Comparison

Muse vs Kindly Kept

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

Head to head
About

Muse

This platform offers real-time feedback, expert coaching, and community support to enhance confidence, social skills, and personal style. It provides tools and guidance for self-improvement in areas like dating, career, and personal presentation.

Highlights
  • Real-time feedback on photos, messages, and videos
  • Expert coaching for confidence, style, and communication
  • Supportive community for shared growth
  • Tailored advice on style, dating profiles, and presence
  • Daily challenges and lessons for long-term confidence
Features
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Muse is a platform designed to help you become the best version of yourself. Through real-time feedback, expert guidance, and community support, Muse helps you elevate your confidence, master social skills, refine your personal style, and so much more. Whether you're navigating dating, building your career presence, or just working on self-improvement, Muse provides the tools, coaching, and support you need all in one place. What You’ll Get: · Real-Time Feedback: Upload photos, messages, or videos and get honest, constructive feedback from coaches and community members. · Expert Coaching: Gain unique insights from experienced coaches who specialize in helping improve confidence, style, and communication. Learn exactly what to improve, and how. · Supportive Community: Join a judgment-free space and grow together. Share wins, ask questions, and support each other. · Style & Presence Upgrades: Get tailored advice on outfits, grooming, dating app profiles, body language, and more. · Daily Challenges & Lessons: Small, actionable steps to build long-term confidence and social mastery. Muse is more than an app, it’s a movement committed to self-growth and leveling up. If you’re ready to transform how you present yourself to the world, Muse is your starting point. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=81b0a0aa-64c5-41f9-954d-5c1e00b838ae

About

Kindly Kept

Digitally preserve cherished paper keepsakes like cards and artwork. Save multiple images per item, add details, and organize them for easy retrieval through various views. Keep your memories without the clutter of physical items.

Highlights
  • Guided camera capture
  • Photo library import
  • Image editing tools
  • Organize by occasion, date, tags
  • Searchable memories
  • Gallery, timeline, people views
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Kindly Kept is a warm, private archive for the paper memories you want to save without keeping every physical item. One-time purchase. No subscriptions or in-app purchases. Capture greeting cards, kid art, ticket stubs, boarding passes, and other small keepsakes. Save multiple images for each memory, add the details that matter, and revisit them through search, people, timeline, and gallery views. Calm, personal, and organized, Kindly Kept is made for families, sentimental savers, collectors, downsizers, and anyone who wants to preserve meaningful memories without storing boxes of paper forever. Features include: - Guided camera capture for fronts, insides, backs, and extra details - Photo library import - Crop, rotate, reset crop, and image adjustment tools - Multiple senders and recipients - Occasions, dates, tags, notes, and treasured markers - Search across saved details and recognized text - Gallery, timeline, people, and recently added views - Full-screen image viewing and memory montage playback - Example memory for new users - iPhone and iPad support - No Kindly Kept account required Your archive is saved in the app’s private storage on your device. When iCloud is available, eligible archive data can sync through your private iCloud account across your Apple devices. iCloud synchronization requires available storage in your Apple Account; additional storage purchased from Apple is separate from Kindly Kept. Keep the memories. Make room for what comes next.

Screenshots

Muse4 screens
Kindly Kept3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kindly Kept at 100% against Muse's 53%. Kindly Kept also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Muse's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On device support 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

Muse is free to download; Kindly Kept costs $2.99 up front. Muse sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Kindly Kept asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kindly Kept holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Muse has 540 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Muse's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kindly Kept's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Muse ships an update weekly, Kindly Kept every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard10 real differences · 1 level
Muse versus Kindly Kept: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMuseKindly Kept
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.1 (540 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings540 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#170 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB18 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJoinmuseHCE Digital LLC

Customer experience

Muse

All ratings522 ratings
Positive78.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews243 reviews
Positive53.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative41.2%

Kindly Kept

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Muse

Subscriptions6
  • Coach Membership$5.991 Month
  • Coach Membership Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Standard Coach Membership Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Premium Coach Membership2 variants$19.991 Month
  • Coach Membership Annual$39.991 Year
  • Premium Coach Membership Annual2 variants$119.991 Year
One-time2
  • Starter Credits Pack$5.00
  • Value Credits Pack$20.00
None

Kindly Kept

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Muse free?
Muse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kindly Kept free?
Kindly Kept costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Muse or Kindly Kept?
Kindly Kept is rated higher. Muse averages 4.1 out of 5 from 540 ratings, while Kindly Kept averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Muse or Kindly Kept have ads?
Muse shows ads; Kindly Kept does not.
Which is updated more often, Muse or Kindly Kept?
Muse ships an update weekly, and Kindly Kept every 6 weeks. Most recently, Muse was updated on November 8, 2026 and Kindly Kept on October 31, 2026.

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