# TypeIt4Me Touch — Notepad with text expansion

> Notepad app with text expansion and iCloud sync for Mac users. (iPhone/iPad app by Ettore Software Ltd..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/typeit4me-touch/id300973416 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ettore Software Ltd.](https://appshunter.io/developer/289507331)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: $4.99
- Rating: 3.50/5 from 11 App Store ratings · 67 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 61 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2009-01-17
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/typeit4me-touch/id300973416/reviews.md

## What is TypeIt4Me Touch?

TypeIt4Me Touch is a simple notepad app with built-in text expansion for swiftly composing notes and messages. Define your own custom shorthand abbreviations and they’ll instantly be replaced as you type with the longer texts they represent, saving you time and effort.

Create and store snippet abbreviations on your iPhone or iPad and gradually build up your own custom shorthand library for quickly jotting things down. Store as many notes as you like to use and reuse later. These can be emailed, messaged and shared straight from within the app, or copied to the clipboard in a couple of taps.

Install the bundled TypeIt4Me Touch keyboard extension and quickly bring it up in any app to access long snippets of frequently used text. Addresses, email signatures and boilerplate paragraphs stored locally or in iCloud will always be right at your fingertips. Use them in Mail, Safari, Messages or anywhere else you can type. (NB: the keyboard extension is for on-screen typing only. Bluetooth hardware support is limited to composing notes in the app itself.)

Ever wished you could use your Mac TypeIt4Me abbreviations in iOS? This is the app for you. If you use TypeIt4Me 6 (or TypeIt4Me 5.4.x from the Mac App Store) and you keep your abbreviations in iCloud, you can use them on your iPhone and iPad. They will be available in the TypeIt4Me Touch app and keyboard as long as you’re signed in to iCloud. You can also add new snippets and sync them across all your Macs and iDevices. 

If you’re still using TypeIt4Me 5.5.3 (or earlier versions for Mac) downloaded directly from the Ettore Software website, automatic iCloud syncing of your abbreviations between Mac and iOS is not available. However, you can still use snippets created on your Mac. Just email your Mac TypeIt4Me snippet set files to yourself and open the attachments in TypeIt4Me Touch on your iPhone or iPad to import your abbreviations.

With TypeIt4Me Touch installed on your iPhone or iPad, greetings, common phrases, boilerplate texts, URLs or even large chunks of programming code can all be just a couple of prods away. Enjoy :)

## Key features

- Text expansion with custom abbreviations
- Create and store unlimited notes
- Share notes via email, message, or clipboard
- Bundled keyboard extension for any app
- iCloud sync with Mac TypeIt4Me
- Import snippets via email attachments

## Recent user reviews (10 of 67)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/typeit4me-touch/id300973416/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Real Bad

*2025-08-20*

It is intuitive and difficult to manage.

### 1/5 — It doesn’t work

*2025-05-09*

iOS 16, doesn’t work. Frustrating

**Developer response:** Hello jeshurunlin,
We are sorry to hear you are unable to use the app. It is fully compatible with iOS 16 and everything works as expected in our testing. If you contact us directly via our website to explain exactly what function does not appear to be working for you (the notepad itself? or they keyboard extension?), we will do our best to help.

### 5/5 — 特に不具合も無くバッチリ

*2025-01-01*

Macでも使用してますが最近は不具合も無く便利に使ってます。

これからもよろしくお願いします。

**Developer response:** Thanks for reporting problems when using TypeIt4Me in Japanese. We will do our best to try and fix this and would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused.
UPDATE on June 21: we think we fixed this now, here's a link to the beta version should you care to test it and confirm to us if it is indeed fixed: https://testflight.apple.com/join/x7qXPVBS

### 2/5 — Workable but highly flawed

*2024-11-30*

Once snippets have been created on another device, and if the app actually communicates with iCloud properly, the app is usable. But creating snippets on iPhone is completely impossible, which makes any attempt to use the app in a quick and reactive way a lost cause. The moment you try to create or edit a snippet it’s like the app interface expands to be 25% larger than the iPhone screen area, meaning you can no longer see, select, add, or edit text. I’d say that the only platform it really works well on is macOS, but adding snippets there is an exercise in metronome-regular crashes and restarts. One has to wonder if the app developers are testing this app at all, or just tossing it out to us with barely a look back.

**Developer response:** Hello Gwynn, we're really sorry that you've had such an uneven experience creating and syncing snippets. We do test our apps as far as we can before release, using a combination of simulators and test hardware. However, as there are only two of us and we can't test for every possible setup, sometimes glitches can slip through. We act on these as soon as they are reported to us. Due to the review process, when new devices are released with very little notice it can take us a little while to get updates in to the store to accommodate unexpected changes such as different screen sizes or other feature tweaks. The good news is we are currently hard at work on a major overhaul of our flagship Mac app that ought to finally address the stability issues that can affect the legacy version Apple currently sells on the Mac App Store. In our testing so far it works well in tandem with the TypeIt4Me Touch notepad app. If you'd like to get early access to test the beta and help us identify interoperability issues, please do get in touch with us directly via our website. We'd love the opportunity to work with you to smooth things out, improve your experience and make our apps better for everyone.

