Kinkle Review
Price: FREE
Version Reviewed: 1.1
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 6 Plus
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Kinkle, a new social networking app, grabbed me with its catchy name. It has nice onomatopoeia - like wrinkle, twinkle, and Kris Kringle. There is a shimmer to it. "Kinkle" is catchy and easy to remember. It makes me think toasty, happy thoughts. It's an attractively-designed app with a strongly identifiable logo. As the photos show, the "k" in Kinkle is upside down. This is a superb design choice for launching the app into wider networks and broader usage.
I'm thirsty for some real, fleshed-out, and useable content. Again, my broken record report is that nothing I run across is sufficiently compelling to lure me from Facebook and other social media. Facebook's logo is iconic because of what it did, how it did it, and because it was first. Facebook's aesthetics don't change much because they don't have to. Kinkle is wonderfully designed, but the content - including people searches, chat, photo uploads, and maps - needs more of a unified purpose. To use Kinkle, I can either log in via Facebook as per usual, or sign up with a new account in-app.
Kinkle has the potential to carve out a niche angle amidst the giants of social media. This, of course, remains a longshot since so many sites and apps do variations of social networking well and have a following because they are already established. It's a good idea, but beyond the surface-slick looks Kinkle needs significant beefing-up with content and more of a reputation if it wants to take off.