Comparison

Better Keep vs Bodcat Notebook

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

Head to head
About

Better Keep

Features
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Capture a quick idea, plan your day, or give a longer note room to grow. Better Keep brings rich-text notes, checklists, photos, sketches, and voice recordings together in one private notes app. A PLACE FOR EVERYDAY IDEAS Write a journal entry, collect study notes, plan a project, or keep a shopping list handy. Add headings, lists, links, text colors, and highlights when a note needs more structure. Attach photos and sketches to keep the details together. FIND WHAT YOU NEED Organize notes with labels, folders, colors, and pinned cards. Search your collection, archive completed notes, and set reminders for things you want to return to. WRITE OFFLINE An account is required. After signing in, create, edit, search, and organize local notes without an internet connection. Core local note-taking is free. CONTINUE ON ANOTHER DEVICE WITH PRO Pro adds real-time, end-to-end encrypted cloud sync across your approved devices. Note titles, content, and supported attachments are encrypted on your device before syncing. Some operational metadata, such as labels and timestamps, remains outside the encrypted payload; see betterkeep.app/security for details. VOICE NOTES YOU CAN FIND AGAIN Record audio alongside your notes. On supported native devices, an on-device Whisper model can turn recordings into searchable text. A model download needs a connection, transcription accuracy varies, and voice transcription is not available on Web. FREE AND PRO Free includes unlimited local notes, rich-text editing, checklists, labels, folders, reminders, offline use after sign-in, and up to five PIN-locked notes. Pro adds encrypted cloud sync and unlimited locked notes. Check the current price and billing options in the app before subscribing. BRING YOUR EXISTING NOTES Import a supported Google Takeout archive on your device. Review the import report for skipped or unsupported items before moving your full collection. Use Better Keep on iPhone, iPad, and Mac and Web. Some features vary by platform. Source code is publicly available under CC BY-NC 4.0. Start with one note. Make room for the ideas you want to keep.

About

Bodcat Notebook

A private, encrypted journaling and note-taking app designed for personal reflection and sensitive records. It offers AI-assisted suggestions and organization tools, with optional PRO features available via subscription.

Highlights
  • Encrypted notes and journal entries
  • Organize with notebooks and tags
  • Privacy-first design
  • AI-assisted suggestions
  • iCloud Drive backup
  • Empathy Studio and Decoder
Features
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Bodcat Notebook is a calm, privacy-first encrypted notes app for personal writing, reflection, communication review, sticky ideas, and sensitive records. Create everyday notes, organize notebooks and tags, protect private vault content, back up through iCloud Drive, and choose English, Simplified Chinese, or Follow System. Optional AI-assisted suggestions and analyses follow the selected app language. Bodcat Notebook includes Empathy Studio and Empathy Decoder for structured self-reflection. AI output is for personal reflection only and is not medical, therapeutic, legal, financial, or other professional advice. Bodcat Notebook PRO is available as an auto-renewable yearly subscription for USD $29.99/year in the U.S. storefront, with localized pricing shown by the App Store purchase sheet. Payment and renewal are handled by Apple. Privacy Policy: https://www.hcjworld.com/apps/bodcat-ios-en/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://www.hcjworld.com/apps/bodcat-ios-en/terms/ Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Better Keep4 screens
Bodcat Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Better Keep at 4 against Bodcat Notebook's 2. Better Keep also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Better Keep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Bodcat Notebook sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Better Keep ships an update every 4 days, Bodcat Notebook every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Better Keep versus Bodcat Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetter KeepBodcat Notebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB11 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFoxbiz Software Private LimitedBeijing Huichengjia Technology Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Better Keep

Subscriptions2
  • Better Keep Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Better Keep Pro Yearly$20.991 Year
1 purchases

Bodcat Notebook

Subscriptions1
  • Bodcat PRO Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Better Keep free?
Better Keep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bodcat Notebook free?
Bodcat Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Better Keep or Bodcat Notebook have ads?
Neither Better Keep nor Bodcat Notebook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Better Keep or Bodcat Notebook?
Better Keep ships an update every 4 days, and Bodcat Notebook every 3 days. Most recently, Better Keep was updated on October 28, 2026 and Bodcat Notebook on October 24, 2026.

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