# Russian Phonetic Keyboard — user reviews > 25 indexed App Store user reviews of Russian Phonetic Keyboard by Alexei Baboulevitch, rated 2.80/5 from 6 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/russian-phonetic-keyboard/id937350067/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/russian-phonetic-keyboard/id937350067.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 3 ## Newest reviews (5 of 25) ### 3/5 — Клавиши не соответствуют механической клавиатуре *2020-07-21, version 1.1.3* Программа работает и можно печатать на экране. Но если подсоединить iPad к физической клаве, все обратно переходит на "йцуке" вместо "яшерт". Думаю не плохая программа на iPhone, но не готова на iPad с физической клавиатурой ### 4/5 — Autocorrect *2015-05-11* Please add Russian dictionary for autocorrect. Also would be nice if the keyboard had all of the things the standard keyboard has on landscape mode ### 4/5 — Great! But please add autocorrect! *2015-04-20* Perfect app for those who are used to the qwerty keyboard and want to type in Russian quickly. Integrates with the iPhone keyboard so there is no need to open a separate app. Finally, it's not frustrating to type in Russian! But please please add autocorrect in your next update! Or at least a dictionary and recognition of misspelled words! That would make it 6 stars for me. But in any case, totally worth it! ### 4/5 — Worked fine for me *2014-12-19* Used it with different applications notes, mail, Facebook - worked pretty well. Sometimes was seeing an issue with not scrolling up the screen, so the top part becomes invisible. ### 3/5 — Overall, not bad *2014-11-23, version 1.0* Unfortunately, the dictionary does not work with this keyboard. So no word suggestions :( ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-01-19* Doesn’t work ### 1/5 — Does not work *2020-03-18* Tried on my iPad, still getting standard Russian keyboard layout and not phonetic. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t support iPad Pro iOS 12.3 :( *2019-05-22* It appears that this app doesn’t work on iPad with iOS 12.3. Upon installation and payment, I found out that this keyboard works the same as regular Russian keyboard. Very disappointing! I hope that this issue can be fixed or money could be refunded. ### 1/5 — Try something else. *2018-08-24* This app does not work at all. A total waste of $.99 How did Apple let this get through? Does not provide a phonetic keyboard at all. ### 1/5 — Useless *2017-03-08* Not compatible with physical keyboards (e.g. Apple Smart Keyboard). Should have read earlier reviews. Don't see any reason to use it by itself as I am happy with the standard Russian on-screen keyboard otherwise. **Developer response:** Unfortunately, iOS doesn't allow keyboard developers to access the hardware keyboard. I wish I could add this feature too, but for the time being it's impossible. Sorry! ### 1/5 — Doesn't work with keyboard *2016-04-11* Doesn't work with Smart Keyboard - waste of money. **Developer response:** Sorry! Apple currently doesn't allow keyboard developers to access the hardware keyboard. I really want to add this feature, but for the time being it's not possible for me to do. ### 1/5 — Напрасно потраченные деньги *2015-09-28, version 1.1.1* Несмотря на хорошую задумку, программой пользоваться крайне затруднительно. Очень медленно работает. Программа откровенно сырая. Не всегда переключается, пропускает печатаемый текст. В общем, совершенно не "эппловский" продукт. Удалил после нескольких дней использования. ### 1/5 — Keep disappearing *2014-12-29* I used to typing Russian text on my computer with phonetic keyboard and was looking for the same to install on my phone.. It was simply not available up until this app.. I was excited until I used it for a day.. It simply not functional.. ### 1/5 — Crashes! *2014-12-13* After a few minutes of using it, the keyboard just disappears, forcing me to either quit whatever app I'm using or worse-case scenario, restart the phone. Also, when using this keyboard instead of standard one, spell check for Russian no longer works. ### 2/5 — I'm so happy this exists now *2015-12-08* Update: With the new iPhone update, this keyboard has a lot of trouble opening. I used this keyboard all the time, and it's really difficult to have it suddenly stop working. I'm considering another keyboard that's more consistent. Old post: I'm a Russian major, and I have been looking for a Russian phonetic keyboard, but there was never one for the iPhone. The one on my Mac works great. I just wish this one had spelling correction or word suggestion. It's a great work in progress, though! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love it it’s very helpful *2023-12-29* I love it it’s very helpful ### 5/5 — Ура заработало!!!! *2017-06-28, version 1.1.2* Works great. Thanks. Perfect app. ### 5/5 — Finally there is a phonetic Russian keyboard that works! *2016-08-18* This keyboard is fantastic - now I can type in Russian 10x faster! I no longer have to suffer looking for the right Russian letter on a standard iOS-provided Cyrillic "Йцукен" layout. Thank you! Well worth the money!! ### 5/5 — Very nice keyboard! *2016-04-05* This is an extremely needed keyboard for all who uses cyrillic input and also english one. Saves a lot of time and very good app itself. I only wish please add Mongolian cyrillic support as it uses two characters missing in standard cyrillic! Thanks a lot! ### 5/5 — Thank you! *2015-02-25* Saw your comment with link on macrumors. Keyboard works great so far. Hate apple for not including such a minor option in their iOS keyboards after so many years. ### 5/5 — Отлично! *2015-02-24* If you're learning Russian, this app is your new best friend. Here's to many a future update🍻! ### 4/5 — Loved it for my iPad only *2017-11-13* Please help me make this work on my iPhone. It is a wonderful tool for me to learn russian and look up works correctly. ### 4/5 — Such an improvement *2015-10-27* What a relief to have a Russian phonetic keyboard back since apple took the native one away back in 2009. ### 4/5 — Great, but need a phonetic keyboard to work with Bluetooth. *2015-08-16* I am thankful to have this app since it is better than what I had before (no phonetic keyboard on the Ipad), but it doesn't seem to work with my Bluetooth keyboard. So I still do not have a way to type on the Ipad very easily using phonetic letters. ### 4/5 — Great, but one suggestion *2015-06-20* This app is an absolute lifesaver. It makes typing in Russian convenient and simple. One suggestion though: when I'm righting down new words, I like to mark where the accent lies in the word, so if you could add a setting to maybe make the apostrophe switch to an acute combining accent character that can be typed after the vowels to add the accent. Alternately, if you could do what the Latin character keyboards do and let you hold down on the vowels to get an accented version (which would really be the vowel followed by the combining acute accent). Thanks so much and great job with the app!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*