Try Keep vs soft close.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 10-minute guided timer
- Customizable closing checklist
- Ambient background music
- Daily reminder notification
- Minimalist interface
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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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Try Keep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. soft close. asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Try Keep | soft close. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alan Tippins | Christopher Petrillo |
Customer experience
Try Keep
soft close.
In-app purchases
Try Keep
- Unlimited$2.99
soft close.
No in-app purchases







