Hemmings vs Kindly Kept
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hemmings
Discover and purchase classic and collector cars from a vast marketplace. Connect with sellers, save your favorites, and participate in auctions. Serving enthusiasts since 1954.
- Browse thousands of classic cars
- Search by year, make, model
- Save favorite listings
- Save favorite searches
- Contact car sellers
- Participate in auctions
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Search through thousands of classic and collector cars on sale through Hemmings Marketplace. Serving the collector car community since 1954, Hemmings offers thousands of vehicles for sale by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts. You can search by year, make, model, and more. Save your favorite listings and searches for later, and get in touch with car sellers through our app– or even make a bid on Hemmings Auctions.
Kindly Kept
Digitally preserve cherished paper keepsakes like cards and artwork. Save multiple images per item, add details, and organize them for easy retrieval through various views. Keep your memories without the clutter of physical items.
- Guided camera capture
- Photo library import
- Image editing tools
- Organize by occasion, date, tags
- Searchable memories
- Gallery, timeline, people views
- iCloud sync
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Kindly Kept is a warm, private archive for the paper memories you want to save without keeping every physical item. One-time purchase. No subscriptions or in-app purchases. Capture greeting cards, kid art, ticket stubs, boarding passes, and other small keepsakes. Save multiple images for each memory, add the details that matter, and revisit them through search, people, timeline, and gallery views. Calm, personal, and organized, Kindly Kept is made for families, sentimental savers, collectors, downsizers, and anyone who wants to preserve meaningful memories without storing boxes of paper forever. Features include: - Guided camera capture for fronts, insides, backs, and extra details - Photo library import - Crop, rotate, reset crop, and image adjustment tools - Multiple senders and recipients - Occasions, dates, tags, notes, and treasured markers - Search across saved details and recognized text - Gallery, timeline, people, and recently added views - Full-screen image viewing and memory montage playback - Example memory for new users - iPhone and iPad support - No Kindly Kept account required Your archive is saved in the app’s private storage on your device. When iCloud is available, eligible archive data can sync through your private iCloud account across your Apple devices. iCloud synchronization requires available storage in your Apple Account; additional storage purchased from Apple is separate from Kindly Kept. Keep the memories. Make room for what comes next.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kindly Kept at 100% against Hemmings's 31%. Kindly Kept also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Hemmings's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (7.3K vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Hemmings is free to download; Kindly Kept costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kindly Kept holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hemmings has 7.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Hemmings's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kindly Kept's.
Hemmings ships an update every 10 days, Kindly Kept every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hemmings | Kindly Kept |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HEMMINGS MOTOR NEWS, INC | HCE Digital LLC |
Customer experience
Hemmings
Kindly Kept
Bugs and requests
Hemmings
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to close video ads
- Inconsistent login and account management
- Unreliable search and filtering functions
Requested features
3 requests- Improve search and filtering capabilities
- Enhance account and login features
- Optimize app performance and stability
Kindly Kept
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hemmings
No in-app purchases
Kindly Kept
No in-app purchases









