Comparison

Dead Media vs Keptcase

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

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About

Dead Media

Catalog your physical media collection with a realistic shelf view. Scan barcodes to add discs, track what you've watched, and connect with other collectors to buy and sell. Analyze your collection's statistics and discover new releases.

Highlights
  • Realistic digital shelf display
  • Barcode scanning for quick entry
  • Track watched movies and ratings
  • Buy and sell discs with other collectors
  • Collection statistics and reports
  • Import from other collection apps
Features
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The app for 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD collectors. Scan a barcode and your disc lands on a shelf that looks like the one in your living room: real spines, at real widths, in your pocket. With the rise of streaming, owning your movies has never mattered more. Track your collection, review what you watch, and buy and sell with collectors who get it. THE SHELF Log every disc you own and see it lined up spine by spine, growing with every haul. Sort by title, director, label, or year. Filter to your steelbooks, your Criterions, your blind buys, your unwatched pile. Box sets and TV seasons included. THE DATABASE Scan a barcode and the details fill themselves in. Over 100,000 physical releases with covers, spines, labels, and editions, built by collectors and growing every day. Bulk scan an entire haul in minutes. Bringing a collection with you? Import from Letterboxd, Blu-ray.com, CLZ, or My Movies Pro. THE REVIEWS Rate and review every movie you watch. Follow fellow collectors, see what the community is watching, and find your next favorite through people whose shelves you trust. Your Letterboxd rating history comes with you. THE MARKET Buy and sell discs directly with other collectors. No fees, no middleman: message the seller, agree on a price, and settle up between yourselves. Sellers verify with a phone number, and ratings keep everyone honest. THE REPORT Your collection, in numbers: formats, genres, directors, decades, labels, streaks, and what it's all worth. BONUS FEATURES • New release calendar and pre-orders • Movie of the Week, chosen by the community • Share a snapshot of your collection Start your shelf.

About

Keptcase

Catalog your physical media collection, including movies, music, books, and games. Easily add items by scanning barcodes, track their value, and organize them beautifully. Discover new items and share your collection with others.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanning for item entry
  • Live market value tracking
  • Organize by media type (movies, music, books, games)
  • Track item condition and history
  • Create shareable web pages of your collection
  • Log viewing/listening/reading habits
  • AI-powered recommendations from your collection
Features
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Keptcase is for people who still buy the disc, the record, the hardback and the cartridge and want it all catalogued properly, valued honestly, and beautiful to scroll. Point your camera at a barcode and the item lands on your shelf with its cover, year, cast and studio filled in. Batch mode keeps the scanner open for a whole haul. FOUR SHELVES, ONE APP Movies and TV, music, books and comics, and games each get their own shelf with the details that matter to it — directors and studios, artists and labels, authors and publishers, platforms and regions. One subscription covers them all. KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH Live market values on every shelf, with no setup. See what you paid, what it's worth now, and the gain — then export a dated PDF inventory for insurance. EVERY EDITION, COUNTED SEPARATELY Own a film on VHS, DVD and 4K? Keptcase folds them into one card while keeping each copy's own condition, value and history. Box sets hold their contents. Filter by boutique label or studio. THE WHOLE RUN, AND THE GAPS Series cards lay out a run in order — the numbers you own, the ones on your wishlist, and the gaps named, each with a Wishlist button. A show's page counts its seasons and how far you've watched each. IN THE SHOP, WONDERING IF YOU OWN IT? Scan any barcode — or type the title — and your shelf answers on the spot: on your shelf, owned but not this release, or not on your shelf, with what it goes for online. COMICS, ON THEIR OWN RACK Tap the Books title and switch to Comics: single issues, trades, omnibuses and graded slabs, with publisher and writer, counted and valued apart from your books. GO DEEPER ON EVERY TITLE • Trailers, full cast and More Like This for films • Season and episode breakdowns for TV • Platform details for games • Tracklists for albums • Blurbs and author details for books • Search by actor — "Nicolas Cage" finds every film he's in NEVER BUY A DUPLICATE AGAIN Keep a wishlist, then publish a read-only web page of your shelf and send the link before a birthday. Gift givers see what you're hunting for; link your Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, and follow other collectors' shelves. A DIARY FOR WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WATCH Log every watch, listen, read and play with a rating and a note. Get a monthly recap, a shareable year-in-review card, and stats by decade, genre, format and creator. Collector badges mark the milestones. CAN'T DECIDE? ASK THE SHELF Tonight's Pick draws from what you own, filtered by mood and genre. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, ask your shelf in plain language — "a horror film I haven't watched" — and it answers from your own collection, entirely on device. THE DETAILS COLLECTORS ACTUALLY TRACK Condition and completeness, purchase price and date, who you loaned it to, ratings and notes, cover photos you shoot yourself, and every format from 4K and steelbook to vinyl, cassette, hardback and cartridge. BRING YOUR COLLECTION WITH YOU Import a CSV from whatever you use now, and sync ratings and watch dates from a Letterboxd export. Re-importing is safe — items update, never duplicate. Optional cloud backup restores your shelf onto a new phone. YOUR DATA IS YOURS Your collection lives on your iPhone. Cloud backup is optional and off until you turn it on; signing in uses Sign in with Apple. No tracking, no ads, nothing sold, ever. TRY IT FREE FOR 7 DAYS Then $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year — one price for every shelf. If your subscription ends your collection stays on your phone and you can still browse and export it — adding, scanning, values, backup and the rest need an active subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://keptcase.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://keptcase.app/privacy Made by a physical media collector, for physical media collectors.

Screenshots

Dead Media4 screens
Keptcase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dead Media at 5.0 against Keptcase's 4.2. Dead Media also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Keptcase sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Dead Media asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dead Media holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 21 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dead Media versus Keptcase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDead MediaKeptcase
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (24 ratings) — better4.2 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better21
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB21 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBymike LLCPagani Enterprises LLC

In-app purchases

None

Dead Media

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Keptcase

Subscriptions2
  • Keptcase Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Keptcase Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Dead Media free?
Dead Media is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keptcase free?
Keptcase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dead Media or Keptcase?
Dead Media is rated higher. Dead Media averages 5.0 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Keptcase averages 4.2 from 21 ratings.
Do Dead Media or Keptcase have ads?
Neither Dead Media nor Keptcase shows ads.

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