Comparison

Keyboard vs PausePet

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

PausePet

This app uses a virtual pet simulation to encourage reduced screen time. Your pet's well-being is tied to your daily device usage, with specific periods of the day impacting its mood and growth. Care for your pet, manage its environment, and earn rewards for achieving screen time goals.

Highlights
  • Virtual pet simulation
  • Screen time tracking
  • Pet care and growth mechanics
  • Focus point collection
  • In-app garden for progression
  • Privacy-focused data handling
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PausePet is a pet simulator built to help you stay away from distracting apps on your phone. Your pet's mood and growth are dependent on the amount of screen time you have. PausePet is not a simple timer, but an ongoing simulation; if you scroll too much, your pet will get sad! HOW IT WORKS: PausePet reads device usage data on your phone and scores your screen time across three 8-hour periods each day: • Solar: 8:00am – 4:00pm • Ember: 4:00pm – 12:00am • Stillness: 12:00am – 8:00am Each period gets a score from 0 to 5. Those scores feed into your pet’s hunger, experience, leveling, and mood. Your pet is especially sensitive to phone use during Stillness hours. CARE FOR YOUR PET: Start with an egg. Warm it and tap it regularly until it hatches. After hatching, feed and pet your pet to keep it healthy and happy. Check in to collect focus points when you earn them. Going too long without care puts your pet at risk. Your pet’s emotions reflect a mix of recent usage scores and how well you’ve been caring for it. Level up by feeding, petting, and checking in over time. THE GARDEN: Scoring particularly well will give you the chance to collect seeds. Plant seeds in one of six garden plots. Active plants provide benefits until they reach the end of their lifespan, then you can harvest them. The garden will help you progress further in the world of PausePet, and give you even more reason to stay true to your screen time goals. PRIVACY: Your device usage data from other apps never leaves your device. PausePet uses it locally to calculate scores. Optional cloud backup saves pet progress if you create an account. REQUIREMENTS: PausePet needs Screen Time / Device Activity permission to track usage. On first launch you’ll choose which apps to monitor.

Screenshots

Keyboard3 screens
PausePet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PausePet at 100% against Keyboard's 38%. PausePet also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Keyboard's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price 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. PausePet asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keyboard ships an update every 3 months, PausePet every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Keyboard versus PausePet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeyboardPausePet
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasaharu TsukamotoJoshua Desmond

Customer experience

Keyboard

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

PausePet

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Keyboard

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$0.991 Month
None

PausePet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keyboard free?
Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PausePet free?
PausePet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Keyboard or PausePet have ads?
Keyboard shows ads; PausePet does not.
Which is updated more often, Keyboard or PausePet?
Keyboard ships an update every 3 months, and PausePet every 8 days. Most recently, Keyboard was updated on October 15, 2026 and PausePet on October 8, 2026.

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