Comparison

Melody vs Kept

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

Head to head
About

Melody

Record and visualize songs played on your digital piano. Connect your device via USB to capture performances and export them as videos. Ideal for musicians looking to share their playing.

Highlights
  • Record digital piano performances
  • Visualize songs
  • Export as video
  • USB connection for iPhone/iPad
  • Free to download
Features
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Melody allows you to record and visualise songs played on your digital piano and export them as videos. Plug your iPhone or iPad to the piano via a USB cable, tap record, and play. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.

About

Kept

This app helps you catalog your music collection, including vinyl, CDs, and playback equipment. Log details like condition, notes, and acquisition reasons to build a personal collector's profile. Import data from Discogs or CSV, and export your collection anytime.

Highlights
  • Catalog LPs, CDs, and playback gear
  • Add notes, condition, and acquisition details
  • Import from Discogs or CSV
  • Export your collection data
  • Build a collector's portrait
  • Track market ranges (with Kept+)
Features
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Your record collection has a story. Keep it. Kept Archive is a private collection app for people who care about the albums they own and why they own them. Build your personal archive of vinyl, CDs, and the gear that plays them. Keep track of every copy, add notes and condition, remember where it came from, and capture the reason it came home. BUILD YOUR COLLECTION Catalog the records and CDs you own, along with turntables, speakers, and other gear. Keep the details that matter to you in one place. REMEMBER WHY IT MATTERS A collection isn't just a list. Add notes, condition, purchase details, places, and your own reasons for keeping a copy. Give every record its story. KEEP TRACK OF WHAT'S NEXT Build a wantlist for the records you're looking for. Keep the next finds close, whether you're digging online, in a shop, or at a record fair. SEE YOUR COLLECTOR PORTRAIT Go beyond a collection count. Kept Archive helps you understand the character of your collection: your artists, formats, styles, and listening habits. IMPORT YOUR COLLECTION Bring your existing collection into Kept Archive with Discogs collection import or CSV. Start with what you already have. KEEP YOUR ARCHIVE YOURS Export your collection whenever you want. Your archive belongs to you. FREE TO START Keep up to 500 albums, add up to 20 wantlist records, and add one photo to each record. KEPT+ UNLOCKS • Unlimited albums • Unlimited photo scans • Unlimited gear • Unlimited rooms and locations • Unlimited wantlist • Graveyard • Deeper Collector Portrait insights • Market guide price ranges • Song lookup and song notes • Custom collections • More album photos • Style auto-clean • And more Kept Archive is not a marketplace, not a social feed, and not a streaming app. It's your private companion for building, keeping, and understanding your collection. Keep the collection. Keep the story. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Melody3 screens
Kept4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kept at 100% against Melody's 50%. Kept also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Melody's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Melody sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Kept sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kept holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Melody has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Melody's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kept's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Melody ships an update every 3 months, Kept weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Melody versus Kept: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMelodyKept
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAndrey UfimcevFelipe Machado Soares

Customer experience

Melody

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Kept

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Melody

Subscriptions1
  • Melody Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month
2 purchases

Kept

Subscriptions2
  • Kept+$4.991 Month
  • Kept+$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Melody free?
Melody is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kept free?
Kept is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Melody or Kept?
Kept is rated higher. Melody averages 3.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Kept averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Melody or Kept have ads?
Neither Melody nor Kept shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Melody or Kept?
Melody ships an update every 3 months, and Kept weekly. Most recently, Melody was updated on October 25, 2026 and Kept on October 18, 2026.

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