Keybuild vs Quiche Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Keybuild
Design and customize your own touchscreen keyboard. Choose layouts, assign custom functions to keys, and organize them into multiple panes for easy switching. Tailor your keyboard for specific tasks or personal preferences.
- Customizable keyboard layouts
- Assign custom text/symbols to keys
- Support for letters, symbols, and emoji
- Multiple keyboard panes
- Stack-based layout system
- Layout options like Qwerty, Azerty, Colemak
- VoiceOver support
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Build your own keyboard! Touchscreen keyboards don't need to be one-size-fits-all, so let's change that! With Keybuild, you choose the layout, the keys, everything. Keys can be set up to type whatever you want! Letters, greek letters (ɑ, β, ɣ), maths symbols (π, ∫, ∑), arrows (↑→↓←), or even your favourite emoji can be added and organised depending on your needs. Create multiple ‘panes’, each containing keys arranged using a stack-based layout, and switch between them with either an automatic menu, or direct links. Add a small number row to your Qwerty keyboard, or have a try using Azerty or Colemak layouts. Build a keyboard that can keep up with your maths-heavy university course, or specialist profession. Or just make a dashboard for your favourite emoji. Or do all that and more, it's up to you! This app does its best to supports VoiceOver, and accessibility APIs. Technical note: This app is 99% SwiftUI, which is as close as you can get while we wait for the ‘SwiftUI Lifecycle’ to come to Custom Keyboard Extensions! SwiftUI powers this app's advanced functionality, as well as some of its more unusual bugs. :) Disclaimer: This iPad app is available on Apple Silicon Macs, but macOS currently does not support keyboard extensions. Still waiting for that tablet Mac!
Quiche Browser
A private, fast, and highly customizable web browser designed for a focused and distraction-free experience. It offers built-in ad and tracker blocking, a unique dark mode for all websites, and one-handed operation. This independent browser is built from scratch for performance and user privacy.
- Customizable toolbars and menus
- Built-in ad and tracker blocking
- Website dark mode
- One-handed comfort mode
- Support for any search engine
- Full-screen reading mode
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An independent browser thoughtfully designed by a single human, and funded by its users. WHAT THE PRESS SAYS “A very robust, exquisitely designed, stunningly handsome web browser. […] It’s just so thoughtful. So utterly modern in its appearance and features, but old-school in its hyperfocus on serving you, the user, through craftsmanship.” — Daring Fireball “My favorite iOS browser these days is Quiche Browser. It’s somehow both incredibly simple and one of the most customizable browsers I’ve ever tried.” — The Verge “Quiche Browser has clearly been designed with care.” — MacStories “If you want a lightweight, private, minimalistic, yet customizable web browsing experience on your iPhone – [Quiche Browser] might be the perfect answer for you.” — 9to5Mac “Quiche Browser is unique, engaging, and fully customizable.” — Lifehacker BROWSER CUSTOMIZATION DESIGNED TO STAY SIMPLE AND BEAUTIFUL • Choose and place every toolbar and menu button. • Customize the address bar’s appearance and contents. • Choose from a list of ready-to-use toolbars, which you can then adapt to your needs. • Use a Liquid Glass toolbar, or switch to a Classic one if Liquid Glass isn’t your thing. • Manage tabs with multiple display and sorting options. • Read web pages in full screen for focused, distraction-free browsing. BUILT-IN BLOCKING Ads, trackers, and cookie banners are blocked by default. Pages load faster and feel less cluttered. DARKEN ALL WEBSITES Pick a unique dark mode theme and apply it to every website. No more blinding white pages at night. COMFORT MODE Adjust the interface so your tabs, favorites, and search suggestions are always easy to reach with one hand. UNIQUE QUALITY-OF-LIFE IMPROVEMENTS EVERYWHERE • Use any search engine, even Kagi or your own SearXNG instance. • Enhance your toolbar with a wide range of tools: disable JavaScript, switch to desktop mode, close all tabs and clear data, translate pages, and more. • Estimated read time for every page. • Open new tabs on the website of your choice. • Extreme energy saving in Low Power Mode. MY PRIVACY STANCE: KEEP YOUR DATA FOR YOURSELF • Zero data tracking or usage monitoring. • Never connects to any first-party or third-party servers, except to RevenueCat for managing purchases and preventing fraud. • No sign-up, obviously. LIGHTWEIGHT, FAST, AND ORIGINAL Quiche Browser is not another bloated clone of Firefox, Brave, or Chrome. I built it entirely from scratch for performance and to keep it lightweight. FULLY INDEPENDENT • No investors dictating growth or influencing product direction. • No search engine deals, data monetization, or partner agreements shaping the browser. • It’s just me, building the browser of my dreams. 100% FUNDED BY USERS Subscribing to Quiche PLUS unlocks additional features such as Website Darkening, Comfort Mode, all app icons, and all button styles. Building a web browser alone is a full-time job, and subscribing also allows me to: • Keep the app up to date with new iOS releases and features. • Build more unique features. • Start working toward a macOS version. — greg@quiche.industries threads.net/quicheindustries instagram.com/quicheindustries bsky.app/profile/quiche.industries mastodon.social/@quicheindustries Terms and Conditions https://quiche.industries/browser/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Quiche Browser at Free against Keybuild's $3.99. Quiche Browser also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (95% vs 73%). Keybuild's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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
Quiche Browser is free to download; Keybuild costs $3.99 up front. Quiche Browser sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Keybuild asks for nothing beyond the download.
