Comparison

Draft vs Keepout

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

Head to head
About

Draft

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CONVERSATIONS THAT FLOW Send messages to teammates instantly with rich text, images, GIFs, and file attachments. Reply to specific messages, react with emoji, and keep conversations organized in threads. Whether it's a quick check-in or a detailed discussion, Draft keeps everyone in sync. CHANNELS FOR EVERY TOPIC Create dedicated channels for projects, teams, or topics. Keep discussions focused and tidy. Everyone stays informed without the noise of unrelated messages cluttering their inbox. VIDEO CALLS Start video calls from your channels. Perfect for team meetings, brainstorming sessions, or presentations. See who's participating and join with a single tap. STAY CONNECTED EVERYWHERE With real-time sync across all your devices, you'll never miss an important message. Start a conversation on your iPhone, continue on your Mac, and check in from your Apple Watch. Download Draft today and experience team communication the way it should be — fast, focused, and beautifully crafted.

About

Keepout

Features
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Keepout is a private notes app for iPhone and iPad. Your writing stays on your device, encrypted at rest, with local tools for connecting and understanding ideas. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • AES-256-GCM encryption protects every note at rest. • Your vault key stays in this device's non-synchronizing Keychain. • Opaque filenames keep note titles and links out of the file system. • There is no account, cloud sync, analytics, remote prompt processing, or plaintext search index. CONNECTED KNOWLEDGE • Link notes with familiar double-bracket wiki links. • Follow backlinks and suggested related notes. • Explore an interactive knowledge graph built with Apple's local sentence embeddings. • Search decrypted notes in memory while the vault is unlocked. LOCAL AI • Ask questions, summarize a note, and suggest connections without sending note text to a server. • Use Apple Foundation Models on supported devices. • Choose the optional MLX engine for local inference. Its compact model downloads once on first use; inference then stays on your device. FOCUSED WRITING • Open the transient action bar from the toolbar or with Command-K on a hardware keyboard. • Type / in the editor for headings, lists, tasks, quotes, code blocks, dividers, and links. • Switch to a centered typewriter view that hides the side columns and softly fades the page edges. • Navigate with touch or hardware-keyboard shortcuts on iPad. • Markdown syntax and link destinations stay visually quiet until the caret enters them. Keepout stores each encrypted note in a .md file so your vault remains a collection of Markdown documents without exposing their contents at rest.

Screenshots

Draft4 screens
Keepout3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Draft at 4 against Keepout's 2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Draft versus Keepout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraftKeepout
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMariano MalisaniAlex Richard Fiore

In-app purchases

None

Draft

No in-app purchases

None

Keepout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Draft free?
Draft is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keepout free?
Keepout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Draft or Keepout have ads?
Neither Draft nor Keepout shows ads.

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