Comparison

Remeha Home vs Half Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

Remeha Home

Control your home's heating and cooling remotely via your smartphone or tablet. Set schedules, adjust temperatures, and receive notifications for system failures. Compatible with eTwist thermostats.

Highlights
  • Remote temperature control
  • Heating and cooling scheduling
  • Hot water mode adjustment
  • Holiday and fireplace modes
  • Multiple device linking
  • Energy consumption insights
  • Failure notifications
Features
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Compatible with eTwist version 2.5.3 or higher With the eTwist/eTwist RF and the Remeha Home app, you can control the temperature in no time. Fast, easy and accurate, wherever you are. Heat and cooling via your smartphone or tablet Remeha's smart thermostat also comes with a sleek, free app. With the Remeha Home app you can quickly and easily control the temperature in your home. Just from your smartphone. Whether you are at home, on the road or at work. Handy if you forgot to turn off the heating. Remeha Home App: - Control your heating and cooling temperature as well as your hot water mode - Easy heating and cooling schedule setting and copy schedule to multiple days - Set holiday mode or fireplace mode - Link multiple smartphones/accounts to an eTwist - Insight into energy consumption* - Active failure notification (by push notifications) - Information menu The Remeha Home app supports the eTwist and eTwist RF thermostats. More information about the thermostats can be found here: https://www.remeha.nl/product/etwist

About

Half Keyboard

This keyboard app significantly reduces the space taken up on your iPad screen, allowing you to see more of your content. It offers customizable layouts, a trackpad-like space bar for cursor control, and private word suggestions.

Highlights
  • Reduced screen space usage
  • Customizable height, font size, and spacing
  • Space bar as a trackpad for cursor control
  • Private word suggestions
  • Dedicated emoji board
  • iPad-specific layouts
Features
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The standard iOS keyboard takes up almost half your iPad HalfKeyboard takes about two thirds of that, so you keep seeing what you're typing into — your chat, your form, your note. But it's not a stripped-down version. Everything you expect from a keyboard is there, right where your thumb already rests. SWIPE DOWN FOR THE SECOND CHARACTER Swipe down on a letter key to get the character above it: q becomes 1, a becomes @, z becomes %. On the period key, a swipe down gives a comma. You'll rarely need the number layer. SET IT UP YOUR WAY Height, font size, key spacing, bottom row thickness, typeface — all with a slider. Both in the app and in the keyboard itself, so you see the effect right away. Settings made in the app go to the keyboard; not the other way round, because a keyboard without full access isn't allowed to write back. SPACE BAR AS A TRACKPAD Hold the space bar and drag to move the cursor through your text. No more aiming for a single letter. WORD SUGGESTIONS THAT SEND NOTHING A suggestion bar in Dutch, English or German, or automatic. The word list lives inside the app; nothing is looked up and nothing is remembered. EMOJI Its own emoji board with categories and a clock tab that fills with what you used last. ROOMIER ON IPAD On iPad you get two extra layouts: a numeric pad on the right, and a split layout with the pad in the middle and a space bar under each thumb. PRIVACY HERE IS NOT A PROMISE BUT A BOUNDARY HalfKeyboard does not ask for full access. Without that permission, a keyboard on iOS cannot connect to the internet — a technical limit, not a word of honour. No analytics, no ads, no account, no third-party SDKs. What you type stays on your device. Free, with no strings attached: no ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Remeha Home4 screens
Half Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Half Keyboard at 4.0 against Remeha Home's 3.5. Remeha Home's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Half Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remeha Home has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remeha Home ships an update every 5 weeks, Half Keyboard every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Remeha Home versus Half Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemeha HomeHalf Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (15 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRemeha B.V.dick hartog

In-app purchases

None

Remeha Home

No in-app purchases

None

Half Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remeha Home free?
Remeha Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Half Keyboard free?
Half Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Remeha Home or Half Keyboard?
Half Keyboard is rated higher. Remeha Home averages 3.5 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Half Keyboard averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Remeha Home or Half Keyboard have ads?
Neither Remeha Home nor Half Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Remeha Home or Half Keyboard?
Remeha Home ships an update every 5 weeks, and Half Keyboard every 4 weeks. Most recently, Remeha Home was updated on October 30, 2026 and Half Keyboard on October 25, 2026.

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