Comparison

Keeplys vs Elm

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

Head to head
About

Keeplys

Features
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Keep your important documents private, organised, and available wherever you need them. Keeplys turns your iPhone into an offline-first document scanner for receipts, invoices, contracts, IDs, and everyday paperwork. • Scan documents quickly with your phone’s camera • Keep scans organised in folders • Access documents without an internet connection • Store documents locally or sync with services you trust • Keep control of your documents—Keeplys has no server that stores them Scan a document, choose where it should live, and keep it under your control. Save scans locally on your device or sync them with Google Drive, iCloud, Paperless-ngx, or Nextcloud. Organise everything into folders so important paperwork is easy to find. Keeplys is built for privacy-conscious people, families, freelancers, students, and small businesses who want a simple document scanner without handing their files to another storage service. Scan, organise, and access your documents even when you are offline. Download Keeplys and keep your documents yours.

About

Elm

Features
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Elm is a fast, distraction-free workspace for your notes, docs, and ideas. Write and organize everything in one place — nested pages, a real block editor, and search that actually finds what you're looking for. No bloat, no fifty menus, no forced AI. NOTES & DOCS Write with a clean block editor built for speed. • Headings, checklists, code blocks, images, and multi-column layouts • Slash commands to add anything without touching a mouse • Nest pages as deep as you need — build your own personal wiki STAY ORGANIZED • Star and pin your most-used pages • Recent pages, always one tap away • Fast, full-text search across your entire workspace SHARE WHEN YOU WANT TO • Share any page with a link — view or edit access • Collaborate without giving up your whole workspace YOUR DATA, YOUR CALL • Export everything, any time — Markdown or HTML • Delete your account and all your data whenever you want FREE TO START Unlimited pages and blocks on the free plan — no credit card required. An optional paid plan with more storage is available on our website. LIGHT OR DARK Looks right at home either way. Simple, fast, and yours.

Screenshots

Keeplys4 screens
Elm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Keeplys at every 6 days against Elm's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keeplys ships an update every 6 days, Elm every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Keeplys versus Elm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeeplysElm
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames SamuelJoshua Arnold

In-app purchases

None

Keeplys

No in-app purchases

None

Elm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keeplys free?
Keeplys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elm free?
Elm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Keeplys or Elm have ads?
Neither Keeplys nor Elm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keeplys or Elm?
Keeplys ships an update every 6 days, and Elm every 2 months. Most recently, Keeplys was updated on October 28, 2026 and Elm on October 28, 2026.

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