Comparison

Keepio vs OneThing

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

Head to head
About

Keepio

This app provides a straightforward way to manage projects, tasks, and notes without requiring complex setup. It leverages on-device AI to intelligently organize your entries and syncs seamlessly across your Apple devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Project-based organization
  • Tasks with priority and due dates
  • Rich text notes with file attachments
  • On-device AI for intelligent organization
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Home Screen widgets and Live Activity
Features
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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.

About

OneThing

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It's noon, the morning somehow disappeared, and you still haven't started. The to-do list has been sitting there so long that just looking at it makes things worse. One Thing was built for that exact moment. Talk for thirty seconds about whatever is piling up in your head. The laundry, the email you keep avoiding, the thing due Thursday. The app gives you back one task, with a first step so small it feels almost silly. "Open Mail and find their message. That's all for now." You do it, tap done, and the next step shows up. NO LIST, ON PURPOSE There is no list anywhere in the app. Lists are what got you stuck in the first place. You only ever see the step in front of you, and behind it, the steps you've already finished. By evening, that little trail is real proof of a real day. YOU NEVER HAVE TO CHOOSE The app picks what you work on. If it offers something you can't face right now, decline it and it offers something else. It won't ask why. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs on your iPhone with Apple Intelligence. What you say never leaves your phone. No account, no cloud, nobody keeping score. Some of what you say out loud on a bad day is personal, and it should stay that way. NO STREAKS, NO GUILT No notifications. The app doesn't care how long you've been gone. Show up when you need it. One Thing won't get your whole list done. But on a day when everything feels impossible, doing one thing means everything.

Screenshots

Keepio4 screens
OneThing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OneThing at none against Keepio's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Keepio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OneThing asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Keepio versus OneThing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeepioOneThing
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.0 โ€” better26.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size53 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarolane LefebvreCOMMAND+F

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Keepio

One-time1
  • Keepio+ Lifetime$8.99
None

OneThing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keepio free?
Keepio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OneThing free?
OneThing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Keepio or OneThing have ads?
Neither Keepio nor OneThing shows ads.

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