Comparison

Typewise Offline Keyboard vs Patchword

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

Patchword

Compare files and directories to identify additions, removals, or modifications. It allows for matching files with slightly different names and applying or exporting patches and edit scripts non-destructively.

Highlights
  • Compare files and text
  • Compare directories
  • Identify added, removed, modified files
  • Match files by alphabetical order or custom map
  • Export and apply patches
  • Create non-destructive edit scripts
Features
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Select two files or paste two texts and compare them. Select two directories and compare them to see which files have been added, removed or modified, and selectively reset modified files to match the original ones. If files have slightly different names, you can match them by alphabetical order or a custom name map, and selectively rename them afterwards so that the names are equal. Export patches from two compared text files, or apply saved patches to an existing file. Create edit scripts that are applied non-destructively to a text file and export the resulting text.

Screenshots

Typewise Offline Keyboard4 screens
Patchword4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Patchword at $5.99 against Typewise Offline Keyboard's $24.99. Patchword also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 40%). Typewise Offline Keyboard's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (41 vs 2). On update cadence, 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

Typewise Offline Keyboard costs $24.99 and Patchword $5.99 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 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Typewise Offline Keyboard has 41 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Typewise Offline Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 50% of Patchword's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Typewise Offline Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, Patchword every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Typewise Offline Keyboard versus Patchword: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTypewise Offline KeyboardPatchword
Price$24.99$5.99 — better
Rating3.9 (41 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews40.4% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTypewise AGNicolas Kick

Customer experience

Typewise Offline Keyboard

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

Patchword

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Typewise Offline Keyboard

No in-app purchases

None

Patchword

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Typewise Offline Keyboard free?
Typewise Offline Keyboard costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patchword free?
Patchword costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Typewise Offline Keyboard or Patchword?
Typewise Offline Keyboard is rated higher. Typewise Offline Keyboard averages 3.9 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Patchword averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Typewise Offline Keyboard or Patchword have ads?
Neither Typewise Offline Keyboard nor Patchword shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Typewise Offline Keyboard or Patchword?
Typewise Offline Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, and Patchword every 3 months. Most recently, Typewise Offline Keyboard was updated on October 18, 2026 and Patchword on October 12, 2026.

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