Comparison

Daymate vs Keeping

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

Head to head
About

Daymate

Features
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Daymate brings peace to your day. You can easily and quickly create an overview of your daily and weekly activities. No traditional to-do list or daily agenda, but a simple overview using clear icons. The app is for everyone who sometimes experiences a lack of structure or overview. With daymate you keep a clear daily schedule. STRUCTURE YOUR DAY INTO ACTIVITIES AND TASKS Organize your day by creating activities. Use subtasks if you need to. You can create activities for the same day or immediately plan your entire week by repeating the activity on any day of the week. QUICK AND EASY Daymate is clear, simple and low-stimulus. See immediately what your current activity is with a clear icon and receive a notification as soon as an activity starts. Thanks to the handy timer, you always know immediately what to do - accurate to the minute. You can also plan your rest times. ADD SUPPORT IF YOU WANT Could you use a helping hand? Then set up your own supervisor or coach, who can call you immediately if necessary. With daymate premium you can send the supervisor a weekly email update or let you know how you are doing immediately after an activity. Prefer no supervisor? No problem. All good. Daymate was created by Script, Dutch experts in the field of autism. People with acquired brain injury, early dementia or in ambulatory care can also benefit from it for their day-to-day structure. But actually anyone who wants more structure in his or her life can use daymate. Application examples: - Increase daily structure - Get your sleep rhythm in order - Don't forget activities - Medication reminder - Direct feedback on activities for an involved supervisor, coach or psychologist Do you have questions or suggestions about daymate? Feel free to email us at support@daymate.app. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Keeping

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Keeping is suitable for everyone: freelancers, and small and large companies. In addition, the use of Keeping for yourself is completely free! ◼ Time Tracking & Work Hours With this app, you have even easier access to all your time entries. With Keeping for iPhone you always have your timesheet in your pocket. So you can quickly punch in, punch out or adjust an entry. Additionally, you will even receive a friendly reminder when you have forgotten to stop a running timer. ▸ Simply create entries when your work is done, or track while you're working using a timer. ▸ Receive notifications when you have forgotten to clock out. ▸ Track all your hours for a specific project, client or task. ▸ Add notes to describe what you have done. ▸ Track your time in the dark with dark mode turned on. ▸ Availability of lock screen and home screen widget and live activity. ▸ View the hours worked in clear reports, both in the mobile app and in the web application. ◼ Trip logging In addition to your working hours, track kilometers and trips as well. ▸ Trip logging easily from the app. ▸ Simple entry with vehicles you manage yourself. ▸ Trips driven and hours worked can be viewed in the reports the web application. ◼ Fully in-sync You can always use this app together with our web application, they are always directly connected and changes are passed in real-time. So, you can quickly start a timer on mobile and continue to edit the entry on your pc. Our website, Keeping.nl, is even completely suitable for use on your mobile phone. ▸ Track time easily if you have multiple phones (there are apps for multiple platforms). ▸ Browser extensions give extra functionalities on the desktop or laptop. ▸ You can also always view all your timesheets and reports on www.keeping.nl (suitable for desktop, tablet and mobile). ◼ We try to make everything as simple as possible ▸ Logging into the app has never been easier, use a magic login link. ▸ Use Keeping with different organizations and easily switch back and forth. ▸ Go directly to Keeping.nl from the app without an extra log-in step. ▸ Suggestions? Let us know at support@keeping.nl Made by Keeping in the Netherlands

Screenshots

Daymate4 screens
Keeping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Keeping at none against Daymate's 1. Keeping also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Daymate sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Keeping asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daymate ships an update every 2 months, Keeping every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ¡ 4 level
Daymate versus Keeping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaymateKeeping
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB36 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperScript B.V.Keeping B.V.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Daymate

Subscriptions1
  • Daymate Premium$0.991 Month
None

Keeping

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daymate free?
Daymate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keeping free?
Keeping is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Daymate or Keeping have ads?
Daymate shows ads; Keeping does not.
Which is updated more often, Daymate or Keeping?
Daymate ships an update every 2 months, and Keeping every 3 months. Most recently, Daymate was updated on November 3, 2026 and Keeping on November 4, 2026.

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