Comparison

Instant Braille vs Braille Typing

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

Head to head
About

Instant Braille

Features
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Learn Braille the fun & easy way! Flash Cards, Symbol References, Instant Text Translations, plus Braille Word Games! Copy and Paste Braille messages to your friends! Support for Braille Grades 1 & 2, plus Unified English Braille. Great resource for anyone wanting to learn Braille.

About

Braille Typing

This application guides users in learning Braille typing on their mobile devices. It covers letters, punctuation, and numbers, offering a practical way to learn Braille through finger mappings. The training aims to equip users with the skills to compose accurate Braille sentences.

Highlights
  • Learn Braille typing
  • Covers letters, punctuation, and numbers
  • Progressive lessons
  • Uses phone's built-in Braille keyboard
  • Learn Braille through finger mappings
Features
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Braille Typing — Learn the braille keyboard built into your iPhone Your iPhone already has a braille keyboard. Almost nobody knows how to use it. Let's fix that. Braille Typing teaches you to type with Braille Screen Input — the six-dot keyboard hiding inside VoiceOver — one letter at a time, until you're writing as fast as you think. No hardware to buy. No cables. Just your phone, your fingers, and a course that meets you exactly where you are. HOW IT WORKS Two new characters per lesson, with everything you've learned carried forward. Each lesson opens by teaching you to recognise the new dots, then hands you the keyboard to actually type them. You move on when you've genuinely got it — not after a fixed number of tries, but when your recent answers say you're ready. Every character you learn goes into Daily Review, a spaced-repetition system that brings things back right before you'd forget them. Miss one and it comes back sooner. Nail it and it stays away longer. That's how it sticks. THE COURSE Letters — the whole alphabet, plus capitals and your first common words Punctuation — because sentences need it Numbers — and your Grade 1 Graduation: from here you can write anything in uncontracted braille Then the contractions that make braille fast: Word Signs, Group Signs, Initial Letter Word Signs, Final Letter Group Signs, and Short Form Words MORE WAYS TO PRACTISE Tricky Pairs — d or f? e or i? Train the dots that mirror each other Dictation — hear it, type it: missing letters, whole words, numbers, sentences Speed Sprint — sixty seconds, how many can you type? Beat your best Contraction Choices — learn the rules for when a contraction is (and isn't) the right call The Two Lighthouses — a story that unlocks one chapter at a time as you finish each section, with a line from each chapter to type yourself BUILT FOR VOICEOVER, FROM THE FIRST TAP This isn't an app with accessibility bolted on. It was designed for people who use VoiceOver, by someone who tested every screen with it. Every prompt is spoken. Every answer is confirmed with a sound and a haptic you feel before you hear it. Progress is announced, not just drawn. And the setup walkthrough gets you into the braille keyboard in about a minute — including a live typing check that tells you if your dots are mirrored, before your first lesson. Sighted? A teacher, a parent, someone who's just curious? Everything works with VoiceOver off too — every braille cell is drawn on screen so you can see the pattern as well as the numbers. WHAT'S FREE, FOREVER Everything through Grade 1: every letter, number, and punctuation mark. Daily Review. The placement test. Your progress. No trial, no countdown, and it will never move behind a purchase later. Pro unlocks the five contraction categories, the extra practice activities, and the story. One-time purchase, or annual — your choice. $29.99 One-time purchase $14.99 Annual Privacy Policy and Terms of use: https://brailletyping.com/privacy-terms.html Your place in the course follows your iCloud account, so a new phone or a reinstall picks up right where you left off. Learn to type braille the way you'd want to be taught. Start today.

Screenshots

Instant Braille4 screens
Braille Typing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Braille Typing at Free against Instant Braille's $1.99. Instant Braille's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Braille Typing is free to download; Instant Braille costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Instant Braille versus Braille Typing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstant BrailleBraille Typing
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—4.7 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStorm Turtle LLCMycah Krason

In-app purchases

None

Instant Braille

No in-app purchases

None

Braille Typing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Instant Braille free?
Instant Braille costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Braille Typing free?
Braille Typing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Instant Braille or Braille Typing have ads?
Neither Instant Braille nor Braille Typing shows ads.

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