SM.MS vs Kelivo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SM.MS
This app provides easy online image hosting and sharing. It supports direct uploads from various sources, offers multiple link formats for sharing, and can convert videos to GIFs. Account synchronization unlocks more upload space.
- Online image hosting
- Direct uploads from Photos/Files/Clipboard
- URL, HTML, BBCode, Markdown link formats
- Video to GIF conversion
- Drag and drop upload
- Account synchronization for more space
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SM.MS - Easy to use, online image hosting. - Use account synchronization to enjoy more upload space. - Easily directly upload to SM.MS Image Hosting via the Photos or Files or Clipboard. - Support URL, HTML, BBCode, and Markdown format, copy and share the links to your friends or any social media platforms. - Support video conversion to GIF. - Support drag and drop upload.
Kelivo
A privacy-focused AI assistant for your phone, offering web search capabilities, custom assistants, and multimodal input. It supports rich Markdown formatting and local storage with optional cloud backup, all without ads or tracking.
- Privacy-first AI assistant
- Multiple web search engines
- Customizable AI assistants
- Multimodal input (images, documents)
- Markdown with code highlighting and LaTeX
- Local storage with WebDAV backup
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Kelivo is a modern, privacy-first AI assistant for your phone. Highlights: - Web search: Exa, Tavily, Zhipu, LinkUp, Brave, Bing (local), Metaso, SearXNG - Custom assistants with prompts and variables - Multimodal: images, documents (PDF, Word), and more - Beautiful Markdown with code highlighting and LaTeX - System TTS (Text‑to‑Speech) - Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools - Local storage with optional WebDAV backup - No ads. No tracking. Your keys stay on device
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kelivo at 95% against SM.MS's 50%. Kelivo also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kelivo holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kelivo has 60 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of SM.MS's written reviews are positive against 95% of Kelivo's.
SM.MS ships an update every 3 months, Kelivo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SM.MS | Kelivo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.9 (60 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 60 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | xTom Hong Kong Limited | 文熠 曹 |
Customer experience
SM.MS
Kelivo
In-app purchases
SM.MS
No in-app purchases
Kelivo
No in-app purchases
