Comparison

Selvy PenScript vs DeepPad

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Selvy PenScript

Transform your handwritten notes into digital text with advanced AI recognition. Supports over 40 languages and various handwriting styles, offering a smooth and customizable input experience.

Highlights
  • Handwriting recognition
  • Supports over 40 languages
  • Cursive handwriting support
  • Specialized ink for beautification
  • Six ink color options
  • Smooth, continuous input
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Are you fed up with keyboard typos? Do you miss handwriting on a daily basis? Selvy PenScript empowers you to use your own handwriting to input text on your iPhone. Whether your handwriting is neat, squiggly, or cursive, Selvy PenScript will recognize your handwriting based on 20 years of handwriting recognition research and technology brought to you by Selvas AI. Try it out now using either a stylus or your finger! Some of our key features include: ㆍ Specialized ink specially designed to beautify your handwriting ㆍ Six different ink colors you can choose from ㆍ Smooth, continuous input that provides a seamless handwriting experience ㆍ Recognition of over 40 languages with support for cursive handwriting ㆍ Our online handwriting service that enables you to select languages without having to download them Got a question? You can contact us through our customer center or Facebook page. ■ Customer Center: support@selvasai.comk ■ http://www.selvasai.com

About

DeepPad

This AI-powered keyboard allows users to write Korean characters, numbers, and special symbols using handwriting. It offers scene text recognition and works offline, ensuring privacy and quick input without switching keys.

Highlights
  • AI handwriting recognition
  • Scene text recognition
  • Offline functionality
  • No key transitions for input
  • Privacy-focused on-device AI
Features
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DeepPad is a Korean and English keyboard that learns you as you type. Touch correction, auto translation, handwriting, voice and photo recognition. Enjoy English Speaking and Case Deduction too. It looks and works just like the iPhone keyboard, so there is nothing new to learn. The difference is inside. ■ Fast first Letters go in the moment you touch a key. Whatever else the keyboard does, typing speed comes first. ■ The next word, before you type it Three likely next words sit right above the keys. Whether to take one is up to you. Slipped onto the key next to it? DeepPad works out what you meant and still shows what comes next. It even understands Hangul mid-syllable, when a final consonant is about to move to the next character. ■ Learns your words It remembers the words you use, the order you put them in, and the words you have corrected, and suggests those first. Names and slang that no dictionary knows become your words after you type them twice. See everything it has learned in the app's Typing Report, and delete any of it, or all of it, any time. ■ Stops typos as you type, changes text only when you tap · The key you press lights up clearly, so you notice a one-key slip right away. · It learns where your thumb lands and adjusts key edges slightly. · Keys you often miss feel slightly different under your finger. No silent autocorrect. Your words change only when you tap. ■ English right there Live Korean ↔ English translation appears above the next words as you type. Type Korean to see English, type English to see Korean. Tap to use it, or just read along. Translation runs on your device with Apple's translation engine. Download the language pack once and it works offline. ■ Learning Korean? · Draw Hangul by hand. No need to know the layout yet. On-device AI reads Korean, English, numbers and symbols. · Type English and see it in Korean as you go. · Practice right in the app. ■ Three more ways in · Handwriting: write straight on the keyboard. · Voice: tap the mic, speak Korean, get text. · Camera: point at text on paper or a screen and bring it in. ■ Practice that teaches the keyboard · Next Word Guess: reply to a friend's message. If the keyboard already had your word, that is telepathy. If not, it learns it on the spot. Five cards and your real keyboard already feels different. · English Speaking: see a Korean sentence, answer in English by voice or typing. · Case Deduction: solve a mystery with yes-or-no questions. ■ Your words stay on your phone Everything the keyboard does, next words, translation, handwriting and learning, happens on your device. Nothing goes to our servers. In password and number fields it shows nothing and learns nothing. Only practice mode uses Apple's Private Cloud Compute: judging answers and writing cases in Case Deduction, and one word of context when writing the friend's message in Next Word Guess. Apple does not store it. * Haptics need Allow Full Access in Settings. * Case Deduction needs a device with Apple Intelligence turned on. English Speaking and Next Word Guess work without it, and write fresh sentences when it is on.

Screenshots

Selvy PenScript4 screens
DeepPad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Selvy PenScript at 3.6 against DeepPad's 1.0. Selvy PenScript also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 33%) and ratings volume (120 vs 1). DeepPad's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Selvy PenScript holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Selvy PenScript has 120 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Selvy PenScript's written reviews are positive against 33% of DeepPad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Selvy PenScript ships an update monthly, DeepPad weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Selvy PenScript versus DeepPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelvy PenScriptDeepPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (120 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews65.7% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings120 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSELVAS AI Inc.nosun10005

Customer experience

Selvy PenScript

All ratings120 ratings
Positive63.3%
Neutral9.2%
Negative27.5%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive65.7%
Neutral10.5%
Negative23.8%

DeepPad

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Selvy PenScript

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes on iPhone 12 Pro Max
  • Keyboard not appearing or switching properly
  • Floating keyboard missing buttons (backspace, enter, keyboard switcher)
  • Language selection not working (only Japanese shows despite settings)
  • Incompatible with iOS 15.1.1 and later
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  • Caps lock malfunction with hardware keyboards
  • Terms of Service screen blocks app startup
  • Google Docs on Safari only types one letter at a time
  • Keyboard assets disappearing in floating mode
  • Undo function loses entire sentences
  • Poor recognition with multiple languages simultaneously
  • Kanji not recognized in Japanese mode

Requested features

17 requests
  • Dark mode support
  • Larger writing area for iPad Pro
  • Apple Pencil-only input mode (disable palm detection)
  • Better punctuation and special character recognition
  • Improved undo/redo functionality
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  • Eraser tool for corrections
  • Arabic language support
  • Persian language support
  • Kanji support for Japanese
  • Customizable keyboard button sizes
  • Floating keyboard improvements
  • Better documentation and tutorials
  • Dedicated punctuation button
  • Ability to cross out words while writing
  • Updated UI to match Apple design standards
  • Support for iPad one-hand keyboard mode
  • Adjustable writing space position

DeepPad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Selvy PenScript

No in-app purchases

None

DeepPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Selvy PenScript free?
Selvy PenScript is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DeepPad free?
DeepPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Selvy PenScript or DeepPad?
Selvy PenScript is rated higher. Selvy PenScript averages 3.6 out of 5 from 120 ratings, while DeepPad averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Selvy PenScript or DeepPad have ads?
Neither Selvy PenScript nor DeepPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Selvy PenScript or DeepPad?
Selvy PenScript ships an update monthly, and DeepPad weekly. Most recently, Selvy PenScript was updated on October 22, 2026 and DeepPad on October 23, 2026.

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