Keep It Mobile
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Productivity | Free | Steve Harris | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Available on iPhone and iPad, and a separate app for Mac, changes are automatically made available across all your devices with iCloud. Keep It is the destination for all those things you want to put somewhere, confident you will find them again later.
Create, edit, view and save:
• Notes with styles, checklists and attachments that look good and read well on all your devices
• Web links with live previews, or saved as PDFs for offline viewing
• Rich and plain text files, and Markdown documents
• Annotate PDF documents (and images on iOS 13)
• Add any other kind of file, and see previews for most images, documents, web pages, and more
• See summaries and thumbnails in the list for most files
• Use icon view for browsing items by their thumbnails
• Use the Recents list to see things you’ve added or viewed lately
• Share folders and items with other Keep It users via iCloud
• Open multiple windows on iPadOS
Organize:
• Folders let you organise things hierarchically — select a folder to see everything it and its subfolders contain
• Use bundles to gather items into one place — items can be in more than one bundle at a time
• Use labels to color-code items for quick visual recognition
• Add searchable tags and comments
• Make items favorites and drag lists to the Favorites Bar for quick access
• Drag and drop to organize on iPad
Search and Filter:
• Search everything in Keep It: names, tags, file contents, dates, kinds and more
• Text recognition for scanned documents and images
• Create saved searches that match items against a set of rules
• Use keywords and natural language for dates while searching
• Use the Tag Filter to see all items with a tag and any other relevant tags; choose another tag to drill down further
Use Keep It with other apps:
• Works with the Files app
• Share extension can add links, text, images and other files, and append text to notes from within other apps
• Save and open documents in other apps
• Automate tasks with the Shortcuts app
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Use of Keep It Mobile requires a paid subscription that you can purchase in the app.
A choice of either a monthly or yearly subscription is available, and these include a free trial.
Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account following the free trial, unless you cancel the subscription at least 24-hours before the end of the trial period.
The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.
Your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period.
Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase.
Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
Terms of Use:
http://reinventedsoftware.com/keepit/ios/terms.html
Reviews
A Perfect Information Manager
JonBeebe
This app, along with the macOS counterpart, is by far the best file/information/data management app that’s out there. I have looked into Evernote, OneNote, Bear, DevonThink, and EagleFiler on the Mac and Keep It wins our over all of them. On top of that, it is by far the best designed app out of all of them. I hope the developer continues to keep it updated for years to come (that is one of my main concerns, however, everything can be exported or the developer ever stops supporting the app). Searching (even within PDFs and some obscure file formats) has worked perfectly for me every time. My only feature request would be to include an markdown preview mode for markdown files (or at least give things like heading/bold/italics different styles while editing). This goes for the Mac app as well, since I use that more than this mobile version. Syncing between both also works perfectly.
Too complicated to use, not worth $1.49 a month
dot.mac
I find the UI unintuitive and confusing. I don't see the point of a subscription; many other apps sync up data without any additional costs.
Indispensable and best-in-class
sangyeij
I started using this app this morning, and I’m already sold on it. It’s exactly what I was looking for, for keeping track of complex cases in my work as a law clerk. There are just a few important features I need that it lacks. Edit-- the latest update addressed my main complaint, adding encryption, and the developer helped me with my second issue, about roundtripping without duplication. This app is the best in its class and the developer goes above and beyond in responding to users.-- Encryption - [[added in latest version!]] Roundtripping to PDF Expert or Documents by Readdle - [[clarified by developer]] Ability to choose where your documents are stored - iCloud is fine, but some of us are partial to Dropbox. It would be nice if you opened this up to user selection. Dark mode - this isn’t an important feature so much as a wishlist item. It would look gorgeous. On the topic of aesthetics, a minor UX quirk: in most (all?) other productivity apps, a collapsed folder tree is indicated by >, not ^ . It’s subtle, but jarring. All in all, a great app that occupies prized real estate on my home screen. I expect to use it a lot.
Great information keeper
ManWithClue
KeepIt is a fine piece of software for maintaining information. I’ve used a number of other products over the years, and most recently abandoned Evernote as I was looking for clearer export ability and more control over my own information and where and how it is kept. The software was superb when I started using it a few months ago and has gotten better since. The developer clearly is concerned with moving the product line forward.
Deletes data
David Steven K
Ouch. Really wanted to like this, but it doesn’t save data. I wrote a document, it appeared to save everything, only for me to come back later and find that the data I input was gone. Don’t trust your data to this app. Also, tags don’t even work... I can try to add a tag all day in the menu for a sheet and nothing happens. Poor testing done on this app. Update - apparently this only happens in KB mode on iPad. Works OK with on screen KB. Still lost data, but tags work if you aren’t using Smart KB.
Fine program and excellent support
Here-and-Now
Keep It is terrific and keeps getting better. The dev is attentive and very helpful. I recommend it without reservation, and it is beautiful on the Mac as well. I work with laptop and iPad, and Keep It is incredibly useful. Well done, Steve!
The Only Note App With Key Core Function
thechexican
Used to be an Evernote fan, but after the bad redesign and the aggressive push for premium even when you already had a subscription, I exported and quit. I tried all the other options, but no other note app lets you edit the note date, which is a baffling consistent omission across so many apps. I’m normally against app subscriptions in favor or large one time payments, but this is one worth it.
Kills DevonThink, I think...
SkyHighDevon
This does what DevonThink does but possibly better for my needs. Got the monthly for now to see how it goes while migrating my stuff from the other app to this 1. So far so good.
Non-starter
Quark Gluon Plasma
This app falls into a crucial category for me. I can’t even read the “Welcome to Keep It” document in the app without subscribing. This document shows up in the Files app as a “Keep It Info File.” I don’t need another proprietary file format. This one gets no chance with me- the initial impression is not good enough.
Tries too much at the same time
HolyDuck
Oh, how I wanted to love Keep It. I tried it - and discarded it - several times this summer, and recently got back on the wagon because I couldn't find a better alternative for my needs. Basically I want a sort of research hub for both pdfs, bookmark/articles and a few notes, with the ability to highlight and share them, etc. Keep It is probably a good tool for a lot of people (it certainly has good ratings) but for me it simply tries - and fails - to be everything at once. And I like that concept and wanted it to work, but it doesn't. Many great features, but not quite the ones I really want. I even got a yearly subscription for both iOS and macOS to force myself to using Keep It. But today I had to give up. Instapaper is a better read-it-later + highlighting tool. Mac/iOS Markup is better for annotating pdfs. Bear is better for taking notes. Etc. So, while I wait for that perfect tool it's back to using a handful of apps to solve each task... I'm sorry, and I wish the developer the best of luck - and of course I may change my mind. I still have about 11 months of subscription left...
