Guides

Kept is primarily a way to manage a dynamic. For forgetful people like me, I tend to forget when I am given tasks or punishments, or…

This started as a project to learn how to make mobile apps. I wanted to make a simple chastity timer. Then I thought some task lists would…

At the moment, there is none. While the app is in beta testing, it's free for you to use and see if it's something you like, suggest…

Just a massive kinky nerd from Melbourne, Australia. I have had lots of experiences with the kink community, both locally and online, and a…

Kept sets your role, Dom, Sub, or Switch, on your profile, and you can change it later if your dynamic changes. A Switch's screens and…

A relationship in Kept starts with an invite, not a search. From Relationships, a Dom generates an invite code after confirming a short…

A task moves through a small set of states. A Dom assigns one directly, or a Sub proposes one, if the Dom has turned on task requests, for…

Points are a spendable balance, not a rating. They are stored as a ledger of individual events, each with its own reason, and the balance…

A few terms that come up on the Chastity screen, explained.

The Contract page is a read-only composite: your active rules, open-ended recurring tasks, rituals, both partners' limits, and any shared…

A Dom builds punishment presets, and optionally chains, several steps triggered as a sequence, ahead of time, then fires one from…

A ritual isn't a task with a due date attached. It's a daily or weekly observance with no deadline and no penalty for missing one, tracked…

The Consent page records when each partner agreed, when either last reconfirmed, and, if the Dom has set a reconfirmation interval, when…

The kink checklist runs through a shared list of activities and interests, each answered on a seven-point scale: Yes, Sometimes, Maybe…

A safety contact is someone outside your relationship, an in-app Kept user or an email address, notified if a safeword you've acknowledged…

A blackout is a window, set by the Sub on the Scheduling page, during which new tasks can't be assigned. It's the Sub's control: a Dom can…

Nothing about your account is visible outside your relationships until you turn it on. A public profile is off by default, and enabling it…

A group can be Open (join immediately), Approval required (an owner or moderator has to accept you), or Invite only (you need a code)…

If your phone is visible to other people (a shared house, family, a partner who isn't part of your dynamic, a workplace), Kept has a few…

Two-factor authentication (TOTP, the six-digit code from an authenticator app) adds a second check beyond your password when signing in, so…

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Buttplug.io is a way to control app controlled toys over the internet. While the name would imply this just is buttplugs, it can control a…

"On hold" is what the app calls a Suspended relationship. Nothing about the underlying relationship is deleted: tasks, history, and…

Not at the moment. Kept has no paid subscriptions, billing, or in-app purchases, and everything in the app is free to use. If you're seeing…

Both live under Account -> Your data, and both work the same way on every platform.

When a task or chastity action fails, the error names a specific reason. These are the common ones.

There's a feedback form reachable from the home page. It goes directly to the people running Kept, over the same channel bug reports and…