Comparison

Keep Your Promises vs Tend

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

Head to head
About

Keep Your Promises

Features
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Some intentions deserve more than a place on a to-do list. Keep Your Promises helps you turn what matters into a clear promise to yourself, choose a deadline, and keep it visible with supportive reminders. Create a promise in seconds, add context if it helps, and choose when you want to follow through. See what is coming next, mark a promise complete, and review whether it was finished before or after its deadline. KEEP WHAT MATTERS VISIBLE • Set deadlines for 24 hours, 7 days, or one month • Turn on notifications to receive reminders as the deadline approaches • Review promises that are active, completed, or past their deadline • See your promise calendar and open the commitments planned for each date • Follow your overall progress and recent activity from the dashboard KEEP YOUR PROMISES PRO When you want more flexibility, Pro unlocks custom promise dates and the Two Option Rule—a promise with two possible paths, where you choose the option you completed. Available plans, localized pricing, and renewal details are shown before purchase. You can restore or manage purchases from the app. Start with one promise that matters and give it a clear place in your life. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tend

Features
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Are you the one who always remembers the birthdays, organizes the dinners, and keeps the group chat alive—but feels totally overwhelmed by the mental math of keeping in touch? Welcome to Tend. Tend is a beautifully designed digital sanctuary built to help you manage your relationships without the stress. We take the anxiety out of staying connected by organizing your social life, offloading your mental to-do list, and providing gentle, guilt-free nudges exactly when you need them. Your Digital Sanctuary A calm, beautifully crafted space to organize your contacts, notes, and relationship history. Customize your space with our dynamic Day Garden and Night Garden themes. Cognitive Offloading Stop trying to remember the last time you texted your college roommate. Set a custom rhythm (every 7, 14, or 30 days) and let Tend quietly keep track of who you need to catch up with. Smart AI "Nudges" Want to reach out but don't know what to say? Tend’s smart AI drafts personalized texts or emails based on your past interactions, tone, and relationship context so you can reconnect in seconds. Seamless Social Planning Plan dinners, coffees, and catch-ups effortlessly. Tend safely syncs with your native calendar so you can track your social life without missing a beat. The Sunday Paper Reflect on your week with a gorgeous, personalized summary of the moments you’ve shared, connections you’ve nurtured, and the new seeds you’ve planted. (Perfect for sharing to your Instagram Story!) Private, Safe, and Secure Your relationships are private, and your data should be too. Tend uses a gentle, user-controlled 2-way sync that never overwrites or destroys your native phone contacts without your permission. Give yourself peace of mind, and give your relationships the attention they deserve. Download Tend today and start growing your garden.

Screenshots

Keep Your Promises4 screens
Tend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tend at none against Keep Your Promises's 3. Keep Your Promises's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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. Keep Your Promises sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Tend asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Keep Your Promises versus Tend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeep Your PromisesTend
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRolando BarbellaCHRISTOPHER JAMES ROBERTS

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Keep Your Promises

Subscriptions2
  • Promises Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Promises Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Go Pro$24.99
None

Tend

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keep Your Promises free?
Keep Your Promises is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tend free?
Tend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Keep Your Promises or Tend have ads?
Tend shows ads; Keep Your Promises does not.

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