Kaaval Uthavi vs Desh Tamil Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kaaval Uthavi
This app provides citizen safety features, including an emergency alert system that shares your live location with the control room and nearest police. It also allows for direct calls to emergency services and mobile-based complaint registration with media attachments. Additionally, it offers TNP e-services like police verification and lost document reporting.
- Emergency alert system with live location sharing
- Direct calls to emergency services (112/100/101)
- Mobile complaint registration with video/image
- Live location sharing with friends/family
- Police station locator and directory
- TNP e-services (police verification, lost documents)
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This app is used for Citizen safety and to provide various TNP e-services Kaaval Uthavi app is used to trigger & send 'Emergency' alert to control room in order to get immediate assistance by general public during any kind of distress/emergency. On pressing of emergency red button, User live location will be shared with control room, user details is identified and nearest Police station / Police vehicle will be alerted to provide required assistance to app user. Also SMS alert will be sent to registered friends/family members about emergency. If data is low or poor, then emergency Trigger will be sent as SMS packets to control room in order to ensure emergency service by knowing last location of the caller. The Dial 112/100/101 feature is used to make direct voice call with control room and by dialing from registered mobile number user location will be easily identified in order to provide immediate assistance via nearby Police Station/Vehicle. Similarly, Mobile compliant feature is used to register real time mobile based complaint with control room long with short video or image by selecting required complaint type and sub-type. The location sharing features is used to share live location of the app user with family/friends during normal time like travel, shopping etc. during required time via WhatsApp and Google map location share services. Further under other services many services like Police station locator with direction & dial feature, control room directory & its dial services, other help line directory & its dial service, notification/alert services are integrated to ensure and avail various kind of emergency assistance & other services. Under this app, TNP e-services such as Police verification, lost document report, Vehicle verification, FIR & CSR status etc. is also integrated and enabled to access via its portal to get and access various services of Tamil Nadu Police.
Desh Tamil Keyboard
This keyboard extension simplifies Tamil typing using English transliteration and intelligent word predictions. It offers seamless switching between Tamil and English, spell correction, and a dedicated emoji button. Users can also utilize a clipboard for saved text and send stickers to enhance their chats.
- English to Tamil transliteration
- Word predictions
- Language switching
- Spell correction
- Emoji button
- Clipboard for saved text
- Sticker support
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Desh Tamil Keyboard is a keyboard extension that makes Tamil typing super easy: • Type in English letters and get Tamil words with our transliteration technology • Type faster using word predictions • Easily switch to English with the language key • Word predictions and spell-correct is available in English also • Emoji button is available after pressing 123 Open the app and follow instructions to get your new Tamil keyboard: • Enable keyboard from settings • Activate the keyboard by holding the Globe icon and selecting "Desh Tamil Keyboard" • Type Tamil everywhere! Allowing full access: • When enabling the keyboard, you may enable "Allow Full Access" • This allows us to access crash reports and will help us improve the stability of the app • We respect your privacy. No personal information is collected • A standard warning is shown when you enable any downloaded keyboard app How to access settings: • Tap on the ⋯ button after opening the app and tap Settings. This option will be available after keyboard is activated • Available settings: sound on key press, vibrate on key press, emoji row, number row Using the clipboard: • The clipboard lets you save text that you frequently use and paste them easily • After you copy any text, it can be viewed from the clipboard by tapping on "Paste copied text". You can use the Pin button to save it permanently • To show copied text automatically when clipboard is opened, you can change the "Paste from Other Apps" setting to "Allow" Using stickers to make your chats more fun: • Open the stickers page by clicking on the sticker icon on the keyboard. Click on any sticker you like to copy it • Navigate back to your chat app and use your phone's Paste option in the message box • The sticker will be pasted in the chat. Note that animations are currently sent as GIFs due to technical limitations Do share your feedback and help us improve Desh Tamil Keyboard. And don't forget to leave a review if you like it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Desh Tamil Keyboard at 4.6 against Kaaval Uthavi's 4.3. Desh Tamil Keyboard also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 67%) and ratings volume (217 vs 12). Kaaval Uthavi's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Desh Tamil Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Desh Tamil Keyboard has 217 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Kaaval Uthavi's written reviews are positive against 83% of Desh Tamil Keyboard's.
Kaaval Uthavi ships an update every 6 weeks, Desh Tamil Keyboard every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kaaval Uthavi | Desh Tamil Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) | 4.6 (217 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 217 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 200 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tamil Nadu Police | ClusterDev Technologies Private Limited |
Customer experience
Kaaval Uthavi
Desh Tamil Keyboard
Bugs and requests
Kaaval Uthavi
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Desh Tamil Keyboard
Reported bugs
5 issues- Desh keyboard often not working
- English auto-text and suggestions disabled after switching to Tamil
- Voice typing not working on iPhone
- Voice typing output mismatches spoken Tamil
- Draw option not appearing as in Android
Requested features
4 requests- Implement voice typing
- Improve voice typing accuracy
- Improve English auto-correction and word prediction
- Ensure draw option appears as in Android
In-app purchases
Kaaval Uthavi
No in-app purchases
Desh Tamil Keyboard
No in-app purchases
Questions
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