Comparison

Bagan Keyboard vs Gboard

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

Head to head
About

Bagan Keyboard

This app offers an enhanced typing experience for the Myanmar language on iOS devices. It provides smart suggestions, shortcut phrases, and supports both Zawgyi and Myanmar Unicode fonts, making communication faster and easier.

Highlights
  • Enhanced Myanmar typing system
  • Smart suggestions
  • Predefined shortcut phrases
  • Supports Zawgyi and Myanmar Unicode
  • Customizable font settings
Features
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# Typing is Easier Ever - Best Myanmar Keyboard # Are you looking for Best Myanmar Keyboard for iOS? Do you want to use smart Myanmar Keyboard on your iPhone? The long-awaited Bagan Keyboard is here now! Bagan Keyboard is a Myanmar Keyboard from emphasizing and hard-working development on Myanmar Language typing system. It also provides the perfect solution of iOS Myanmar Keyboard for those who communicate via instant messages, with an easier, faster, and smarter. Many iOS users are now using Bagan Keyboard as their default typing app. It completes you with suggestions. It saves your time with predefined shortcut phrases. It listens to your typing actions and instantly provides you back your preferred phrases. The development team is always taking care of every user feedback and claim, to provide you a better experience of typing instant messages, also to go with flavors at your wish, both Zawgyi, and Myanmar Unicode. Bagan Keyboard is also known as Burmese Keyboard, Zawgyi Keyboard, Unicode Myanmar Keyboard. Bagan Keyboard is compatible with Zawgyi Font, Unicode Font, Myanmar Font, Burmese Font. The user can type Myanmar Unicode or Zawgyi using Bagan Keyboard and there is a setting in the keyboard to change as user preferred. Bagan Keyboard is also nominated by Telenor Myanmar as a Best Myanmar App in Asia for the year 2014, the Digital Winners event. (http://www.telenor.com.mm/pressReleasedetail/Bagan-Keyboard-nominated-for-Best-App-in-Asia-by-Telenor/7)

About

Gboard

This keyboard app integrates Google Search, GIFs, and emojis directly into your typing experience. It offers features like Glide Typing for faster input and allows you to search and share information without leaving your current application.

Highlights
  • Google Search integration
  • GIF and emoji search
  • Glide Typing for faster input
  • Sticker creation and sharing
  • Search and send various content
Currently charting
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Gboard is the keyboard from Google for your iPhone, packed with features to make typing effortless. On top of GIFs, emoji search, and Glide Typing, the power of Google is at your fingertips with Google Search built in. Forget switching from app to app – just search and send, all from one place. GIFs — Search GIFs for the best reaction Emoji Search — Find the perfect emoji, faster Stickers - Create or share stickers to express yourself Glide Typing — Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter Search and send anything from Google: • Nearby stores and restaurants • Videos and images • Weather forecasts • News and articles • Sports scores • And anything else you’d search on Google Gboard for iPhone and iPad supports the following languages: • Afrikaans • Arabic • Azerbaijani • Belarusian • Bengali • Bulgarian • Catalan • Croatian • Czech • Danish • Dutch • English • Estonian • Finnish • French • German • Greek • Gujarati • Hausa • Hebrew • Hindi • Hungarian • Icelandic • Indonesian • Italian • Japanese • Khmer • Korean • Latvian • Lithuanian • Macedonian • Malay • Maltese • Marathi • Norwegian • Persian • Polish • Portuguese (Brazil) • Portuguese ( Portugal) • Romanian • Russian • Serbian • Simplified Chinese • Slovak • Slovenian • Spanish • Swahili • Swedish • Tamil • Telugu • Thai • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) • Turkish • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Welsh • Zulu Privacy We know the things you type on your phone are personal, so we’ve designed Gboard to keep your private information private. What Gboard sends to Google: • Gboard sends your searches to Google’s web servers to give you search results. • Gboard also sends usage statistics to Google to let us know which features are used most often and to help us understand problems if the app crashes. • If you use Gboard’s microphone, voice input will be sent to Google for transcription. What Gboard doesn’t send to Google: • Other than your searches and voice inputs, Gboard doesn't send anything you type to Google, whether it’s a password or chat with a friend. • To help you with spelling and to predict searches you might be interested in, Gboard will store the words you type on your device. This data is not accessible by Google or by any apps, and can be cleared at any time. • If you’ve turned on contacts search in Gboard search settings, this allows Gboard to search the contacts on your device so you can easily share. None of these queries are sent to Google.

Screenshots

Bagan Keyboard4 screens
Gboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Gboard at none against Bagan Keyboard's shown. Gboard also leads on ratings volume (61K vs 859) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Bagan Keyboard against 4.1 for Gboard. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gboard has 61K ratings behind it against 859, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Bagan Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 51% of Gboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bagan Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, Gboard monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Bagan Keyboard versus Gboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBagan KeyboardGboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (859 ratings)4.1 (61K ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.3% of reviews51.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings85961K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
Best chart rank—#120 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB83 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperWun ZinnGoogle

Customer experience

Bagan Keyboard

All ratings853 ratings
Positive71.3%
Neutral11.5%
Negative17.2%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive44.3%
Neutral25.0%
Negative30.7%

Gboard

All ratings59,009 ratings
Positive74.2%
Neutral7.2%
Negative18.6%
Written reviews3,135 reviews
Positive51.2%
Neutral12.8%
Negative36.0%

User reviews

Bagan Keyboard

From 859 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent keyboard
  • 💡 Supports Unicode and Zawgyi conversion
  • 🚀 Fast keyboard switching

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Keyboard not appearing or not working properly
  • 🐛 Issues with keyboard layout and functionality after updates
  • 🐛 Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions

Gboard

From 61K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent swipe typing
  • 👍 Customizable keyboard themes
  • 🔍 Integrated Google search and translation
  • 💡 Convenient GIF and emoji search

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Keyboard crashes and glitches
  • 🔍 Inconsistent autocorrect and word prediction
  • 🔍 Buggy cursor control and text selection
  • 🔍 Keyboard layout issues in landscape mode

Bugs and requests

Bagan Keyboard

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Keyboard hiding 'Done', 'Post', or 'Upload' buttons
  • Backspace key not working correctly
  • Unexpected font and capitalization changes while typing
  • Keyboard disappearing or not showing up as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add English keyboard support
  • Improve keyboard customization options
  • Implement better cursor and text selection controls
  • Introduce more keyboard themes and styles

Gboard

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Keyboard freezing and flashing
  • Keyboard disappearing or reverting to default
  • Voice dictation not working properly
  • Keyboard layout issues in certain apps

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add dark mode theme option
  • Improve cursor control and text selection
  • Allow more customization options
  • Enhance autocorrect and word prediction

In-app purchases

None

Bagan Keyboard

No in-app purchases

None

Gboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bagan Keyboard free?
Bagan Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gboard free?
Gboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bagan Keyboard or Gboard?
Gboard is rated higher. Bagan Keyboard averages 4.0 out of 5 from 859 ratings, while Gboard averages 4.1 from 61K ratings.
Do Bagan Keyboard or Gboard have ads?
Bagan Keyboard shows ads; Gboard does not.
Which is updated more often, Bagan Keyboard or Gboard?
Bagan Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, and Gboard monthly. Most recently, Bagan Keyboard was updated on November 1, 2026 and Gboard on November 3, 2026.

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