Kempt
The short answer
Drag the request (a Mail message, a PDF, or text selected in Gmail) onto the notch, or right-click it and choose Prepare Papers with Kempt. Kempt reads the list in French or English, matches each line to the right paper in your name, flags what’s missing, expired or too old, and writes the reply in the request’s language. It reads everything on your Mac and never sends anything by itself.
What Kempt does that a search, or a chatbot, doesn’t
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Only the right paper
A slot takes a document only if it is that paper, in your name. An insurance certificate isn’t your health card, and last July’s boarding pass isn’t a flight booking. A close match is offered, never ticked.
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Your ID copy, protected
The copy is watermarked “Only for” this application, with who it’s for and the date, so it can’t be reused elsewhere. Your original file is never touched.
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Checked before they check
An expired passport, a missing month in your payslips or a proof of address that’s too old is caught before you send.
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Ready to send, in their order
Files are numbered as they asked, named in their language, photos turned into PDFs, and one merged PDF if you want it.
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A reply in their language
French, English or Spanish, greeting them by name, listing what’s attached and what will follow.
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Nothing leaves your Mac
Reading, matching and writing happen with Apple’s on-device model. No upload, no account. You press Send yourself.
Kempt reads requests in French and English today. It never sends an email for you.
From their email to your reply
Drop their email on the notch
From Mail, a PDF in Downloads or text selected in your browser. When a request lands in Downloads, the notch opens by itself.
Every paper found and checked
Each line shows the paper chosen, or why not: missing, expired, too old, or a close match to confirm with Use it.
Reply ready in Mail
Agency-ready copies are attached in their order. Read it, press Send.
$27 once, 14 days freeRuns on every Apple silicon MacA question? Ask a person
Proof, not promises
Measured on a real Mac (macOS 26) with about 1,600 real documents. Each test is re-run whenever the app changes.
- AccuracyItems read from real published lists
- 25 / 25Rental, mortgage and visa lists published by a rental site, a bank and an insurer.
- PrivacyDocument uploads
- 0Reading, naming, search, answers and voice all run on your Mac with Apple’s on-device model. No analytics, no account.
- SafetyFiles deleted by Kempt
- 0Moves are journaled before they happen and undoable even after a crash; cleanup only uses the Trash.
- SafetyFiles held for review
- 6.7 %Of 540 real downloads, the doubtful ones wait for you instead of being moved.
How we compare: Kempt’s rows come from its own measured tests. Every other app’s row comes from that maker’s public pages on the date shown. When a page is silent or unclear, we say so instead of guessing.
Questions people ask
How do I send documents to a landlord or agency quickly?
Collect them once and keep them named: Kempt names every download as it lands. When the request comes, drop it on the notch and Kempt prepares the reply with the right papers attached.
Should I watermark a copy of my ID?
It’s a good habit: a watermark saying who the copy is for and the date makes it useless for anything else. Kempt adds it to identity papers automatically, on a copy.
Can ChatGPT or Claude prepare my documents?
A chatbot can draft a list or a reply, and a coding agent can move files if you explain how. But they read your files in their cloud, don’t know which paper is really yours and still valid, and don’t watch for requests. Kempt does this on your Mac, on its own.
Does Kempt send emails for me?
No. It opens a reply in Mail with everything attached; you read it and press Send.
Does it work with Gmail?
Yes. Select the request in Gmail and drag the text onto the notch. The reply opens in Mail, or attach the prepared files to your Gmail reply.
Guides
- How to send all the documents someone asked for, in one email, from a MacA landlord, bank or consulate asks for papers by email. Gather them by hand on a Mac, or drop the request on Kempt’s notch and get the reply ready in Mail.
- Rental application documents: the checklist, and how to send it fastWhat landlords usually ask for in a US rental application, how to gather it on a Mac, and how Kempt turns the landlord’s email into a ready checklist.
- How to fill in a PDF form automatically on a Mac, from your own papersStop retyping your name, address and ID numbers. Fill PDF forms on a Mac by hand with Preview, or let Kempt fill them from your own papers, on your Mac.
Other comparisons
- Kempt vs Claude CodeClaude Code is a brilliant general agent for people who live in a terminal: it can rename or sort a folder when you ask, by sending what it reads to Anthropic’s cloud. Kempt is the opposite bet for your papers. It works on its own as files arrive, reads your passport and payslips only on your Mac, never ticks a near-match, and every move can be undone. Choose Kempt for paperwork; keep Claude Code for code.
- Kempt vs CodexCodex is OpenAI’s agent for code: you give it a task, it works through it with OpenAI’s models in the cloud. It can tidy a folder if you describe how, every time. Kempt is built only for your papers, and runs only on your Mac: it names each download as it lands, finds any document by what’s inside, and prepares what a landlord or consulate asks for, with nothing uploaded and no account.
- Kempt vs DEVONthinkDEVONthink is a powerful research database; Kempt keeps your files in ordinary Finder folders and does the filing for you. Choose Kempt for everyday documents and paperwork with zero setup; choose DEVONthink for large research archives.
For everyone else
- Your rental application, ready before anyone else’s.Paste the landlord’s email and Kempt lists every document, finds each one on your Mac, flags what’s missing or too old, and exports one clean PDF.
- Your month of receipts, sent to your accountant in one click.Kempt gathers your month of receipts and invoices, reads the amounts, matches them to your bank statement and builds the pack your accountant wants: PDF + CSV.
- Visa, residence permit, consulate: every paper ready when they ask.Schengen visa, residence permit renewal, consulate appointments: Kempt finds every paper on your Mac, flags what’s expired or too old, and exports one PDF.
- Your first Mac, organized from the very first download.New MacBook Air, Pro or MacBook Neo? The setup steps that matter, tips for Windows switchers, and the app that names and files every document from day one.