Keep Up vs Scrutiny
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Keep Up
Stay informed about changes to your favorite blogs and websites. Enter any URL to receive notifications when content is updated. Never miss a new blog post or a website modification again.
- Website change notifications
- New blog post alerts
- Track any URL
- Customizable alerts
- Never miss updates
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Be notified of updates to your favorite blogs and websites! Enter any URL, and Keep Up will notify you if the site changed since you were last on the app. If you track a blog, Keep Up will notify you only when there is a new blog post. Never miss an update again to your favorite websites and blogs! ~ Use cases ~ • Keep updated with the latest blog posts • Ever been on a website that says, "Coming Soon", but you don’t know when? Let Keep Up tell you when it's updated. • Track changes to your favorite websites ~ Features ~ • Checks for changes to websites or blogs, and notifies you • For blogs: Notifies you of a new post • For websites: Notifies you of a content change Now you can easily keep up with updates to all your favorite websites and blogs!
Scrutiny
Discover and organize academic research effortlessly on your phone. Search over 300 million papers from trusted sources in seconds and swipe through results to save or skip. Streamline your workflow and stay productive anywhere, anytime.
- Search 300+ million research papers
- Swipe to save or skip results
- Organize academic research
- Streamline research workflow
- Mobile research on the go
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300M+ Papers. Zero Hassle. Smarter Research Starts Here. Say goodbye to clunky databases and hello to Scrutiny — the fastest, easiest way to discover and organize academic research from your phone. Whether you're a student, researcher, or just deep in a Wikipedia rabbit hole, Scrutiny lets you: Search 300+ million research papers from trusted sources in seconds Swipe through results like you're browsing social media — right to save, left to skip Streamline your workflow and focus only on what matters Stay productive anywhere, anytime — no more waiting to get back to your laptop Start collecting ideas, citations, and insights faster than ever. Scrutiny turns research into a habit you’ll actually enjoy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scrutiny at 100% against Keep Up's 50%. Scrutiny also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Keep Up sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Scrutiny asks for nothing beyond the download.
Keep Up ships an update every 2 months, Scrutiny every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Keep Up | Scrutiny |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lukas Rossi | Marc Plunkett |
Customer experience
Keep Up
Scrutiny
In-app purchases
Keep Up
- Keep Up Premium$0.99
Scrutiny
No in-app purchases
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