Comparison

ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout vs Jot Transcribe

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

Head to head
About

ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout

This keyboard app offers a redesigned layout based on alphabetical order, making typing intuitive and stress-free. It features word suggestions to speed up messaging and ensures 100% privacy by keeping data on your device.

Highlights
  • Alphabetical key layout
  • Built-in word suggestions
  • 100% private, no full access needed
  • Works in all apps
  • Easy to learn
Features
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Typing that finally makes sense The keys are in the order you already know. A, B, C, all the way to Z. There is no QWERTY to decode and no hunting for letters. Most people are texting, searching and emailing with confidence minutes after they install it. NEW: THE KEYBOARD FINISHES YOUR SENTENCE On iPhone with Apple Intelligence, ABCDEF now predicts what you are about to write. Not only the next word, but the rest of your sentence, shown right above the keys. Tap it and it is written. • A whole sentence in one tap, not just single words • Four suggestions in the row, so there is always a useful one • The prediction reads the conversation you are in. Answering a friend is not the same as filling in a search box • Type in two languages and it follows you, switching to the language you are actually writing in • Everything runs on your iPhone. Your words are never uploaded and never stored • Prefer it quiet? Turn the sentence row off in the app 100% PRIVATE, AND WE MEAN IT ABCDEF does not require Full Access. That is the iOS switch that lets a keyboard send everything you type to a server. We never ask for it, so we could not read your messages even if we wanted to. The predictions run on Apple's on-device model, so your words never leave your iPhone. BUILT FOR PEOPLE, NOT FOR TYPISTS • Instant familiarity for anyone who never trained on QWERTY • Big, clear keys in a layout that does not move around under your finger • Works well with VoiceOver: it reads each letter, then a sample word starting with it, so you always know which key you are on • Emojis, numbers and accented letters on a long press • Works in every app, from Messages and Mail to your banking app Whether you are setting up an iPad for a parent, helping a friend stay in touch, or you simply never got on with QWERTY, this keyboard turns a daunting screen back into a conversation. Sentence predictions need an iPhone or iPad with Apple Intelligence on iOS 26 or later. On older devices the keyboard keeps its dictionary suggestions and works exactly as before. Download it and find the letters where you expect them.

About

Jot Transcribe

Dictate text in any application on your iPhone without needing an account or cloud sync. This app offers on-device transcription and AI-powered features to refine your spoken words into polished text, and allows you to search your past dictations with natural language questions.

Highlights
  • System-wide custom keyboard
  • On-device transcription
  • AI-powered text refinement
  • Natural language search of transcripts
  • Customizable rewrite prompts
  • Five-minute warm microphone
  • Vocabulary list
Features
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A dictation keyboard for iPhone. Switch to Jot from any app — Messages, Mail, Slack — tap Dictate, and your voice goes into the text field you're in. No account. No cloud. Nothing leaves your iPhone. Speak Instead of Typing, in Any App You're in Messages, Mail, Slack, your browser — anywhere you'd normally type. Tap the globe key on your iPhone keyboard to switch to Jot, tap Dictate, and speak. Your voice goes straight into the text field you're already in. Keep Going When Life Interrupts Your phone rings mid-sentence. Someone hands you something. You jump into Calendar to check a date. Come back, and Jot's microphone is still warm — up to five minutes, ready to pick up where you left off. What you'd already said is saved as you said it. Even if everything drops, the part you'd already dictated is safe and waiting in the text field. Polish What You Said Into What You Meant You dictated something long and meandering. Open it in Jot and tap a built-in prompt: • Articulate — cleans up the prose • Action Items — pulls out the tasks • Email — formats it for sending Or write your own prompt — with your voice. "Turn this into bullet points." "Translate to French." "Make it sound more formal." Save it once, run it on any transcript with a tap. Ask Across Everything You’ve Said Every dictation becomes searchable by meaning, not just keywords. Ask Jot a real question — "What did I decide about the launch?" — and get a clear, written answer drawn from your own transcripts, with the exact notes it used cited as tappable sources. Ask in plain language, even by date — "what did I say last Tuesday?" Or just describe the note you're after — "the standup about channel config" — and Jot finds it for you. Answered on device with Apple Intelligence; your notes never leave your phone. What’s Inside • System-wide custom keyboard — works in any text field on iPhone • Ask Jot — natural-language questions and search across your transcripts, answered on device with Apple Intelligence • Recents strip — last 10 dictations one tap away to re-insert • Five-minute warm microphone across app switches and calls • On-device transcription using Apple's speech models, plus optional Parakeet 600M • On-device AI rewrite (optional 2.5 GB download) • Custom rewrite prompts you write once and reuse • Vocabulary list for names and technical terms • Light and dark mode — Jot follows your iPhone's appearance automatically • Action Button support and a "Transcribe Audio with Jot" Shortcuts action Your Data Transcription runs on device. Audio never leaves your iPhone. AI rewrites and Ask Jot run on device too. No account. No sign-in. No cloud sync. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. Transcripts live in the app, on your phone, until you delete them. Requirements iOS 26 or later. iPhone with A14 chip or newer. Optional AI rewrite: iPhone 15 Pro and later, 2.5 GB download. Ask Jot answers use Apple Intelligence (Apple Intelligence–capable iPhone required). English at launch. More languages to follow. Free to download. No subscription. No ads. No upsell.

Screenshots

ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout4 screens
Jot Transcribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Jot Transcribe at Free against ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout's $3.99. Jot Transcribe also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 60%). ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 10) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Jot Transcribe is free to download; ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jot Transcribe holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout's written reviews are positive against 100% of Jot Transcribe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout ships an update every 4 months, Jot Transcribe weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout versus Jot Transcribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABCDEF Keyboard Custom layoutJot Transcribe
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.6 (31 ratings)4.2 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilipp BaldaufVineet Sriram

Customer experience

ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout

All ratings30 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Jot Transcribe

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout

No in-app purchases

None

Jot Transcribe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout free?
ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jot Transcribe free?
Jot Transcribe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout or Jot Transcribe?
Jot Transcribe is rated higher. ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout averages 3.6 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Jot Transcribe averages 4.2 from 10 ratings.
Do ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout or Jot Transcribe have ads?
Neither ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout nor Jot Transcribe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout or Jot Transcribe?
ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout ships an update every 4 months, and Jot Transcribe weekly. Most recently, ABCDEF Keyboard Custom layout was updated on November 6, 2026 and Jot Transcribe on October 31, 2026.

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