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 the reference for everything you own. One card for every appliance, paint can, filter, and contractor: model numbers, sizes, warranty dates, service history, who to call. It checks everything you own against CPSC and FDA recalls every day, free, and the full recall log is public. 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 ]
[ recall checks ]
[ full backup ]
[ who runs it ]
Me. I'm Joe, a dad of three, and I build kept on my own. No team, no investors, no marketing budget. That means you can reach the person who wrote the code: hello@getkeptapp.com. I read every message.
kept runs in your browser and installs to the home screen on iPhone, Android, and desktop. Start without an account; sign in when you want your items synced across devices.
If you try it and have a thought (good, bad, "why don't you have this feature"), send it. Early users are shaping what gets built next.
[ your data ]
Where it lives. Signed-in items and photos are stored with Supabase, a managed database host. Before you sign in, items are stored only on your device. Payments go through Stripe; kept never sees your card number. When you use the AI features, the item details involved are sent to Google's Gemini to answer.
Who can see it. Only you, plus anyone you invite into a shared space. A share link shows only the one item you shared. Your inventory is never sold or rented. The details are in the privacy policy.
Take all of it with you, any time. The full backup in your account screen downloads one zip with every item, every field, and the original photo files. It's free on every plan. The spreadsheet inside opens without kept, and the same zip restores into kept if you ever need it.
Delete it any time. Remove your account from the app, or email hello@getkeptapp.com.
[ if kept ever shuts down ]
A one-person app has to answer this, so here is the plan in writing.
90 days' notice. Every account gets an email at least 90 days before kept closes. Paid kept+ billing stops the day that notice goes out.
Full access to export. For those 90 days the app stays open and full backup keeps working, so you can download everything, photos included.
Then your data is deleted. When the window closes, your items, photos, and account are removed from our servers. Nothing is sold or handed to anyone else.
[ k ]
Try it. Takes 30 seconds.
No download. No account. Just open it and add something.
your life, kept. · getkeptapp.com