Comparison

PeerTube vs Kept

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

Head to head
About

PeerTube

Watch, share, and publish videos on a decentralized network. This app offers a free, privacy-respecting alternative to mainstream video platforms, allowing you to explore content across thousands of independent servers without an account.

Highlights
  • Watch and subscribe to channels
  • Explore decentralized federation
  • Search and discover videos
  • Offline video downloads (future)
  • Upload videos from mobile (future)
  • Comment and interact with community (future)
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Discover the PeerTube mobile application, a free alternative to video streaming giants like YouTube. Thanks to its decentralised network, PeerTube lets you watch, share and publish videos in complete freedom, while remaining in control of your data. The official PeerTube application is your gateway to hundreds of thousands of videos, available across more than a thousand different platforms, and now viewable on your mobile device wherever you are. Main features of the application Watch videos and subscribe to your favourite channels: Follow your favourite creators, no matter which instance they're hosted on, and find out what's new on the home screen. Find videos you've watched and saved for later in ‘Library’. Explore the PeerTube federation: easily browse videos and creators on different PeerTube instances hosted around the world. Discover diverse content from a multitude of interconnected servers. No account required! Search and discover videos: Use our search engine to find specific videos, channels or themes across the entire PeerTube network. Choose themes that interest you to find the content that's right for you. Offline download: Download videos directly to your device and watch them without an internet connection, wherever and whenever you want. Upload videos from your mobile device: Easily import your own videos from your device, and contribute to PeerTube's decentralised ecosystem. Comment and interact: Comment, discuss and exchange around videos with the PeerTube community. Why choose PeerTube? PeerTube is more than just a video platform. It's a decentralised network that respects your privacy and offers you an ethical alternative to the platforms of surveillance capitalism. Unlike centralised services, PeerTube does not collect your personal data or track you for advertising purposes. With PeerTube, you have complete control over your video experience. Download the PeerTube application now and join a community that supports a free, decentralised Internet that respects its users. Who is behind PeerTube? PeerTube is a project developed by Framasoft, a French non-profit organisation committed to popular education about the digital commons. Framasoft is known for its many initiatives aimed at raising public awareness of alternatives to large centralised platforms and encouraging digital practices that are more respectful of privacy and individual freedoms. This is done in particular through the De-google-ify Internet campaign, which proposes some fifteen services as alternatives to those of the net giants.

About

Kept

This app acts as a private vault for your memories. Capture photos, assign ratings, and add notes to easily recall specific items like wines, paint colors, or dishes you enjoyed. All data remains securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Private photo vault
  • Rating and note system
  • On-device storage
  • No account or sign-up required
  • Searchable memory archive
  • Optional location tagging
Features
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Some things are worth remembering. Kept is a private vault for the things you try. Snap a photo, give it a rating and a note, and find it again months later — the wine you loved, the paint colour that was right, the dish worth ordering again, the plant that actually survived. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR PHONE • No account. No sign-up. No password to forget. • No cloud sync, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. • Your photos and notes never leave your device. SIMPLE BY DESIGN • Snap: take a photo, rate it, add a note in seconds • Vault: everything you've kept, searchable when you need it • Add a place to a memory if it matters — only when you ask for it WHY IT EXISTS Photos alone don't remember why something mattered. A rating and a line of context turn a picture into something you can actually use later. Available in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian.

Screenshots

PeerTube4 screens
Kept4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kept at 100% against PeerTube's 47%. Kept also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). PeerTube's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kept holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PeerTube has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of PeerTube's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kept's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PeerTube ships an update every 5 weeks, Kept every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PeerTube versus Kept: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeerTubeKept
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (34 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB24 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFramasoftFrederic BASSAN

Customer experience

PeerTube

All ratings34 ratings
Positive70.6%
Neutral8.8%
Negative20.6%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral13.7%
Negative39.2%

Kept

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

PeerTube

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App freezes on opening
  • Cannot scroll on landing page
  • App does not orient correctly
  • App gets stuck upside down
  • Video player has delay
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  • Accidental touch controls for brightness/volume
  • Cannot find own videos
  • App logs out users
  • Not accessible with screen magnification
  • Video loading issues
  • Screen remains frozen on homepage
  • App freezes on splash screen
  • Cannot log into account
  • Cannot search other instances properly
  • Instance addresses not saved
  • Cannot add custom instances
  • App is unusable

Requested features

14 requests
  • Background playback
  • Picture-in-picture mode
  • Widget with video previews
  • Ability to add custom instances
  • Support for more PeerTube instances
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  • User accounts
  • Ability to upload videos
  • Creator section
  • Move creator work from YouTube
  • Incentives for followers
  • Import videos
  • Create an account
  • Airplay support
  • Set default instance

Kept

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PeerTube

No in-app purchases

None

Kept

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PeerTube free?
PeerTube is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kept free?
Kept is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PeerTube or Kept?
Kept is rated higher. PeerTube averages 3.9 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Kept averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PeerTube or Kept have ads?
Neither PeerTube nor Kept shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PeerTube or Kept?
PeerTube ships an update every 5 weeks, and Kept every 5 days. Most recently, PeerTube was updated on October 24, 2026 and Kept on October 18, 2026.

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