Comparison

Try Keep vs soft close.

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

Head to head
About

Try Keep

This app helps you remember and act on recommendations from friends and family. Organize suggestions into categories like 'Want to Try' or 'Loved It', and easily share feedback when you experience them. It focuses on personal connections, not algorithms.

Highlights
  • Capture recommendations with source and reason
  • Organize into custom buckets
  • Share feedback with recommenders
  • No AI or algorithmic suggestions
  • Data stays on device
  • No login required
Features
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Your friend tells you about an incredible restaurant. A coworker mentions a book that changed their life. Your sister texts about a show you'd love. Three weeks later, you remember none of it. Try/Keep captures recommendations from the people you trust, so you actually try them, and closes the loop by letting friends know when you do. How it works: Capture what someone recommends, who suggested it, and why Organize into simple buckets: Want to Try, Loved It, Try Again, Not For Me When you love something, share feedback back to the person who recommended it with one tap No AI. No tracking. No login. No algorithm. Your data stays on your device. Your tries are your own. Just recommendations from people you actually know and trust. Not what some feed thinks you should see.

About

soft close.

This app provides a guided 10-minute ritual to help you transition from work to personal time. It features a customizable checklist and calming ambient music to ensure a gentle end to your workday.

Highlights
  • 10-minute guided timer
  • Customizable closing checklist
  • Ambient background music
  • Daily reminder notification
  • Minimalist interface
Features
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End your workday with intention. soft close is a simple wind-down ritual that helps you step away from work — not all at once, but gently, one small task at a time. Set a closing time. When you're ready, tap Begin Closing. A 10-minute timer starts, ambient music fades in, and your personalized checklist guides you through the little things that help you let go of the day — make your last updates, write tomorrow's first task, set your status to away, close your laptop, take a breath. No streaks. No stats. No guilt. Just a quiet moment to close the loop on your workday so you can actually enjoy your evening. Features: • 10-minute guided wind-down timer • Customizable closing checklist (up to 5 tasks) • Ambient background music that fades in and out • Daily reminder notification at your chosen time • Beautiful, minimal interface designed to calm — not overwhelm

Screenshots

Try Keep4 screens
soft close.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: soft close. at none against Try Keep's 1. soft close. also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Try Keep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. soft close. asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Try Keep against 5.0 for soft close.. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Try Keep ships an update every 3 weeks, soft close. daily. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Try Keep versus soft close.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTry Keepsoft close.
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlan TippinsChristopher Petrillo

Customer experience

Try Keep

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

soft close.

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Try Keep

One-time1
  • Unlimited$2.99
None

soft close.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Try Keep free?
Try Keep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is soft close. free?
soft close. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Try Keep or soft close.?
Try Keep and soft close. are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Try Keep or soft close. have ads?
Neither Try Keep nor soft close. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Try Keep or soft close.?
Try Keep ships an update every 3 weeks, and soft close. daily. Most recently, Try Keep was updated on September 26, 2026 and soft close. on October 14, 2026.

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