Comparison

Keyboard vs Fast Template Lite

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

Head to head
About

Keyboard

This app provides a custom keyboard that allows you to quickly insert frequently used phrases and sentences. Organize your text snippets into categories for easy access and sync them across your devices using iCloud. Its simple design ensures a user-friendly experience for efficient text input.

Highlights
  • Custom keyboard for fixed phrases
  • Categorized canned text registration
  • iCloud sync between devices
  • Simple and easy-to-use design
  • Quick text insertion
Features
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You can register frequently used sentences in the dictionary and call them from the keyboard at any time. -Main functions- ・ Fixed phrase keyboard (can be displayed on the input screen) ・ Categorized canned text registration ・ Sync between multiple devices with iCloud ・ Simple design that is easy to use -How to use- To use this app from the iOS settings, "General-> Keyboard-> Keyboard-> Add new keyboard ..." Please add "DictionaryInput". If you want to synchronize between multiple devices, please enable DictionaryInput in iCloud settings. ・ Please add a category from the + button at the bottom right of the screen. ・ Register fixed phrases in the currently selected category from the Edit mark at the top right of the screen. ・ Tap the globe button on the keyboard of the input screen to switch to DictionaryInput.

About

Fast Template Lite

Quickly send pre-written emails and messages with a single tap. Set reminders to ensure you never forget to send important daily communications, like reports or family updates. This version offers limited templates and includes advertisements.

Highlights
  • Create fixed phrase templates
  • One-tap sending
  • Share to email, SMS, and other apps
  • Time-specified notification function
  • Daily report templates
  • Work start/end time logging
Features
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This app makes it easy to send fixed form emails that must be sent every day. For example... ・Fixed format report to boss (daily report) ・Record the start and end times of today's work ・E-mail to family telling you to return home Once you have created a template, you only need is to launch the app and tap once. This app supports sharing to email, SMS and other apps. This app has a notification function of time specification. No more forgetting to send an email. This is the lite edition. There are the following differences from the standard edition. ・The number of templates created is limited to 2. ・Ads are displayed. If you want to create more than two templates, please use the standard version. Please try using this app. And I'd be happy if you could send me your opinions and impressions. Thanks for reading.

Screenshots

Keyboard3 screens
Fast Template Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fast Template Lite at none against Keyboard's 1. On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Keyboard sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Fast Template Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keyboard ships an update every 3 months, Fast Template Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and August 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Keyboard versus Fast Template Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeyboardFast Template Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.5% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasaharu TsukamotoHaruya Nakamura

Customer experience

Keyboard

Written reviews13 reviews
Positive38.5%
Neutral23.1%
Negative38.5%

Fast Template Lite

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Keyboard

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$0.991 Month
None

Fast Template Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keyboard free?
Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fast Template Lite free?
Fast Template Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Keyboard or Fast Template Lite have ads?
Both Keyboard and Fast Template Lite show ads.
Which is updated more often, Keyboard or Fast Template Lite?
Keyboard ships an update every 3 months, and Fast Template Lite every 2 months. Most recently, Keyboard was updated on September 13, 2026 and Fast Template Lite on August 17, 2026.

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