Comparison

Archivist vs Keeplea

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

Head to head
About

Archivist

Features
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Archivist is a document archiving app available for iOS, iPadOS and MacOS. No account signup, no login required other than iCloud. And best of all: no subscription. Archivist stores your documents as PDF securely in iCloud Drive, following a simple folder path pattern: Archive Drawer - Topic(s) - correspondent - year - PDF file. Archivist lets you search through your documents using full text search and filter labels like topics, document type, correspondents and archive drawer. Get rid of your messy folder system and let Archivist manage your documents for you! Ready for more? Switch on automatic AI document properties detection for new documents for enhanced document labelling including topics, document type and the document title. You can also use AI to export the data of a name card as new contact! Data privacy information: other than document creation with AI support, your document data will never leave your device(s) and Apple's iCloud servers. Archivist will never: - send data to third parties other than Apple's iCloud service without your consent - use any of your data for advertising purposes - store any of your document or user data on other servers than Apple's iCloud servers. New: Apple Intelligence is now available on supported devices. Instead of sending your document data to a third party AI provider, you can use Apple Intelligence locally for document auto-tagging. Apple Intelligence may not be available in all regions.

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Keeplea

Features
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Your camera is for moments. Keeplea is for everything else. The wine you want to buy again. The paint color on the hallway wall. The level you parked on. The router sticker with the WiFi password. You photograph these things already - and then they sink into three years of camera roll and you never find them again. Keeplea gives them somewhere to go. Photograph something once and it works out what it is: the brand, the model, the color, the dates, the serial number, the small print you'll never read again. Later, ask for it in your own words and it comes back. WHAT GOES IN Anything you'd want back later. Appliance plates and serial numbers. WiFi cards and router stickers. Warranty papers and service certificates. Screenshots you want to come back to. Paint tins and tile boxes. Wine labels. Trail signs. Handwritten notes and whiteboards. Tickets and bookings you share in as a PDF. A HOME INVENTORY THAT BUILDS ITSELF Photograph your things as you go and you end up with a record of what you own - model numbers, serial numbers, warranty dates, where each one came from. No forms, no spreadsheets, no filing. The day the dishwasher fails, it's already there. ASK, DON'T SCROLL "the receipt for the headphones." "the boiler certificate." "the washing machine serial number." Plain words, the way you'd describe it to someone - not folders, filenames or tags you have to remember inventing. IT SORTS ITSELF Collections form on their own as your library grows - documents, wine, appliances, whatever you happen to keep. Trips gather what you captured while you were away. You never file anything. WIFI PASSWORDS YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE Photograph the card once. Keeplea reads the network name and the password, keeps the password hidden until you tap it, and shows a QR code so a guest can join without typing anything. IN THE LANGUAGE YOU CHOOSE Keeplea names and describes everything it keeps, in whichever language you pick. A label you can't read still makes sense months later. YOUR CAMERA ROLL STAYS CLEAN Nothing you keep in Keeplea lands in your photo stream unless you ask it to. Moments stay with moments. ALWAYS A TAP AWAY Capture inside the app, or share a photo, screenshot, or PDF straight in from anywhere. Everything syncs across your devices, and Face ID or Touch ID can lock it. YOURS, AND PRIVATE Your things are yours. Lock the app behind Face ID, and delete anything - or your whole account - whenever you want. FREE AND PRO Start free, no account needed. Pro lifts the limit on how much you can keep. SUBSCRIPTION Keeplea Pro is an auto-renewable subscription, offered weekly, monthly or yearly. The app shows the price before you buy. Your Apple Account is charged when you confirm the purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://keeplea.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://keeplea.app/privacy

Screenshots

Archivist3 screens
Keeplea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Keeplea at every 4 days against Archivist's monthly. Archivist's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Archivist sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Keeplea sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Archivist ships an update monthly, Keeplea every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Archivist versus Keeplea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArchivistKeeplea
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size29 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDominik ButzRECIPTIX

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Archivist

One-time4
  • Doc Properties Detection 25x$0.29
  • Doc Properties Detection 50x$0.49
  • Doc Properties Detection 100x$0.69
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  • Unlimited Documents$0.99
6 purchases

Keeplea

Subscriptions6
  • Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$79.991 Year
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Archivist free?
Archivist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keeplea free?
Keeplea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Archivist or Keeplea have ads?
Neither Archivist nor Keeplea shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Archivist or Keeplea?
Archivist ships an update monthly, and Keeplea every 4 days. Most recently, Archivist was updated on October 9, 2026 and Keeplea on October 13, 2026.

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