Comparison

Google Keep vs Dialed

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 and lists across all your devices. Organize with labels and colors, and set time or location-based reminders. Collaborate with others in real-time for shared tasks.

Highlights
  • Capture notes, lists, photos, and audio
  • Organize with labels and colors
  • Set time and location-based reminders
  • Collaborate on notes and lists
  • Transcribe voice memos
  • Extract text from images
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

Dialed

This app helps you stick to your resolutions by providing a structured accountability system. It allows you to set commitments, adjust accountability intensity, and track your progress over focused cycles, turning intentions into tangible achievements.

Highlights
  • Set and lock in resolutions
  • Adjust accountability intensity
  • Commit in focused cycles (30-120 days)
  • Visualize completion history
  • Clean and focused interface
  • Deliberate commitment locking
Features
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Everyone sets goals. Almost no one follows through. Habit trackers remind you. Screen time apps nag you. Dialed is built around a ritual: press and hold to lock in. Your distractions get blocked at the OS level to give space for you to do the work. Based on simple psychology: commit every day to flip your mental wiring. Progress, whatever that means for you, becomes the dopamine hit that keeps you coming back. Not the feed. The follow-through. The difference between people who follow through and people who don't is never the goal. It's what holds them to it when motivation fades. Dialed is what holds you to it. HOW IT WORKS LOCK IN Decide what you're holding yourself to and for how long. Then press and hold. It's a deliberate, physical commitment that separates "I should" from "I will." When you lock in on Dialed, it means something. BLOCK THE NOISE The moment you lock in, Dialed blocks the apps you chose at the OS level. TikTok, Instagram, X, YouTube. Sealed off until your session ends. Not a reminder you can swipe away. Not a screen you can skip past. Locked. COMMIT IN CYCLES Work in focused 30 to 120-day commitments with a clear start and a clear finish. No endless streaks designed to guilt you forever. A beginning, the work, and the proof you saw it through. SEE THE PROOF Every session, every day, visualized cleanly. Your history becomes hard evidence that you're becoming someone who keeps their word. To yourself first. WHO IT'S FOR Dialed is for people tired of the cycle: set the goal, feel motivated for a week, watch it quietly fall apart. If you've downloaded the habit trackers, tried the screen time limits, and still ended up back on autopilot, this is the tool that was missing. Dialed is what stands between you and giving up. WHY IT WORKS A hold-to-lock gesture that makes committing physical, not theoretical. OS-level app blocking that kicks in the second you lock in. 30 to 120-day cycles with real endings, not infinite streaks. A clean record of every session. Proof, not vibes. One purpose, zero clutter: following through. Your goals are only as good as what holds you to them. Get Dialed. Lock in. Dialed requires a subscription. Free trial available. Privacy Policy: https://dialed.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://dialed.app/terms

Screenshots

Google Keep4 screens
Dialed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dialed at 100% against Google Keep's 42%. Dialed also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 days). Google Keep's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (29K vs 3). On price, ads 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. Dialed sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Google Keep asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dialed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Keep has 29K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Google Keep's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dialed's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Keep ships an update every 6 days, Dialed daily. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Google Keep versus Dialed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle KeepDialed
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (29K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank#69 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size212 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogleJOHN PAUL HARRON

Customer experience

Google Keep

All ratings29,001 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews1,242 reviews
Positive42.2%
Neutral16.7%
Negative41.1%

Dialed

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Dialed

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Keep

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Dialed

Subscriptions2
  • Dialed Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Dialed Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Google Keep free?
Google Keep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dialed free?
Dialed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Google Keep or Dialed?
Dialed is rated higher. Google Keep averages 4.6 out of 5 from 29K ratings, while Dialed averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Google Keep or Dialed have ads?
Neither Google Keep nor Dialed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Google Keep or Dialed?
Google Keep ships an update every 6 days, and Dialed daily. Most recently, Google Keep was updated on October 12, 2026 and Dialed on October 5, 2026.

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