My wife asked me what size furnace filter we use. I had no idea. I went downstairs, pulled out the old one, read the size off the side, went to the store, bought the right one. The whole thing took 20 minutes for a question that should have taken 20 seconds.
That same week she asked me what the contractor's name was — the good one we used last year. The one we said we'd call again. I searched my texts. Then my email. Then I gave up and said I'd find it later. I never found it.
I'm a dad. I own a home. I have a car, a family, a bunch of stuff that has model numbers and warranty dates and service histories and contractor contacts — and I had no single place that held any of it. My wife did, mostly. Her head. Which is not a system. Which is also not fair.
"Every app on your phone knows one thing. Notes. Photos. Email. Reminders. None of them know your life. I built something that does."
I'm not a developer by trade. But I know what a problem feels like, and this was a real one. So I started building. With AI help, late nights, and a stubborn refusal to accept that the answer was "just use a notes app." kept is what came out of it.
[ the questions that started it ]
what size furnace filter do we use?
[ home ]
what was that contractor's name — the good one?
[ services ]
what paint color did we use in the living room?
[ home ]
is the dishwasher still under warranty?
[ electronics ]
what size is she in Nike? she's different in Adidas.
[ family ]
when did we last service the septic?
[ home ]
what's the model number on the TV? (for the mount)
[ electronics ]
where did we buy it and what did we pay?
[ everything ]
[ what kept actually is ]
kept is a home and life memory app. You add the things you always forget — appliances, contractors, warranties, kids' sizes, paint colors, model numbers, service dates — and it holds them for you. Organized, searchable, always there when someone asks.
It's not a notes app. It's not a spreadsheet. It's not an inventory tool. It's the answer to every question your house and your family will ask you — before you have to go digging.
You scan a barcode and it fills in the details. You type a contractor's name and it stores their number, what they charged, and when to call them again. You add your kid's shoe sizes by brand. You set a reminder for the furnace filter. It takes seconds. It lasts forever.
[ scan barcodes ]
[ scan receipts ]
[ AI item entry ]
[ smart reminders ]
[ accessory finder ]
[ one-tap repurchase ]
[ search everything ]
[ warranty tracking ]
[ works now — no download ]
[ where it's at right now ]
kept is live today at getkeptapp.com — no download, no account, just open it and start adding. It's a working prototype. Real features. Real AI. Real barcode lookup.
I built this solo. No team. No funding. No marketing budget. Just a problem I couldn't stop thinking about and enough stubbornness to ship something.
A native iOS and Android app is coming. If you get on the waitlist now, you're first when it drops. That's the only thing being promised — priority access. No credit card. No pressure.
And if you try it and have a thought — good, bad, "why don't you have this feature" — I want to hear it. Early users are shaping what gets built next. That's not marketing. That's just true.
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Try it. Takes 30 seconds.
No download. No account. Just open it and add something.
your life, kept. · getkeptapp.com