Comparison

Typewise Offline Keyboard vs Clicks Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

Typewise Offline Keyboard

This app provides a secure and private typing experience by functioning entirely offline. It features a unique hexagonal layout designed to reduce typos and offers intuitive gestures for easier text input. Enjoy personalized word suggestions and multi-language support without compromising your data.

Highlights
  • Offline functionality for enhanced privacy
  • Hexagonal key layout for larger touch targets
  • 80% reduction in typos
  • Intuitive swipe gestures for editing
  • Smart autocorrect and personalized suggestions
  • Multi-language typing without switching
  • 16 customizable themes
Features
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This app is the offline version of the popular, privacy-friendly "Typewise Keyboard" app. This offline version adds an additional layer of security. Note: online features will not be available in this app. This app also includes Typewise PRO features: - Type in multiple languages without switching - Get personalized word suggestions - Additional 16 awesome themes - Create your own text replacements - Turn on key vibration - Turn on tablet mode - Change swiping behavior - Change space button sensitivity - Automatically go back to letters after a space - Flick down to undo auto corrections DID YOU KNOW? Current keyboards are based on the 140-year-old mechanical typewriter layout. Typewise is different. It’s the first keyboard that is specifically designed for smartphones. It’s revolutionary yet easy to use, and after a couple of messages you’ll love it. 80% FEWER TYPOS A recent study with 37,000 participants showed that on current keyboards 1 out of 5 words contains typos. With Typewise you finally get rid of these ARRGGHH-moments. Thanks to the hexagon layout, keys are 70% larger and much easier to hit. This reduces typos by 80%. INTUITIVE GESTURES Swipe up to capitalize a letter, swipe left to delete or swipe right to restore. It's as simple as that. SMART AUTOCORRECT Stop getting annoyed by wrong autocorrections or senseless predictions. Typewise learns what you type and helps you write that perfect sentence. 100% PRIVACY What you write is personal. That's why the keyboard does NOT require “full access” and none of your typing data is transmitted to the cloud. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGES Having to switch between different languages is cumbersome. With Typewise you can write in all your languages at once. Choose from 40+ languages and type in the accents you really need. Typewise supports: - English (United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada) - Afrikaans - Albanian - Basque - Breton - Catalan - Croatian - Czech - Danish - Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands) - Estonian - Filipino - Finnish - French (France, Canada, Switzerland) - Galician - German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland) - Hinglish - Hungarian - Icelandic - Indonesian - Irish - Italian - Latvian - Lithuanian - Malaysian - Norwegian - Polish - Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) - Romanian - Serbian - Slovak - Slovene - Spanish - Swedish - Swiss German - Turkish SUPPORTED DEVICES Typewise is optimized for iPhones with iOS 12 or later.

About

Clicks Keyboard

Enhance your typing with advanced keyboard controls. Customize backlight, shift key behavior, and access to numbers and symbols. Optimize your typing experience with features like soft return, cursor mode, and firmware updates.

Highlights
  • Keyboard backlight control
  • Caps lock and shift lock customization
  • Alt lock for numbers and symbols
  • Soft return for line breaks
  • Cursor mode with WASD/IKJL
  • Customizable currency symbol
  • Over-the-air firmware updates
Features
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The Clicks app unlocks new features for your keyboard. Toggle your keyboard backlight between 'automatic' and off. Use this feature to check the status of your backlight and reset it to automatic mode if it's been accidentally disabled through the keyboard shortcut. Caps lock - Control the behaviour of the shift key. When turned on, pressing the shift key once makes the next charater a capital letter. Double clicking the shift key enables shift lock. When disabled, you must press and hold shift to get a captial letter. Alt lock - Control the behaviour of the '123' key. When turned on, pressing the '123' key once makes the next typed character a number of symbol. Double clicking the shift key enables number lock - (great for typing phone numbers of long number strings!). When disabled, you must press and hold '123' to get numbers and symbols. Soft return - Choose between using the return to add a carriage return (soft return) or send a message (hard return). Clicks key customization - Decide whether you want the Clicks key to function as Tab or Control Cursor mode - Enable cursor mode to use WASD and IJKL as directional cursor keys Currency symbol - Customize your currency symbol Create or log in to your Clicks Keyboard account to get updated about the latest features coming to your Clicks Keyboard Update your keyboard firmware over the air to optimize the typing experience. Learn and explore your Clicks keyboard with access to tips and how-to's. * Certain features and functionality are dependant on your Clicks model.

Screenshots

Typewise Offline Keyboard4 screens
Clicks Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Clicks Keyboard at Free against Typewise Offline Keyboard's $24.99. Typewise Offline Keyboard's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 2.9) and review sentiment (40% vs 32%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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

Clicks Keyboard is free to download; Typewise Offline Keyboard costs $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Typewise Offline Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 60 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Typewise Offline Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 32% of Clicks Keyboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Typewise Offline Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, Clicks Keyboard every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Typewise Offline Keyboard versus Clicks Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTypewise Offline KeyboardClicks Keyboard
Price$24.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (41 ratings) — better2.9 (60 ratings)
Positive reviews40.4% of reviews — better31.6% of reviews
Number of ratings4160 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTypewise AGClicks Technology Ltd

Customer experience

Typewise Offline Keyboard

All ratings41 ratings
Positive63.4%
Neutral19.5%
Negative17.1%
Written reviews178 reviews
Positive40.4%
Neutral21.3%
Negative38.2%

Clicks Keyboard

All ratings56 ratings
Positive44.6%
Neutral8.9%
Negative46.4%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive31.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative56.6%

In-app purchases

None

Typewise Offline Keyboard

No in-app purchases

None

Clicks Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Typewise Offline Keyboard free?
Typewise Offline Keyboard costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clicks Keyboard free?
Clicks Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Typewise Offline Keyboard or Clicks Keyboard?
Typewise Offline Keyboard is rated higher. Typewise Offline Keyboard averages 3.9 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Clicks Keyboard averages 2.9 from 60 ratings.
Do Typewise Offline Keyboard or Clicks Keyboard have ads?
Neither Typewise Offline Keyboard nor Clicks Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Typewise Offline Keyboard or Clicks Keyboard?
Typewise Offline Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, and Clicks Keyboard every 6 weeks. Most recently, Typewise Offline Keyboard was updated on November 2, 2026 and Clicks Keyboard on November 3, 2026.

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