Comparison

To Do Receipt vs Kept Notes

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

Head to head
About

To Do Receipt

Features
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The minimalist to-do list that feels like paper. Tap to check. Swipe to scratch. Pinch to tear off when you're done. No account, no cloud, no AI — just you and your backlog, crumpled up at the end of each day. HOW IT WORKS - Write your tasks on the receipt - Tap the checkbox to check items off - Tap the text to scratch items out - Pinch to tear off the receipt and start fresh - Your old lists crumple into paper balls you can revisit anytime DESIGNED TO FEEL REAL Realistic paper textures, torn edges, and thermal print fonts make every list feel like a real receipt. Five unique store themes give each receipt its own personality — from QUICK MART to CORNER STORE to THE PAPER CO. SIMPLE BY DESIGN No account. No cloud. No sync. No ads. No AI. No notifications. Everything stays on your device, private and offline. A quiet, paperless to-do list for people who are tired of notification-driven productivity apps. FEATURES - Check & scratch — two satisfying ways to mark tasks done - Tear gesture — pinch to archive and start a new receipt - Paper ball archive — tap to revisit, long-press to delete - 5 receipt themes with randomized headers - 40+ decorative stickers and 12 torn edge variants - Haptic feedback on every interaction - 6 customizable app icons - Home Screen widget (coming soon) - Pay once. Yours forever. No ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases - Works 100% offline

About

Kept Notes

Capture thoughts, create checklists, and manage files with a private, self-hosted notes app. Enjoy smart capture powered by local AI and organize with labels and reminders. Your data stays yours.

Highlights
  • Self-hosted data control
  • Apple Intelligence-powered Smart Capture
  • Create text, image, and drawing notes
  • Organize with labels and colors
  • Set reminders
  • Import/Export notes
  • File attachments
Features
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Kept Notes is a fast, friendly notes app for people who want simple capture without giving up control of their data. Apple Intelligence-powered Smart Capture: Using natural language you can entirely manage your notes - create, update, share, label, archive, and trash notes while keeping AI processing local and private on supported devices. Jot down a thought, make a checklist, save a link, attach a file, add an image, sketch a quick doodle, or set a reminder — all in a clean, colorful notes experience designed to stay out of your way. Kept is built around the idea that your notes should belong to you. Connect to your own Kept instance and keep your notes, uploads, reminders, labels, and settings on infrastructure you control. What you can do with Kept: • Create text notes, checklists, image notes, drawings, and file attachments • Pin important notes so they stay at the top • Organize with labels, colors, and background images • Save links and generate rich link previews • Attach PDFs, documents, ZIP files, and other useful files • Set reminders for things you do not want to forget • Search quickly and filter by note type, label, or date • Share notes with other users on your instance • Import notes from Google Takeout • Export your notes when you need a copy • Use backups to protect your data Kept is designed to feel lightweight and familiar: open it, capture the thing, move on. No clutter. No heavy project-management system pretending to be a notes app. Just quick notes, visual organization, and ownership. Important: Kept Notes requires access to a Kept server/instance. You can self-host Kept using Docker or a native install. Setup instructions are available at www.keepitkept.xyz.

Screenshots

To Do Receipt4 screens
Kept Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kept Notes at weekly against To Do Receipt's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

To Do Receipt costs $3.99 and Kept Notes $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

To Do Receipt ships an update fortnightly, Kept Notes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
To Do Receipt versus Kept Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTo Do ReceiptKept Notes
Price$3.99$3.99
Rating—2.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArman ArmaghanyanEric Gillis

In-app purchases

None

To Do Receipt

No in-app purchases

None

Kept Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is To Do Receipt free?
To Do Receipt costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kept Notes free?
Kept Notes costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do To Do Receipt or Kept Notes have ads?
Neither To Do Receipt nor Kept Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, To Do Receipt or Kept Notes?
To Do Receipt ships an update fortnightly, and Kept Notes weekly. Most recently, To Do Receipt was updated on October 14, 2026 and Kept Notes on October 13, 2026.

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