# Kept Notes — user reviews

> 2 indexed App Store user reviews of Kept Notes by Eric Gillis, rated 2.80/5 from 4 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kept-notes/id6768974473/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kept-notes/id6768974473.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2

## Most critical reviews (2 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — A ridiculous way method to set up

*2026-09-07*

For some reason, this app requires a convoluted server set up that is impossible to get working instead of just using iCloud like a normal app.

### 4/5 — A Great Self-Hosted Alternative

*2026-10-04*

Most of the reviews misunderstand the goal of this app. This is great a way to escape having all of your personal notes stored on cloud servers. I have long awaited a true alternative to Google Keep, and Kept Notes is it. 

The only ways I could see this majorly improved are:

1. Live sync/Offline Drafts. If you create a new note and forget to close the note before you exit the app, it’s as if that note never existed. I have lost information this way a few times.

2. Adding a drawing to an existing note can make the text within completely inaccessible.

*Note: I have noticed that the currently available version of the app is not as up to date as the GitHub release. My issues may already be resolved once the newest app update is released.

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-05.*