EasyType Keyboard for Watch vs NetMonitor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EasyType Keyboard for Watch
This app provides a QWERTY keyboard for Apple Watch, offering faster text messaging than voice dictation. It features swiping shortcuts for deletion and spacing, along with autocorrect and easy access to special characters and emojis.
- QWERTY keyboard layout
- Swiping shortcuts for delete/space
- English autocorrect
- Special character and emoji keyboards
- Message preview and settings menu
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EasyType is an easy to use QWERY style keyboard for the Apple Watch. It allows you to type up messages and send them via the messages app on the Apple Watch. EasyType includes swiping shortcuts to make typing faster on the Apple Watch. To delete a character, just swipe left over the text. To add a space, just swipe right. EasyType now has an autocorrect feature for the English language. Autocorrect is disabled by default. To enable autocorrect, go into the settings menu by deep pressing on the screen (3D press). When you type a misspelled word and press space, autocorrect will attempt to fix the mistake. To select from correction options, spin the Digital Crown. To input a space without making a correction, swipe right on the message text area. Our users find that having a QWERTY keyboard is faster and easier to compose text messages than voice dictation or scribble. EasyType also includes easy to access special characters and emojis with their own keyboards. To access these characters and emojis, press the bottom-left key on the keyboard. Easytype includes a menu to access additional function. To access the menu, long press on the screen. From the menu, you can preview your complete message, change settings, and clear your messages. Please note that EasyType currently only supports the English language keyboard. If you don't see the app on your Apple Watch, please open the App Store on your Apple Watch, search for the app by name, and click the download button.
NetMonitor
This app offers a comprehensive suite of 10 professional network diagnostic tools that run entirely on your device. It allows users to scan networks, discover devices, trace routes, and test speeds without any cloud reliance, ads, or subscriptions.
- 10 professional network tools
- On-device operation, no cloud
- Device discovery with multi-phase engine
- Visual network topology map
- Ping, Traceroute, Speed Test, DNS Lookup
- Background scanning and widgets
- Network event timeline
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10 professional network tools. Zero cloud. Zero ads. Zero subscriptions. Everything runs locally on your Mac. NetMonitor is a complete network monitoring and diagnostics toolkit built for macOS. Scan your network, discover every connected device, trace routes across the globe, and diagnose issues in seconds — all without creating an account or sending a single byte off your machine. WHO IT'S FOR • Network admins — Monitor infrastructure and catch rogue devices • Developers — Debug connectivity, inspect DNS, scan ports • Homelab enthusiasts — Map your entire network and track every device NETWORK DASHBOARD See your entire network at a glance. A live health score grades your connection quality in real time, combining latency, packet loss, and DNS responsiveness into a single number. Monitor gateway reachability, public IP, ISP details, and live connection events — all in one view. DEVICE DISCOVERY Find devices other apps miss. NetMonitor's multi-phase scanning engine uses ARP, Bonjour, TCP probes, and reverse DNS to build a complete picture of your network. See IP and MAC addresses, vendor names, open ports, running services, and connection history for every device. 10 BUILT-IN DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS • Ping — ICMP with TCP fallback, live latency graphs, and packet statistics • Traceroute — Hop-by-hop path analysis with timing • GeoTrace — Visual traceroute plotted on a world map • World Ping — Test reachability from 20+ global nodes simultaneously • Port Scanner — TCP scanning with preset and custom port ranges • DNS Lookup — Query A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, and CNAME records • Speed Test — Download and upload throughput with peak speed and jitter tracking • WiFi Heatmap — Walk-around signal survey with floorplan overlay • WHOIS — Domain registration and ownership lookup • Bonjour Browser — Discover mDNS services on your network WIFI HEATMAPPING Import a floorplan or use freeform mode, then walk around to map signal strength across your space. Identify dead zones and optimize access point placement with real data instead of guesswork. GEOTRACE See the physical path your traffic takes. GeoTrace plots each hop on a satellite map so you can visualize routing across cities, countries, and continents. IPHONE COMPANION Connect to NetMonitor on your iPhone over your local network via Bonjour. Synchronize devices, run remote diagnostics, and monitor your network from either platform. No cloud relay — communication stays on your LAN. TIMELINE & EVENT HISTORY Every scan, device change, and network event is logged. Scroll back through your network history to spot patterns, track when devices appeared or disappeared, and review past diagnostics. No data ever leaves your device. No analytics. No tracking. Just tools that work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NetMonitor at 100% against EasyType Keyboard for Watch's 20%. NetMonitor also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5). EasyType Keyboard for Watch's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On ratings volume, 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
EasyType Keyboard for Watch costs $0.99 and NetMonitor $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NetMonitor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of EasyType Keyboard for Watch's written reviews are positive against 100% of NetMonitor's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EasyType Keyboard for Watch | NetMonitor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.5 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Backes | John Crane |
Customer experience
EasyType Keyboard for Watch
NetMonitor
In-app purchases
EasyType Keyboard for Watch
No in-app purchases
NetMonitor
No in-app purchases
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