Comparison

Google Keep vs DressUp Alarm & Timer

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. Add photos, audio, and text from images, and set time or location-based reminders. Collaborate with others in real-time for shared tasks.

Highlights
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Add notes, lists, photos, audio
  • Organize with labels and colors
  • Time and location-based reminders
  • Voice memo transcription
  • Extract text from images
  • Real-time collaboration
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

DressUp Alarm & Timer

Features
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DressUp Alarm & Timer is an alarm and timer you can dress up any way you like, from the way it looks to the way it sounds. Wake up to your favorite characters, or to a cat that wakes up a little more with every snooze. Stay on track with a Pomodoro timer that shows photos from your favorite trips. With a little creativity, you can make a clock that's truly yours. DRESS UP YOUR ALARMS • Use any picture or color as the background of the ringing screen • Pick the font, weight, size, and color of the time • 6 time formats, including 6:30, 06:30, and 6:30 AM. Show or hide the alarm name and the date • A live preview stays at the top of the editor, so you can check portrait and landscape at a glance A NEW PICTURE AND SOUND EVERY TIME • Add several backgrounds and switch to the next one each time the alarm rings, even after a snooze • Add several sounds and switch them the same way • Switch in order or at random • The sample alarm "Animals" plays a horse, a chicken, or a cat at random A SNOOZE BUTTON YOUR WAY • Style the snooze button: font, weight, size, text color, button color, and opacity • Snooze for 1 to 30 minutes • While snoozing, see when it will ring again in the alarm list, on the Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island • Open the app from the Lock Screen or the Dynamic Island to see that alarm's screen ALARMS THAT RING • Alarms are set as system alarms, so they ring even when the app is closed • Like the built-in Clock app, they sound until you stop them, even in Silent Mode or during a Focus • Choose the days to repeat. One-time alarms turn off after they ring DRESS UP YOUR TIMERS • Use any image from your photo library as the background, zoomed and positioned separately for portrait and landscape • Dim the image so the countdown stays easy to read • Backgrounds change as time passes: add as many images or colors as you like, in order or shuffled • Choose from 6 transitions, including Switch at Intervals, Fade, and Top to Bottom, or let the background gradually fade into a color • 7 countdown formats, including 1:23:45, 1h 23m 45s, and percent remaining • Show or hide the timer name and the progress bar MADE FOR POMODORO • Repeat work and break intervals • Set the break length, the number of rounds, and long breaks. The next phase starts automatically • Give your breaks their own background and text style YOUR OWN SOUNDS • Record a sound right in the app, or import audio from a video in Photos or from a file • Trim it on the waveform to play just the part you want • Saved sounds can be used by all your alarms and timers • Vibration settings, too YOUR OWN FONTS • Import your favorite font files (.ttf / .otf) and use them for alarms and timers EASY TO USE • Save as many alarms and timers as you like, and start any timer with a single tap • Switch between alarms and timers with the tabs at the bottom, just like the Clock app • The screen stays on while a timer is running • See the time left on a timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Get a notification when a timer is up, even when the app is closed Comes with the sample alarm "Animals" and two sample timers, Pomodoro and Instant Noodles. Notes: • The app is free and supported by ads. Ads are never shown while a timer is running or an alarm is on screen. • Alarms and timer notifications use only the first 30 seconds of an imported sound. • Alarms need your permission to ring. The app asks the first time you turn on an alarm.

Screenshots

Google Keep4 screens
DressUp Alarm & Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Google Keep at none against DressUp Alarm & Timer's shown. Google Keep also leads on chart position (#72 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Keep ships an update every 6 days, DressUp Alarm & Timer every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Google Keep versus DressUp Alarm & Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle KeepDressUp Alarm & Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (29K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings29K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#72 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size207 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogleKotaro Ogawa

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

DressUp Alarm & Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Keep

No in-app purchases

None

DressUp Alarm & Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Google Keep free?
Google Keep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DressUp Alarm & Timer free?
DressUp Alarm & Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Google Keep or DressUp Alarm & Timer have ads?
DressUp Alarm & Timer shows ads; Google Keep does not.
Which is updated more often, Google Keep or DressUp Alarm & Timer?
Google Keep ships an update every 6 days, and DressUp Alarm & Timer every 11 days. Most recently, Google Keep was updated on November 8, 2026 and DressUp Alarm & Timer on October 24, 2026.

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