Comparison

KATANA Safety vs Keepr Circle

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

Head to head
About

KATANA Safety

This app provides immediate connection to friends, family, and a 24/7 Response Center for personal safety. It alerts emergency services and trusted contacts with your GPS location via a quick trigger, designed to be used with a physical safety device.

Highlights
  • 24/7 Emergency Response Center connection
  • Immediate GPS location sharing
  • Alerts bypass phone lock screen
  • Trusted contact notifications
  • Background app operation for speed
  • Bluetooth device integration
Features
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Get Help Anytime, Anywhere, at the Touch of a Button! KATANA Safety empowers life, freedom, and safety through an immediate connection to friends, family and a 24/7 Response Center. KATANA is the only personal safety device that attaches directly to any smart phone keeping you connected and in control. Personal Safety on the Go. - Be Prepared For the Unpreparable The KATANA Safety Wallet’s patented quick trigger alerts bypass your phone’s lock screen to notify our 24/7 Emergency Response Center. Our trained professionals can dispatch emergency services to your exact GPS location and alert your trusted family and friends. - Requirements: * We strongly recommend keeping the KATANA Safety app running in the background to ensure your alerts dispatch as quickly as possible and provide the best location accuracy. * Bluetooth must be enabled and on to connect the app with your KATANA Safety Arc or Wallet * Location services must be set to Always Allow. This is vital for accuracy. Your location is only used or recorded in the event of an alert. * An active data plan or Wi-Fi connection is required * Please use iOS 10 or later. **Local Emergency Dispatch Service currently only available in the United States. All other features are available anywhere you have mobile service or Wi-Fi available.

About

Keepr Circle

Features
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Keepr is a private family photo sharing app for the people who matter most. Share baby photos, family albums and videos with grandparents and close family — no ads, no feeds, no algorithms. Just your memories: organized, protected, and easy to revisit. GRANDPARENTS DON'T NEED THE APP This is the part most family album apps get wrong. With Keepr you send a link — grandparents tap it and the photos open in their browser. No app to install, no account to create, no password to remember. If you have ever tried to get a relative onto a new app, you already know why this matters. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos are never public. No followers, no public profiles, nothing searchable or indexed. Share only when you choose, and hide sensitive photos directly inside albums. Keepr runs no facial recognition. We do not extract facial feature vectors, estimate anyone's age or gender, or build biometric profiles from your family photos — practices that are common elsewhere in this category. Your photos are never sold, never used for advertising, and never shared with advertisers. There are no ads and no ad trackers in Keepr. CIRCLES — DIFFERENT PHOTOS FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE Create small sharing groups for partners, grandparents, in-laws or friends. Only members of a Circle can see what is shared there. This solves what most family photo apps cannot: maternal grandparents, paternal grandparents and friends can each see their own set of photos, all from one account. FAMILY HUBS (SHARED STORAGE) A Hub is a shared storage space for your household. Everyone gets their own private area, plus shared albums for family events, kids or vacations. MEMORY TIMELINE Every photo and video in one calm chronological view — a digital baby book that builds itself as you upload, with no scrapbooking required. 24-HOUR MOMENTS Post quick, lightweight Moments that disappear after 24 hours. Perfect for everyday life without filling up your permanent timeline. SMART ALBUMS & PERMISSIONS Organize memories into clean albums and control who can view, add or hide photos. Your albums, your rules. FAST UPLOADS WITH ON-DEVICE PROCESSING Keepr compresses videos on your phone before uploading, making uploads 5–10× faster while saving storage space. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE - Share photos with grandparents without social media - Keep private memories private - Hide clutter from shared timelines - No ads, no manipulation, no noise - Works on both web and mobile PERFECT FOR New parents sharing newborn and baby photos. Couples and long-distance family. Co-parents who need separate spaces. Grandparents who are not comfortable with apps. And anyone who has decided their kids' photos do not belong on mainstream social media platforms. STORAGE & PRICING Every core feature is free: Circles, Hubs, albums, permissions, Moments, share links and the full timeline. Personal accounts include 5 GB of storage, and you can start a shared Family Hub with 10 GB for up to 3 members — free, no card required. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for 100 GB of personal storage, with larger Family Hubs for bigger households. Print-ready original files and Smart AI search are included on our larger storage plans. You decide who sees what. Download Keepr and create a space where your favorite moments actually belong.

Screenshots

KATANA Safety4 screens
Keepr Circle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Keepr Circle at none against KATANA Safety's 5. KATANA Safety's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. KATANA Safety sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Keepr Circle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KATANA Safety ships an update monthly, Keepr Circle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
KATANA Safety versus Keepr Circle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKATANA SafetyKeepr Circle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (50 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings50 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB24 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAluma Innovations, LLCKacper Orlowski

In-app purchases

5 purchases

KATANA Safety

Subscriptions5
  • Plus Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Premium$19.991 Month
  • Premier Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
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  • Plus Yearly Subscription$99.991 Year
  • Premier Yearly Subscription$199.991 Year
None

Keepr Circle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KATANA Safety free?
KATANA Safety is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keepr Circle free?
Keepr Circle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do KATANA Safety or Keepr Circle have ads?
Neither KATANA Safety nor Keepr Circle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KATANA Safety or Keepr Circle?
KATANA Safety ships an update monthly, and Keepr Circle every 3 weeks. Most recently, KATANA Safety was updated on November 2, 2026 and Keepr Circle on October 31, 2026.

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