Kinsa Reviews

by TweakRacer

The Quickcare thermometer is NOT QUICK. Needed a quick temp reading for a family member, and it DOES NOT MEASURE TEMPERATURE... unless you download Kinsa , sign up, and agree to all their policies... including GIVING UP ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION. No warning of this requirement, until AFTER you bought it, driven home, opened it, and tried to use it in pure frustration only to find out there is NO OTHER WAY to simply use the THERMOMETER AS A THERMOMETER. How ridiculous is this?

Regardless of the manufacturer’s too little too late response. This product should be a thermometer first, and data mining app second. It should default to the manual mode FIRST and not require an unreliable game of cat and mouse.

If it is a data mining product, it should be given away for free, in exchange for its soul leaching data mining.

by Real Mandorla

Kinsa does not work. It literally will not open on my phone and is stuck on the agree screen. I cannot manually load my temperature. I’m now using the smart stick app so that I can record something. This is frustrating. My dollar store thermometer worked well enough and I could still have used the old app to manually record my temp. If you have any thermometer take your temp daily and manually load your info. You don’t need to waste 40 bucks on something that might not actually work on your phone(Bluetooth wouldn’t connect either). I do support reporting our temps though. This is a great idea to see where growing virus hotspots are developing. If nothing else record your temperature on whichever app you can get to work.

by Jdiz4riz

First and foremost, this thermometer should take your temperature quickly and easily. Full stop. ANY other functions technological or otherwise should be secondary. Instead, you have to download an app, connect to Bluetooth, set up an account, and set up a profile ALL before the first reading can happen. On top of that, Kinsa was so buggy when trying to set up the device that I had to start and stop multiple times in the process, closing Kinsa and restarting.

This is frustrating enough, but when you have a sick 2 year old and you’re dealing with all of these unnecessary complications, the frustration is intensified. Once I was able to take a reading, I was given an error message three times before it would successfully read, but two additional attempts later were also unsuccessful.

I am all for technology, but this device is giving tech a bad name and will be immediately returned to the store because it is worthless.

by They Want A Nickname

5/25 Update: Kinsa is very buggy and the latest bug I have discovered is that it deletes readings that have been saved. What is interesting is that it also deletes the entry in the Apple Health app too. this app never responded to my earlier review below.

The thermometer works well but there are issues with Kinsa . Some of the bugs I have found include : double posting readings from the this app app to the Apple Health app. Each reading in the health app ends up with a different UUID but exactly the same time stamp so it rather looks as this is a this app problem. Another bug is if you export via email the data the resulting is not in any sort of order at all it just seems to be random. Also why only allow the export of a max of 14 days of data? Other bugs include inconsistencies when it actually saves data to the timeline etc etc

Whoever is doing their App QA is not doing a good job and is bringing down the quality of the product.

by MF0405

Nothing is really wrong with Kinsa aside from not connecting to my thermometer. I had the original this app stick thermometer and liked it so I decided to upgrade to the ear thermometer. It won’t connect to my app. I have done all types of stuff even made sure Bluetooth was on and it had fresh batteries. My phone won’t event pick up the bluetooth at all. It will pop up and ask to connect then when you choose to connect a message pops up saying it couldn’t connect and to contact support. Also every time we have used it it seems to be off and give low readings. We have two ear thermometer and this one says 97.7 and then when I use my braun ear thermometer it will be in the 98’s. The braun is more accurate and our go to but I purchased this to keep in our diaper bag and so that it could help us avoid manually inputting info into apps.

by Ms Mule Enterprises

This is a good idea and I am grateful. However, Kensa MUST make it easier to interact with technical assistance.

I have the smart ear thermometer and it crashes often and a message to contact Customer Service is displayed, but there are no instructions on how to contact anyone for help or during what hours. This is unacceptable and poor customer support.

Instead of being able to speak with someone, I end up struggling with the thermometer, by pushing the Big Button, turning it on and off, until it finally displays the temperature.

Then I have to search for where and to record my temperature and notes.

I only bought the item after hearing about it on Rachel Maddow’s Show on MSNBC, but wish I had only ordered the little smart thermometer she has, though I am not sure it would have been any more user friendly than the ear thermometer, or if access to customer support would be a reality.

This is concerning because I have told friends and family about Kinsa and thermometers, but am afraid people will be upset with me when they experience what I am experiencing.

by SCAMMER APP!

