NextStep vs Keepio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NextStep
This app helps you track your progress towards personal and professional goals. Visualize your journey and stay focused on achievements with seamless device synchronization for convenience and security.
- Goal tracking
- Milestone management
- Progress visualization
- Habit tracking
- Cross-device synchronization
- Achievement celebration
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Take the NextStep toward achieving your goals and unlocking your potential! Whether you’re planning personal growth, professional success, or daily habits, NextStep is your trusted companion for tracking progress and celebrating every achievement. Visualize your journey and stay focused on what matters most with seamless synchronization across your devices for convenience and security.
Keepio
This app unifies your projects, notes, and tasks in one intuitive space, eliminating the need to switch between multiple applications. It offers a simple setup and integrates seamlessly into your daily routine with features like a home screen widget and a built-in focus timer.
- Unified project, note, and task management
- Simple, no-setup interface
- Home screen widgets for quick access
- Integrated Pomodoro focus timer
- iCloud sync for data privacy
- Templates for advanced users (Premium)
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Organization apps ask you to build a system first. Databases, views, filters, a method to learn. Three weeks later, the app is still installed and the system has been abandoned. Keepio arrives assembled. A project holds its tasks, its notes, its files and its date. Nothing to set up before using it. WHAT IT WILL NEVER ASK OF YOU No database. No imposed method, not GTD, not PARA. No views to configure, no filters to maintain. And no team: project sharing is not on the roadmap, Keepio stays a personal app. WHAT APPLE INTELLIGENCE DOES Type "Send the invoice Monday #Client": the task lands in the right project, with the right due date and priority. A meeting note turns into a task list. Tags are suggested as you write. All of it runs on Apple's on-device model, with no text leaving the device. WHAT A PROJECT HOLDS - Tasks with priority, due dates and recurrence - Rich text notes, with your files and images attached - A completion percentage that climbs with every checked task - Tags shared between notes and tasks - 9 Home Screen widgets and a Live Activity ON ALL THREE DEVICES Everything runs through your iCloud account. A note taken on iPhone shows up on Mac. No account to create, no server other than Apple's. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. Keepio+ adds the focus timer tied to a project, the calendar view, templates and advanced widgets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NextStep at none against Keepio's 1. NextStep also leads on device support (6 vs 3) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Keepio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NextStep asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NextStep | Keepio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Baptiste DAJON | Carolane Lefebvre |
Customer experience
NextStep
Keepio
In-app purchases
NextStep
No in-app purchases
Keepio
- Keepio+ Lifetime$8.99









