Kept vs Monk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Kept
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Make a promise you can prove. Kept turns a daily intention into a clear pact with a rule, reminder, check-in, and private evidenceβwithout noisy gamification. BUILD A PACT - Define your promise, reminder, and evidence standard. - Keep protected photo proof on your device, or invite a trusted partner through private iCloud sharing. - See todayβs commitment, current and best streaks, completion rate, freeze balance, and recent history. - Export a clean CSV history without proof images or local filenames. PRIVATE PARTNER ACCOUNTABILITY - A Kept Pro member can invite one person through a private iCloud share. - Invited partners can participate and review proof without subscribing. - Submit proof with a visible 36-hour review window. - Your partner approves or rejects the evidence; automated image analysis never makes the verdict. - Shared changes can queue while offline and retry when iCloud returns. - Merge and deletion safeguards protect shared history from duplicate days and stale cloud records. FREE - Create one solo pact. - View your progress and use a basic widget. - Participate in any pact shared with you by a Kept Pro member. KEPT PRO - Create unlimited solo and shared pacts. - Compare partner streaks, completion rates, and history. - Export pact history and use partner-aware widgets. Photo proof stays on your device until you choose to submit it to a shared pact. Shared evidence uses a private iCloud share with public access disabled. Image feedback uses Appleβs on-device frameworks; Kept does not send proof to a cloud AI service. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in your Apple ID settings. Restore an existing purchase from Settings. TERMS OF USE Product Terms of Use: https://www.uncommonweather.com/legal/apps/kept-terms.html Apple Standard Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Monk
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One calm place for your daily practice. Build the habits you want to keep. Make space from the patterns you want to leave behind. Monk brings habits, meditation, fasting, phone-free time and reflection together, so you can see your days more clearly. A PRACTICE THAT FITS YOUR LIFE Track reading, movement, meditation, breathwork and your own habits. Set a daily goal, choose specific weekdays or work toward a weekly rhythm. Keep private commitments alongside the habits you are building. SEE YOUR DAYS CLEARLY Use the calendar to review your record and correct past days. See your practice time, fasting history and progress by week or month in one place. Return to your routine without turning it into a competition. KEEP YOUR HABITS CLOSE Bring your calendar and progress to your Home Screen with widgets. Use Lock Screen widgets for a quick view, and follow fasts, phone fasts and practice timers with Live Activities. Private commitments stay off widgets and shared cards. MAKE ROOM FOR PHONE-FREE TIME Set a phone fast with a clear beginning and end. Optional Screen Time controls help you block distractions, with ordinary and strict sessions to choose from. FAST WITH INTENTION Choose a fasting goal and follow elapsed and remaining time with a clear timer. Keep a record of completed sessions and see your fasting history at a glance. MAKE MONK FEEL LIKE YOU Choose Monk, Stoa, Zen, Vesper, Rose or the artwork-free Simple appearance. Explore light and dark looks, choose day or night artwork, and select your app icon. Arrange Today around what matters to you, with separate controls for fasting and phone-free time. PAUSE AND REFLECT Make room for a daily thought, a short reflection or a quiet practice. Optional Apple Health access reads and writes Mindful Minutes only, with your permission. YOUR PRACTICE STAYS PRIVATE Use Monk offline without an account. Your practice stays on your iPhone unless you choose cloud sync and Sign in with Apple. Export your record when you want a copy. No ads in the app, and no tracking across other companies' apps and websites. To see whether our Facebook and Instagram ads work, Monk uses Meta's SDK outside the EU/EEA, the UK and Switzerland: Meta learns when Monk is installed and opened and for how long, with a random install ID and basic device and network details (which can show your approximate area). Meta never gets your advertising ID or anything you record. You can turn this off in Settings. TRY IT FREE FOR 7 DAYS Monk is free to download. Start the free 7-day trial and everything works. After that, starting or logging anything new needs Unlock Monk, a single in-app purchase. What you have recorded stays yours to see and export. If you bought Monk before, everything stays unlocked. Monk is a tool for self-mastery and reflection, not medical advice or treatment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Monk at none against Kept's 2. Monk also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Kept sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Monk asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kept ships an update every 3 weeks, Monk every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kept | Monk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ryan Tinklepaugh | Stoic AS |
In-app purchases
Kept
- Kept Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Kept Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
Monk
No in-app purchases









