Comparison

Grass vs Keep In Touch

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

Head to head
About

Grass

Features
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Grass — Focus, Visualized Turn your focused time into visible progress. Grass is a simple focus timer and session tracker that transforms every completed session into a colorful block on your daily timeline and a patch in your growing field. See when you focused, when you rested, and how your focus habits develop over time. There is no complicated productivity system to manage. Choose a duration, start the timer, and focus on what matters. Whether you prefer short study sessions or longer deep-work blocks, every completed session becomes part of your progress. Grow your Grass. Grow yourself. Key Features - Simple Focus and Break Timer Start a focus or break session in seconds with a clean, distraction-free interface. - Daily Focus Timeline See exactly when you focused, rested, and completed each session throughout the day. - Visual Focus History Explore your focus patterns across days, weeks, and months as your completed sessions grow into a field. -Focus Statistics Check your completed sessions, total focus time, break count, and break time at a glance. -Flexible Session Tracking Name your activities, choose colors, and edit or delete completed sessions whenever needed. -Study and Deep-Work Support Use Grass for studying, reading, writing, creative work, daily routines, or Pomodoro-style focus sessions. -iCloud Sync Keep your focus history synchronized across your Apple devices. -Light and Dark Mode Use Grass comfortably throughout the day and night.

About

Keep In Touch

This app helps you stay connected with friends and family by reminding you when to reach out. Set custom timers for contacts and receive visual cues when it's time to send a message. A home screen widget provides quick access to see who needs your attention most.

Highlights
  • Add contacts with custom timers
  • Visual blur indicator for outreach prompts
  • Home screen widget for urgent contacts
  • Set contact frequency goals
  • Track who needs to be contacted
Features
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How to use KeepInTouch: - Open the app and add a friend or family member's contact info. - Set a frequency timer for how often you want to reach out to them. - Watch their profile picture—if it starts to blur, it is time to send a message! How to add the KeepInTouch Widget: To get the most out of the app, add our widget directly to your Home Screen to see who needs to be contacted most urgently. - Long-press any space on your Home Screen until the apps jiggle. - Tap the + button in the top corner. - Search for KeepInTouch, select your widget size, and tap Add Widget!

Screenshots

Grass3 screens
Keep In Touch4 screens

Verdict

The call

Grass and Keep In Touch are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grass ships an update every 9 days, Keep In Touch every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Grass versus Keep In Touch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrassKeep In Touch
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul KimAneesh Koppolu

In-app purchases

None

Grass

No in-app purchases

None

Keep In Touch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grass free?
Grass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keep In Touch free?
Keep In Touch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grass or Keep In Touch have ads?
Neither Grass nor Keep In Touch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grass or Keep In Touch?
Grass ships an update every 9 days, and Keep In Touch every 2 weeks. Most recently, Grass was updated on October 30, 2026 and Keep In Touch on November 5, 2026.

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