Daily One Word vs Kept
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily One Word
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Daily One Word is a private one-word journal for days that do not need a full entry. Save one anchor word for today. Choose a color tile for that word; the color can express the feeling of the moment without a separate mood choice. Add another moment, note, or photo only if you choose. Your entries form a calm color timeline you can revisit in a monthly reflection. Reminders are optional, and there are no streaks to maintain. • Save one anchor word a day and choose its color tile • Add optional moments, notes, or photos • On-device timeline and monthly reflection • Optional reminders • No account, cloud sync, ads, analytics SDK, advertising identifier, or third-party tracking • Optional Face ID or device passcode app lock protects the interface; it is not storage encryption • English and Simplified Chinese support Your journal stays on this device by default. Only content you explicitly include in the Share preview leaves the device when you choose to share. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Kept
This app provides a private digital space to store and organize small paper items like tickets, receipts, and keepsakes. It allows users to capture items with their camera or import them, arrange them on personal canvases, and add notes for context. The focus is on slow, mindful collecting rather than rapid organization.
- Capture paper items with camera
- Import items from Photos
- Arrange objects on personal canvases
- Add notes to items
- Optional iCloud sync
- No account required
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Kept is a quiet place for the little paper things you do not want to lose. Save tickets, receipts, cards, labels, and small keepsakes as a private visual collection. Capture an item, let Kept trim it into a clean object, then place it on a canvas that feels more like a memory board than a folder. What you can do: - Capture paper keepsakes with the camera or import from Photos - Keep unplaced items in a simple pool until you know where they belong - Arrange objects on personal canvases - Browse, rename, and revisit collections - Add small notes to remember why each item mattered - Keep your collection local first, with optional iCloud sync through your private iCloud account Kept is for slow collecting, not inbox zero. It is built for the ticket from a first show, the receipt from a tiny cafe, the card you nearly threw away, and the small proof that a day happened. No account is required. Kept does not run ads, does not use third-party analytics SDKs, and does not collect your personal data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Daily One Word at 15.1 against Kept's 18.2. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Daily One Word ships an update every 9 days, Kept every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily One Word | Kept |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 羽芹 谭 | 蓉 杨 |
In-app purchases
Daily One Word
No in-app purchases
Kept
No in-app purchases
