Comparison

Deep Work Everyday vs Kept

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

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About

Deep Work Everyday

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Do your best work, consistently. Deep work everyday helps you to get into the habit of deep work. Habits are what we are, and it is very hard to build them from scratch. A space rocket burns %80 of it’s fuel in the first minute. That’s when the gravity is at it’s strongest point to pull it back. Same with side projects, same with habits. Building the momentum is the hardest. Deep Work Everyday is here to help build that momentum. An app with a start and end; 14 chapters, starting today. Each one starts with quote, followed by a pomodoro session. Once done, a short article gets unlocked. New chapters everyday; You can't rush your way through it though. You can unlock a single chapter in one day. So you need to show up and do the work. Along the way, the app helps you stay on track: - Smart reminders nudge you when it’s time to work,  - Live Activities keep your timer visible on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island and  - Widgets bring your daily quote or your grid-style progress right to your Home Screen.  - Your streak, total deep-work time and momentum are all captured in a clean analytics view, giving you a clear sense of how far you’ve come. A point of view; They are nothing more than perspective on creativity and building things. Some may resonate with you some may not. Hopefully they will provide the little push that you need to build this new habit.

About

Kept

Visually track your progress on daily goals with a calendar-style grid. Set custom reminders, notes, and analyze streaks to stay motivated. Offers flexible tracking options for building or quitting habits.

Highlights
  • Calendar grid visualization
  • Customizable habit tracking
  • Streak forgiveness options
  • Personalized reminders
  • Notes and statistics
  • Home Screen widgets
Features
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Kept is a habit tracker that turns every habit into a calendar of colored squares. Each day you keep a habit fills one in, and the grid shows your progress at a glance: this week, the last months, the whole year. A GRID FOR EVERY HABIT • Every habit gets an icon, a color and a grid of the last months, one square a day • Check in with one tap on the habits screen, or tap any past day in its calendar • Three views: cards with grids, a compact list of the last days, or two columns TRACK IT YOUR WAY • Done or not done, a count (8 glasses of water) or an amount with a unit (5 km, 20 pages) • Build a habit, or quit one and mark every clean day • Every day, chosen weekdays, or a number of times a week or a month STREAKS THAT FORGIVE One missed day doesn't break your streak; two in a row will. Sick or travelling? Take the day off with a reason. A day off never counts against you. REMINDERS AT YOUR TIMES A reminder at the time you pick, with Done and Skip right in the notification. With Kept Pro, up to three reminder times a day on their own weekdays, reminders every few minutes inside a time window, and your own recorded voice as the sound. NOTES AND STATISTICS Write a note on any day. See each habit's year, its completion rate and its current and best streak; with Kept Pro, a monthly chart and the years before. WIDGETS WITH KEPT PRO Your grids on the Home Screen: one habit with its grid and a check button, or several habits over the last ten days. Check in straight from the widget. Lock Screen widgets too. RUNS WITH AN END Keep a habit for 21, 30, 66 or 90 days, or with no end date. When the run is complete, mark it as kept, extend it or keep going. YOUR LANGUAGE Kept speaks 30 languages and follows your phone's date, time and number formats, including right-to-left layouts. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No tracking. No ads. Everything stays on your phone. Delete it all in one tap. With Kept Pro, back up to a file and restore it on a new phone, or export a CSV. FREE AND KEPT PRO Free: four habits at once with every schedule and tracking type, the grids and calendars, notes, streaks and one reminder time per habit. Kept Pro: unlimited habits, widgets, statistics with the monthly chart and earlier years, three reminder times a day and reminders every few minutes, custom reminder sounds, backup and restore, and archived habits brought back. Yearly with a 7-day free trial, monthly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://prioton.com/kept/privacy.html

Screenshots

Deep Work Everyday4 screens
Kept4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kept at Free against Deep Work Everyday's $0.99. Kept also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Deep Work Everyday's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Kept is free to download; Deep Work Everyday costs $0.99 up front. Kept sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Deep Work Everyday asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deep Work Everyday ships an update every 4 months, Kept every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Deep Work Everyday versus Kept: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeep Work EverydayKept
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDrift AppsPrioton LLC

In-app purchases

None

Deep Work Everyday

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Kept

Subscriptions2
  • Kept Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Kept Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Kept Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Deep Work Everyday free?
Deep Work Everyday costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kept free?
Kept is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Deep Work Everyday or Kept have ads?
Neither Deep Work Everyday nor Kept shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deep Work Everyday or Kept?
Deep Work Everyday ships an update every 4 months, and Kept every 5 days. Most recently, Deep Work Everyday was updated on October 25, 2026 and Kept on October 6, 2026.

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