Google Keep records a voice note when you open it and tap, or when you ask Gemini. Keeppad starts a note when you say "Hey Keep", with the app closed. Many people use both: Keeppad to capture, Keep to keep.
Side by side
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Start a note Keep: open the app and pick Audio, or say "Hey Google" to Gemini. Keeppad: say "Hey Keep" with the phone locked, or tap its record button.
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Recording Keep: an audio note keeps the sound. Gemini makes a text note. Keeppad: every note keeps its sound on Android 13 and newer.
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Sorting Keep: labels and colours you set by hand. Keeppad: groups such as To do, Shopping and Ideas, picked on the phone from the words of the note.
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Sharing Keep: add people by name, email or Google Group. Keeppad: send a link that opens in the app or a browser.
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Account Keep: your Google account, with sync across devices. Keeppad: no account, notes stay on the phone.
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Price both are free. Keeppad shows a banner ad in the Android app.
Voice in Google Keep
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Audio notes in Keep for Android, tap Create, then Audio. Google's help lists the note types.
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Notes made from speech with Google AI Pro or Ultra, Keep can write and update notes from what you say. Google's help has the details and the plans.
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Through Gemini "Hey Google" can create notes and lists in Keep. Google's help lists what you need.
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Sharing works with collaborators, per Google's help.
Use them together
Keeppad can hand a note to Keep. Open the note in Keeppad and tap Send to Google Keep. Keep opens with the text, and saves it when you do.
Keep has no way for other apps to add notes on their own, so this takes one tap per note. For hands-off sending, connect Notion, Todoist, Google Docs, OneNote or Obsidian in Keeppad's settings instead.
Which one fits
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You live in Google's apps and want notes on every device: Keep.
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Your hands are busy when the thought comes: Keeppad, then send the keepers to Keep.
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You share lists with people outside Google a Keeppad link opens in any browser.