Keka vs Sip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Sip
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sip:phone Connect is a Unified Communication Client brought to you by Sipwise GmbH, the open source soft-switch vendor. IMPORTANT NOTE: sip:phone Connect requires an existing account on the sipwise.com Server. IT DOES NOT WORK properly on arbitrary SIP providers or Sipwise deployments! HIGHLIGHTS: • Secure VoIP softphone for voice and video. • Encrypted SIP communication for secure calls • Recent Calls List • Full support of in-call features (mute, speaker phone, hold, DTMF, ...) • DNS SRV Support for SIP • Auto-Discovery of contacts in your address book. • List of favorites with presence state and possibility of call-pickup • Max two contemporary calls are supported • Call transfer and call conference • Push notifications IMPORTANT VOIP OVER MOBILE/CELLULAR DATA NOTICE: Some mobile network operators may prohibit or restrict the use of VoIP functionality over their network and may also impose additional fees, or other charges in connection with VoIP. You agree to learn and abide by your cellular carrier's network restrictions. Sipwise GmbH will not be held liable for any charges, fees or liability imposed by your carrier for use of VoIP over Mobile/Cellular Data. EMERGENCY CALLS: The sip:phone Connect application delivers calls on a best-effort basis to the service you are signed up with. As a consequence, the sip:phone application is not intended, designed, or fit for placing, carrying or supporting Emergency Calls. Sipwise GmbH will not be liable for any costs or damages arising either directly or indirectly from the use of the software for Emergency Calls. Using sip:phone Connect as a default dialer may interfere with dialing emergency services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sip at Free against Keka's $3.99. Keka's advantage is chart position (#34 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Sip is free to download; Keka costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Keka ships an update every 2 months, Sip monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Keka | Sip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (163 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 163 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #34 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jorge Garcia Armero | Sipwise |
Bugs and requests
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'
Sip
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Keka
No in-app purchases
Sip
No in-app purchases









