BS Companion vs Keka
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BS Companion
This utility app connects to your Base Stations via Bluetooth to remotely control their power state. It allows you to wake them up or put them into standby mode, offering convenient management of your devices.
- Discover Base Stations via Bluetooth
- Wake up Base Stations
- Put Base Stations into standby mode
- Remote device control
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BS Companion will discover your Base Stations via Bluetooth and send the required commands to either wake them up or put them into standby mode. Important Note: Make sure your base stations have the latest firmware applied, else this app will not work! In case of issues or suggestion for improvement, please contact me by raising a support request on the developer website. currently not supported: shared access to the same Base Station v1.0 across multiple iOS devices (due to required Bluetooth pairing) shared access to the same Base Station v2.0 across multiple iOS devices when standby-mode indication is enabled
Keka
This app allows you to compress and encrypt files for secure storage and sharing. It also supports browsing and extracting a wide variety of compressed file formats, including encrypted and encoded archives.
- Compress files in multiple formats
- Encrypt files for secure sharing
- Extract various archive formats
- Support for 7Z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, and more
- Handle encrypted and encoded archives
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Keka is a full featured file archiver, as easy as it can be. With Keka you can compress as many files as you want in a bunch of formats. You can also encrypt them to store and share securely and with privacy. Keka can also browse and extract lots of compressed files, from ZIP and 7Z to RAR archives. Whether they are encrypted or encoded in with old charsets this is not a problem for Keka. Compression formats supported: 7Z, ZIP, TAR, ZSTD, GZIP, BZIP2 and AppleArchive (AAR) Extraction formats supported: 7Z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, AAR, XZ, ZSTD, ISO, LZMA, EXE, CAB, MSI, PAX, JAR, APK, APPX, XPI, IPA, CPGZ, CPIO, XIP, CPT and many more Terms of Use: https://www.keka.io/termsofuse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Keka at every 2 months against BS Companion's every 10 months. Keka also leads on device support (3 vs 1). BS Companion's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 82%) and price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
BS Companion costs $1.99 and Keka $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for BS Companion against 4.8 for Keka. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 164 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of BS Companion's written reviews are positive against 82% of Keka's.
BS Companion ships an update every 10 months, Keka every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BS Companion | Keka |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (57 ratings) — better | 4.8 (164 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.0% of reviews — better | 82.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57 | 164 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #56 — better | #81 |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tino Schindel | Jorge Garcia Armero |
Customer experience
BS Companion
Keka
User reviews
BS Companion
From 57 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use, plug and play
- 🚀 Instant on/off control
- 💡 Useful for extending base station lifespan
- 👍 Simple and intuitive UI
- 👍 Works with Shortcuts integration
Room to improve
- 🐛 Some users experienced temporary glitches
- 🐛 App stopped working for some users
- 🐛 Issues with turning stations off specifically
- 🐛 Potential for unexpected charges (one instance)
Keka
From 164 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive and simple UI
- 🚀 Fast and powerful archiving
- 💰 Affordable one-time purchase
- 🚫 No ads or subscriptions
- 🍏 Seamless integration with Apple ecosystem
Room to improve
- 🐛 Fails when resuming background tasks
- 🐛 Compression sometimes fails
- 🐛 Inconsistent decryption with some formats
- 🐛 Inability to name archives before compression
- 🐛 Cannot compress multiple folders at once
Bugs and requests
BS Companion
Reported bugs
4 issues- App stopped working for some users
- Unable to turn off base stations (specific instances)
- Temporary iOS bug reported
- Unexpected charge reported by one user
Requested features
7 requests- Shortcuts integration for automation
- Apple Shortcuts support for Siri integration
- Widget for quick access
- Show base station status (sleeping/awake)
- Naming system for base stations
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- 3D Touch shortcuts for home screen
- More intuitive app name for better discoverability
Keka
Reported bugs
13 issues- Occasional decryption failures
- Compression fails when using the share button
- Background tasks fail when resuming
- Permission to access files reappears after being revoked
- Cannot decompress .part files
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- Cannot decompress .tar.gz files
- Cannot decompress LZ4 files
- Windows compatibility issues with character encoding
- Removal of .7z AES256 encryption support
- Inability to decompress external split archives
- Extraction failed errors reported by some users
- Compression fails for large numbers of files
- Permission bug: permission reappears after revoking
Requested features
14 requests- Add support for .tar.gz decompression
- Add support for .part files
- Add option to name archives before compression
- Add ability to compress multiple folders at once
- Add ability to add files to existing compressed files
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- Add option to delete compressed file after compression
- Add option to view documents without creating a copy
- Add password confirmation fields
- Add testing of archives for integrity
- Add support for LZ4 file decompression
- Add support for splitting archives on iOS (like macOS)
- Add Chinese language support
- Improve German translation quality
- Clarify location of 'keka folder'
In-app purchases
BS Companion
No in-app purchases
Keka
No in-app purchases
