Comparison

Cool Type Keyboard vs Magic Key

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

Head to head
About

Cool Type Keyboard

Express yourself with custom fonts and themes directly from your keyboard. Personalize your typing experience by matching your keyboard to your outfit or surroundings. Supports all chat and messaging apps on iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Creative font styles
  • Customizable keyboard themes
  • Match theme to photos
  • Supports all messaging apps
  • Over 100 font styles
  • Regular updates
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Write with style everywhere using your keyboard!!! Dress Up! Change theme to the keyboard by taking a picture! Pair your keyboard with your clothes or with colors that surround you Exclusively for apple iOS devices! Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPods All applications for chat and messaging are supported! If you can type you can use it :) Just activate and select the custom keyboard and start typing (Instructions in app) More than 100 different styles!!! Constantly updated and improved. Write suggestions and recommendations in the review to help us create new styles ϖƦĬŦℨ ϖĬŦℌ ṨŦƳĹℨ! Ⓤⓢⓔ ⓣⓗⓔ ⓡⓘⓖⓗⓣ ⓦⓞⓡⓓⓢ Sǝup ɟnuuʎ ɯǝssɐƃǝs Дↁↁ эмотіоиѕ то Ўоцѓ соммэитѕ

About

Magic Key

Personalize your mobile typing experience with a vast array of themes, skins, and fonts. Choose from over 100 pre-made designs or create your own using photos from your gallery or camera. Customize key colors, borders, transparency, and even add unique sound effects.

Highlights
  • Over 100 themes and skins
  • Use gallery photos or camera for skins
  • Customize key designs, borders, and transparency
  • Over 40 built-in fonts
  • Over 30 sound effects
  • Create and switch between multiple keyboard styles
Features
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Magic Keyboard is one of the most customizable keyboard theme maker and editor that you can find on the app store, with over 100 beautiful themes and skins, all the color varieties plus you can choose a picture from your gallery and add it as a skin or take a photo at the moment and add it. Choose from our key designs, add five types of borders and set the transparency and color of the keys. We have over 40 cool fonts built in the app and the font color can be changed too. Also we have over amazing 30 sound effects to choose from. Oh so you want more than one keyboard skin ? Well you can make many keyboards styles and change them when ever you want in the app just open the app swipe to choose your wanted custom design press the ok button and you are ready. We guarantee that you will love our wonderful app.

Screenshots

Cool Type Keyboard4 screens
Magic Key4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cool Type Keyboard at 4.4 against Magic Key's 3.3. Cool Type Keyboard also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 41%). Magic Key's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and monetization model 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. Cool Type Keyboard sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Magic Key asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cool Type Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Cool Type Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 41% of Magic Key's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cool Type Keyboard ships an update every 7 months, Magic Key every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cool Type Keyboard versus Magic Key: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCool Type KeyboardMagic Key
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (42 ratings) — better3.3 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews — better40.9% of reviews
Number of ratings42 — better29
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSalvatore PetrazzuoloBiser Markov

Customer experience

Cool Type Keyboard

All ratings40 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

Magic Key

All ratings27 ratings
Positive51.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative37.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive40.9%
Neutral27.3%
Negative31.8%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Cool Type Keyboard

One-time4
  • Remove advertising$1.99
  • Unlock pro styles$2.99
  • Unlock premium styles$3.99
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  • Unlimited custom themes$3.99
None

Magic Key

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cool Type Keyboard free?
Cool Type Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Magic Key free?
Magic Key is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cool Type Keyboard or Magic Key?
Cool Type Keyboard is rated higher. Cool Type Keyboard averages 4.4 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while Magic Key averages 3.3 from 29 ratings.
Do Cool Type Keyboard or Magic Key have ads?
Cool Type Keyboard shows ads; Magic Key does not.
Which is updated more often, Cool Type Keyboard or Magic Key?
Cool Type Keyboard ships an update every 7 months, and Magic Key every 4 months. Most recently, Cool Type Keyboard was updated on November 6, 2026 and Magic Key on November 3, 2026.

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