Quiche Browser holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quiche Browser has 823 ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Keybuild's written reviews are positive against 95% of Quiche Browser's.
Keybuild ships an update fortnightly, Quiche Browser every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Keybuild | Quiche Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (45 ratings) | 4.9 (823 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.5% of reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 | 823 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jamie Froggatt | Gregory de Jonckheere |
Customer experience
Keybuild
Quiche Browser
User reviews
Keybuild
From 45 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Highly customizable keyboard
- 💡 Supports unconventional Unicode symbols
- 🚀 Efficient for specific tasks
- 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
- 💰 Worth the cost
Room to improve
- 🐛 Extremely buggy
- 🚫 Lacks autocorrect
- ❓ No instructions or guidance
- ⚠️ Security concerns with full access
- 🐌 Sluggish on less powerful devices
Quiche Browser
From 823 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
- 👍 Highly customizable
- 🔒 Strong privacy focus
- 🔥 Innovative and feature-rich
- 💎 Excellent user experience
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lacking some advanced features (e.g. downloads, tab gestures)
- 🔧 Room for improvement in certain areas (e.g. popup blocking, translations)
Bugs and requests
Keybuild
Reported bugs
13 issues- Editing one key on caps side also changes lower caps/symbols
- App crashes when deleting a key
- Full keyboard access warning
- Bug: writing quickly with SHIFT pressed makes the second letter capital
- Bug: if you write quickly with SHIFT pressed, the second letter can also become a capital letter
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- Bug: combining unicode characters don't stack, they are placed next to each other
- App crashes when converting text stack to key stack
- Interface is laggy and sometimes crashes
- Not listed in third party keyboards
- Impossible to add keyboard
- Doesn't work with Apple's own hardware keyboard
- Backspace cant go fast
- Shift pressed bug
Requested features
33 requests- Smoother layout switching
- Separate keycaps for shift/no shift
- Text replacement functionality
- Select all + copy button
- Adjusting key shape/color
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- Better rendering for combining Unicode characters
- Hold-down feature for multiple character versions
- More 'squared' key options
- Expanded key options on press and hold
- RTL Keyboard Auto Alignment
- Adjustable key font size
- Themes for keyboards
- 3D press support
- Move/change special keys (shift, delete, return, 123, globe)
- Hold for layer switch
- Auto switch back to base layer
- Ability to add Tab and Escape keys
- Haptic feedback for long-press buttons
- Delete a whole word action
- Colorize buttons
- Support multiple actions in a long-press menu
- Cursor control (forward/backward words)
- Text smaller on spacebar
- Support for external keyboards
- Add basic numeric keys
- Add symbols button like default iOS keyboard
- Auto correction
- Word recommendations/spell checker
- Backspace speed improvement
- Support for moving the cursor forward and backward words similar to vim
- Add basic extra features like swipe typing and auto corrections
- Hold a letter key to make it hold shift or Ctrl or Cmd
- Two keys in the gray header to see shift & unshift programming
Quiche Browser
Reported bugs
1 issue- Occasional issues with YouTube ad blocking
Requested features
4 requests- Swipe gestures for tab management
- Bookmark import/export functionality
- Integrated translation capabilities
- Cross-device synchronization
In-app purchases
Keybuild
No in-app purchases
Quiche Browser
- Quiche PLUS Monthly$3.991 Month
- Quiche PLUS Annual$29.991 Year
- Quiche Enthusiast Tip$2.99
- Quiche Connoisseur Tip$4.99
- Quiche Gourmet Tip$9.99
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- Quiche Grand Master Tip$14.99
Questions
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