Machine Start Delay vs Kept
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Machine Start Delay
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This application helps to calculate the time for a delayed start of household appliances when connecting "Green tariffs"
Kept
This app helps you track warranties and important purchase details. It allows you to log items with receipt photos and serial numbers, and provides timely alerts before coverage expires. All your data is stored locally on your device, ensuring privacy.
- Log purchases with receipt photos
- Note serial numbers
- Set warranty coverage alerts
- Serial number detection from photos
- Home screen widget for expiring items
- One-tap serial copy
- Export all records
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Kept is a warranty tracker with no account, no ads, no subscription and no data collection. Snap the receipt, note the serial, set the coverage. Kept warns you 30 days and 7 days before a warranty ends, so the repair is free because you could find the proof. WHAT IT DOES • Log a purchase in about twenty seconds including receipt photos, serial number, price, store • Quiet warnings before coverage ends (you choose: 90, 30, or 7 days out) • Serial numbers detected from your receipt photo, entirely on your device • An "expiring soon" widget for your Home Screen • One-tap serial copy when you're on the phone with support • Export everything as a file anytime, your records are yours WHAT IT DOESN'T DO • No account. No ads. No subscription. No analytics. • Nothing you enter ever leaves your phone. Our App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected" because we don't. Kept is free, forever. Every feature. If it earns a place on your Home Screen or saves you a repair bill there's a tip jar in Settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Machine Start Delay at none against Kept's 3. Machine Start Delay also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Kept's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 21 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Kept sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Machine Start Delay asks for nothing beyond the download.
Machine Start Delay ships an update every 21 months, Kept every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Machine Start Delay | Kept |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrii Tischenko | Moses Smith |
In-app purchases
Machine Start Delay
No in-app purchases
Kept
- Coffee$1.99
- Lunch$4.99
- Legend$9.99
Questions
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