Comparison

Next Keyboard vs KeyboardKit

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

Head to head
About

Next Keyboard

Create and customize your mobile keyboard with a wide array of options. Personalize backgrounds, colors, fonts, and button styles. Save and manage multiple custom keyboards for easy switching.

Highlights
  • Customizable keyboard themes
  • Background image/color options
  • Font and sound customization
  • Save and edit custom keyboards
  • Prebuilt keyboard library
  • Unicode and social fonts
Features
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◆ Customize your keyboard ◆ You can find many aesthetic keyboards and Customize them or create your keyboard from the scratch with tons of customization option like background image, background colors, font, button sounds, button shadow, button border, etc. also, you can have your own keyboards library and edit them any time or switch between them. *****We add new features every week***** ◆ Main features: * 50+ prebuilt keyboards (Weekly update) * Customize your keyboards with color, font, sound, etc. * Save/Edit your keyboards any time you want * 120+ Unicode Fonts * 60+ Social Fonts * 12+ Symbols Fonts * Most integration with other "Next" Family apps (check more apps in this account) ◆ Upcoming features: * Action keys customization * Gif keyboard * Emojis keyboard * Add more languages ◆ Steps: 1- Follow app hint inside the app to activate your keyboard 2- Add/Create your keyboard and activate it after press the "Save" button 3- hold the "Globe" key and choose "Next Keyboard" when using your keyboard. ----------------------------- ►Notes: 〉Next Keyboard includes an optional premium subscription. This is offered on a weekly or annual basis. If you choose to purchase a subscription your payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. 〉Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. You can cancel your subscription in the iTunes settings at least 24- hours before the end of the free trial period. Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase and upon commencement of each renewal term. 〉Please note: any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. 〉Please note: If have any problem with your keyboard's display after updates, please re-save them to fix that problem. 〉Please note: Please Report to us all translation or functionality problems through the Instagram support page. (link is inside the app) 〉You can cancel a free trial or subscription anytime by canceling your subscription through your iTunes account settings. This must be done 24 hours before the end of a free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period, and you will be downgraded to the free service.

About

KeyboardKit

Replace your device's default keyboard with a highly customizable alternative. Personalize typing with custom fonts, toolbars, emoji skin tones, and clipboards. Supports a vast array of languages and layout options for a truly unique typing experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable keyboard themes
  • Type with custom fonts
  • Extra toolbar row and buttons
  • Customizable emoji skin tone
  • Clipboard manager for quick pasting
  • Support for 75 languages
  • Multiple keyboard layouts
Features
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KeyboardKit lets you replace the system keyboard with a custom keyboard that is truly yours. KeyboardKit: - Works with all apps - Supports 75 languages - Has many settings and themes KeyboardKit supports: - 75 languages - QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY - Colemak, Dvorak - Vietnamese TELEX, VIQR, VNI KeyboardKit lets you: - Apply more settings - Type with custom fonts - Add an extra row of buttons - Add buttons to the main toolbar - Add buttons next to the spacebar - Paste into any app from a list of clips - Style your keyboard with beautiful themes - Make your keyboard keys bigger and bolder KeyboardKit settings: - Keyboard:  One-Handed Keyboard, Character Preview, Haptic Feedback, Sound, Auto-Capitalization, Auto-Collapse, Enable Caps Lock,  Predictive Text, "." Shortcut,  Spacebar Long Press, Spacebar Menus,  Toolbar Menu, Input Toolbar, Spacebar Actions, Toolbar Actions - Accessibility: Bold Text, Custom Button Height - Languages: English, Albanian, Arabic, Arabic (PC), Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch (Belgium), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, French (Canada), French (Belgium), French (Switzerland), Georgian, German, German (Austria), German (Switzerland), Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew (Israel), Hungarian, Icelandic, Inari Sami, Indonesian, Irish (Ireland), Italian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Sorani, Kurdish, Sorani (Iraq), کوردیی ناوەندی (PC), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Northern Sami, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Pamiri Shughni (Shughni Tajik), Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Swedish, Swahili, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Welsh, Vietnamese - Autocomplete: Auto-Complete, Auto-Correction, Auto-Ignore Words, Auto-Learn Words,  Emoji Suggestions, Next Character Prediction, Text Replacements, Ignored Words, Number of Suggestions, Next Word Prediction, Hide toolbar - Clipboard: Add Clipboard Content, Create Custom Clips - Dictation: Silence Limit (before dictation ends) - Emoji:  Default Emoji Skin Tone - Feedback: Audio & Haptic Feedback - Fonts:  Select Custom Font - Theme:  Pick Theme, Create Custom Themes (Premium) We hope that you will love using KeyboardKit! Terms & Conditions: https://apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Next Keyboard4 screens
KeyboardKit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: KeyboardKit at none against Next Keyboard's shown. KeyboardKit also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). Next Keyboard's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 54%) and iOS requirement (15 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Next Keyboard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and KeyboardKit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Next Keyboard against 4.4 for KeyboardKit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 77 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Next Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 54% of KeyboardKit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Next Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, KeyboardKit every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Next Keyboard versus KeyboardKit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext KeyboardKeyboardKit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (35 ratings) — better4.4 (77 ratings)
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews — better54.2% of reviews
Number of ratings3577 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPURE PLANT PRO LTD.Kankoda Sweden AB

Customer experience

Next Keyboard

All ratings35 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral2.9%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative21.1%

KeyboardKit

All ratings77 ratings
Positive80.5%
Neutral10.4%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral33.3%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Next Keyboard

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
2 purchases

KeyboardKit

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Next Keyboard free?
Next Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KeyboardKit free?
KeyboardKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Next Keyboard or KeyboardKit?
Next Keyboard is rated higher. Next Keyboard averages 4.5 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while KeyboardKit averages 4.4 from 77 ratings.
Do Next Keyboard or KeyboardKit have ads?
Next Keyboard shows ads; KeyboardKit does not.
Which is updated more often, Next Keyboard or KeyboardKit?
Next Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, and KeyboardKit every 8 days. Most recently, Next Keyboard was updated on October 8, 2026 and KeyboardKit on October 15, 2026.

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