### 1/5 — Still Not Syncing

*2024-08-28*

A year after notifying the development team that snippets weren't syncing across devices, and still nothing fixed. In fact, I now can't edit snippets on iOS. I close the app after editing, then reopen, and my edit has reverted back to previous state. I can only edit on the Mac now.

**Developer response:** Hello. We released an update a few months ago with revisions to the syncing code that we had hoped might resolve things for you. We are truly sorry to learn it didn't fix the issue affecting your device. We tried unsuccessfully to reproduce the same behaviour in our testing here; the fact that it doesn't happen in a repeatable way we can observe makes it difficult to identify and address the cause of the problem. We had to make changes based on our best guess of what might be going wrong. If it were happening consistently to others, too, that might give us more clues to go on and open up further avenues of investigation. Unfortunately, it appears to be unique to your setup (or if others have experienced the same thing, they just haven't reported it). If you like, we could arrange for a screen sharing session to troubleshoot with you in real time. Alternatively, we could send you a TestFlight invitation so you can have early access to TypeIt4Me 7.0 (currently in beta) on your Mac to see if that is also affected by your sync issue. Please get in touch again if you'd like us to have another crack at solving this problem for you.

### 5/5 — A long-time fan

*2023-08-17*

I’ve used TypeIt4Me for many years and find it invaluable. I downloaded the new OS and iOS versions a few days ago and had a question for Ettore support. The detailed and helpful answer came within a day from an actual human being.

### 5/5 — Fantastic App

*2023-07-30*

Absolute fantastic App, I have been looking for a Boilerplate App like this for a considerable time, this App is already revolutionising my ability to convey information and request information to and from my clients. A dream come true!

### 5/5 — Time saver that syncs across devices

*2022-08-18*

Saves a lot of time by allowing you to use keyboard shortcuts for frequently typed text! Snippets sync via iCloud across iPhone, iPad and Mac. 

It’s a little frustrating to have to invoke a special keyboard in order to access the snippets, but that’s a limitation set by Apple not the developer.

### 3/5 — In Verbindung mit MacApp sehr gut

*2022-04-02*

iOS-App immer noch nicht mit deutscher Oberfläche, warum? 
Die Mac-Version ist mit deutscher Oberfläche.

**Developer response:** Hallo. Es tut uns leid, dass es derzeit keine deutsche Oberfläche gibt. Es steht auf unserer Liste der Dinge, die hinzugefügt werden müssen, aber da wir nur zu zweit sind, um mehrere Apps zu entwickeln und zu unterstützen, kann es manchmal lange dauern, bis wir alle Wünsche unserer Kunden erfüllen. Bis dahin hoffen wir, dass diese App Ihnen noch Zeit sparen kann.

### 4/5 — 惜しい！　Pretty good, but a bit more

*2022-01-15*

日本のユーザーとしては、2点改善されたら完璧と感じます。

カーソルインサートができる（％|コマンドの有効化）
フリック入力キーボードの対応（日本語キーボードでスニペットが使える）

すでに良いアプリですが、この２つの機能が追加されれば、万人におすすめできるようになります。

As a Japanese user, I feel it would be perfect if two points could be improved.

Ability to do cursor inserts (enable %| commands)
Support for flick input keyboard (snippets can be used with Japanese flick keyboard )

It is already a good app, but if these two features are added, I will be able to recommend it to everyone.

## Frequently asked questions about TypeIt4Me Touch

### What does TypeIt4Me Touch do?

TypeIt4Me Touch is a productivity app that functions as a notepad with a powerful text expansion feature. You can create custom shorthand abbreviations that automatically expand into longer, pre-defined texts as you type, significantly speeding up note composition and messaging.

### How does the text expansion feature work?

You define your own abbreviations within the app. When you type one of these abbreviations in any app that supports the keyboard extension, it will be instantly replaced with the full text you've associated with it. This is ideal for frequently used phrases, addresses, or email signatures.

### Can I sync my abbreviations from my Mac?

Yes, if you use TypeIt4Me 6 or TypeIt4Me 5.4.x on your Mac and keep your abbreviations in iCloud, they will automatically sync to TypeIt4Me Touch on your iPhone or iPad. You can also add new snippets on iOS and have them sync back to your Mac.

### What if I use an older version of TypeIt4Me on Mac?

For older versions of TypeIt4Me (5.5.3 or earlier) downloaded directly from Ettore Software, automatic iCloud syncing is not supported. However, you can still import your Mac abbreviations by emailing your snippet set files to yourself and opening the attachments within TypeIt4Me Touch on your iOS device.

### Is this app free?

Based on the provided information, this application is a paid app. It does not mention any in-app purchases or a freemium model, indicating a one-time purchase for full functionality.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.5.16 — 2025-10-03

Bug fixes.

### 3.5.15 — 2025-04-24

Fixes a glitch in the editing of snippets on iPhone 16 pro.

### 3.5.14 — 2024-12-30

Fixes glitches preventing creation and editing of snippets on iPhone 16 Pro Max.

### 3.5.13 — 2024-10-02

Fixes glitch in the keyboard extension on latest iPhones.

### 3.5.12 — 2024-05-25

Bug fixes, code optimisation.

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