Comparison

My Typewriter vs Musa Keys

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

Head to head
About

My Typewriter

Experience the charm of a vintage typewriter with modern word processing features. This app offers authentic sounds and visuals, with options to save, print, and export your work. Optimized for social media, it's perfect for poets and writers seeking a unique creative tool.

Highlights
  • Authentic vintage typewriter look and feel
  • Underwood-inspired keystrokes and bell sounds
  • Randomized ink patterns
  • Save, print, and export creations
  • Optimized page size for social media
  • Delete mistakes and manual cursor movement
  • Font randomizer and vintage font selection
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My Typewriter combines the look and feel of working on a vintage typewriter with the convenience of a modern day word processor. With My Typewriter you have a typewriter to-go right in the palm of your hand. From the Underwood-inspired keystrokes and bell to the randomized ink patterns, this app was designed with the authentic experience of the classic writing machine in mind. Anything you create on My Typewriter can be saved, printed, exported, and uploaded to any platform you would like. Furthermore, the page size of My Typewriter has been optimized for social media posting to give your work the highest aesthetic quality on what’s becoming the chosen platform for the modern day poet. Some advantages My Typewriter has over other typewriter apps are the ability to delete mistakes, a longer page to be better-suited for long-form works, a font randomizer, a selection of vintage fonts to choose from, and the ability to move the cursor around manually in order to play with poetic form or to function like a traditional word-processor. We hope the next wave of Kerouacs, Plaths, and Hemingways use My Typewriter to create their masterworks just as we hope anyone with the inkling to write finds true joy from this virtual typewriter. Writers write, so get to it! Developed by Winnona Partners, LLC https://winnonapartners.com

About

Musa Keys

Easily input and display Musa alphabet text on your phone or computer. Decode messages that appear as "tofu" and respond using a dedicated keyboard. Seamlessly integrate Musa typing into any application.

Highlights
  • Musa text input for phones
  • Decode "tofu" Musa messages
  • Musa keyboard for mobile
  • Desktop agent for WiFi input
  • Integrates with any computer program
  • On-screen Musa keyboard
Features
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Musa Compliant - ™ The Musa Academy For more information on the Musa Alphabet, visit www.musa.bet. Musa Keys is the easiest way to enter Musa text into a phone or computer. When you receive Musa text in a message on your phone, it will normally show as “tofu”. To read it, select the message and copy it to the clipboard, then just open Musa Keys. You will see the message, with Musa text correctly displayed, and you’ll be able to respond to it using the Musa keyboard. To enter Musa into your computer, you need the Musa Keyboards agent program. Both the computer and the phone need access to the same WiFi network, and you’ll need to have a Musa font installed on your computer to see the letters. The Musa letters you type go directly into whatever program you’re using: a word processor, an email program, a website, whatever – just as if they’d been typed on your hardware keyboard. While it is connected, you can continue to use your hardware keyboard to enter non-Musa text, and of course your mouse continues to function. And the agent itself functions as an onscreen Musa keyboard. Musa, Musa Compliant, and the Musa logo are trademarks of The Musa Academy PBC.

Screenshots

My Typewriter4 screens
Musa Keys4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Musa Keys at Free against My Typewriter's $1.99. Musa Keys also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). My Typewriter's advantage is ratings volume (133 vs 4) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Musa Keys is free to download; My Typewriter costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Musa Keys holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Typewriter has 133 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Typewriter ships an update every 2 months, Musa Keys every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
My Typewriter versus Musa Keys: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy TypewriterMusa Keys
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (133 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings133 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEcho GarrettNika Topuria

Customer experience

My Typewriter

All ratings133 ratings
Positive72.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative23.3%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative34.4%

Musa Keys

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

My Typewriter

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes frequently, especially when saving
  • Data loss when app crashes mid-typing
  • Saved canvases display cut off or out of view
  • Keyboard input not synced properly
  • Text overwrites or misaligns during editing
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  • Line break functionality inconsistent
  • App freezes on device rotation
  • Paste functionality not working
  • Cannot load multiple pages for continuous typing

Requested features

15 requests
  • Bluetooth/external keyboard support
  • Sound toggle/mute option
  • Multiple page support
  • Autosave functionality
  • Copy and paste text capability
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  • Export as editable text file (not just image)
  • Different background/paper options
  • Dark mode or inverted colors
  • Spellcheck and advanced editing tools
  • User guide and in-app help documentation
  • Custom canvas/background import
  • Different export dimensions (Instagram square)
  • Watermark option
  • Red ink ribbon option
  • Landscape orientation support

Musa Keys

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

My Typewriter

No in-app purchases

None

Musa Keys

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Typewriter free?
My Typewriter costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Musa Keys free?
Musa Keys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Typewriter or Musa Keys?
Musa Keys is rated higher. My Typewriter averages 4.0 out of 5 from 133 ratings, while Musa Keys averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do My Typewriter or Musa Keys have ads?
Neither My Typewriter nor Musa Keys shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Typewriter or Musa Keys?
My Typewriter ships an update every 2 months, and Musa Keys every 3 months. Most recently, My Typewriter was updated on November 2, 2026 and Musa Keys on November 3, 2026.

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