Residue* vs Keeuc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Residue*
This app allows you to create a visual record of your life by curating photos, music, movies, and other experiences. It focuses on personal reflection rather than social performance, making it easy to add and arrange moments.
- Curate photos, music, movies, and shows
- Create a visual record of life moments
- Focus on personal reflection, not social performance
- Effortless design for quick additions
- No feeds, followers, or likes
Read full descriptionHide full description
Your life, curated like art // Residue is where you build the artifacts of who you are: the photos, songs, movies, shows, books, and little moments that defined each month. // Journaling asks you to write. Residue asks you to curate. Turn the things you loved, noticed, and experienced into a visual record of your life. It’s something closer to art-making than homework. // No feeds. No followers. No likes. Residue isn't asking you to perform your life for anyone. It's just yours. // Effortless by design, Residue fits into your life instead of demanding time from it. Add a moment and arrange it in seconds, not sit-down sessions. // Remember how life feels by curating what mattered.
Keeuc
Transform photos and short videos into personalized story cards with unique frames and textures. Add your own words to create aesthetic memories ready for sharing on social media or saving privately.
- Create story cards from photos/videos
- Unique frames and textured papers
- Add custom text and captions
- Adjust photo position and zoom
- Save cards or share to Instagram
- Built-in camera with zoom
- Collect daily rewards
Read full descriptionHide full description
Turn any photo or short video into a keeuc: a story card with star cutouts, polka dots or a postage stamp frame on textured paper, with your own words on it. Ready for Instagram in one tap. Keeuc (from the Vietnamese "ký ức", memories) is a little photo journal that makes every picture worth a story. Take a photo, pick a frame, add a few words, and get an aesthetic card you can share, save or keep. MAKE A CARD IN SECONDS - Shoot with the Keeuc camera: every lens on your iPhone (0.5, 1, 2 and more), pinch to zoom, tap to focus, photo or a 5-second video - Or pick a photo or clip from your library - Your frame is filled with the colours of your photo, then cut out of it like paper FRAMES, PAPERS AND COLOURS - Viral star scatter and star cutout frames, polka dots, moons, hearts and postage stamps - Word frames for big feelings, with new drops added all the time - Crumpled, linen, lace, doily and embossed papers in soft pastel colours - A gentle film look with adjustable grain, plus brightness, contrast, warmth and saturation - Move and zoom your photo so the best part sits right in the frame WRITE WHAT YOU WANT TO REMEMBER - Add a caption, a feeling, the place and the date - Your words are printed on the card in Keeuc's own type SHARE IT YOUR WAY - Share a 9:16 story with background, straight to Instagram - Save the 4:5 card to Photos - Export a 3D video of your card floating and turning over - Video cards move in both halves of the card MY KEEUCS - Every card you make is kept in My keeucs inside the app - Flip a card to read its words, the moment and the style you picked KEEUCES AND LITTLE REWARDS - Collect keeuces when you make a card each day, and more when you make six - Invite a friend and you both get keeuces - Letters from the Keeuc team in your mailbox, with new frames and features to try SPECIAL TEMPLATES - Seasonal templates, like a monthly recap that turns six photos into a bedazzled stamp collage PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Your photos stay on your iPhone - Sign in with Apple or Google to save and keep your cards, no password to remember - Optional settings stay off until you turn them on, and you can delete your account any time in the app Made with love by Techies Lab. Follow @kee_uc on Instagram and Threads for new drops and ideas. Terms of use: https://keeuc.techieslab.app/terms Privacy policy: https://keeuc.techieslab.app/privacy
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Keeuc at 3 against Residue*'s 1. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Residue* against 5.0 for Keeuc. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Residue* ships an update every 2 weeks, Keeuc every 11 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Residue* | Keeuc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Logarithm LLC | Nguyen An |
Customer experience
Residue*
Keeuc
In-app purchases
Residue*
No in-app purchases
Keeuc
No in-app purchases
