Kept vs melt ritual
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.
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 — 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 — how many thoughts you've thrown away. • one screen, one gesture: write, hold, gone • real-time melt rendered with metal shaders • haptics that let you feel the thought soften and release • a lifetime count of everything you've let go • a home screen widget that asks for your next one • a gentle once-a-day reminder at a random time (optional) • 100% private: no accounts, no analytics, no network — 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 — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Kept | melt ritual |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 218 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 蓉 杨 | Rahul Bhadauriya |
In-app purchases
Kept
No in-app purchases
melt ritual
No in-app purchases









