How can we help?
Short, honest answers about setting up Kunbaa, building the tree and who can add to it, the wall and who sees each post, chat and calls, events, sharing your location, plans and storage, and your data. If you can't find what you need, email us — a person reads every message.
First-time guides
- Getting started with Kunbaa
Start here: the short version, and the seven first-time guides in order.
- 1. Set up your family space and invite your first relative
Create your account, name your family, put yourself on the tree, and send the first invite.
- 2. Build your tree: parents, partners and children
Add the people around you one card at a time, and learn what your household and extended family mean in Kunbaa.
- 3. Share your first memory: posts, photos and who sees them
Post a photo with the names written down, and choose Everyone, Extended family or Household.
- 4. Chats, groups and calling your family
Direct lines, the family groups Kunbaa keeps for you, and a free call from the top of any chat.
- 5. Keep everyone safe: location sharing and who can see you
Share where you are for a set time or until you stop, with the relatives you pick — and nobody else.
- 6. Permissions: what admins, editors and viewers can do
The three access levels, the three switches, and how a relative asks for more.
- 7. Import an existing family tree or a WhatsApp group
Bring a GEDCOM file from another family-tree program, or the people in your WhatsApp group, onto your tree.
Signing in, invites and names
- Signing in, codes and devices
A code by email, Apple or Google, Face ID after that — and using more than one device.
- How to invite your family
Kunbaa is invite-only. Here's how to bring everyone in — free — and choose what each person can do before you send.
- Your preferred name
One name on every post, chat and tree card, whichever way you sign in.
- Set up Kunbaa for a parent or grandparent
A gentle way to get mum, dad or grandparents looking at family photos.
Using Kunbaa
- How to build your family tree
From one person to every generation: adding relatives, faces, and viewing the tree from anyone's place.
- Marking a relative as passed away
With a date, or 'date unknown' — what changes on their card, in chat and in invites.
- Importing a GEDCOM file
Bring a tree from MyHeritage, Ancestry or another genealogy program into Kunbaa on the web — matched to the people you already have, and confirmed before anything is written.
- Importing a WhatsApp group
Export the family's WhatsApp group, say how each person is related to you, and they join your tree — no message is read or kept.
- The wall: photos, voice notes and stories
Posting, memory drops and Moments, reactions, the Library — and who can see it.
- Choosing who sees a post
Everyone in the family, Extended family, or just your Household — picked per post, enforced everywhere.
- Member permissions and access levels
Admin, Can post and View only; the three switches an admin sets; asking for more access.
- Chat, voice and video calls
Direct lines, family groups, and free calls from the top of any chat.
- Group calls: up to 4 people free, 6 on Kunbaa Plus
Start one from a family group chat or tap Add during a call — and the two things group calls do differently.
- Events and to-dos
Birthdays from the tree, the family calendar, invites, and the jobs behind every plan.
- Sharing your location, and choosing who can see you
Family Safety: share for 15 minutes, 1 hour or 8 hours, or until you stop — with the relatives you pick — plus saved places and arrival alerts.
Plans and billing
- Plans, storage and billing
What's free, what Kunbaa Plus includes, the trial, and how paying and cancelling work.
Privacy and your data
- How private is Kunbaa?
What private means here — and an honest note on encryption.
- Getting your data out of Kunbaa
How to get a complete copy of your family's archive today.
- How to delete your account
The in-app deletion steps, and what happens to shared family content.
Troubleshooting
- Calls not connecting?
The checks that fix most call problems.
Guides for every family
- Do WhatsApp photos expire?
What actually happens to the media in your family group — and how to save it.
- How to preserve family photos for generations
Scanning, backups, and the one step most families skip: naming everyone.
Still stuck?
Email support@kunbaa.com or use the contact form. You can also browse the FAQ or see plans and pricing.