Frequently asked.

Your primary training record and core calculations live on your phone; no Kinoku server stores that history. Android system backup may copy eligible main app data to your Google account. The dedicated cycle database is excluded from automatic cloud backup. A few optional or platform features also use the network, detailed on our Data Sovereignty page.

No. Kinoku never asks for your email, phone number, or a Google login, so there is no signup at all. You install the app and you start logging.

No. Kinoku has no login, and no Kinoku server holds your training record, so backup is a file you own rather than an account you sign into. Android system backup can also copy the main app data to your Google account. Two phones do not sync with each other, and the few things that do use the network, like Play Billing and opt-in weather, are listed on the Data Sovereignty page.

No. Kinoku does not sell your data and does not share it for ads, and your sets, runs, and metrics stay on your phone. Android system backup may copy the main app data to your Google account, and crash reports are off until you turn them on. The full list of what can leave the phone is on the Data Sovereignty page.

No. The app has no ads, no affiliate links, and no ad network, and revenue comes instead from Google Play purchases of Pro. The free plan carries no ads either, and that is written into our public promise.

Nothing on the basics: workouts, routines, history, custom exercises, runs, and progress photos have no caps on the free plan. Pro adds deeper analysis rather than more room, and a check in our build blocks any change that would move a free feature behind Pro without a recorded sign-off.

Two ways. Android backup can carry eligible main app data; the dedicated cycle database is excluded from automatic cloud backup but may travel during a user-initiated device transfer. A manual ZIP export includes it, so you can move the complete copy yourself.

Yes. The importer understands common CSV layouts from FitNotes, Strong, Hevy, Jefit, RepCount, Liftin, and Fitbod, plus Strava archives and Kinoku CSV or JSON, and it previews exercise-name matches before you save. The compare pages for FitNotes, Strong, and Jefit walk through each move. You can also use a file you built yourself or one an AI assistant wrote for you; the exact layouts are on our import format page.

Yes. Export for AI lets you choose a date range and share a small training file through Android's share sheet, and Kinoku sends nothing on its own. Health Connect readings are off by default, while cycle and pregnancy records, progress photos, and GPS routes are never included. A compatible plan can be shared back to Kinoku for preview and import.

Yes. Kinoku can read steps, weight, body fat, sleep, resting heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), blood pressure, glucose, and hydration, and it can write completed exercise sessions and steps. You choose permissions by data type inside Health Connect.

Kinoku has a real Wear OS app, not just a notification mirror. The watch app tracks workouts, runs, and steps, and it has tiles and complications and syncs back to your phone.

The Coach runs on your phone as decision support, not a generative model or a cloud chatbot. Fixed rules and pattern detectors turn your own training data into cards that show their working, so there is no chat box and no free-form question to ask. Free users get Today's Focus and Weekly Recap, while Pro adds Active Alerts, run and exercise tips, and the Patterns layer.

Google Play shows the price in your local currency, and in the US, Pro is $39.99 a year or $5.99 a month. One paid plan is the whole price list, though Pro also has a one-time Lifetime buy that sits in the background rather than as the main pick.

No. The free plan is a complete app that includes logging, routines, training programs, runs, stats, and the muscle map, with no caps on workouts, routines, history, or runs. Pro adds deeper charts and adaptive tools rather than basic access.

Because core training runs on your phone, the free plan has low marginal infrastructure cost. Some platform and network services still have a cost, but Kinoku does not host every user's training history. People who want the deeper layer pay for Pro, and that pays for everything else.

Yes, in two ways. Eligible new customers can start the yearly Pro plan with a 14-day free trial and Google Play confirms eligibility before purchase, while monthly and Lifetime have no free trial. Cancel the yearly trial before it ends and you pay nothing, and after that yearly Pro renews until you cancel. The Rewards system can also give Free users temporary Pro time when they log often, with no card needed.

Pro adds the deeper analysis layer, which covers Pro Analytics (five core tabs, plus a Cycle tab when cycle tracking is enabled), the Coach Patterns engine, readiness, auto set tuning, weight tips, Run Analytics, Zone Training, the route heatmap, calendar power tools, Quick Log, Circuit and high-intensity interval training (HIIT), cycle links, smart step goals, and all 26 themes.

Google Play handles billing and decides refund eligibility, so within 48 hours you may be able to request a refund depending on the purchase. After 48 hours, email support@kinoku.app for purchase support.

Android was the right first step, because it fits the deep options, Health Connect, and system links the app needs, and that does mean Kinoku runs on Android only.

Not right now. The privacy comes from how the app works, not from public code. Core calculations run locally, and no Kinoku server stores your primary training history by default. Android system backup may copy eligible main app data to your Google account; optional services and user-directed sharing are disclosed on our Data Sovereignty page.

Kinoku is independent and self-funded, with no outside funding and no growth team chasing engagement metrics.

Email support@kinoku.app, and the support page also links straight to that address.

Ten. English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, and Turkish. Units start from your locale, and you can change them in settings.

Yes, within what the app offers today, you can switch themes, tune the motion feel, manage scenes, toggle Daily Pulse and Smart Today, set up navigation, pick your units and locale, and build your own metrics.

Email hello@kinoku.app and tell us what feels wrong and why. Many Kinoku settings exist because a real user asked for one.