Gladys vs Keep It Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gladys
This app acts as a drag-and-drop shelf to temporarily store various types of information, like links, text, and images, from any app. It allows for quick saving without switching contexts and offers features like search, annotation, and iCloud syncing. It also supports collaboration and advanced data manipulation for technical users.
- Drag-and-drop item saving
- Search and Spotlight integration
- Home screen/Today widget access
- Item annotation and tagging
- iCloud syncing
- Collaborative editing
- Hex viewer for technical users
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Gladys is a drag-and-drop shelf that holds things you want to set aside, such as links, text snippets, map locations, contacts, images, photos, emails, messages and much more (even if the application that the information came from is removed) It works with any app that supports drag-and-drop, and helps keep you focused by letting you quickly set something aside, without having to consider where it needs to be dropped, or having to constantly switch between apps. • Works with any app that supports drag-and-drop, but also provides an extension for apps that don't yet support it, as well as the ability to paste items to & from the clipboard. • Quickly search for items inside the app or via Spotlight. Access your top items from the home screen / Today widget, your Apple Watch, and even iMessage. • Annotate items with notes, custom titles, and tag items with labels that allow you to easily categorise, browse, and sort your collection. • Take your collection with you on your iPhone, and keep it updated by turning on automatic iCloud syncing. • Invite friends to keep items from your own collection in their own collections, and, if you give permission, even collaboratively annotate and edit them. • Import/export/merge collection archives simply by dragging. • Ideal for bookmarking between apps: For example you can quickly return to dropped email items by selecting 'Open' in their info view, quickly share links between different browsers, or use Siri shortcuts to copy often-used items to and from your clipboard. • Experienced users can get details on dropped items and extract or modify specific data components (e.g. extract the URL of an image link, instead of the whole item, add a new image, or edit the title). • Technical users can inspect binary data using the in-built hex viewer, download items pointed to by web links, and even archive web pages. • Contains no analytics, ratings prompts, or noise.
Keep It Mobile
This app is a powerful notebook and document organizer for mobile devices. It allows users to create and edit various file types, scan documents, manage PDFs, and archive emails. Organize everything with folders, tags, and color-coded labels for easy retrieval.
- Create and edit notes, rich text, plain text, and Markdown files
- Scan documents and edit PDFs
- Archive emails and save web links
- Organize with folders, tags, and color-coded labels
- Search across file names, content, and dates
- Share items via iCloud
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Keep It for iPad and iPhone is a powerful notebook and document organizer that can be used on its own or in conjunction with Keep It for Mac, available separately. Keep It can create and edit notes, rich text, plain text and Markdown files, scan documents, edit PDFs, archive emails, save web links in a variety of formats, preview and search just about any kind of file, and organize these in a variety of ways. All the files, folders and tags you store in Keep It are available in the Files app, can be opened and edited in other applications, and shared with other Keep It users via iCloud. Notes, Documents and Everything Else • Create notes with styles, checklists and attachments that look good and read well on all your devices • Create and edit rich text, plain text and Markdown files • Adjustable display margins and word count available in all Keep It’s text editors • Scan documents, add photos or videos, and save any kind of file to Keep It’s library • Edit PDFs, play movies, and preview everything else with Quick Look • Save web links for offline viewing as PDFs or web archives • Create templates or empty files in any format using stationery • View and work with mail messages and their attachments • Merge multiple items into a single note Organize • Use folders to organize things hierarchically • Swipe right on a folder to focus the sidebar on it and its children • Add tags to items and filter items with one touch using the Tag Filter • Use color-coded labels to quickly identify items • Use bundles to collect items together and see them in more than one place • See favorite items, and add lists to the Favorites Bar • All lists can have their own sort settings and colors Works With Other Apps • Add text, links, and files to Keep It using its share extension • Access and manage all the files, folders and tags you add to Keep It in the Files app • Open files for editing in other apps from within Keep It or their document browser • Share items in Keep It to other apps using the Share sheet • Drag text, images, links, files and mail messages to Keep It • Automate Keep It with Shortcuts Search • Search for items by their names, kind, content, dates, tags and more • Combine suggestions to create complex queries with ease • Step through found text in notes, editable text documents, web pages, and PDFs • Save searches to the sidebar for reuse Keep It on iPad • Use Quick File to file items quickly using a keyboard-friendly interface • Use Quick Open to quickly navigate to any list or item by typing its name • Constrain the width when editing notes or text files in full screen mode • Annotate PDFs and images and add sketches to notes with Apple Pencil And More… • Use the Recents list to see things you’ve added or viewed lately • Share folders and items with other Keep It users via iCloud • Encrypt any file with a password • Copy clickable links to items and lists in Keep It • See items that link to the current item and navigate between them SUBSCRIPTIONS Use of Keep It Mobile requires a paid subscription that you can purchase in the app. A choice of monthly and yearly subscriptions is available, and these include a free trial. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account following the free trial, unless you cancel the subscription at least 24-hours before the end of the trial period. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Use: https://reinventedsoftware.com/keepit/ios/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gladys at 84% against Keep It Mobile's 57%. Gladys also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and device support (4 vs 2). Keep It Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (640 vs 149). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Gladys sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Keep It Mobile sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gladys holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 149 and 640 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Gladys's written reviews are positive against 57% of Keep It Mobile's.
Gladys ships an update every 2 months, Keep It Mobile every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 27, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gladys | Keep It Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (149 ratings) — better | 4.5 (640 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.5% of reviews — better | 56.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 149 | 640 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pavlos Tsochantaris | Steve Harris |
Customer experience
Gladys
Keep It Mobile
Bugs and requests
Gladys
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Keep It Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notes randomly disappearing after sync
- Inability to delete items from 'All Items' view
- Typing cursor issues and UI lag
- Unreliable 'Save for Offline' functionality
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to edit note dates
- Improve photo and image handling
- Implement web clipping and article saving
- Add Dropbox/Google Drive sync options
- Introduce a one-time purchase option
In-app purchases
Gladys
- Smile Tip$0.99
- Blush Tip$1.99
- Hug Tip$4.99
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- Gasp Tip$9.99
- Scream Tip$19.99
Keep It Mobile
- Keep It for iPad and iPhone14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Keep It for iPad and iPhone14 Days trial$19.991 Year
Questions
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