What to call them, and which day to pick
What do you call your grand-uncle's granddaughter? Which day next month is good for moving? Is Grandma's birthday coming up? KinTerm brings kinship terms, the family tree and its dates, the almanac with fortune, red-envelope customs and name matching into one app. Seven regional vocabularies built in: Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Hokkien, Hakka, Singapore and Malaysia. Fully offline, nothing uploaded.
Five tabs
Kinship / Family / Almanac / Custom / Settings
Devices
iOS / iPadOS / Android
Regional vocabularies
Taiwan / mainland China / Hong Kong / Hokkien / Hakka / Singapore / Malaysia
Who it is for
Younger relatives / newly married couples / families with children / the diaspora
Why KinTerm beats memorising a kinship chart or leafing through an almanac
Not a dictionary app — a toolkit for the Chinese family year. What to call someone, which day to choose, what is expected of you: things that used to mean asking an elder now take one tap.
No more awkward New Year
Your father's younger sister's son: cousin, but which word? Tap the relationship one step at a time (up to five steps) and the app tells you what to call them, what they should call you, and the legal degree of kinship. It works backwards too: give it a term and it rebuilds the chain. Turn the result into a card to share, or start a kinship quiz for the table at New Year.
Family dates stop slipping past
Grandma's birthday, your parents' anniversary, Grandpa's memorial day. Save each as a date tied to the person on your family tree; whatever falls in the next 30 days rises to the top and you get a reminder when it arrives, with the coming Chinese festivals on the same page. Lunar dates work, and you don't need the year, only the month and day.
Picking a day without the paper almanac
Moving house, opening a shop, a wedding, breaking ground: the almanac tab lists each day's auspicious and inauspicious activities, good and bad hours, clashes and the fetal-god position. Set your zodiac sign and it flags the days that clash with you and gives you today's lucky colour. Choose what you are planning and it lists every suitable day of the month, with the lunar date, solar terms and festivals on the same page.
Kinship, family, almanac and custom, all in your pocket
From the kinship chain and the family dates to the almanac, fortune, red envelopes, greetings and name matching: one page to see how KinTerm handles the whole Chinese family calendar.
The kinship engine
Start from "me" and add the chain one step at a time, such as father → younger sister → son (up to five steps). The app shows the term straight away and tells you what they should call you in return. Gendered terms, the legal degree of kinship and seven regional vocabularies, all in one view, and the result can be shared as a card. The core calculation is free forever.
Family tree and the dates that matter
Add your relatives and the app works out the bloodlines and draws the tree. Tie birthdays and anniversaries to each person; what falls in the next 30 days rises to the top and you are reminded when it arrives. Five members and five dates free; Pro removes the limits and adds an album for every relative, a deceased marker and vertical PDF export.
Almanac, day-picking and zodiac fortune
Every day's auspicious and inauspicious activities, good and bad hours, clashes and the fetal-god position, plus the lunar date, solar terms and festivals. Set your zodiac sign and it flags the days that clash with you, gives you today's lucky colour and a monthly outlook. Pick "moving", "opening" or "wedding" and every suitable day of the month is listed. Pro adds the 1900–2100 calendar, day search across 14 kinds of events, the monthly focus and a daily fortune reading.
Red envelopes, greetings and name matching
A suggested range for the red envelope by relationship and occasion. Given and received are recorded separately, so you can see the balance with each person and who still owes a return gift, and next year you know what you gave. Greetings are suggested by who they are for and copy in one tap; couple name matching and baby-name suggestions live on the same tab.
From a kinship term to an exported family record
More than a kinship lookup. Terms, family, dates, day-picking, fortune, culture, red envelopes, greetings and names: the everyday business of a Chinese family, covered.
