Comparison

Bagan Keyboard vs Trip Reader (NFC)

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

Trip Reader (NFC)

Access your Chinese public transit card's balance and transaction history using your iPhone's NFC reader. View station names, monthly discounts, and bus routes without needing internet or Bluetooth. Save your travel history and sync it across devices.

Highlights
  • Read balance and history
  • Show station names
  • Track monthly discounts
  • Display bus route numbers
  • Save travel history
  • Sync to iCloud
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Trip Reader uses iPhone's internal NFC reader to get balance and history from public transit cards issued across China. No Internet or Bluetooth is needed. Main features: • Balance and history • Show station names • Monthly discount policy and progress • Bus route number • Save history and comments • Sync to iCloud ************************************** Beijing Yikatong is not supported due to technical reason. ************************************** Cards supported: • Beijing Hutong Card (京津冀互联互通卡, with T-Union mark) • Tianjin City Card (with T-Union mark) • Nanjing City Card (with T-Union mark) • Suzhou Citizen Card • Shanghai Public Transportation Card (Purple card and T-Union card) • Kunshan Citizen Card • Guangzhou Yang Cheng Tong (CPU card only) • Lingnan Pass • Shenzhen Tong (FeliCa type not supported) • Chengdu Tianfu Tong (CPU card only) • Other T-Union or City Union cards issued across China (some dual-module cards may show T-Union history only) Note: Student cards, senior cards etc. are not supported. This app does not have access to official database. Please use with caution and do not rely on the result.

Screenshots

Bagan Keyboard4 screens
Trip Reader (NFC)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trip Reader (NFC) at 93% against Bagan Keyboard's 44%. Trip Reader (NFC) also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). Bagan Keyboard's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs paid). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

Trip Reader (NFC) holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 853 and 483 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Bagan Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 93% of Trip Reader (NFC)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bagan Keyboard versus Trip Reader (NFC): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBagan KeyboardTrip Reader (NFC)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (853 ratings)4.7 (483 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.3% of reviews92.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings853 — better483
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWun ZinnDomosekai Limited

Customer experience

Bagan Keyboard

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

Trip Reader (NFC)

All ratings483 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

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

Trip Reader (NFC)

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bagan Keyboard

No in-app purchases

None

Trip Reader (NFC)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bagan Keyboard free?
Bagan Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trip Reader (NFC) free?
Trip Reader (NFC) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bagan Keyboard or Trip Reader (NFC)?
Trip Reader (NFC) is rated higher. Bagan Keyboard averages 4.0 out of 5 from 853 ratings, while Trip Reader (NFC) averages 4.7 from 483 ratings.
Do Bagan Keyboard or Trip Reader (NFC) have ads?
Bagan Keyboard shows ads; Trip Reader (NFC) does not.
Which is updated more often, Bagan Keyboard or Trip Reader (NFC)?
Bagan Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, and Trip Reader (NFC) every 2 months. Most recently, Bagan Keyboard was updated on October 14, 2026 and Trip Reader (NFC) on October 10, 2026.

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