Comparison

Coptic Keyboard vs IPA Typing Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

IPA Typing Keyboard

Type International Phonetic Alphabet symbols directly on your iOS device. This keyboard offers offline functionality and a built-in reference for easy symbol lookup. Designed for privacy, it ensures your typed text never leaves your device.

Highlights
  • Type IPA symbols anywhere on iOS
  • Long-press for symbol variants
  • Fully offline functionality
  • Built-in symbol reference
  • Designed for privacy
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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Promotional Text (170 char limit — paste verbatim): Type IPA phonetic symbols anywhere on iOS. Long-press dotted letters for variants. Fully offline — no accounts, no data collected. Description (4000 char limit — paste verbatim, including line breaks): IPA Typing Keyboard is an iOS keyboard for typing International Phonetic Alphabet symbols, built for linguistics students, phoneticians, language learners, and anyone who needs IPA symbols in daily work. HOW IT WORKS Install the app, add IPA Typing Keyboard in Settings, then switch to it with the globe key in any app. Tap letters normally for a–z. Long-press any of the dotted letters (a, e, i, o, u, t, s, d, c, n, z) to pick an IPA variant — the same gesture you already know from the built-in iOS é/è popover. DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY • No typed text ever leaves your device. We cannot read what you write. IPA SYMBOL REFERENCE The built-in Reference tab shows every supported symbol with its base letter, name, and a tap-to-copy button — handy for research papers, transcription exercises, or language notes. DEVICE SUPPORT iPhone and iPad, iOS 16 or later. Adaptive SwiftUI layout for every size from iPhone SE to iPad 12.9". NOT INCLUDED (intentionally) No autocorrect, no predictive text, no telemetry, no cloud sync. The keyboard produces what you press — nothing more.

Screenshots

Coptic Keyboard4 screens
IPA Typing Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Coptic Keyboard at 4.8 against IPA Typing Keyboard's 4.0. Coptic Keyboard also leads on ratings volume (24 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). IPA Typing Keyboard's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coptic Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coptic Keyboard has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coptic Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, IPA Typing Keyboard daily. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Coptic Keyboard versus IPA Typing Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoptic KeyboardIPA Typing Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (24 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMina D. MakarMinh Phan

In-app purchases

None

Coptic Keyboard

No in-app purchases

None

IPA Typing Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coptic Keyboard free?
Coptic Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IPA Typing Keyboard free?
IPA Typing Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Coptic Keyboard or IPA Typing Keyboard?
Coptic Keyboard is rated higher. Coptic Keyboard averages 4.8 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while IPA Typing Keyboard averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Coptic Keyboard or IPA Typing Keyboard have ads?
Neither Coptic Keyboard nor IPA Typing Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coptic Keyboard or IPA Typing Keyboard?
Coptic Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, and IPA Typing Keyboard daily. Most recently, Coptic Keyboard was updated on October 21, 2026 and IPA Typing Keyboard on October 28, 2026.

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