Comparison

MyDayWidget vs Kept Notes

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

Head to head
About

MyDayWidget

Enhance your daily schedule with customizable widgets that display your calendar and reminders. Features a unique day-color system for auspicious hues and a progress bar to visualize your day. Offers extensive customization and syncs with Apple's native apps.

Highlights
  • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets
  • Apple Watch complications and Smart Stack widgets
  • Mac Notification Center and Desktop widgets
  • Syncs with Apple Calendar and Reminders
  • Daily auspicious color system
  • Day Progress Bar visualization
  • Customizable widget appearance
Features
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Your calendar, reminders, and day — beautifully on every Apple device, in the auspicious color of the day. MyDayWidget is the home for your schedule across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. It puts what matters today right where you can see it: on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy, watch face, and Mac Notification Center. One purchase. Lifetime access. No subscription, no tracking, no ads. KEY FEATURES - Widgets for Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy - Apple Watch complications and Smart Stack widgets - Mac Notification Center and Desktop widgets - Day Progress Bar with calendar and reminder data - Planner — your week at a glance - Busy Day Highlights - Day-color system across every widget - Tap any widget to open your preferred app - Deep customization, dark mode supported - 9-day free trial, then one-time purchase WORKS EVERYWHERE YOU DO Built for the entire Apple ecosystem. Buy MyDayWidget once and it's yours on every device — iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Family Sharing is supported, so the people you share an Apple account with get it too. COLOR OF THE DAY Each day has its color, drawn from ancient astrological tradition — believed to bring good fortune to those who wear it. MyDayWidget brings the same idea to your devices, so a single glance tells you what day it is. Monday — Yellow Tuesday — Pink Wednesday — Green Thursday — Orange Friday — Light Blue Saturday — Purple Sunday — Red DAY PROGRESS BAR See your day move forward. The Day Progress Bar can include your calendar events and reminders, with markers for noon and working hours — useful at a glance, never in the way. PLANNER A weekly view of your days, designed to keep you moving. See where you've been, where you're headed, and how the week is shaping up. BUSY DAY HIGHLIGHTS Days with a lot going on are highlighted automatically, so you spot a packed afternoon before it surprises you. DEEP CUSTOMIZATION Choose which widget to use, what to display, and how it should look. Dark mode supported throughout. TAP TO OPEN Tap any widget to jump straight into your favorite calendar or reminder app — Apple Calendar, Apple Reminders, or another app of your choice. The widget is your day at a glance; one tap takes you to the details. PRIVACY, BY DESIGN MyDayWidget reads your calendar and reminder data on your device and displays it. Nothing leaves your phone. Nothing is collected, tracked, or shared. Access permissions are required for Calendars, Reminders, and in some cases Contacts. PRICING Free to download with a 9-day full-access trial. After that, a one-time purchase unlocks the app for life — across every device you own, with every future update included. Privacy Policy: https://mydaywidget.com/privacy-policy

About

Kept Notes

Capture thoughts, create checklists, and manage files with a private, self-hosted notes app. Enjoy smart capture powered by local AI and organize with labels and reminders. Your data stays yours.

Highlights
  • Self-hosted data control
  • Apple Intelligence-powered Smart Capture
  • Create text, image, and drawing notes
  • Organize with labels and colors
  • Set reminders
  • Import/Export notes
  • File attachments
Features
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Kept Notes is a fast, friendly notes app for people who want simple capture without giving up control of their data. Apple Intelligence-powered Smart Capture: Using natural language you can entirely manage your notes - create, update, share, label, archive, and trash notes while keeping AI processing local and private on supported devices. Jot down a thought, make a checklist, save a link, attach a file, add an image, sketch a quick doodle, or set a reminder — all in a clean, colorful notes experience designed to stay out of your way. Kept is built around the idea that your notes should belong to you. Connect to your own Kept instance and keep your notes, uploads, reminders, labels, and settings on infrastructure you control. What you can do with Kept: • Create text notes, checklists, image notes, drawings, and file attachments • Pin important notes so they stay at the top • Organize with labels, colors, and background images • Save links and generate rich link previews • Attach PDFs, documents, ZIP files, and other useful files • Set reminders for things you do not want to forget • Search quickly and filter by note type, label, or date • Share notes with other users on your instance • Import notes from Google Takeout • Export your notes when you need a copy • Use backups to protect your data Kept is designed to feel lightweight and familiar: open it, capture the thing, move on. No clutter. No heavy project-management system pretending to be a notes app. Just quick notes, visual organization, and ownership. Important: Kept Notes requires access to a Kept server/instance. You can self-host Kept using Docker or a native install. Setup instructions are available at www.keepitkept.xyz.

Screenshots

MyDayWidget4 screens
Kept Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MyDayWidget at Free against Kept Notes's $3.99. MyDayWidget also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (29 vs 3). Kept Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On ads, 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

MyDayWidget is free to download; Kept Notes costs $3.99 up front. MyDayWidget sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Kept Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MyDayWidget holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyDayWidget has 29 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of MyDayWidget's written reviews are positive against 50% of Kept Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyDayWidget ships an update every 5 weeks, Kept Notes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MyDayWidget versus Kept Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyDayWidgetKept Notes
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.4 (29 ratings) — better2.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoonyawat LaongthongEric Gillis

Customer experience

MyDayWidget

All ratings29 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral3.4%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative38.5%

Kept Notes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MyDayWidget

One-time2
  • Free TrialFree
  • One-Time Purchase$7.99
None

Kept Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyDayWidget free?
MyDayWidget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kept Notes free?
Kept Notes costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MyDayWidget or Kept Notes?
MyDayWidget is rated higher. MyDayWidget averages 4.4 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Kept Notes averages 2.0 from 3 ratings.
Do MyDayWidget or Kept Notes have ads?
Neither MyDayWidget nor Kept Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyDayWidget or Kept Notes?
MyDayWidget ships an update every 5 weeks, and Kept Notes weekly. Most recently, MyDayWidget was updated on October 3, 2026 and Kept Notes on October 13, 2026.

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