Comparison

Google Keep vs ByeCycle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Google Keep

Capture, edit, and share notes, lists, photos, and audio across all your devices. Organize with labels and colors, and set time or location-based reminders. Collaborate with others in real-time and quickly find what you need through powerful search.

Highlights
  • Capture notes, lists, photos, and audio
  • Organize with labels and colors
  • Set time and location-based reminders
  • Collaborate on notes in real-time
  • Transcribe voice memos
  • Extract text from images
  • Syncs across all devices
Currently charting
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• Capture, edit, share, and collaborate on your notes on any device, anywhere. • Add notes, lists, photos, and audio to Keep. • Organize your notes with labels and colors. • Set and forget. Get reminded about a note at the right time or place. • Record a voice memo and have it automatically transcribed. • Grab the text from an image to help you quickly find that note again through search. WHEN AND WHERE YOU NEED IT Need to remember to pick up some groceries? Set a location-based reminder to pull up your grocery list right when you get to the store. Need to finish a to-do? Set a time-based reminder to make sure you never miss a thing. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS Next time you go to the store, share your shopping list on Keep and watch as items get checked off in real time. No need for text messages back and forth. Get things done together, faster. FIND WHAT YOU NEED, FAST Quickly filter and search for notes by color and other attributes like lists with the label “To-dos”, audio notes with reminders or just see shared notes. Find what you're looking for even faster, and let Keep do the remembering for you. ALWAYS WITHIN REACH Keep works on your phone, tablet and computer. Everything you add to Keep syncs across your devices so your important stuff is always with you. Try Google Keep on the web at http://keep.google.com and find it in the Chrome Web Store at http://g.co/keepinchrome.

About

ByeCycle

Features
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Some things don't fit in a to-do list. A decision you keep deferring. A conversation you haven't had. Something you've been meaning to close for months. These are open cycles — and every time one resurfaces, it costs you a little. ByeCycle is a calm place to face them, one at a time. Add what keeps coming back to your mind. Then decide: finish it, drop it, pause it, or take one small step. All four are valid. Choosing to let something go counts just as much as getting it done. DIFFERENT FROM A TO-DO LIST No overdue states, no streaks, no guilt. ByeCycle doesn't track whether you did things — it tracks whether you decided. Resolution doesn't have to mean completion. HOW IT WORKS Write down what keeps surfacing. Swipe through your active cycles one at a time. Act when you're ready. Come back when you're not. A JOURNEY THAT SHIFTS AS YOU LIGHTEN As you resolve cycles, a bicycle moves forward through a changing landscape — from grey and heavy to open and bright. It's not a reward system. It's what carrying less feels like. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account to create. No subscription. No data ever leaves your device. Everything is stored locally. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Keep your active cycles visible without opening the app, in small or medium size. ByeCycle is for people who are quietly carrying too many unresolved things. Not because they're disorganized. Because they care.

Screenshots

Google Keep4 screens
ByeCycle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Google Keep at #75 against ByeCycle's unranked. ByeCycle's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Google Keep versus ByeCycle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle KeepByeCycle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (29K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings29K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#75 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogleHayk Baghdasaryan

Bugs and requests

Google Keep

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes randomly duplicating or disappearing
  • Checkboxes not working as expected
  • Keyboard issues and text input problems
  • Refresh failures and connectivity problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for widgets
  • Improve text formatting options
  • Introduce folder/category organization
  • Enable password protection for notes
  • Enhance search and sorting capabilities

ByeCycle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Keep

No in-app purchases

None

ByeCycle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Google Keep free?
Google Keep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ByeCycle free?
ByeCycle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Google Keep or ByeCycle have ads?
Neither Google Keep nor ByeCycle shows ads.

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