Help shouldn’t need an app.
A KinTag is a small, battery-free tag. A helper taps it with an NFC-compatible smartphone to open the contact details you share and choose who to call. Internet access is required.
Designed by a family. Made in small batches in Utah.
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A tracker tells you where a thing is.
A KinTag helps a person get home.
No app
Tap with an NFC-compatible smartphone and internet access. Nothing to download.
No battery
The physical tag needs no charging. Its online contact page depends on your service plan.
No tracking
It can’t follow anyone. It only helps when tapped.
Three situations, one tag.
The tag is the same in every case. What changes is what you put on it, and who you are hoping will read it.
Autism
For kids and adults who wander, or who cannot explain who they are to a stranger — especially when they are frightened.
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Alzheimer’s & dementia
For adults who go out and can’t find their way back — and for the family who cannot be watching every door, all night, forever.
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Severe allergies
For the times your child is with someone who doesn’t know the details — a sitter, a birthday party, a coach, a substitute teacher.
Read more →How it works
Three steps. That’s the whole plan.
Pick pre-programmed or blank
Choose self-setup at no extra charge, or add pre-programming for $2. Provide your contact details and required SMS consent for pre-programming.
We mail it
We prepare your tag according to your setup choice. For self-setup, tap on arrival and use your emailed order code to complete activation.
Clip it on. Done.
Tap and test your details before use. A helper with an NFC-compatible phone and internet access can open your active contact page and choose to call or text.
Choose your safety net
One KinTag. Covered for life.
Choose Lifetime for one payment with no recurring fees. Monthly and annual plans are also available. All prices are USD.
$25 once
- Your KinTag, any shape — active for life
- Update your information anytime
- No subscription. Ever.
Also included, free
A round 40mm KinTag
A watch band housing
A credit card holder
4 shirt clips
One payment today. Nothing recurring.
Not ready for lifetime? Choose a flexible plan.
Why is there a plan?
A KinTag isn’t static identification. Your information stays live and can be updated whenever life changes. If your tag is lost, it can be deactivated, helping keep your information in the right hands.
Your plan keeps that connection available when it matters.
Your first payment is charged together with your order.
See it work
One tap. That’s the whole thing.
No app to install, nothing to pair, nothing to charge. Someone taps with an NFC-compatible smartphone and opens your contact page using an internet connection.
Filmed on a phone, not in a studio.
See how it works
Five short videos. No script, no studio.
Real hands, real tags — exactly how a KinTag attaches, sets up, and holds up.
What it actually looks like
Set it up. Update it as life changes.
No app to download and nothing to charge. A tag is a web page only you can edit — and a tap is all it takes for someone to reach you.
All names, contact numbers, medical and travel details below are fictional examples. Screens are illustrative; activation includes order-code and consent steps.
Fictional example · sample details
Activate before use
Make this tag ready to help.
Attach it to a loved one, their bag, or their jacket. If someone finds them, a tap can help them reach you.
Name
Who is this tag for?
Phone number
Who should a stranger call?
Email address
We'll email your tag link.
Step one
Activate it yourself
Tap with an NFC-compatible phone and internet access. Enter your emailed order code, name, phone and email, and complete the required SMS consent.
Fictional example · sample details
KinTag · Personal Safety
Alex Example
Emergency contact — please call or text below.
Contact number
(306) 555-0142
Important details
Away until Aug 30 — staying at the Cedar Lodge in Waskesiu. Please call Mum first.
Allergies
Peanuts
Step two
What a stranger sees
One tap opens this. They can call or text you immediately, and see only what you chose to share.
Fictional example · sample details
Your account
Your tags
alex@example.com
Alex — backpack
ActiveFor Alex Example
/t/quiet-river-84 ↗
Alex — winter coat
ActiveFor Alex Example
/t/bright-cedar-21 ↗
Dad — keys
ActiveFor Sam Example
/t/still-harbour-57 ↗
Any time after
Yours to change
Sign in, edit, done. The tag never changes — the information behind it does, the moment you save it.
The tag stays the same. What it says is up to you.
Everything behind the tag can be changed from your dashboard whenever you need it, and it’s live the moment you save. Heading away for a week? Add where you’re staying and which number to try first. Back home? Take it off again. New medication, a new caregiver, a phone number that changed — update it from your account.
Extra medical and travel details are optional. Activation also requires your email, applicable order code and SMS consent. Add only what matters for your situation — the person who finds them sees exactly that, and nothing else.
Yours to fill in, or not
Optional profile details can be added or removed from your account. Share only what you want someone with your tag link to see.
Made in the USA
Made by a family. Here to help yours.
Next to Kin isn’t a corporation with a warehouse and a call center. It’s a family business — the same people who designed this tag are the people who answer your email.
Every KinTag is printed in small batches right here in Utah. And when something goes wrong, you’re not opening a ticket and waiting. You’re talking to us.
Questions
Frequently asked
Technical product information
KinTag product facts
The practical details: compatibility, setup, plans and what tapping does.
Human translation: see the tag, tap it with a phone, and reach the person who knows them.
Why we built this
This is Piper.
My niece — and part of the reason the KinTag exists. Watching my sister carry the fear that comes with loving someone who depends on others to help her get found is what turned this from an idea into something we had to build.
