Comparison

frankly. Pillar 3a vs Keel

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

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About

frankly. Pillar 3a

This digital pension solution simplifies saving for retirement. Easily open a pillar 3a or vested benefits account online, with options for cash strategies or investments. It helps you save on taxes and offers cost-effective management.

Highlights
  • Digital pillar 3a and vested benefits account
  • Open account in minutes
  • Cash strategy option
  • Tax savings benefits
  • Selectable investment products
  • Free transfer service
  • Cost-effective all-in fee
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Pillar 3a made easy. With frankly, the digital pension solution – developed by Zürcher Kantonalbank. You can open your pillar 3a or vested benefits account quickly and conveniently without visiting the bank either via the app or via your computer or tablet. You can now also select a cash strategy with no price risk. frankly, the new retirement planning app from the Savings 3 Pension Foundation of Zürcher Kantonalbank, is aimed exclusively at Swiss residents. Download the vested benefits and pillar 3a app free of charge now and get started. The frankly advantages: • Open an account in just a few minutes All you need is a smartphone and an ID card, and you’re ready to start. Of course, we’ll help you every step of the way. By the way, it’s also easy to use frankly via your computer or tablet. • Clear & simple – fully digital We are completely rethinking the retirement planning, which is why you can carry out your 3a retirement planning and vested benefits directly in the frankly app and check your account performance at any time. • Deposit as little as CHF 1 You decide yourself how much you want to deposit in your pillar 3a account. There is no minimum deposit and no minimum term. • You save taxes With every franc you pay into your pillar 3a retirement savings plan, you reduce your taxable income (up to t he maximum amount) and therefore save on taxes! This means you benefit twice over. • Investment products selected by you The ultimate goal is to build up your assets. You decide with your strategy how much risk you want to take. No matter whether you want to save in cash with no price risk or invest in securities while taking advantage of potential returns, there's something for everyone. • Easy to switch Do you already have a pillar 3a or vested benefits solution? We offer you an easy, free transfer service. We pay your transaction fees and account closing costs (applies to the transfer of pillar 3a accounts from bank foundations). • frankly is cost-effective frankly also doesn’t charge any all-in fee (the current all-in-fee is 0.43%) on your account assets. With frankly, you can expect no securities custody fees and no flat-rate administrative fees for the investment product; they are included in the current all-in-fee of 0.43%. Saving securities with frankly is half the price of comparable offers. Please note that issue and redemption charges apply in favour of the fund for the indexed investment products in particular and these are not included in the all-in fee (current all-in-fee is 0.43%). You can find an exact definition of the all-in fee in the FAQs. • Our community discount The greater the number of customers who use frankly, the cheaper the all-in fee of currently 0.43% becomes for everyone. frankly will become even cheaper with more users. Planning your private pension like this is fun. • Our community discount The greater the number of customers who use frankly, the cheaper the all-in fee of currently 0.43% becomes for everyone. frankly will become even cheaper with more users. Planning your private pension like this is fun. • Security and experience frankly was developed by Zürcher Kantonalbank for its pension foundation. Further information on the pillar 3a and vested benefits app, including pension calculator: www.frankly.ch Sparen 3 pension foundation of Zürcher Kantonalbank Bahnhofstrasse 9 8001 Zürich Zürcher Kantonalbank Vested Benefits Foundation Bahnhofstrasse 9 8001 Zurich Zürcher Kantonalbank Vested Benefits Foundation II Bahnhofstrasse 9 8001 Zurich

About

Keel

Features
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Most trackers stop at "Netflix, 13.99, monthly". Keel tracks the way you actually pay: subscriptions, bills, pay-in-X purchases and yearly ambushes, each from its own bank account. The sofa bought in 3 keeps its remaining balance and its next due date. The insurance that hits once a year is smoothed into your real monthly number. Every payment knows which account it leaves, so you see what goes out from where, before it does. EVERY PAYMENT, ONE CALM PLACE • Subscriptions, bills, memberships and split purchases, side by side • What hits and when, day by day, plus a calendar with brand logos on their due days • Multi-currency, converted honestly at daily rates IT SETS ITSELF UP • Paste a rough list or screenshots into the AI you already use, Keel reads the answer • You review every line before anything is saved • Prefer manual? Common services come pre-filled in a tap, and AI switches off entirely. AI is completely optional, and manual operations are optimized for a smooth on-boarding. PAY IN 3? TRACKED LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE • Progress paid, amount left, every installment on the calendar • Tick payments off right in the list STAY AHEAD • Reminders your way: up to three per commitment, any lead, repeating nudges until the due day • Trials warn before they convert, price increases before they bite • Widgets keep the next payments on your home screen INSIGHTS THAT RECONCILE • What you really paid next to what the year still plans to charge • Yearly costs smoothed into your monthly baseline • Spending by category and by account, and price creep since the day you signed up YOURS. ON YOUR PHONE. • No account, no server, no tracking, no data collection • Face ID lock, local backups, file export any time • Built by a cybersecurity engineer who'd rather there be nothing to breach • Transparent and educational about settings impact ONE PRICE, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION Everything is free for 45 days. No card, nothing renews, nothing to cancel. Then one single purchase unlocks Keel for good, shareable with up to five people through Apple Family Sharing. If you never buy, your data, your charts, marking paid and exports keep working forever. And your whole year sails into a harbor, one ship per billing day, the big bills arriving as container ships. You'll find it. Questions, ideas, corrections: contactkeel@protonmail.com

Screenshots

frankly. Pillar 3a4 screens
Keel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: frankly. Pillar 3a at none against Keel's 2. Keel's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price 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. Keel sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. frankly. Pillar 3a asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
frankly. Pillar 3a versus Keel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterfrankly. Pillar 3aKeel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZuercher KantonalbankMaxime Teuber

In-app purchases

None

frankly. Pillar 3a

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Keel

One-time2
  • Full Keel, early$12.99
  • Full Keel$17.99

Questions

Is frankly. Pillar 3a free?
frankly. Pillar 3a is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keel free?
Keel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do frankly. Pillar 3a or Keel have ads?
frankly. Pillar 3a shows ads; Keel does not.

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