Comparison

Faintly vs Kept

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

Head to head
About

Faintly

Features
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Your past is fading. Not all at once—but little by little, every year. The people. The places. The moments that made you who you are. One day you'll reach for a memory and it won't be there. Faintly is where you keep them before that happens. — THIS IS NOT A DAILY JOURNAL Faintly isn't about documenting today. It's about capturing memories from your past—last week, last year, or thirty years ago. When nostalgia hits, open Faintly and write it down. Just a few words. That's enough. — HOW IT WORKS Write the memory in your own words. It doesn't need to be long or polished. Just enough to anchor it. Place it in time—by year if you remember, or by life stage if you don't. "Kindergarten" or "First job" works just as well as "Summer 1998." Tag the people and places that matter. Over time, you'll see who and where your memories keep returning to. Mark how it feels now. Not how it felt then—how thinking about it makes you feel today. — WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER • Your memories organised by decades, people, places, and feelings • Which life stages hold the most moments • The people your mind keeps coming back to • Patterns in how your past feels to you now — DESIGNED FOR FADING MEMORIES No photos. Faintly is for the moments that can't be photographed—the textures, voices, and feelings that only exist in your head. The ones you only faintly remember. No pressure. Capture a memory in thirty seconds or spend ten minutes. There's no streak to maintain, no daily prompt to ignore. No complexity. Just your words, a rough time, and the people and places that were there. — PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your memories never leave your device unless you choose to export them. Face ID and Touch ID lock available. No account required. No cloud by default. Your past belongs to you. — START FREE Keep up to 30 memories free—enough to see if Faintly fits the way your mind works. Faintly Pro removes the limit entirely. Unlimited memories, forever. $4.99/month or $29.99/year. — WHO FAINTLY IS FOR • People who want to preserve memories from their past before they fade • Anyone who feels nostalgia and wants to capture it in their own words • People who've realized their memories are slipping away with time • Those building a quiet archive of their life—the moments that made them who they are — Your past is fading. The rooms, the people, the feelings—they're getting harder to remember. Faintly is here for the ones your mind keeps bringing back. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://faintly.life/privacy

About

Kept

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Kept is a quiet place for the little paper things you do not want to lose. Save tickets, receipts, cards, labels, and small keepsakes as a private visual collection. Capture an item, let Kept trim it into a clean object, then place it on a canvas that feels more like a memory board than a folder. What you can do: - Capture paper keepsakes with the camera or import from Photos - Keep unplaced items in a simple pool until you know where they belong - Arrange objects on personal canvases - Browse, rename, and revisit collections - Add small notes to remember why each item mattered - Keep your collection local first, with optional iCloud sync through your private iCloud account Kept is for slow collecting, not inbox zero. It is built for the ticket from a first show, the receipt from a tiny cafe, the card you nearly threw away, and the small proof that a day happened. No account is required. Kept does not run ads, does not use third-party analytics SDKs, and does not collect your personal data.

Screenshots

Faintly4 screens
Kept4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kept at none against Faintly's 2. Faintly's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Faintly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Kept asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Faintly ships an update every 10 days, Kept every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Faintly versus Kept: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFaintlyKept
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB178 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichal Dziedzic蓉 杨

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Faintly

Subscriptions2
  • Faintly Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Faintly Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Kept

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Faintly free?
Faintly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kept free?
Kept is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Faintly or Kept have ads?
Neither Faintly nor Kept shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Faintly or Kept?
Faintly ships an update every 10 days, and Kept every 6 weeks. Most recently, Faintly was updated on October 2, 2026 and Kept on October 7, 2026.

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