Comparison

File Reader vs Kept

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

Head to head
About

File Reader

Features
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File Reader: PDF, DOC, PPT is an all-in-one document management and productivity app designed to help you read, organize, create, convert, edit, and manage your important files in one place. With File Reader: PDF, DOC, PPT, you can easily manage PDF, PPT, DOC, CSV, Excel, and TXT files, while powerful PDF tools make everyday document tasks faster and more convenient. Key Features: Manage Your Documents • Manage PDF, PPT, DOC, CSV, Excel, and TXT files • Easily browse, read, organize, and access your documents • Add files to Favourites for quick access • Manage and organize created files Convert Files to PDF • Image to PDF • Text to PDF • Web to PDF • Excel to PDF • DOC to PDF • PPT to PDF Powerful PDF Tools • Split PDF files • Merge multiple PDFs • Convert PDF to images • Add watermarks to PDF • E-sign PDF documents • Lock PDF files • Unlock PDF files Document Vault • Keep important documents securely organized • Access your stored files conveniently This app contains subscription Monthly pro at $1.99, Yearly pro at $9.99 and life time pro at 19.99 to use ads free versions of the premium app which can cancel anytime. To learn about our privacy policy, please visit: https://muraliarvind.blogspot.com/2025/04/privacy-policy.html For our terms of use, please visit: https://muraliarvind.blogspot.com/2025/04/terms-of-service.html File Reader: PDF, DOC, PPT brings document reading, file management, PDF conversion, PDF editing, document security, and file organization together in one convenient app.

About

Kept

This app helps you focus by blocking specific apps and websites based on your schedule and location. It offers customizable challenges to temporarily unlock blocked content, promoting mindful usage and productivity.

Highlights
  • Block apps and websites by time
  • Block apps and websites by location
  • Customizable unlock challenges
  • Strict mode for commitment
  • Progress tracking via Screen Time data
  • Private by design, no account needed
Features
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Block apps and websites by time and location. Choose what to block, when and where, and Kept handles the rest, even when the app is closed. • Block social apps at the office, 8 AM to 1 PM • Block all games and social apps from 10 PM to 7 AM • Block social apps at home during dinner, 7 to 8 PM • Block every adult website, all day, every day WHAT YOU CAN BLOCK • Any app, picked from Apple's own app list • Whole categories, like Social, Games or Entertainment • The websites you keep going back to • All adult websites, with one switch TIME AND PLACE, TOGETHER • Pick days and hours, like a bedtime from 10 PM to 7 AM • Pick places: only at home, only at the office, or everywhere except the office • Combine both: weekdays 9 to 5, only while you're at work • Place rules run in the background, even with Kept closed. Arriving and leaving can take a few minutes to register CHALLENGES TO UNBLOCK Need a break? Unlock for 15, 30 or 60 minutes by completing the challenge you set: • Wait 10 seconds, and longer each time that day • Type out a passage • Solve three sums • Catch the dot, eight times • Turn your phone sideways and back, twice • Enter your own code, or one only your partner knows • Plug your phone into a charger • Or no challenge at all You also decide how many breaks you get per day, from zero to five. STRICT MODE • Firm: a rule can't be loosened or turned off while it runs • Committed: a rule is locked until a date you pick. Nothing can be loosened inside Kept, and iOS keeps Kept from being deleted until then • One emergency pass per month, for when it really matters PROGRESS, NOT GUILT See how many moments you kept and how much of your evening came back, from Screen Time's own numbers. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account and no sign-up • The apps you choose and your Screen Time data stay on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. Kept can't see them, and neither can we ONE SUBSCRIPTION, EVERYTHING INCLUDED • Kept requires a subscription. Every feature is included • 7-day free trial on the yearly plan • Family Sharing included • Built on Apple's Screen Time API. Requires iOS 17 or later The best moments are kept. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getkeptblocker.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

File Reader4 screens
Kept4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Kept at none against File Reader's shown. File Reader's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. File Reader sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Kept sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
File Reader versus Kept: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFile ReaderKept
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArvind MuraliJoao Gomes

In-app purchases

3 purchases

File Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99
3 purchases

Kept

Subscriptions2
  • Kept Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Kept Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Reset strictness$0.99

Questions

Is File Reader free?
File Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kept free?
Kept is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do File Reader or Kept have ads?
File Reader shows ads; Kept does not.

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