Comparison

Keep Your Promises vs Candle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” 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 is a habit tracker for meaningful intentions. It 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 β€’ Set deadlines for 24 hours, 7 days, or one month β€’ Turn on notifications to receive reminders as the deadline approaches β€’ Review promises that are active, completed, or incomplete β€’ See your promise calendar and track how you are doing β€’ Follow your overall progress and recent activity from the dashboard KEEP YOUR PROMISES PRO Pro unlocks: - Custom promise dates - The Two Option Ruleβ€”a promise with two possible paths, where you choose the option you completed. - The freedom to cancel promises Available plans, localized pricing, and renewal details are shown before purchase. You can restore or manage purchases from the app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Candle

Features
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Light a candle. Focus for as long as it burns. That's the whole promise. Candle is a cozy, candlelit focus companion for studying and deep work. Calm, gentle, and quietly motivating. No streaks to break, no shame if you stop early. Just you, a warm little flame, and the time you promised yourself. β€’ One continuous burn is one focus session, your gentle vow for the next stretch of work. β€’ Prefer Pomodoro? Turn it on and the candle β€œbreathes,” burning while you work and resting on breaks. β€’ Study together in calm rooms. Light a shared candle and others pull up a chair (body doubling that actually feels cozy). β€’ Every candle you keep to the end earns a spot on your Shelf, a quiet record of time well spent. Made for students, focus seekers, and anyone who studies better by warm light. Pour a cup of something, light your candle, and begin.

Screenshots

Keep Your Promises4 screens
Candle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Candle at none against Keep Your Promises's 3. Keep Your Promises's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Keep Your Promises sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Candle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keep Your Promises ships an update fortnightly, Candle every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
Keep Your Promises versus Candle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeep Your PromisesCandle
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly β€” betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size46 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRolando BarbellaADAM JAKUB MIERZWA

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

Candle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keep Your Promises free?
Keep Your Promises is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Candle free?
Candle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Keep Your Promises or Candle have ads?
Neither Keep Your Promises nor Candle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keep Your Promises or Candle?
Keep Your Promises ships an update fortnightly, and Candle every 4 months. Most recently, Keep Your Promises was updated on October 30, 2026 and Candle on October 24, 2026.

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