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Keep It

Version 2.4.6

Store notes, web links, and documents in one place.

3.7
Based on 26 user ratesRead reviews & comments
$59.99
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Keep It overview

Keep It is for writing notes, saving web links, storing documents, and finding them again. Available on Mac, and as a separate app for iPhone and iPad, changes are automatically made available to 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.

Features
  • 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
    • 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 the Recents list to see things you’ve added or viewed lately
    • Share items with iCloud
  • 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
  • Search and Filter:
    • Search everything in Keep It: names, tags, file contents, dates, kinds and more
    • Choose suggestions as you search to create complex searches with ease
    • Use keywords and natural language for dates while searching
    • Save searches for later reuse
    • 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:
    • Compact Mode reduces the app to a single column, ideal for using alongside other apps
    • Drag pretty much anything to Keep It
    • Copy clickable links to items in Keep It
    • Share extension can add links, text, images and other files, and append text to notes from within other apps
    • Save files to Keep It’s folders to automatically add them to the library
    • Use a bookmarklet to add links from web browsers that don’t use Share extensions

What’s new in version 2.4.6

Updated on Apr 30 2024

  • Fixed an issue exiting full screen when Compact Mode was previously in use.
  • Fixed an issue where navigation history may be incorrect after showing a related item in a different list.
  • Fixed an issue where an item may be continually saved to iCloud when also using Keep It across different versions of iOS.
  • Fixed an issue saving to iCloud when Keep It’s cache folders have been deleted while the app is running.
  • Fixed an issue where the share button wouldn’t be disabled for encrypted items.

Information

License

Shareware

Size

31.9 MB

Downloads

6639

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • Apple Silicon
  • macOS 12 or later
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What needs improvements

Performance
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Keep It qualities

