Kept vs melt ritual
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β 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.
melt ritual
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some thoughts don't deserve a notes app. they need to leave. melt ritual is one screen. tap, write the negative thought that's been eating your focus, and hold the melt button β the words liquefy under your finger, drip down the screen, and dissolve until white washes over everything. lift your finger and the melt pauses; hold again and it continues. when it's done, it's gone. permanently. nothing is ever saved. no history, no archive, no account, no cloud, no way back. the impossibility of getting a thought back is the whole point. the only thing the app remembers is your count β how many thoughts you've thrown away. β’ one screen, one gesture: write, hold, gone β’ real-time melt rendered with metal shaders β’ haptics that let you feel the thought soften and release β’ a lifetime count of everything you've let go β’ a home screen widget that asks for your next one β’ a gentle once-a-day reminder at a random time (optional) β’ 100% private: no accounts, no analytics, no network β everything stays on your phone your head has better things to hold.
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Verdict
Kept and melt ritual are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Kept | melt ritual |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | θ ζ¨ | Rahul Bhadauriya |
In-app purchases
Kept
No in-app purchases
melt ritual
No in-app purchases





