Comparison

Keka vs Nthly

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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

About

Nthly

This app generates verification codes for two-factor authentication (2FA) securely on your device. It supports various authentication protocols and offers features like iCloud sync and biometric protection.

Highlights
  • Generates 2FA codes
  • Supports TOTP and HOTP
  • Securely stores secrets
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Biometric app protection
  • Import/export accounts
Features
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Nthly is a private, secure authenticator that generates verification codes for two-factor authentication (2FA). Sign in to Google, GitHub, your bank, work accounts, and hundreds of other services — all without creating an account or trusting a third-party server. Everything happens on your iPhone, and the app makes no network requests. Features • Scan QR codes, paste otpauth:// links, or enter secrets manually • Supports TOTP and HOTP, including SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512, 6–8 digit codes, and custom refresh intervals • Tap to copy a code or copy the next code before it expires • Automatically clears copied codes from the clipboard • Store secrets securely in the iOS Keychain • Sync across your Apple devices with iCloud Keychain • Protect the app with Face ID or Touch ID • Pin, tag, filter, and search your accounts • Import and export accounts using an open JSON format Nthly is built with privacy in mind. There are no ads, no analytics, no crash reporting, and no tracking. Your secrets stay on your device and are never sent to Nthly because there are no Nthly servers.

Screenshots

Keka4 screens
Nthly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Nthly at Free against Keka's $3.99. Keka's advantage is ratings volume (165 vs 1) and chart position (#171 vs unranked). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Nthly is free to download; Keka costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nthly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Keka has 165 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Keka versus Nthly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKekaNthly
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (165 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings165 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#171 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJorge Garcia ArmeroKurban Uchakaev

Customer experience

Keka

All ratings163 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.6%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%

Nthly

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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'

Nthly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Keka

No in-app purchases

None

Nthly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keka free?
Keka costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nthly free?
Nthly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Keka or Nthly?
Nthly is rated higher. Keka averages 4.8 out of 5 from 165 ratings, while Nthly averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Keka or Nthly have ads?
Neither Keka nor Nthly shows ads.

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