Value
4.0
Ease of use
4.0
Features
5.0
Reliability
2.0
Customer support
3.0

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Sigil
Sigil
Aug 13 2022
2.0.10
3.0
Aug 13 2022
3.0
Version: 2.0.10
Steve bring back the Library and item Sections (files filtered into folders with representing icons). The sidebar. I miss it.
Turquoise
Turquoise
Nov 3 2020
1.8.20
2.0
Nov 3 2020
2.0
Version: 1.8.20
There should be an easier way than using Automator to choose what folder you want your files to be saved to.
finlaywelsh
finlaywelsh
Oct 29 2020
1.8.20
4.0
Oct 29 2020
4.0
Version: 1.8.20
I am trialling this after the latest disastrous update to Evernote. So far it seems good. My main gripe though is that the web clipper is poor and I can find no way to add it to chrome or Vivaldi. The instructions for adding a bookmarklet don't work. If the clipper worked better I'd be tempted to go with it.
zlazkow
zlazkow
Oct 13 2020
1.8.19
5.0
Oct 13 2020
5.0
Version: 1.8.19
My second rating is for those who are still on the fence. KeepIt is a brilliant application for organising your notes, of all kinds. It is fast, does not stall, pleasant outline, super effective SEARCH...etc.
bohdanz
bohdanz
Sep 30 2020
1.8.17
1.0
Sep 30 2020
1.0
Version: 1.8.17
It's frustrating that I download the app, with the intent and hope to buy it. And every single time I launch the app it crashes. Again and again and again. How am I expected to make a judgment of an app I can't even trial run?
zlazkow
zlazkow
Aug 30 2020
1.8.15
5.0
Aug 30 2020
5.0
Version: 1.8.15
I'm trying it right now. Dragged all my notes from abandoned DEVONnote. Looks beautiful and works great. Search is excellent, as good as in DEVONnote, and even better.
Caper2
Caper2
May 6 2020
1.8.7
5.0
May 6 2020
5.0
Version: 1.8.7
Great app! Both Mac and iOS support. Frequent updates. For me it just works.
RavenNevermore
RavenNevermore
Feb 22 2020
1.8.2
0.0
Feb 22 2020
0.0
Version: 1.8.2
Or just use the Notes app in iOS/macOS. :)
bdikkat
bdikkat
Sep 25 2019
1.7.1
5.0
Sep 25 2019
5.0
Version: 1.7.1
Keeps on egtting better
Kerry-Dawson
Kerry-Dawson
Sep 5 2019
1.6.19
0.0
Sep 5 2019
0.0
Version: 1.6.19
Have you ever thought of doing an Android client. I would buy the system in a flash if you did.
bdikkat
bdikkat
Apr 1 2019
1.6.3
5.0
Apr 1 2019
5.0
Version: 1.6.3
The support pages say you can put any type of file in Keep It and have them sync, but I can't seem to sync Scrivener projects. This, despite the fact that updates to cater for Scrivener have appeared in release notes.
bdikkat
bdikkat
Feb 5 2019
1.5.10
5.0
Feb 5 2019
5.0
Version: 1.5.10
It gets stuck on "Downloading from iCloud..." and "Preparing to index items..." again :(
dwp-1
dwp-1
Sep 18 2018
1.5
5.0
Sep 18 2018
5.0
Version: 1.5
Love Keep It and its iOS counterpart. The developer has been working on versions of this application for years. He consistent;y updates with new features and bug fixes. The compact mode is just what it needed. Give it a try, I think you'll be very pleased. ??????????
cig0
cig0
Jul 11 2018
1.4.2
0.0
Jul 11 2018
0.0
Version: 1.4.2
Seems like a nice solution; however the need to buy a subscription to get the features that I'd take for basic capabilities makes a no-go to me. DEVONthink Pro may look ugly in comparison, yeah -- but it's quite a piece of software for the buck.
bdikkat
bdikkat
Mar 20 2018
1.3
5.0
Mar 20 2018
5.0
Version: 1.3
1.3 is a great update - except that the "activity" window seems stuck with the message "Preparing to index items"
prestonlittle
prestonlittle
Feb 22 2018
1.2.5
3.5
Feb 22 2018
3.5
Version: 1.2.5
A bit pricey for its purposes
isdn
isdn
Feb 5 2018
1.2.4
4.0
Feb 5 2018
4.0
Version: 1.2.4
Nice and simple app. However, it seems that the items can be synced only via iCloud. No Dropbox or other options. No backup options.
Also, the type of item cannot be changed (for example from plain text to rich text) and the items cannot be encrypted.
Jlock
Jlock
Jan 28 2018
1.2.3
5.0
Jan 28 2018
5.0
Version: 1.2.3
Keep It allows me to store all of my notes for work, documents that I want to refer to later, and images/links that I want to keep organized with projects that I am working on. I was using the built-in "Notes" app for Mac before using this app, and Keep It offers a plethora of awesome features, but I never felt like any of them were thrown in there for no reason or that they didn't add value to the app, each one has its place. For example, I LOVE using tags on my notes. I attend a lot of meetings at work and being able to tag meeting notes so that I can view them by department all at once makes my life very easy. No more "Where exactly did I put that note from that meeting again?" moments, which I really am happy about. The developer is active and keeps making improvements to the app, you can't go wrong with this one!
sidebox-1
sidebox-1
Nov 1 2017
1.1.3
3.5
Nov 1 2017
3.5
Version: 1.1.3
given the forced change from Together to Keep It, and the introduction of a more cost-intensive (a.k.a. subscription-based) system in case of use across devices Keep It is a mixed bag. with a promising trajectory, but also with some caveeats as to feature loss vis-a-vis Together. while some big advantages can be seen (tag drill down for even better/faster file-/info-retrieval; and an overall better iCloud sync), there are some big losses on some features that really made me chose Together. others have some other complaints as to this (like encryption missing now), but for me the biggest loss – and one that seems a little self-defeating for an app enhancing the use of tags for retrieval – is the dropping of a well-featured way to manage your tags in the first place (Together had hierarchical tags, tag groups, you could see and review all your tags in a structured way). so for me Keep It (along with its subscription politics) remains a hopeful contender. while it excels in some repsects over Together, and one can see a rationale for it becoming a 'different' app compared to Together, the loss of some of the real strengths of Together at a time where you have to put up more money will only be justified in the long run, if Keep It keeps it up on feature development – ... and also closes some 'gaps' in relation to the Together it´s supposed to replace (in some way). – for people who now have to hang with Keep It but are accustomed to Together and its feature portfolio, there is a good thread to trace all the trade-offs involved (or most of them): https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/15586/together/reviews
Mirsky
Mirsky
Oct 22 2017
1.1
4.0
Oct 22 2017
4.0
Version: 1.1
I really like this app. It's simple but deceptively powerful. I like how it integrates tags and folders. Some apps have a folder view and a tags view and the two are separate. Keep It integrates them. So, for instance, if you choose a folder, you only see the tags of items in that folder.