- Kinship chains up to five steps, gendered terms and reverse lookup, with the legal degree of kinship; share the result as a card, and there is a kinship quiz
- Seven regional vocabularies: Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Hokkien, Hakka, Singapore and Malaysia, with spoken pronunciation (Pro)
- Family tree with 5 members free and unlimited on Pro; a deceased marker for anyone, and a photo album per relative on Pro
- Family dates: birthdays, anniversaries and your own events, tied to a relative, lunar-aware, with a reminder a few days ahead (5 free)
- Today's almanac: auspicious and inauspicious activities, good and bad hours, clashes, fetal-god position, lunar date, solar terms and festivals, with clash days and a lucky colour for your zodiac sign
- Day-picking: choose the occasion on the calendar and see the suitable days; Pro opens the 1900–2100 calendar, day search across 14 kinds of events and the monthly focus
- Zodiac fortune: daily readings for career, wealth, love and health, plus the month's highlights (Pro)
- Culture: seasonal foods by solar term, a daily fortune stick and temple-day reminders (Pro); Chinese festivals and upcoming temple days are free to browse
- Red envelope suggestions and a record book: given and received kept apart, totals per person, export as a table (5 free / unlimited on Pro)
- Festival greetings suggested by relationship; Pro adds four tones (formal, casual, playful, classical) and your family-name signature
- Name matching and baby-name suggestions: stroke-count grids, the five elements and zodiac preferences in one view (Pro)
- Vertical PDF family tree, cloud backup, dark theme, large type for elders and writing dates into the system calendar (Pro)
One page cannot hold it all
From the kinship calculator to fortune and name matching, a slow look at how these tools fit into one app.
Kinship calculator
Family dates
Today's almanac
Zodiac fortune
Culture
Chinese festivals
Red envelope book
Name matching
When you will reach for it
Home for New Year, meeting your partner's family for the first time, choosing a moving day, or keeping a record of the family — KinTerm has a place in all of it.
Home for New Year
A table of relatives and you cannot name half of them. Open the app, pick the chain, and three seconds later you are out of trouble.
Meeting your partner's family
Build their family into a tree and run through it before the next visit: who is who and what to call them.
Choosing a day to move or open
The lease ends next month and you want a day that suits a move. Pick the occasion, see every suitable day that month, then match one against your own schedule.
Birthdays and memorial days
Grandma's birthday, your parents' anniversary, Grandpa's memorial day: save each as a date tied to the person on the tree. What falls in the next 30 days rises to the top and you are reminded when it arrives; temple-day and festival reminders are a Pro feature.
Working out the red envelope
Meeting the in-laws, the boss, a small nephew: how much goes in the envelope? The app suggests a range, keeps given and received apart, and shows who still owes a return gift.
The diaspora and second generation
Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English and Japanese interfaces, with seven regional vocabularies (Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Hokkien, Hakka, Singapore, Malaysia). Handy before you meet the relatives back home.
Why KinTerm
More than a kinship tool — offline, bought once, tracking nothing.
Fully offline
Kinship terms, the family tree, dates, the almanac, fortune, red envelope records and albums all run on your phone. No backend server, no cloud account; it works on the plane and on the road home.
NT$60 once. Yours forever.
No subscription, no monthly fee. The free version has the core features open, and kinship terms and today's almanac stay free forever. Pro is yours for good once unlocked, and the purchase can be restored on a new phone.
Nothing to track, nothing to give
No email, name, phone number or birthday. No camera, location, contacts or microphone. Family photos go through the system picker, which hands over only the ones you choose; the calendar is written to only when you tap "add to calendar", and existing events are never read.
Frequently asked questions
The questions we get most, so you can tell quickly whether KinTerm suits you. The full list is on the FAQ page.
No. KinTerm has no accounts — open it and start. We do not ask for an email address, a name, a phone number or a date of birth.
In the local database on your phone, entirely offline, with no server of ours. Pro adds a backup that writes to your own iCloud or Google storage only after you press it; our servers are never involved.
Free: kinship chains up to five steps, the Taiwan vocabulary, 5 family members, 5 dates, 5 red envelope records, today's almanac and this year's calendar, a preview of 3 good days per occasion, basic greeting templates, and the Chinese festivals and upcoming temple days. Pro, NT$60 once: seven regional vocabularies with spoken pronunciation; unlimited members, dates and records; a photo album per relative; vertical PDF family tree; the 1900–2100 calendar with day search and the monthly focus; zodiac fortune; seasonal foods, the daily fortune stick and temple-day and festival reminders; name matching and baby-name suggestions; four greeting tones with your signature; gift records exported as a table; cloud backup; dark theme and large type.
Tell us on the contact page: which chain, which regional vocabulary, and what you expected instead. We maintain a widely accepted vocabulary and will review it and correct it in the next release.
Keeping seven vocabularies accurate (Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Hokkien, Hakka, Singapore and Malaysia) means having local friends proofread them for years, and that is part of what Pro pays for. The free version stays on Taiwan usage, which already covers most users in Taiwan.
This New Year, be the one asking whether they remember who you are
NT$60 once. The free version has the core features open, and kinship terms and today's almanac stay free forever.