Karakeep App vs BUSY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Karakeep App
Effortlessly save links, notes, and images with automatic AI-powered tagging for quick retrieval. Search through all your saved content, including link contents, at blazing fast speeds. Organize your saved items into custom lists and share content from any app.
- Automatic AI tagging
- Full-text search
- Custom lists
- Sharing extension
- Save links, notes, and images
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Quickly save links, notes, and images and karakeep will automatically tag them for you using AI for faster retrieval. Content (including link contents) are indexed for blazing fast full text search. Organize you items into custom lists. Sharing extension to hoard items from any other apps.
BUSY
Enhance your productivity by blocking distracting apps and muting notifications. This tool offers customizable focus sessions, including Pomodoro-style workflows, and provides insights into your distraction attempts to help you improve focus.
- Customizable focus sessions (timer, Pomodoro, no time limit)
- Distraction blocking (apps, notifications)
- Accountability features (no skipping sessions)
- Distraction attempt tracking
- Apple Watch integration
- Customizable timer themes
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BUSY — Focus Timer & Distraction Blocker Stay focused. Get more done. Block distracting apps and notifications while adding structure to your day. Choose short focus sessions with regular breaks or switch to deep focus mode. Work without interruptions on iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac. FEATURES: - Instant Focus. Start focusing in one tap. Choose Pomodoro-style sessions with breaks or work without time limits. - BUSY Bar Сontrol. Connect and manage your BUSY Bar from your phone. Start focus sessions, block distractions, update firmware, connect to Wi-Fi, and more. - Music Themes. Choose visual themes with music designed to support deep, focused work. - Block Distractions. Automatically block distracting apps and mute notifications so you stay in control. - Track Your Attempts. See how often you try to open blocked apps and build stronger focus habits. - Structured Focus Sessions. Stay consistent with focus intervals designed to improve productivity. - Apple Watch & Mac Support. Start, stop, or manage sessions from your Apple Watch or Mac. Everything syncs instantly. BUSY helps you stay focused, reduce distractions, and build better work habits — across all your devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Karakeep App at 4.6 against BUSY's 4.0. Karakeep App also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 58%) and ratings volume (43 vs 12). BUSY's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Karakeep App holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Karakeep App's written reviews are positive against 58% of BUSY's.
Karakeep App ships an update every 6 weeks, BUSY fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Karakeep App | BUSY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (43 ratings) — better | 4.0 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews — better | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 173 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohamed Bassem | Flipper - FZCO |
Customer experience
Karakeep App
BUSY
In-app purchases
Karakeep App
No in-app purchases
BUSY
No in-app purchases
