Kept vs Trinket Shelf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kept
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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.
Trinket Shelf
Organize and display your cherished items visually. Add photos, arrange them on customizable shelves, and use them as stickers. Syncs with iCloud and offers a home screen widget.
- Curate and catalog special items
- Photo import and background removal
- Customizable shelves with wood and wallpaper
- Drag-and-drop item arrangement
- Share or copy item images
- Use trinkets as Messages stickers
- Home screen widget
- iCloud sync
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Trinket Shelf is a simple app for curating and cataloguing your special things. Take a photo or choose one from your library and the app cuts it out and places it on your shelf. Add more trinkets and new shelves appear as you go. Drag things around to rearrange them, or tap a trinket to share it or copy the image. Choose your shelf wood and wallpaper... pinstripe, plaid, polka dots, or a coat of paint. Your trinkets can also be used as stickers in Messages. There's also a widget if you'd like your shelf on your Home Screen, and everything syncs with iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Trinket Shelf at 3 against Kept's 1. On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Kept against 5.0 for Trinket Shelf. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Kept | Trinket Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 218 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 蓉 杨 | Olivia Pawlowski |
Customer experience
Kept
Trinket Shelf
In-app purchases
Kept
No in-app purchases
Trinket Shelf
No in-app purchases









