Comparison

Keep It Mobile vs Blocknotes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Blocknotes

This app saves your notes as local HTML files, ensuring complete offline privacy. Your notes sync automatically across devices via iCloud Drive. It requires an iCloud account to function.

Highlights
  • Local HTML file storage
  • Completely offline functionality
  • No internet connection required
  • Automatic iCloud Drive sync
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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Own your data! This app stores your notes as simple, local HTML files. Blocknotes never connects to the internet. It’s completely offline and private. Files are stored in your iCloud Drive, so it automatically syncs across devices. Requires you to be signed in with iCloud.

Screenshots

Keep It Mobile4 screens
Blocknotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Keep It Mobile at 4.5 against Blocknotes's 4.0. Keep It Mobile also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 25%) and ratings volume (640 vs 2). Blocknotes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Keep It Mobile sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Blocknotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Keep It Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Keep It Mobile has 640 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Keep It Mobile's written reviews are positive against 25% of Blocknotes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keep It Mobile ships an update every 2 weeks, Blocknotes monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Keep It Mobile versus Blocknotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeep It MobileBlocknotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (640 ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews56.8% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings640 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB9 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSteve HarrisAutomattic

Customer experience

Keep It Mobile

All ratings640 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.1%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive56.8%
Neutral10.3%
Negative32.9%

Blocknotes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and 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

Blocknotes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Keep It Mobile

Subscriptions2
  • Keep It for iPad and iPhone14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Keep It for iPad and iPhone14 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

Blocknotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keep It Mobile free?
Keep It Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blocknotes free?
Blocknotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Keep It Mobile or Blocknotes?
Keep It Mobile is rated higher. Keep It Mobile averages 4.5 out of 5 from 640 ratings, while Blocknotes averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Keep It Mobile or Blocknotes have ads?
Neither Keep It Mobile nor Blocknotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keep It Mobile or Blocknotes?
Keep It Mobile ships an update every 2 weeks, and Blocknotes monthly. Most recently, Keep It Mobile was updated on September 23, 2026 and Blocknotes on August 13, 2026.

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