# IPA Keyboard: IPA Alphabet — user reviews > 42 indexed App Store user reviews of IPA Keyboard by Dawid Pietrala, rated 3.30/5 from 17 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ipa-keyboard-ipa-alphabet/id955531779/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ipa-keyboard-ipa-alphabet/id955531779.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 7 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 5 ## Newest reviews (13 of 42) ### 3/5 — Useful, but with a BIG issue… *2021-11-30, version 1.5.7* While this keyboard works and is a complete solution, there is a bug with the size of the keyboard that makes it extremely big until nothing else can be seen on screen, hope this gets fixed soon ### 3/5 — a small problem *2021-11-12* this keyboard is amazing and all, but theres only one thing that bothers me. each time you open the keyboard up, itll rise up slowly, eventually covering the whole screen. please fix this, otherwise its a good keyboard ### 2/5 — Tastatur Bug *2021-04-28* Die Tastatur kann man leider nach kurzer Zeit kaum mehr gebrauchen, da das Tastaturfeld immer größer wird sobald man Enter eingibt oder auf den Text klickt. Bitte sofort beheben !! ### 4/5 — Nerviger Bug aufgetreten *2021-04-03* An sich ist die App super, aber seit dem letzten System-Update meines iPads werde ich einen bestimmten Bug nicht mehr los: Mit jedem erneuten Wechsel auf die Tastatur wird sie nach oben hin mehr in die Länge gezogen bis sie den ganzen Bildschirm bedeckt und die oberen Tasten verschwinden sogar aus dem Bild. So kann man nicht ordentlich schreiben! Ich weiß nicht, ob es an der App oder am System-Update liegt, aber falls es an der App liegt, bitte ich um zeitnahe Behebung des Fehlers. ### 3/5 — One IPA alphbet missed *2020-12-23* The alphabet of alveolar tap is missed in this input. During my using, it's the only one which is missed but a wildly use one. I don't know how to mail the creator. So hope you could see this comment soonly and fix it. ### 2/5 — waste of money *2020-06-23* Many of the symbols are too tiny and can’t be made larger. I was not able to recreate IPA flashcards on quizlet using this keyboard because many symbols that should be the size of letters were a tenth of the size. ### 4/5 — Fehlender Dark Mode *2020-04-17* Eigentlich macht die Tastatur genau das, was sie soll. Allerdings ist das Einstellungsmenü nicht mehr lesbar, wenn systemseitig der Dark Mode aktiviert ist. Da bräuchte es wohl mal ein Update. ### 3/5 — Can’t type with Smart keyboard *2019-09-28* It’s good but can’t type with Smart keyboad. Support it, please. ### 3/5 — Awesome but weird keyboard layout & missing symbols *2019-03-13* Just why? Are the keys SO big? And you're also missing some symbols. ### 4/5 — No Keyboard *2018-09-05* Cannot add the third party keyboard making this useless. ### 4/5 — IPA 124 U+027E / Alveolar tap [ɾ] *2018-04-06* I cannot find ‘Latin Small Letter R with Fishhook’ [r] for Alveolar tap, too. ### 1/5 — useless *2017-03-14, version 1.5.1* this is a complete waste of money. It simply doesnt work with my ipad pro ### 1/5 — Ziemlich schlecht gemacht 👎🏻 *2016-09-23* Was mach auch macht bekommt keine Mathe Symbole zur Gesicht. **Developer response:** Hello, thank you very much for your feedback. This keyboard provides phonetic symbols and it is not supposed to include any mathematical symbols. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Horrible en iPad *2025-10-18, version 1.5.7* No se puede usar más de 10 minutos y se mueve el teclado y ya no se puede usar. ### 1/5 — TRASH *2023-10-09, version 1.5.7* If you like to see what you’re working on, DONT BUY THIS APP. Keyboard somehow creeps up until it takes over your entire screen. You have to switch to the regular keyboard just to make it go away and it changes your font to a random one every time you type. Would be easier to just copy and paste than use this nonsense. ### 1/5 — Where is the IPA? It’s a standard keyboard. *2023-05-26* This is crap. Don’t waste your money. