Comparison

Esperanto keyboard vs Divvun Dev Keyboards

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

Head to head
About

Esperanto keyboard

This utility app provides a specialized keyboard for typing in Esperanto. It offers predictive text, swipe typing, and auto-correction to enhance typing speed and accuracy for Esperanto users.

Highlights
  • Predictive text for Esperanto
  • Swipe typing support
  • Auto-correction
  • Dedicated Esperanto sign button
  • Familiar keyboard layout
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Esperanta klavaro subteno antaŭdiri, swipe tajpadon kaj auto korekto Klavararanĝo estas sama kiel sistemo klavaro, sed havas Esperanton signo butonon kaj datumoj helpi vin tajpi pli rapide. --English-- Esperanto keyboard support predict, swipe typing and auto correction Keyboard layout is same as system keyboard, but have Esperanto sign button and data help you type faster.

About

Divvun Dev Keyboards

This app provides keyboards for various indigenous and minority languages, serving as a testing platform for new features and experimental code. It includes keyboards for some majority languages as well, with production-ready features available in a separate application.

Highlights
  • Keyboards for indigenous languages
  • Keyboards for minority languages
  • Testing ground for new features
  • Experimental code inclusion
  • Keyboards for majority languages
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«Divvun Dev Keyboards» contains keyboards for a number of indigenous and minority languages. It is a testing ground for new features and languages, and as such can contain experimental code. For the same reason, keyboards for some majority languages are also included. Features and keyboard layouts that are deemed ready for production release are published in the «Divvun Keyboards» app.

Screenshots

Esperanto keyboard2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Divvun Dev Keyboards at 100% against Esperanto keyboard's 23%. Divvun Dev Keyboards also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Esperanto keyboard's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads 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. Esperanto keyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Divvun Dev Keyboards asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Divvun Dev Keyboards holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Esperanto keyboard has 62 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Esperanto keyboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Divvun Dev Keyboards's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Esperanto keyboard versus Divvun Dev Keyboards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEsperanto keyboardDivvun Dev Keyboards
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (62 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings62 — better1
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB45 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLE SANGThe University of Tromso

Customer experience

Esperanto keyboard

All ratings62 ratings
Positive30.6%
Neutral17.7%
Negative51.6%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive22.7%
Neutral22.7%
Negative54.5%

Divvun Dev Keyboards

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Esperanto keyboard

Reported bugs

56 issues
  • Keyboard enlarges offscreen, becoming unusable
  • Keyboard increases in size, only showing a few letters
  • Word typed is replaced by another word upon pressing space
  • Dictionary lacks many forms of plural, accusative, and genitive
  • Keyboard freezes or gets stuck in the top left corner
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  • Keyboard zooms in, making it unusable
  • Autocorrect is terrible and strikes randomly
  • Keyboard does not size correctly to the screen
  • Skips letters unpredictably
  • Randomly capitalizes the first few letters of a sentence
  • Does not switch from default to Esperanto keyboard with reliability
  • Keyboard randomly zooms in
  • Word endings (past, future, etc. tenses) are not recognized by autocorrect
  • Some prepositions are not recognized by autocorrect
  • The app is partially in Esperanto and partially in English
  • Glitches when using the search bar from the home screen
  • Glitches when switching between keyboards
  • Swipe feature is useless
  • Capitalization gets stuck and caps letters
  • Punctuation mark is snapped to the last letter
  • Sometimes freezes and doesn’t sense taps
  • Locks up when typing fast, still clicks but doesn’t type
  • Keyboard skips letters
  • Keyboard randomly capitalizes the first 3 letters of a sentence
  • Sudden auto correct with no warning
  • Keyboard constantly glitches where it becomes large
  • Makes user force quit whatever app they were in
  • Incredibly frustrating to try and use the special ĝ ĉ keys
  • Keyboard stops functioning or completely disappears if app is exited while keyboard is active
  • Phone must be powered off to get it back
  • Long press a letter that is supposed to be hatted, the hatted letter won't show up
  • Keyboard disappears and reappears without warning
  • Causes all other keyboards to glitch
  • Gboard (Google's keyboard) would flicker and reset to the default iOS keyboard
  • Keys get really big to the point of 2 or 3 keys taking up the entire keyboard
  • Unable to exit the large keyboard
  • Some keys lag a bit when typing quickly
  • Long-pressing on individual keys to bring up the “pop-up menu of related letters with different accent marks” only works about half the time
  • Period key doesn’t actually work if pressed to insert a period
  • Causes the keyboard to freeze up and stop working all together
  • Swipe keyboard doesn’t work well with user defined words
  • Vicious bug: switching between input methods twice makes the input method unusable
  • Uncontrollable swipe feature is a problem for accuracy
  • Layout is difficult and leads to many mistakes
  • Can barely type without making a ton of mistakes
  • The keys are too small or don't work when pressed
  • Auto correct doesn't recognize basic words like Ĉu
  • The keyboard looks a bit funny and small
  • The actual keyboard is not that good
  • It doesn’t have any present tense or past tense, just the infinitives
  • The app opens and then immediately crashes on iPhone
  • It is not a keyboard. At least on IOS 13, it only shows ads, cannot be made a keyboard on system level
  • Most words aren’t detected when swiping
  • It glitches when I want to post a tweet
  • Hard to type with. Skips letters and spaces, lots of unintentional key presses
  • Tapping the “A” button does not provide a preview / feedback of showing the key was tapped

Requested features

28 requests
  • Add missing plural, accusative, and genitive forms to dictionary
  • Fix keyboard enlargement issue
  • Improve integration with other apps
  • Resolve bug where words are replaced
  • Add Kurdish keyboard
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  • Improve autocorrect dictionary
  • Add option to turn off keyboard clicks/sounds
  • Update GUI to be smoother
  • Add voice recognition
  • Make keyboard look like other iOS keyboards
  • Improve swipe typing for user-defined words
  • Remove letters not used in Esperanto (q, w, x, y)
  • Fix issue with long-pressing keys
  • Fix period key functionality
  • Fix keyboard freezing
  • Fix issue with punctuation snapping to last letter
  • Fix capitalization issues
  • Fix issue with typing fast
  • Add option to turn off auto-capitalization
  • Add option to switch to night mode
  • Improve dictionary for word conjugations and forms
  • Improve swipe typing for user-defined words
  • Add option to turn off predictive text and autocorrect
  • Improve sensitivity of touch for accented consonants
  • Fix lag when typing quickly
  • Add option to turn off click sound
  • Add option to turn off auto-complete dictionary
  • Add option to turn off automatic switch to uppercase

Divvun Dev Keyboards

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Esperanto keyboard

One-time1
  • All color themes$0.99
None

Divvun Dev Keyboards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Esperanto keyboard free?
Esperanto keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Divvun Dev Keyboards free?
Divvun Dev Keyboards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Esperanto keyboard or Divvun Dev Keyboards?
Divvun Dev Keyboards is rated higher. Esperanto keyboard averages 2.6 out of 5 from 62 ratings, while Divvun Dev Keyboards averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Esperanto keyboard or Divvun Dev Keyboards have ads?
Neither Esperanto keyboard nor Divvun Dev Keyboards shows ads.

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