Best Digit alternatives: apps like Digit-Eyes Lite

10+ similar apps compared and reviewed

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Updated October 2026

Digit is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 10+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Top Alternatives to Digit

MBraille#2

MBraille by MPaja

Strong Contender
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0.0😐(0 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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This app provides a mobile braille keyboard for typing, editing, and sending messages. It offers extensive braille support for various languages and allows interaction with other applications, making mobile devices more accessible.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient text entry
  • 👍 Supports contracted braille (Grade 2)
  • 💡 Advanced features like spell checking and aliases
  • 👍 Seamless integration with other apps
  • 👍 Developer actively updates and supports the app
  • 👍 Useful for blind users to interact with iOS devices
  • 👍 Offers multiple languages
  • 👍 Dot commands for various tasks
  • 👍 Better than Apple's built-in braille input for some users
  • 👍 Satisfying clicks with character echo
  • 👍 Keyboard adaptable to fingers
  • 👍 Can run other apps from within MBraille
  • 👍 Spell checking and aliases stand out
  • 👍 Elegant and clean interface
  • 👍 Allows editing without leaving the app
  • 👍 First app to offer contracted braille input
  • 👍 Continually updated with UEB, custom layouts
  • 👍 Worth the money for dedicated users

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Recent updates cause subscription prompts for full version owners
  • 🐛 Inconsistent behavior after iOS updates
  • 🐛 Some users find the app difficult to use
  • 🐛 High price for full version/add-ons
  • 🐛 Help function links not working
  • 🐛 Typing can be poor and layout not user-friendly
  • 🐛 Screen too small for iPhone
  • 🐛 Braille screen input is native and free, often preferred
  • 🐛 Keyboard is not intuitive for some
  • 🐛 Issues with multiple exclamation marks
  • 🐛 Third-party keyboard from within apps no longer works
  • 🐛 Gesture for exiting keyboard is awkward
  • 🐛 Delete whole word gesture blocked
  • 🐛 Standard virtual keyboard impossible to find in other apps
  • 🐛 Some braille contractions not handled well
  • 🐛 Clipboard can be difficult to clear
  • 🐛 Eratic touch behavior with self-voicing mode
  • 🐛 App doesn't always recognize all fingers on screen
  • 🐛 Fixed dot positions require finger adjustment
  • 🐛 Does not use iOS braille tables for translation
  • 🐛 Paid version cannot correctly translate inputted braille
  • 🐛 Six-cell interface instead of keys on a typewriter
  • 🐛 Three finger swipe gesture inconsistent
  • 🐛 Price is too expensive for some
  • 🐛 Not all Grade 2 braille supported
  • 🐛 Clipboard functions hit and miss
  • 🐛 Blank line command sound is odd
  • 🐛 Issues with pasting text to other apps
  • 🐛 Feature that sends text directly from mBraille is inconsistent
  • 🐛 iPad support could be easier
  • 🐛 Not all contractions supported
  • 🐛 Some users find it difficult to learn and use

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