Comparison

Studia vs Kept

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

Head to head
About

Studia

Transform study sessions into engaging games by blocking distracting apps and tracking your progress. Compete with others globally and discover your most productive study environments. Gamify your learning experience and achieve your academic goals.

Highlights
  • Distraction blocking
  • Proof-based sessions with photo verification
  • Streaks and stats tracking
  • Customizable focus profiles
  • School leaderboards
  • Live study map
  • Ambient noise sensing
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Studia turns study time into a game. Start a session, lock your distracting apps with Apple Screen Time, and stay focused. Track where you work best and compete with other schools in your city, country, and around the world. • Distraction Blocking — Pick apps and categories (social, games, browsers) and Studia locks them for your whole session. • Proof-Based Sessions — Snap a photo of your work to verify a session and count it toward public leaderboards. • Streaks & Stats — Every session builds your daily streak and weekly hours toward your target. • Focuses — Create a focus like "Organic Chemistry Midterm," attach a block profile, set a due date, track hours. • School Leaderboards — Compete against other schools, see who can study the most. • Live Study Map — See activity around you, at your school, and in your city. • Noise Sensing — Optional ambient-noise readout lets you track where you work best. Download Studia today and start your first session. Contact support at support@studiaios.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Kept

Features
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Prop your phone up and study. Kept counts the time you were actually at the desk — and hands it back as a 15-second video you can post. HOW IT WORKS 1. Type in what you're working on, or don't. 2. Prop the phone up and point the front camera at your chair. 3. Tap Lock in, and study. 4. When you stop, you get your score, a ring showing exactly where the hours broke, and a timelapse with all of it burned in. WHAT THE RING SHOWS The ring is the session. Amber is time you were at the desk. The gaps are where you left. A notch is where you picked the phone up. Every session comes out as a full circle, whether it ran 25 minutes or four hours — the number in the middle is the part that changes. THE CAMERA NEVER LEAVES YOUR PHONE Every frame is analyzed on the device itself. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is kept on a server, and there is no account to create. Faces in the exported video are blurred automatically, and that is on by default. NO CAMERA? USE THE SIMPLE TIMER The Simple Timer is a plain study timer with no camera and no score. It does not make a video. It is free, and there is no limit on it. WHAT'S FREE Kept is free to use. On the free plan you get two scored sessions a week, and your videos carry a KEPT.STUDY watermark. Free clips can be shared the day you make them; keeping them is part of Kept Pro. KEPT PRO Kept Pro takes the KEPT.STUDY watermark off your videos and opens up the rest of the app. • Yearly — $44.99 per year, after a 7-day free trial • Monthly — $7.99 per month, no free trial Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in your Apple Account settings after purchase. If you buy a subscription during a free trial, the unused part of that trial is forfeited. FOR PARENTS Kept is a study timer. The camera does one job: it tells whether the student is sitting at the desk. All of that happens on the phone. No video, image or frame is ever uploaded, there is no account, no messaging and no feed. Faces are blurred automatically in anything the app exports. That blur is on by default; it can be turned off in the app. IF YOU ARE ASKED TO APPROVE A PURCHASE Kept Pro is the same study timer. It removes the KEPT.STUDY watermark, lifts the two-scored-sessions-a-week limit, and lets clips be kept on the phone instead of clearing at the end of the day. It does not add an account, a feed, messaging or uploads — where the video goes does not change. You can cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kept.study/privacy

Screenshots

Studia4 screens
Kept4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Studia at every 5 days against Kept's every 3 weeks. 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

Both are free to download. Studia sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Kept sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Studia ships an update every 5 days, Kept every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Studia versus Kept: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudiaKept
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB94 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBENJAMIN JOHN DAVIESTAKASHI WATANABE

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Studia

Subscriptions3
  • Studia+ Weekly Subscription7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Studia+ Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Studia+ Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$79.991 Year
2 purchases

Kept

Subscriptions2
  • Kept Pro Monthly: Study Video$7.991 Month
  • Kept Pro Yearly: Study Video7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Studia free?
Studia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kept free?
Kept is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Studia or Kept have ads?
Neither Studia nor Kept shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Studia or Kept?
Studia ships an update every 5 days, and Kept every 3 weeks. Most recently, Studia was updated on October 22, 2026 and Kept on October 18, 2026.

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