Hands down the best thermometer I have ever bought. Where was this product two kids ago?! Haha. I love Kinsa as well. The only issue I have with Kinsa is very minor. When you go to add in a time of medication given for prior in the day “Tomorrow” actually mean the Current Day. AM and PM are backwards. So if you go to enter a medication give at 8:30 AM on August 29th you would have to do it by entering it in as 8:30 “PM” “Tomorrow” ... a little tricky at first and confusing. I hope it’s just a minor error and is fixed soon. Other than that it is literally perfection. Accurate and fast readings ..every ..single ..time! 👏🏻👏🏻 Kudos to the creators and inventors at play here! Very well thought out! Could always add in extra features as well one day. Always room to update and improve. The thermometer itself is just AMAZING... wouldn’t mind having some specifically made probe covers for the Kinda Quick Care Thermometer though instead of guessing online which sizes will fit and which brand to buy for it 🤷🏼‍♀️

by TCD In Cali

My family and I are traveling for a funeral. When we arrived at our destination, my son had a tactile fever. I went to the closest store, and this thermometer was the only affordable option. I wasn’t thrilled that it’s a “smart” thermometer, but it was $20 instead of the $60 option. $20 bucks, sold! It worked like a charm for the first few hours. He was indeed running a fever of over 100 degrees. And, it turned out I was also coming down with the flu, and was running a temp of 102.6. Unfortunately, the thermometer app only worked for about 12 hours. Now, every time I open Kinsa , I get the loading screen. And, it never loads Kinsa . It just keeps giving me the loading screen equivalent of the middle finger. It won’t save any data, and I can only use the thermometer manually. Thankfully, once it’s linked to a smart phone, I can still get a manual reading. I just can’t use Kinsa .

Edit: Apparently, there was an update released shortly after I purchased the thermometer. Once I updated Kinsa , the thermometer/app started working seamlessly again.

by Abbyb_20

I opened the old app this morning to find that I needed this new app. Downloaded and created an account, connected my thermometer. But, when I go to take a temp, it will not sync to Kinsa . It just shows the prompt “turn your thermometer on and press the big button” and asks which profile to save it to. It never saves. I have removed the thermometer and reconnected twice with no luck. I’m very disappointed because I loved being able to track temps with the old app and I love my thermometer. I just want to be able to keep up with temperatures like I used to be able to.

**EDITED TO ADD**
As of this evening, Kinsa is connecting to my thermometer as it should. I updated my rating to reflect and want to note that I am happy with Kinsa now.

by Oatster42

I’ve had some trouble with it hanging on startup, and I assumed that it was due to Kinsa not able to work without the internet connected.
Now I’ve tested it with the internet off and it does actually record temps and work. So improving my review to 4 stars. Not 5 since it does randomly hang when connecting, and makes simple measurements too complex, (measuring temperature and recording to Apple health shouldn’t need much UI at all, and certainly no button presses) but it does work without internet connections which is a admirable feature.

by Srod0412

I have been having a hard time keeping track of my two daughter’s fevers over the past few days. I was using an ear thermometer that always requires checking both ears because of its inconsistent readings. My kids were having higher temps, 103 and 104 and I wanted something oral to be more accurate. I found this thermometer at Walmart and was able to get it within a few hours. I downloaded Kinsa and paired it with my phone and gave it a try and wow, so easy to use!! I absolutely love how it saves the temps with the time under each profile. It also allows you to enter when and what meds were given and you can set notifications to recheck temps. When I entered additional symptoms that my daughter was having, it gave really good recommendations of what to do. I also received an email with further recommendations. I am a nurse, so I was impressed at the relevance and accuracy of the advice given. I wish I would have known about this sooner! Best $25 spent!!

by Ellen Leam

At first it was annoying that you had to download an app before using it but it turned out that setting it up took about 5 seconds and it is very cool how it tracks when you use it. Not only does it take your temp you can weight notes for you doctor, set alarms to take your meds and even take a short quiz to see if you need to go to the hospital. I also enjoy that it tells you on your Kinsa weather or not your temp is a fever. By for the best one out there.

by HippiGin

I was fortunate enough to grab this must-have Smart Thermometer for super cheap since I’m an extreme couponer. Even if I didn’t have any coupons, I’d pay whatever to own this much needed device during an on-going pandemic. I believe every home should have one as it literally does all the tracking for us from having each family member’s own account, to logging every temperature scan (with time attached) including symptoms during scan, medical advice/suggestions until you see a Dr, a history chart for the dr, scheduled alerts to take meds, and then ( BEST PART OF ALL) informs you if there is a Covid-19 and/or Flu rise/decline in your local area!!! Again, this is why I feel every home should own one GO BUY ONE TODAY! You’ll thank me later 😄

by Sinbuju

This is one of the best apps I’ve had the joy of using. I’ve had connectivity issues with the hardware, but the software more than goes above and beyond. It’s not riddles with ads like other apps. It gives helpful tips and suggestions when ever it can. This is what a health app should be!!! Best of all, you don’t need the hardware to have Kinsa be useful. I look forward to seeing future products from this company. Thank you for making your products so helpful!!

