunt and she adds the cousins only she knows, free, on the same private tree.
In Kunbaa: Relatives claim their own spot and add their branch
Tap Dadi. See her place in the family.
Photo apps sort by date and chat apps sort by thread. Kunbaa starts with the person.
What she has shared
Her photos and stories stay on her profile, not scattered across chats and camera rolls. In the Kunbaa app.
Her stories, written down
How she came to the city. The recipe only she gets right. Type it or record a voice note, and it stops living in one memory.
How everyone is related
Your side, your partner's side, the cousins abroad — anyone can see exactly how they connect to her.
Her birthday, every year
Birthdays and anniversaries live on people, so the family is reminded without anyone keeping a list.
See the family tree and Moments.
What every family member gets, free
Nobody needs a card to join, and nothing sent in chat is ever blocked by a full archive.
The family tree
Every branch, both sides, no limit. Relatives claim their own spot.
Photos, stories and voice notes
Posted to the family wall with the names and the place in the caption.
Chat and calls
Group chat, and voice and video calls — one-to-one, or a group of up to 4 free. In the Kunbaa app.
Events and birthdays
Reminders for the dates that matter, with the photos attached afterwards.
Optional location safety
Share where you are with the relatives you choose, for a set time — strictly opt-in. In the Kunbaa app.
Who sees what
Everyone, extended family or just your household — you choose for each post.
In the Kunbaa appComing soon
Chat, calls and Family Safety live in the app
Both apps are in App Store and Google Play review now. Everything you start on kunbaa.com today is there when they arrive.
Tell me when the app is out
We’ll email you when it’s ready. No spam, and you can unsubscribe any time.
Bring the WhatsApp group with you
The chatter can stay in the group. Kunbaa keeps what the group loses: WhatsApp compresses photos and holds media only for a limited time, so the wedding video from three years ago can fail to re-download.
Why a file? WhatsApp does not let other apps connect to your groups, so you export the chat yourself. Kunbaa reads the export in your browser and never uploads it — not one message is kept.
One person keeps it. Everyone joins free.
Everyone in the family talks, calls, shares and is seen for free. Kunbaa Plus is what one person pays so that what the family shares is kept.
Kunbaa Plus is US$15.99 / month or US$159.99 / year — yearly saves 17%, about US$13 a month for the whole family. One person pays, on kunbaa.com; everyone else in the family is covered. Photos and videos sent in chat are kept for 12 months on the free plan. Kunbaa Plus keeps them.
Who sees what, decided post by post
- Everyonethe whole family space
- Extended familyalso grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins
- Householdparents, partner and children only
- Encrypted in transit and at restHTTPS between your device and Kunbaa, and stored encrypted on AWS.
- Only people you invite can joinAnyone can start a family space. Nobody gets in without an invite.
- No public profilesNothing in your family space is published or indexed by search engines.
- No ads in the appNothing in Kunbaa is sponsored or promoted.
- Your data is not soldKunbaa is paid for by the one plan, not by your family's photos.
- A small Australian companyKunbaa is operated by Vritul Pty Ltd, a company registered in Australia.
Read exactly what it does and does not mean in How private is Kunbaa?
Frequently asked questions
Is Kunbaa free?
For everyone joining a family, yes: the family tree, the wall and events, plus chat, calls and Family Safety in the mobile app (coming soon). There is one paid plan, Kunbaa Plus at US$15.99 / month or US$159.99 / year, and what it buys is keeping: longer videos in the archive, room for the whole family's archive, and the photos and videos from chat kept while you are on Plus. One person pays, on kunbaa.com; everyone else in the family is covered.
What are Moments?
Where the family's photos and videos are kept: what relatives post, newest first, seen only by your family — or, per post, only your extended family or household. It replaced what Kunbaa used to call Memory Lane.
Does Kunbaa use our photos to train AI?
No. Your family's photos, videos and stories are never used to train AI models or for advertising.
Can my kids have their own accounts?
Kunbaa accounts are 18+ on purpose. Kids belong in Kunbaa — in the tree and all over the photos — added by the adults. Adults keep it, kids are in it.
How private is Kunbaa?
Anyone can start a family space, and only the people you invite can join it. There are no ads, nobody's data is sold, and everything is shared only with the family. No public profiles, no discovery, no strangers.
Do we have to stop using WhatsApp?
No. The group is where the family's daily chatter lives. Kunbaa keeps what the group loses — WhatsApp compresses photos and holds media only for a limited time — and it takes the calls once the app is out: a call can only come from a relative in your family space, so nobody hands out a phone number.
How is Kunbaa different from Ancestry or MyHeritage?
Different job. Ancestry and MyHeritage research ancestors — records, DNA, documents — and Kunbaa has none of that. Kunbaa is for the family that is alive right now. Many families use both.
More in the Help Center, the full FAQ and the comparisons.
Start with three people and one photo
You, a parent, a grandparent. One photo, with everyone's names written down. It grows from there.