Comparison

AcadAI vs Kept

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

Head to head
About

AcadAI

This app personalizes your learning by analyzing your academic preferences. It provides step-by-step solutions to problems, generates flashcards from notes, and creates smart quizzes. You can also summarize lectures via audio to study more effectively.

Highlights
  • Personalized learning experience
  • Step-by-step problem solutions
  • AI-generated flashcards
  • Smart quizzes
  • Lecture summarization via audio
Features
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Turn Every Lecture Into a Complete Study Kit AcadAI is an AI-powered study companion built to help students understand lessons, save time, and study more effectively. Record a lecture or upload your study material, and AcadAI transforms it into structured notes, clear summaries, flashcards, and personalized quizzes—all in one place. KEY FEATURES AI Lecture Recorder Record your lectures and automatically capture the important concepts, explanations, and key points. Smart Lecture Summaries Turn long recordings into clear, organized notes without listening to the entire lecture again. AI-Generated Flashcards Convert your lectures and notes into bite-sized flashcards for faster, more effective revision. Personalized Quizzes Generate multiple-choice questions from your own study material, test your understanding, and reinforce what you have learned. Step-by-Step Problem Solving Take a photo or upload an academic problem to receive a detailed, easy-to-follow explanation. Personalized Learning AcadAI adapts its assistance based on your major, academic level, and learning preferences. BUILT FOR STUDENTS Whether you are preparing for an exam, reviewing a difficult lecture, or solving a complex problem, AcadAI gives you the tools to study with greater clarity and confidence. Learning still requires effort—but AcadAI helps you focus that effort where it matters most. Have feedback or questions? Contact us at [support@acadai.app](mailto:support@acadai.app). NOTE: AcadAI provides educational assistance and does not offer professional academic advice. Always verify generated content and consult your educators when necessary. Some AI features, including analysis results, require an active subscription. Subscription options and prices are displayed clearly before purchase. Terms of Use: https://acadai.app/terms/

About

Kept

Features
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Prop your phone up and study. Kept counts the time you were actually at the desk — and hands it back as a 15-second video you can post. HOW IT WORKS 1. Type in what you're working on, or don't. 2. Prop the phone up and point the front camera at your chair. 3. Tap Lock in, and study. 4. When you stop, you get your score, a ring showing exactly where the hours broke, and a timelapse with all of it burned in. WHAT THE RING SHOWS The ring is the session. Amber is time you were at the desk. The gaps are where you left. A notch is where you picked the phone up. Every session comes out as a full circle, whether it ran 25 minutes or four hours — the number in the middle is the part that changes. THE CAMERA NEVER LEAVES YOUR PHONE Every frame is analyzed on the device itself. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is kept on a server, and there is no account to create. Faces in the exported video are blurred automatically, and that is on by default. NO CAMERA? USE THE SIMPLE TIMER The Simple Timer is a plain study timer with no camera and no score. It does not make a video. It is free, and there is no limit on it. WHAT'S FREE Kept is free to use. On the free plan you get two scored sessions a week, and your videos carry a KEPT.STUDY watermark. Free clips can be shared the day you make them; keeping them is part of Kept Pro. KEPT PRO Kept Pro takes the KEPT.STUDY watermark off your videos and opens up the rest of the app. • Yearly — $44.99 per year, after a 7-day free trial • Monthly — $7.99 per month, no free trial Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in your Apple Account settings after purchase. If you buy a subscription during a free trial, the unused part of that trial is forfeited. FOR PARENTS Kept is a study timer. The camera does one job: it tells whether the student is sitting at the desk. All of that happens on the phone. No video, image or frame is ever uploaded, there is no account, no messaging and no feed. Faces are blurred automatically in anything the app exports. That blur is on by default; it can be turned off in the app. IF YOU ARE ASKED TO APPROVE A PURCHASE Kept Pro is the same study timer. It removes the KEPT.STUDY watermark, lifts the two-scored-sessions-a-week limit, and lets clips be kept on the phone instead of clearing at the end of the day. It does not add an account, a feed, messaging or uploads — where the video goes does not change. You can cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kept.study/privacy

Screenshots

AcadAI4 screens
Kept4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: AcadAI at 3 against Kept's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. AcadAI sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Kept sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
AcadAI versus Kept: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAcadAIKept
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperACADAI GENERAL TRADING-L.L.C-S.P.CTAKASHI WATANABE

In-app purchases

9 purchases

AcadAI

Subscriptions9
  • Unlimited3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Unlimited$9.997 Days
  • Monthly Genius$19.991 Month
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  • Semester Scholar$59.993 Months
  • Unlimited (95% off)$59.991 Year
  • Annual Einstein7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Annual$89.991 Year
  • Unlimited$89.991 Year
  • Unlimited$519.991 Year
2 purchases

Kept

Subscriptions2
  • Kept Pro Monthly: Study Video$7.991 Month
  • Kept Pro Yearly: Study Video7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is AcadAI free?
AcadAI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kept free?
Kept is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AcadAI or Kept have ads?
Neither AcadAI nor Kept shows ads.

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