by Asawa Ni Zech

this app helped me take care of my special-needs brother while he was/is going through his sickness. They send emails offering advice with remedies/ when you should contact a doctor or not. The remedies work very well for normal people, but my advice is to use your discretion if your “patient” has a special condition. Make sure the remedies are safe for your special-needs child. Other than that, Kinsa is a 10/10 :) also love the way they incorporate the patients age.

by Rephil1

Thermometer seems to work great! I would suggest using it while you are well so you can get an average of what your temperature normally runs before you actually feel the need to use it. As I’ve always told my patients, there is no such thing as normal. There are only measurements that are considered normal. I would base my judgement of whether I had a fever on the average temperature I got when I felt better. I would also suggest doing this on any medical device such as this (blood pressure, pulse ox, or heart rate monitor).

by One Degree Smarter

It’s not the cheapest but not the most expensive either but for the quality and accuracy, I say it’s very worth it!

I’ve had this since my son was 4 months old and for a baby like that this thermometer worked perfect. It goes into the ear and within a second, it accurately reads your temp. I’ve tried the $60 forehead ones or the cheap normal stick that goes under the armpit thermometers and they just 1) take too long, and 2) aren’t accurate. This thermometer will give you the same, reading each time.

A plus too is that it comes with a health app! I absolutely LOVE Kinsa. It will automatically save the temp reading and the time it was taken, let you note medicine that was taken and symptoms, which then formulate into a suggestion of whether to monitor your baby from home or take the the dr.

There’s a lot more I wish I could explain about Kinsa but for sure this thermometer and app is a moms best friend when her baby is sick and I recommend 10/10!

by Slarkoo

So I called in sick, in June 2021. It was nothing more than a cold, but I wanted to make sure I hadn’t contracted COVID-19. I took my temp 3x a day with no sign of a fever. Now, I could do that with any thermometer. I love the fact that this one documents every temperature reading and save it to your smart phone. When you need to show it to a nurse, or colleagues at work, they can see that you haven’t had a fever. It also compiles the meta-data from all over to indicate hotspots across the nation. I’m not sure how I feel about having my meta-data collected like that, but I do like the results of being able to see where the hotspots are.

by Lillian1968/4

Wow I must say that the thermometer is great for the whole family this app Makes difference thermometers I did purchase the one that kept the temperatures of anyThree temperatureAny three people you desire. If then gives you information on what could be the issue and ask questions and as you respond to each question it will provide some kind of answer that might be wrong with your child I like that it saves in stores up to three children at a time or adults The one second reading is a blessing try to keep a thermometer under A two or three-year-olds arm for three minutes, not happening thank you Kissa

by Reyvenisis1

I absolutely love this thermometer. I have an old digital oral/rectal thermometer, a new forehead thermometer and this oral/rectal thermometer by this app and this one is my favorite. It’s much easier to work with than the others just to turn on and take a temp reading. It’s easy to read with an emoji face and temp reading and you have it working with the phone app that immediately received the reading. It keeps record on app of time, temp, symptoms, medication and dosage, as well as an alarm to help keep track of next dose or reading. Kinsa can also be paired with your child’s school and you can create a profile for each child or adult. It will send reading info to your school nurse and will notify you of illness cases in school reported and collected w this app app.

by Gemini Fitbit-er

I really loved this when it worked with my iPhone 7 but got the 11 and now it won’t sync or communicate. I’ve deleted the thermometer from my phone and reconnected/resynced and nothing is working. Even got the new app/firmware. The thermometer seems to work great and is fast but Kinsa is letting me down. Doesn’t communicate, I have to manually add all temps, I did like the lag out of Kinsa that says to only use with smart stick, also was able to edit temps/meds in case times were not correct. Sliding scale to manually enter temp isn’t very accurate either. I rather type them in and not use the sliding tab.

by Themaltesequeen

The old version of Kinsa let you send the information via message (great to send to parents that aren’t home with the sick child)...it also started to auto fill the medication names (great when you’re up exhausted with a sick child). They’ve ruined such a great app! Maybe I can still use the smart stick app and call it a day, because this new version for the quick care I’ve got is garbage.

by Wade12222222222

Either I’m missing something or it’s not there! I have two kids sick at once. If I don’t have Kinsa OPEN and logging the child real time, I can’t indicate which temp was for which child at that time! I have to go in and delete temps. THEN, I cannot manually enter a temp for a specific time! I’ve figured out that the only item you can enter for a specific time was the medication, so my temp updates were all in the medications color. Further, I have been logging temps and meds for 3 DAYS and my history only saves the last 12 hours! That was USELESS when speaking to the dr! All of this needs to be fixed! I will stick to the old fashion pen and paper thanks!

