Keeping vs Sphere
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Keeping
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Keeping is suitable for everyone: freelancers, and small and large companies. In addition, the use of Keeping for yourself is completely free! ◼ Time Tracking & Work Hours With this app, you have even easier access to all your time entries. With Keeping for iPhone you always have your timesheet in your pocket. So you can quickly punch in, punch out or adjust an entry. Additionally, you will even receive a friendly reminder when you have forgotten to stop a running timer. ▸ Simply create entries when your work is done, or track while you're working using a timer. ▸ Receive notifications when you have forgotten to clock out. ▸ Track all your hours for a specific project, client or task. ▸ Add notes to describe what you have done. ▸ Track your time in the dark with dark mode turned on. ▸ Availability of lock screen and home screen widget and live activity. ▸ View the hours worked in clear reports, both in the mobile app and in the web application. ◼ Trip logging In addition to your working hours, track kilometers and trips as well. ▸ Trip logging easily from the app. ▸ Simple entry with vehicles you manage yourself. ▸ Trips driven and hours worked can be viewed in the reports the web application. ◼ Fully in-sync You can always use this app together with our web application, they are always directly connected and changes are passed in real-time. So, you can quickly start a timer on mobile and continue to edit the entry on your pc. Our website, Keeping.nl, is even completely suitable for use on your mobile phone. ▸ Track time easily if you have multiple phones (there are apps for multiple platforms). ▸ Browser extensions give extra functionalities on the desktop or laptop. ▸ You can also always view all your timesheets and reports on www.keeping.nl (suitable for desktop, tablet and mobile). ◼ We try to make everything as simple as possible ▸ Logging into the app has never been easier, use a magic login link. ▸ Use Keeping with different organizations and easily switch back and forth. ▸ Go directly to Keeping.nl from the app without an extra log-in step. ▸ Suggestions? Let us know at support@keeping.nl Made by Keeping in the Netherlands
Sphere
Visualize your schedule and weather in a unique sky-themed interface. Events appear as colored capsules on an arc, with weather phenomena like clouds and storms integrated. Enjoy a visually atmospheric experience for managing your day.
- Sky-themed schedule visualization
- Integrated weather display
- Event capsules with calendar colors
- Altitude-based cloud stacking
- Day/night cycle with celestial bodies
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Native calendar integration
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Sphere shows your schedule and weather in the sky. It's designed to have atmosphere. Each of your events is a capsule on the arc, running from start to end in the color of the calendar it came from. Clouds stack by altitude (modeled after cirrus and cumulus clouds), and you'll see rain, storms, lightning, and more. For clear hours, you'll see birds in the day and twinkling stars at night. The wheel: - Moves you throughout the arc. - The center button makes an event. Press and hold to make an all day event (default setting). - Click left and right to go to the previous and next events. Press and hold either to move a whole day. - Every button can be reassigned in settings. - Events open in Apple's native calendar, so editing, deleting and replying to an invitation work exactly the way you're used to. - All-day events are under the date, where they can be read without taking room on the arc. The menu: - Today's arc with sunrise, midday and sunset. - Tonight's moon and the temperature right now. - Appearance; Natural Sky means the app is light by day and dark at night, and dark makes it dark all the time. - Calendar toggles. Outside the app: - Home Screen: the sky curve with your events on it, in small and medium. - Lock Screen: where the sun is and your next calendar event. Sphere is free. No account, no subscription, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Privacy: https://smidgecraft.com/sphere/privacy Support: https://smidgecraft.com/sphere/support Questions, ideas, or feedback? mason@smidgecraft.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sphere at every 3 days against Keeping's every 6 months. Keeping's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Keeping ships an update every 6 months, Sphere every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Keeping | Sphere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Keeping B.V. | Mason Garcera |
In-app purchases
Keeping
No in-app purchases
Sphere
No in-app purchases









