# mazec — user reviews > 81 indexed App Store user reviews of mazec by MetaMoJi Corporation, rated 3.60/5 from 43 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mazec/id943711253/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mazec/id943711253.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 21 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 11 ## Newest reviews (10 of 81) ### 4/5 — Very Good *2021-01-20, version 2.6.1* I was hesitant to purchase the app, but after getting it, I have been impressed. The character recognition is quite good. While there is some room for improvement, it works almost all the time. ### 3/5 — AWESOME *2020-09-08, version 2.6.1* Not as good as it was because of the weird way it now works with the floating keyboard. ============================ OMG! This is the most amazing app !! It is absolutely brilliant! I just wrote this review using my stylus with no problems. It works in most apps I have tried, including the Office ones. It might seem expensive compared to other apps in the store but it is worth every cent!!! ### 4/5 — Much Improved *2020-07-10, version 2.3.0* Mazec has finally introduced scrolling, which now makes it easily the best, and l've tried them all, so my earlier review no longer applies. I recommend this app. I've been using the app for a solid week now, and I'm very impressed. The latest version has very good features, and has learned my writing style very well indeed. The suggestions offered make it very usable. ### 4/5 — Really good, but needs a little work. *2019-11-23, version 2.3.0* Recognizes most of my scrawl, which is impressive, but would be nice if it could be trained to recognize the few letters it doesn't. I wrote this review with it. ### 4/5 — Almost Perfect *2019-10-26* I really enjoy using this keyboard. However, it needs to support Dark Mode. App is less pleasurable for me when it breaks the cohesiveness of the UI. ### 3/5 — Gimme my money back!! *2019-05-18* Costs too much, doesn't work well. Free alternatives work better then THIS!! I want the refund! ### 1/5 — Unverschämt *2019-03-16* Ich finde es sehr unverschämt für diese App 13,99€ zu verlangen und den Benutzer zu zwingen dem Entwickler vollen Zugriff auf ALLE Daten zu erlauben, wenn man den vollen Funktionsumfang nutzen möchte. Auch ein In App Kauf einer anderen Sprache außer Englisch ist nur dann möglich. ### 5/5 — great but Greek Koine addition NEEDED! *2019-02-23, version 2.3.0* THAHK you great app. to study koine and attic, it need to have greek addition! It will be also useful to add latin addition! If would you do that, MUCH Thanks in advance;) ### 5/5 — Exactly what I was looking for *2019-02-10* I'm glad I found this. After using a handwriting keyboard on my note 9, I realized a handwriting keyboard was what I was looking for an the iPad. I'm loving it because I love using the apple pencil and now I can use it more. ### 3/5 — Really slow since IOS Update *2019-01-02* I used to really like this app. However since the new IOS update the writing recognition has become very slow and hard to write. I hope there will be an update to the app to fix this ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work with 14.5 update *2021-05-08, version 2.6.1* Please update. After 14.5, it stop taking pencil input ### 1/5 — Crashes *2021-05-05, version 2.6.1* After several months of use (it WAS awesome) the keyboard now crashes and is useless. There is no more customer support so money wasted. ### 1/5 — Great Idea... BUT *2020-07-27, version 2.6.1* Great idea but it doesnt work with all applications and full of errors, I'll persist for a couple of days to see now it goes but as it stands right now I want my money back to be honest. Its so much quicker to just use the Keyboard, it sort of defeates the purpose of the app and spending the $20. writing this review has taken me literally 10 min using your Keyboard. ### 1/5 — Do not buy this for Apple iPad Pro with Apple Pencil *2020-06-11, version 2.3.0* It does not work and there is no support anymore. ### 1/5 — Unbenutzbar *2020-02-11* Viel versprochen habe ich mir von der App und viel kostbare Zeit vergeudet. 1. Ich habe es nicht geschafft auf die qwertz Tastatur um zu schalten es bleibt bei qwery 2. das „Zusatzmuss“ von mazec ist dreist 3. die zusätzliche deutsche Sprache ist eine weitere Zumutung 4. ich kaufte sie, aber bekomme nichts angezeigt von dieser Sprache, ich fühle mich betrogen. 5. Apple selber sollte besser auf Sauberkeit achten: Landessprache ein Muß, Nutzbarkeit, versteckte Kosten, Prospektversprechungen. Sehr, sehr ärgerlich das alles ### 1/5 — Entwickler können alle Daten mitlesen *2020-01-07* Um die App wirklich nutzen zu können, muss man der App ein kompletten Vollzugriff gegeben, so dass die Entwickler alle eingegeben Daten mitlesen können. Da fragt man sich wirklich wie so eine App in den Store kommt.... Für mich leider ein kompletter Fehlkauf. ### 1/5 — Why this app should go from 3.8 stars to -2 stars *2019-07-13* lets tally up my star rating! +1 for being one of the few writing keyboards -1 for lack of updates +1 for giving time to write, it does not auto input like selvy pen script which can be nice for some if you're the type to take your time but if youre someone like me who writes fast it had gotten annoying pretty fast when I had to keep pressing the enter button to input a few words +1 for the developer adding a pretty nice user manual with pictures and easy to follow steps -1 The features for this app are not worth $12. Only look in this apps direction if it's $10 cheaper -1 Annoying that the writing pad is so small and you can't adjust the size of it also it doesn't float -1 to get the most bang for your buck you better have a pencil so it doesn't register your hand while writing with your finger -1 Good luck with puncuation so the star result is -2! I would not recommend this to anyone! If I could, I would get a refund. Save yourself time and money by just purchasing Selvy pen script. Yeah, it auto inputs a bit fast but there are way less mistakes, it's free, you don't have to press enter every five words, and it's simple to use. ### 1/5 — Piece of crap. Wasted my money. *2019-05-30, version 2.3.0* No Apple pin support and not user friendly. Don’t wast your money!!! ### 1/5 — Keyboard not available *2019-05-02, version 2.3.0* The keyboard does not work in Mail, Safari, Pages, or any of the Office applications. At a cost of almost $20, this is a costly dud. Let alone the developer, Apple should have a better testing process before releasing applications in the store. ### 1/5 — Unglaublich... :–( *2019-03-19* Da kauft man im deutschen AppStore eine App, die auf auf englisch ist und im englischen schreibt... soweit so gut. Aber jetzt soll ich noch einmal 10,99€ bezahlen, dass sie im deutschen schreibt?! Unglaublich! Die App geht zurück! Mit freundlichen Grüßen ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I honestly don’t understand the reason this app has bad reviews *2026-03-01* I can’t express my gratitude for this company’s absolutely genius software to have allowed for such smooth hand-writing to text recognition (if it wasn’t for this app, I would have had to get a new iPad). Its software is compatible with older iPad gen models, is super easy to setup, and smooth. I honestly don’t get why it has a bad reputation. Maybe the other reviewers were confused as to how to set it up, but it’s literally so easy and you can easily change the keyboard to Mazec by pressing the global/world icon and holding on to it. ### 5/5 — Sehr gute Erkennung und Funktionalität! *2025-01-08* Arbeite seit Jahren damit auf Deutsch und auf Englisch. Das Feld zur Handschrifterkennung integriert sich hervorragend in alle Schreibumgebungen. ### 5/5 — Great! *2021-07-03* It's very useful. I'd like to switch EN and JP with one tap. ### 5/5 — Works as described *2020-02-06* I’m surprised there aren’t more keyboards like this, but it works as described. I wrote this review using it. It lets me take handwritten notes in any app like Evernote or Notes. ### 5/5 — Schrift Erkennung mit dem Pen *2019-07-07* Endlich eine App die in der Lage ist Handschrift- Erkennung anzubieten. Funktioniert in allen Apps und lässt sich auch mit meiner Handschrift gut bedienen. ### 5/5 — This keyboard is amazing with Apple Pencil and IPad Pro *2019-05-07* Allows me to take handwritten notes that are converted to text in any app. Easier to take standing notes on the iPad , as well as meetings where we don’t allow laptops. Amazing hand writing recognition for cursive , printed or hybrid writing Only negative, not enough people know about you. I can only do so much from word of mouth. Improve your meta data so you are more easily found in the apple store if searching for “writing keyboard”, “Apple Pencil apps” ...etc Great product! Thank you ### 5/5 — Impressive accuracy *2019-04-21, version 2.3.0* I was teetering on the brink, trying to decide whether this could be worth nearly $20. It absolutely is. It's much more accurate than the MyScript Stylus keyboard, with way better detection of punctuation and a much better method for correcting errors. To give but one example, MyScript Stylus never learned to add a space after a closing quotation mark that occurred in the middle of sentence. Mazec does that flawlessly. If it looks a little complicated in the screenshots, don't worry--it's fairly easy to figure out and the complexity becomes really useful in catching and correcting the type of errors that are maddening to fix with MyScript. It also lives up to the promise of learning your vocabulary. Great work, developers! Thanks so much. ### 5/5 — Essential if you’re a pencil lover *2019-03-30, version 2.3.0* This feature should be baked into iOS, and the fact it isn’t is evidence that Apple came late to the stylus (sorry, “pencil”) party. We don’t write with the pencil because it’s fast or cool, we write because doing so uses a different process in our minds and bodies (check out the research on note taking and memory if you don’t believe me). This app allows you to write into any app at all, which is exactly what Microsoft baked into Windows when they launched the Surface. At any extent, if you use the Apple Pencil for more than drawing, or if you want to, then you want this app, so you can hand write into any other app that accepts text input! ### 5/5 — Best handwriting Input for iphone ! *2019-03-19* If you want a way to have the capability of handwriting, this is the App! I have tried others (not many) that allow you to do what this app does! Give it a try. ### 5/5 — jeden Cent wert *2019-03-09* kann mit der App und der Tastatur in jedem Textfeld Eingaben machen. Egal ob Safari oder Email - die Handschrifterkennung funktioniert auch mit meiner unsauberen Schreibweise tadellos! volle 5 Sterne! --- *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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