by Declanmama

Kinsa is a great idea. It is just not reliable. I get the “uh oh, something went wrong” page pop up and it doesn’t record the readings. The problem is, that page only pops up the NEXT time you go to use Kinsa ...so all of a sudden it is a guessing game as to what the last temperature reading was. Great if you are just “checking” a temp. Not so great when your little one has a 105 fever from an infection and you are sent home from the ER and told to monitor his temperature. Good thing we didn’t rely solely on technology and recorded his temps by hand.

by OpieKJ

I used it this week for my daughter's fevers, symptoms and medications. It's useful to look back on what had happened. I can log a time for what time she took a medications but symptoms, temperatures, and diagnosis are only logged for that exact time. I'd like to be able to go back and add what time I noticed a symptom or took her temperature. If I don't log it in immediately, it didn't give me an option to add the time. Does that make sense?

by MzJonez

The idea is a great one, however, when it takes 3-5 min for Kinsa to load it defeats the purpose! They said monitor her temp at the ER but I can’t! Then when it loads I get an err on the thermometer by then my 3 yr old who has the flu is more cranky and doesn’t want to cooperate any longer. I hope you work the bugs out soon!

by { Amelia }

1. Temperature input using a slider is just annoying. Also, have to choose reading type every single time (oral, ear, etc). It would be better if it would remember last used option or if we could set default.
2. I wish there was a way to import data from the old APP.
3. I can't add notes like the old APP, which means I can’t record a diagnosis that isn't listed. (The same thing with symptoms.)
4. No way to export data.

Only using because it syncs across devices...

by Mssmith0516

This is a great app to be able to look back and see a timeline of when your child is sick and keeping up with everything, but a feature to manually log the time for temps, symptoms, etc like there is for dosing medicine would me nice because I don’t always remember to go in and add those things immediately. That’s why I’m only giving it 4 stars.

by Tashaaareneeeee

I think it would be really beneficial to be able to write notes in the timeline about how the child is feeling at the time or other information you want to remember for when you talk to the doctor. I’m currently writing notes in a phones note app, but it would be nice to have it all in one place and in line with the other events on the timeline.

by Irishtwins_mom_1986

I’m a mom of 3 and I’m so happy that this app saved me a trip to the doctors office! My youngest was feeling really sick, but after taking her temp and adding her symptoms, Kinsa told me I could help her feel better at home. I called my doctor just to check, and he was really impressed with the guidance Kinsa gave me - and agreed I didn’t need to come in unless she started feeling worse. So thankful! I will be using Kinsa every time now for all my kids - and myself! Thank you this app!

by Nn2220

Thank you for making such a great product. The thermometer is much faster than any other I’ve bought from a drugstore but it’s Kinsa that really puts this product into a whole new level. It is such a relief to see the next steps in Kinsa about giving my child medication or taking them to the doctor. With a baby, it really helps calm me down. Great use of technology right here.

by Fram19

It’s hard to believe, but this thing is AWESOME!! How does a thermometer app get 5 stars? When, from my phone, it helps me know if my son is sick and needs to go to the ER or just to rest and recover. Serious lifesaver!!

I bought the thermometer because it was well reviewed and I thought Kinsa /internet combo would be pretty cool, maybe a little helpful. However, when it’s 3am 😴, your son is screaming 😭, you have no idea what to do next 😳, and Kinsa actually tells me get his fever down and manage him at home. That’s a winner 🎉🎉🎉!

It has profiles for the whole family, I can keep track of everything, including symptoms when any of us are sick, in one place, Kinsa already has the fever info because it’s connected. Then if I go to the doc, I have a full record of what’s happened when and for how long. F#*%ING AMAZING!!!!!

by Kim.angell

I love that Kinsa can track symptoms and fever over time for easy relaying to the doctor. The guidance piece is also useful, even though it can seem like common sense, when your child is sick it’s nice to see what the recommendations are!

by Touchnote Lover

We love our this app and Kinsa is so helpful when you’re not sure what a certain temp means. For instance, do I take my child in for a 101 degree fever? I love that Kinsa tells me what’s “normal” and “high”. Love the ability to track my whole family in separate profiles. This is a game changer!

by ErinK101

I bought this thermometer at a CVS to track my son’s fever and symptoms. It not only tracked all of this info automatically but gave me really helpful guidance about what to do based on his fever level and symptoms! Amazing tool when your little one gets sick!!