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work in forScore *2022-08-28, version 1.5.7* I need to give this one star because though I love the functionality of the layout and wish I could use this keyboard… it doesn’t work well in forScore. Each time I close and reopen the keyboard it creeps up higher and higher until the whole screen is taken over and I have to close and reopen the app… Im sad I spend 6 dollars on this app and it doesn’t work for me. ### 1/5 — Waste of money, cannot enable sound for alphabet *2020-10-14* Not worth losing money. ### 1/5 — Complain *2020-02-21, version 1.5.7* The IPA vowels and consonants not included!! You need to pay extra for the bundle! This is not honest!!! ### 1/5 — Let me down the moment I used it *2019-07-10* It’s missing way too many symbols for it to be useful for IPA. The first sounds I looked for weren’t there. ### 1/5 — だめ *2018-05-16* バグって使い物にならない ### 1/5 — Crashes when swiping *2018-02-01* Newest iOS system. The keyboard crashes each time I attempt to swipe to reach a character like the velar nasal or uvular nasal. If I only need to swipe across one character, like to get the velar nasal, there is a chance it could output it after briefly crashing and resuming. But if the character is any further, it looks like the keyboard would just instantly crash, switch back to the system default keyboard, and output nothing. Could this maybe be fixed soon? ### 1/5 — Unusable *2017-10-22* I just bought this as it would have been really handy for my job. But while long-pressing on keys does show an array of symbols associated with them, sliding across the array causes it to disappear and nothing is typed. Very frustrating, and a waste of money **Developer response:** Hello, Please, upgrade iOS to 11.2. The newest version of the operating system fixes the issue. Let me know if you encounter any other issues. Sorry for the inconvenience but they were beyond my control. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — /siːmz leˈdʒɪt/ *2018-10-31, version 1.5.5* good ˩˥stuff ### 5/5 — I like this app. But ... *2018-10-17* I can’t use apostrophe on top of the letter. Apple keyboard has the feature. For example, `i’. I can type `ì’ or `í’. But in this app, for `æ’, I can only type `æ`’ or `æ’’ like `i`’ or `i’’. Please enable this features in your app. ### 5/5 — Works well, good layout, no technical problems *2018-02-09* Doesn’t work very well as an everyday keyboard—the layout’s just too awkward—but it’s extremely convenient and works well any time I need to use IPA. Most of the character positions are quite logical to me and are usually in the first or second place I look. (I don’t use it frequently enough to have them all memorized.) I also have never experienced crashes or technical problems with it, which is very nice. Definitely recommended from me! ### 5/5 — Great! *2017-12-29* Completely great! Works flawlessly. A go to app when I need to write some IPA enscriptions. ### 5/5 — it's great! *2017-08-16, version 1.5.1* i love this keyboard! it really simple to use! ### 5/5 — Neat solution for whoever needs to write IPA symbols *2017-03-23* Nothing fancy, but it does what it says it does. Super useful especially if you instruct phonetics or related disciplines, and use your iPad to make, let's say, a ppt material. Has no problem with inputting IPA symbols in a way that, at least for me, is consistent with my intuition. Also has a friendly customer service. ### 5/5 — Great app and customer service! *2017-02-15* I needed to find an app that could allow me to text the IPA alphabet to my classmates. I ran into an issue on my end (nothing to do with the app working, but rather my personal tech challenges) and I received immediate customer support. I am very impressed with the app and the customer service was a great bonus. I think our entire class has this app now- we love it. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Great! *2015-10-15, version 1.2* Add in your keyboard. Just have to know what to do--hold down the letter your you are looking for and you are given all of the options. ### 5/5 — Great *2015-02-10* Perhaps a dark theme would be nice. Not the best keyboard to look at, honestly, but works great ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2015-01-30* I'm really liking this app. Initially, I had some trouble with one of the symbols, but the designer was extraordinary helpful and I have no reservation in recommending this app for anyone. It has saved me so much time with transcription. I'm s speech and hearing science student, so an accurate app for transcription is invaluable. Here it is. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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