Comparison

Spark NZ vs Kept

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

Head to head
About

Spark NZ

Manage all your mobile, broadband, and wearable plans in one convenient app. Easily top up, pay bills, track data usage, and discover the latest offers and content.

Highlights
  • Manage all accounts in one place
  • Quick bill payments
  • Track data usage by hour, day, month
  • Top up plans and add data/minutes
  • Discover latest offers and content
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The new Spark App has been completely rebuilt from the ground up to put everything you need right at your fingertips. Clear graphics and navigation make it simple to find what you’re after. All your accounts in one place. Manage all your mobile, broadband and wearable plans as well as family and shared data accounts in one place – easily top up, pay bills, add data and minutes, change plans, and more. Pay bills quickly and securely. Pay the way that works for you – with internet banking or one of your cards stored in app. Track data usage. Know what you need and when you’re going to need it with a quick tap. And check out your habits with usage history by the hour, day or month. What’s new? Like to keep up with what’s going on? We bring you a selection of the latest and greatest, whether that’s music, movies, sport, the latest tech, helpful tips, great offers, and more.

About

Kept

Features
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Kept is a home maintenance tracker for iPhone. Users add one or more properties (a house, flat, car, holiday home) and create recurring maintenance tasks for each — things like boiler services, gutter cleans, MOT, dishwasher filter cleaning. Each task has a category, a repeat interval (monthly through annual, or a custom number of days/months/years), and an optional local reminder. Tasks are automatically sorted into four states: Overdue, Due Soon (within 14 days), On Track, and Never Logged, so users can see at a glance what needs attention. When a job is completed, the user logs it with a date, optional note (contractor name, what was replaced), and optional cost in GBP. This builds a full service history for every task. A small home screen widget shows the single most urgent upcoming task. Everything runs fully offline with no account, no cloud sync, and no third-party services.

Screenshots

Spark NZ4 screens
Kept4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Kept at none against Spark NZ's shown. Spark NZ's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Spark NZ versus Kept: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpark NZKept
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (88 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews7.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings88 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpark New Zealand Trading LimitedRueben McBurrows

Bugs and requests

Spark NZ

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login and password reset issues
  • Unreliable data tracking and usage information
  • Compatibility problems with newer OS versions
  • Transactions failing or not reflecting properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improve payment and top-up functionality
  • Add more self-service options
  • Provide better visibility into account details
  • Integrate with other Spark services

Kept

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spark NZ

No in-app purchases

None

Kept

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spark NZ free?
Spark NZ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kept free?
Kept is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spark NZ or Kept have ads?
Spark NZ shows ads; Kept does not.

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