Comparison

Briny vs Keepsake

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

Head to head
About

Briny

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Immerse yourself in a worry-free swimming experience with Briny, your ultimate companion for exploring waters safely. Briny allows you to add and view markers on a map, keeping you informed about swimming conditions, wave presence, surf spots, and ideal diving locations. With a user-friendly interface and intuitive features, Briny provides you with a smooth and secure experience to fully enjoy every day at the beach.

About

Keepsake

This app allows you to digitally preserve physical memories like children's artwork and handwritten notes. Organize them into custom 'Memory Boxes' for private reflection. Start for free with limited keepsakes, or unlock unlimited storage with an optional subscription.

Highlights
  • Digitally preserve physical memories
  • Organize into custom Memory Boxes
  • Private and distraction-free space
  • Add details to keepsakes
  • Secure iCloud storage
  • Optional subscription for unlimited access
Features
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They bring home a drawing. Then a painting. A handmade card. A school project. A note written just for you. You keep them because they matter. Over time, drawers fill up and boxes get packed away with things you couldn't bear to lose, but hardly ever get to see. Keepsake gives you another way to hold onto them. Capture what they make, preserve the story around it, and revisit those memories whenever you want to look back. PRESERVE MORE THAN THE THING ITSELF A keepsake is rarely special because of what it's made from. It's special because of who made it, when they made it, and the story that comes rushing back when you see it again. Keepsake lets you preserve all of that together. Capture artwork, cards, letters, handmade creations and meaningful objects. Add who made or gave it to you, when it was made or received, photographs from around the moment, and your own reflections about why it matters. Years from now, you won't just see what you kept. You'll remember why you kept it. MORE THAN JUST A PHOTOGRAPH A photograph can preserve how something looked. Keepsake can preserve more of how it felt to hold and explore. Physical objects can be captured in 3D, letting you turn them around, look closer and experience them in a way that feels much more like holding the original again. Artwork, letters and cards can each be preserved in ways that suit the original, including multi-page letters and cards with multiple sides. And when you already have the perfect photo, you can use that too. However you capture it, the goal is the same: preserve enough of the original that looking back still feels special. A PLACE FOR ALL THE THINGS THEY MAKE You don't have to decide that only the best drawing, the neatest card or the most impressive creation deserves to be remembered. Keepsake gives you one collection for all of them, so the ordinary little things can sit alongside the milestones. Browse everything you've preserved in All Keepsakes, or organise memories into Memory Boxes that mean something to you. A box might hold a year at kindergarten, birthday cards, Christmas creations, things made by one child, or simply a collection you want to return to together. A keepsake can belong wherever it makes sense to you, so your collection can grow naturally around your family's story. MADE TO BE REVISITED Keepsake isn't meant to become another digital box you fill up and forget about. Open an old keepsake and the object, story, photographs and details you saved are there together. Browse through Memory Boxes, rediscover things you haven't seen in a while, and watch the collection become richer as the years pass. Keepsake can also gently bring memories back to you over time, helping something you saved months or years ago find its way back into the present. Because the point of preserving a memory isn't simply knowing it's stored somewhere. It's being able to feel it again. YOUR MEMORIES STAY YOURS Family memories can be deeply personal. Children's artwork can contain names and handwriting. Letters can hold private stories. Photographs can capture moments that were never intended for anyone outside your family. Keepsake is designed with that in mind. Your keepsakes are stored in your iCloud account rather than uploaded to a Keepsake account. There is no social feed and no advertising built around your memories. Your collection is yours to keep, look back on and enjoy. START YOUR COLLECTION FOR FREE Keepsake is free to download, and you can begin building your collection before deciding whether Premium is right for you. The free version lets you preserve up to 5 keepsakes and create up to 2 Memory Boxes. Keepsake Premium lets your collection keep growing beyond the free limits, along with premium experiences such as viewing your keepsakes in augmented reality. Start with the next drawing, card or little creation that comes home. Then keep going.

Screenshots

Briny3 screens
Keepsake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Briny at none against Keepsake's 2. Briny also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Keepsake's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Keepsake sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Briny asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Briny ships an update every 4 weeks, Keepsake weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Briny versus Keepsake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrinyKeepsake
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThibault BallofChaotic Good Creations

In-app purchases

None

Briny

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Keepsake

Subscriptions2
  • Keepsake Premium$3.991 Month
  • Keepsake Premium14 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Briny free?
Briny is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keepsake free?
Keepsake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Briny or Keepsake have ads?
Neither Briny nor Keepsake shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Briny or Keepsake?
Briny ships an update every 4 weeks, and Keepsake weekly. Most recently, Briny was updated on October 27, 2026 and Keepsake on October 24, 2026.

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