I use Keep It for storing lots of disparate information including little notes that would get lost otherwise. I think it's better than Evernote. I also think it's better than Paperless, which costs the same.

Plus Keep It's files are saved in the Finder as normal files. So if for some reason in the future you decide to stop using Keep It, moving the files to another program shouldn't be hard.

I'm giving it four stars instead of five only because I think Keep It could add some features. But for version 1, I think it's quite good.

I have not used the IOS version, though, so my review is only for the Mac version, used as a stand alone.
ozkb
ozkb
Mar 30 2024
2.4.4
1.0
Mar 30 2024
1.0
Version: 2.4.4
lodean
lodean
Mar 13 2024
2.4.3
1.0
Mar 13 2024
1.0
Version: 2.4.3
carb
carb
Dec 6 2023
2.3.5
1.0
Dec 6 2023
1.0
Version: 2.3.5
michaelsong
michaelsong
Nov 23 2022
2.1.4
5.0
Nov 23 2022
5.0
Version: 2.1.4
barin
barin
Nov 23 2022
2.1.4
5.0
Nov 23 2022
5.0
Version: 2.1.4
Sigil
Sigil
Aug 13 2022
2.0.10
3.0
Aug 13 2022
3.0
Version: 2.0.10
Drtyrell969
Drtyrell969
Mar 30 2022
1.11.13
5.0
Mar 30 2022
5.0
Version: 1.11.13
Natalia@MacUpdate
Natalia@MacUpdate
Aug 10 2021
1.10.12
5.0
Aug 10 2021
5.0
Version: 1.10.12
Turquoise
Turquoise
Nov 3 2020
2.0
Nov 3 2020
2.0
Version: null
finlaywelsh
finlaywelsh
Oct 29 2020
4.0
Oct 29 2020
4.0
Version: null
bdikkat
bdikkat
Oct 13 2020
5.0
Oct 13 2020
5.0
Version: null
zlazkow
zlazkow
Oct 13 2020
5.0
Oct 13 2020
5.0
Version: null
bohdanz
bohdanz
Sep 30 2020
1.0
Sep 30 2020
1.0
Version: null
Caper2
Caper2
May 6 2020
5.0
May 6 2020
5.0
Version: null
nmhinca
nmhinca
Aug 8 2019
2.5
Aug 8 2019
2.5
Version: null
kristoffer-risanger
kristoffer-risanger
Dec 21 2018
5.0
Dec 21 2018
5.0
Version: null
dwp-1
dwp-1
Sep 18 2018
5.0
Sep 18 2018
5.0
Version: null
Fmaucarre
Fmaucarre
Jul 13 2018
3.0
Jul 13 2018
3.0
Version: null
esterbeck
esterbeck
Jun 1 2018
4.0
Jun 1 2018
4.0
Version: null
andreasfeese
andreasfeese
Mar 29 2018
2.5
Mar 29 2018
2.5
Version: null
prestonlittle
prestonlittle
Feb 22 2018
3.5
Feb 22 2018
3.5
Version: null
isdn
isdn
Feb 5 2018
4.0
Feb 5 2018
4.0
Version: null
Jlock
Jlock
Jan 28 2018
5.0
Jan 28 2018
5.0
Version: null
sidebox-1
sidebox-1
Nov 1 2017
3.5
Nov 1 2017
3.5
Version: null
Mirsky
Mirsky
Oct 22 2017
4.0
Oct 22 2017
4.0
Version: null
teamNOOB
teamNOOB
Jan 11 2030
1.10.1
5.0
Jan 11 2030
5.0
Version: 1.10.1
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