# Thype — Type Thai the way it sounds > Type Thai the way it sounds (iPhone/iPad app by Nawat Suangburanakul.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thype/id6804632471 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Nawat Suangburanakul](https://appshunter.io/developer/6804632473) - Category: Utilities, Education - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 16.0 · 136 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-28 - Data updated: 2026-09-29 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thype/id6804632471/reviews.md ## What is Thype? Thype is a Thai keyboard for anyone who knows how Thai sounds but does not want to hunt for keys on the Kedmanee layout. Type Thai the way it sounds, in Roman letters, and Thype writes it in Thai script as you go. Type "sawatdee" and you get สวัสดี. Type "kin kao" and you get กินข้าว. HOW IT WORKS Type a word phonetically and press space. Thype shows the Thai readings it thinks you meant, best guess first, and you keep typing. Tap a different candidate whenever the first one is not the word you wanted. Press return to commit the sentence. Because Thype reads the whole sentence rather than one word at a time, a word you type now can correct a word you typed three words ago - while everything is still editable, before any of it is committed. BUILT FOR HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY SPELL There is no single correct way to write Thai in Roman letters, so Thype accepts the ways people really type. Formal and everyday informal spellings all work: "jai" and "chai", "phuket" and "puket", "gai" and "kai". Misspell something and a fuzzy match usually still finds the word. FEATURES - Whole-sentence conversion that revises earlier words as you type - Candidates ranked by frequency, by context, and by what you personally pick - English to Thai suggestions: type an English word and take the Thai one instead - Your own dictionary - add any Roman-to-Thai spelling, including names - The standard Thai (Kedmanee) layout, one tap away, for when you want to type Thai directly - Commit anything exactly as typed, so unusual words and names are never in your way - Light and dark appearance, matching the native feeling of system keyboard COMPLETELY OFFLINE Thype contains no networking call at all. The dictionary, the English-Thai glossary and the language model are bundled inside the app and run on your device. It works in Airplane Mode exactly as it does otherwise. That also means there is nothing to collect. No accounts, no analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising, no tracking. The words you pick and the words you add stay on your device, they can be cleared from the Thype app whenever you like, and they go away when you delete the app. Full Access is optional. Granting it lets the keyboard and the app share one personal dictionary. Leave it off and the keyboard works exactly the same, minus that sharing. REQUIREMENTS iPhone running iOS 16 or later. iPad running iPadOS 16 or later. ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.1.2 — 2026-09-03 WORKS WITHOUT FULL ACCESS The keyboard now types normally whether or not you grant Full Access. Turning it on lets the keyboard learn the words you pick for better suggestion and allow custom spellings and words to be added in user dictionary SEND FEEDBACK FROM INSIDE THE APP Settings > Help > Send Feedback. Say what to fix or what to add and press Send. No email, no account. SUPPORT THYPE Thype is free and has no ads, no subscription and no in-app purchase. If you’d like to chip in, there’s now a link in Settings > About. FIXES Bug fixes and improvements. ### 1.1.1 — 2026-09-03 ADDED IPAD SUPPORT Added native iPad support to Thype. SEND FEEDBACK FROM INSIDE THE APP Settings > Help > Send Feedback. Say what to fix or what to add and press Send. No email, no account. SUPPORT THYPE Thype is free and has no ads, no subscription and no in-app purchase. If you'd like to chip in, there's now a link in Settings > About. FIXES - Bug fixes and improvements. ### 1.1.0 — 2026-08-30 Thype 1.1.0 makes typing a whole Thai sentence feel the way Thai is actually written. TYPE A PHRASE WITHOUT SPACES Thai isn't written with spaces between words, and now you don't have to type them either. Type phomchopkinkhao and Thype separates it into ผม ชอบ กิน ข้าว as you go. Press Space when you'd rather draw a boundary yourself - it stays put. SEE THE SENTENCE IN THE FIELD YOU'RE TYPING INTO The Thai you're composing now appears in the text field itself, underlined, and updates in place on every keystroke - including when a later word changes the reading of an earlier one. You read your sentence where it's going to land instead of in the bar above the keyboard. GO BACK AND FILL IN A WORD YOU MISSED Tap an earlier word and press Space to open a slot between it and the next, then type the word you left out. KEY CLICK AND HAPTICS Keys click on touch-down the way the system keyboard does, with an optional haptic tap. Both are in Settings > Keyboard. A NEW SETTINGS SCREEN, AND A GUIDE Settings now holds Setup, Keyboard, Typing, Dictionary, Help and About. How to Type explains picking a reading, pinning a word boundary, the English suggestions and the row that types exactly what you spelled, with a chart of all 32 vowels and a common-word list behind it. Acknowledgements credits the open dictionaries Thype is built on. THREE TYPING SWITCHES, ALL ON BY DEFAULT Separate Words Automatically, Suggest English Meanings, and Learn From What I Pick. Turning off learning keeps what Thype already knows - erasing it is still its own button in My Dictionary. FIXES - Better word choice from the on-device language model. - Small bug fixes and improvements ### 1.0 — 2026-08-28 No release notes. --- *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 2026-09-29.*