Comparison

Manex vs Kept

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

Head to head
About

Manex

Capture anything with your camera and use on-device AI to make it searchable. Find notes, receipts, or documents later by asking in plain English. Your memories are processed privately on your device and never leave your iPhone.

Highlights
  • On-device OCR text extraction
  • Vision-Language Model scene understanding
  • Natural language search
  • Voice search
  • Offline functionality
  • Privacy-first design
Features
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Turn your voice into a private memory you can ask questions about. Manex is an AI voice notes and journal app for iPhone and iPad. Speak freely. Manex transcribes on-device, understands what you meant, and connects each entry to ideas you recorded before. When you need something later, ask in natural language. Manex searches by meaning - not only exact words - and answers from your own saved moments. CAPTURE THOUGHTS IN SECONDS Start recording and speak naturally. Manex turns your voice into readable text as you talk, without making you stop and organize every thought. REMEMBER BY MEANING You do not need to remember the exact words you used. Ask about an idea, decision, concern, or reflection and Manex retrieves the moments that matter. ANSWERS GROUNDED IN YOUR WORDS Manex answers from your saved entries and shows the moments behind its response. Your personal memory stays connected to its original context. A MEMORY THAT CONNECTS Related thoughts are linked automatically over time. Explore recurring ideas and patterns through a living memory map instead of a flat list of recordings. PRIVATE AND ON-DEVICE Your voice, transcripts, memory graph, and AI recall stay on your device. No account, no uploaded journal, and no advertising profile built from your thoughts. NO RECURRING SUBSCRIPTION Manex is free to download and includes 25 moments. If it becomes part of your routine, one purchase unlocks unlimited lifetime memory. USE MANEX FOR • Voice journaling and daily reflection • Capturing ideas while walking or commuting • Remembering decisions and conversations • Study notes and spoken explanations • Creative ideas and personal projects • Tracking recurring thoughts over time • Finding details you no longer remember exactly Say it once. Manex helps you remember what you meant.

About

Kept

This app helps you track warranties and important purchase details. It allows you to log items with receipt photos and serial numbers, and provides timely alerts before coverage expires. All your data is stored locally on your device, ensuring privacy.

Highlights
  • Log purchases with receipt photos
  • Note serial numbers
  • Set warranty coverage alerts
  • Serial number detection from photos
  • Home screen widget for expiring items
  • One-tap serial copy
  • Export all records
Features
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Kept is a warranty tracker with no account, no ads, no subscription and no data collection. Snap the receipt, note the serial, set the coverage. Kept warns you 30 days and 7 days before a warranty ends, so the repair is free because you could find the proof. WHAT IT DOES • Log a purchase in about twenty seconds including receipt photos, serial number, price, store • Quiet warnings before coverage ends (you choose: 90, 30, or 7 days out) • Serial numbers detected from your receipt photo, entirely on your device • An "expiring soon" widget for your Home Screen • One-tap serial copy when you're on the phone with support • Export everything as a file anytime, your records are yours WHAT IT DOESN'T DO • No account. No ads. No subscription. No analytics. • Nothing you enter ever leaves your phone. Our App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected" because we don't. Kept is free, forever. Every feature. If it earns a place on your Home Screen or saves you a repair bill there's a tip jar in Settings.

Screenshots

Manex4 screens
Kept4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Kept at free against Manex's free with in-app purchases. On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Manex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Kept sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Manex versus Kept: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterManexKept
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUntropy, Inc.Moses Smith

Customer experience

Manex

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kept

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Manex

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro Access$29.99
3 purchases

Kept

One-time3
  • Coffee$1.99
  • Lunch$4.99
  • Legend$9.99

Questions

Is Manex free?
Manex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kept free?
Kept is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Manex or Kept have ads?
Neither Manex nor Kept shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Manex or Kept?
Manex ships an update every 4 days, and Kept every 4 days. Most recently, Manex was updated on November 5, 2026 and Kept on October 31, 2026.

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