Comparison

Keel vs Basis

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

Head to head
About

Keel

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Stop managing tasks. Start making progress. Keel is a productivity app where your AI coach does the organizing for you. Tell it what's on your mind. It builds your plan, sets your priorities, and tracks your goals. All through conversation. No forms. No checkboxes. No busywork. Just talk. YOUR MORNING IN 90 SECONDS Open Keel. Dump everything on your mind. Your coach reads it all, finds what actually matters, and sets your Big 3: the three tasks that will make today count. Everything else goes to your list automatically. Nothing falls through the cracks. THE BIG 3 RULE Every day, three priorities. Not five. Not ten. Three. When everything is a priority, nothing is. Your coach enforces this because the hardest part of productivity isn't doing more. It's choosing less. GOALS THAT ACTUALLY GO SOMEWHERE Your coach challenges vague goals until they're specific, measurable, and time-bound. Then it breaks them down: annual goals become quarterly milestones, milestones become weekly outcomes, weekly outcomes become your daily Big 3. Everything connects. Every day moves the needle. YOUR COACH REMEMBERS EVERYTHING What you're working toward and why. Your energy patterns. Tasks that keep resurfacing. The more you use Keel, the sharper your coaching gets. WHAT'S INSIDE AI Coach, Brain Dump, Big 3, Weekly Outcomes, Goal Cascade, Reflections. PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays on your device. No accounts required. No tracking. No ads. The only external connection powers your AI coach conversations.

About

Basis

This app unifies tasks, notes, and reference materials into a single, organized workspace. It aims to reduce context switching and promote focus by integrating all your to-dos and saved information. Designed for calm, it offers natural language capture and a rich text editor.

Highlights
  • Unified interface for tasks and notes
  • Reference library for articles and PDFs
  • Notebooks for organization
  • Natural language capture
  • Focus section for daily work
  • Rich text editor
  • Full keyboard support
Features
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Basis is a personal productivity tool that holds your tasks, notes, and reference material in one calm workspace. No more switching between a task app and a note app. One system for everything you want to do, remember, and save. WHY BASIS Your brain doesn't split "reply to Mike" from "the article I want to save" from "the recipe to try later." Different apps do, and every context switch is a tax on focus. Basis holds active tasks, captured notes, and your reference library in one place. Everything's cleanly organized, but nothing's walled off just because it happens to be a task versus a note. FEATURES - Tasks and notes in a unified interface - Reference library for articles, PDFs, photos, meeting notes - Notebooks to organize what you save, or leave things loose - Natural language capture: type "buy milk tomorrow p1 @errands" and Basis prioritizes, schedules, and tags it - Focus section to curate what you're working on today - Rich text editor with tables, lists, and inline images - Full keyboard support for power users DESIGNED FOR CALM Most productivity apps get louder over time. More badges. More features begging for attention. Basis takes the other path. Every design choice is against the noise, so your work stands out, not the app. WHO IT'S FOR For anyone who keeps their tasks in one app and their notes in another. Basis brings both together in one calm workspace.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Basis at 3 against Keel's —. Keel's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Keel versus Basis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeelBasis
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperANANTH RAOLance Hackney

In-app purchases

None

Keel

No in-app purchases

None

Basis

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keel free?
Keel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Basis free?
Basis is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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