Coptic Keyboard vs ShavKey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coptic Keyboard
This keyboard app offers a native system experience for typing Coptic script on iOS devices. It includes customizable settings for auto-correction, capitalization, and font display, supporting both light and dark modes.
- Native system keyboard integration
- Supports Bohairic and Sahidic dialects
- Customizable auto-correction and capitalization
- Light and Dark Mode support
- Antinoou font display option
- '.' shortcut for punctuation
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This fully integrated Coptic Keyboard was designed for iPhone devices to look and function like a native system keyboard. Supports Light/Dark Mode. App has control settings for – Auto-Capitalization – Auto-Correction – Auto-Jinkim – Enable Caps Lock – Antinoou Font Display – ”.” Shortcut. Optimized for all iPhones
ShavKey
This keyboard app provides quick access to all 48 Shavian characters without requiring shifts. It includes an always-on number row that can be configured for Base 12 input.
- All 48 Shavian characters accessible
- No shift key required
- Always-on number row
- Optional Base 12 number input
- Optimized for single-stroke input
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The Shavian Keyboard for iOS. It features all 48 characters without needing to shift, in keeping with the idea that each character can be written with one stroke, we don't think it should take more than one key press. There is also an always on number row along the top which can be set to use Base 12 if you are so inclined.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Coptic Keyboard at free against ShavKey's free with in-app purchases. Coptic Keyboard also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
Coptic Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coptic Keyboard | ShavKey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (24 ratings) — better | 4.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mina D. Makar | Joshua Lancaster |
Customer experience
Coptic Keyboard
ShavKey
In-app purchases
Coptic Keyboard
No in-app purchases
ShavKey
No in-app purchases
Questions
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