Comparison

KeyboardKit vs Mister Keyboard

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

Head to head
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 110+ languages - Has many settings and themes KeyboardKit supports: - 110+ languages - QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY - Colemak, Dvorak - Korean Hangul - Thai 4-row and 5-row - 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 Supported Languages: English (en), Afrikaans (af), Albanian (sq), Apache, Western (apw), Arabic (ar), Arabic (PC) (ar_PC), Armenian (hy), Azerbaijani (az), Basque (France) (eu_FR), Basque (Spain) (eu_ES), Belarusian (be), Bangla (bn), Blackfoot (bla), Bosnian (bs), Bulgarian (bg), Catalan (ca), Cherokee (chr), Chickasaw (cic), Chochenyo (cst), Choctaw (cho), Chuvash (cv), Comanche (com), Croatian (hr), Czech (cs), Danish (da), Dutch (nl), Dutch (Belgium) (nl_BE), English (Australia) (en_AU), English (Canada) (en_CA), English (United Kingdom) (en_GB), English (South Africa) (en_ZA), English (United States) (en_US), Esperanto (eo), Estonian (et), Faroese (fo), Filipino (fil), Finnish (fi), French (fr), French (Canada) (fr_CA), French (Belgium) (fr_BE), French (Switzerland) (fr_CH), Galician (Spain) (gl_ES), Georgian (ka), German (de), German (Austria) (de_AT), German (Switzerland) (de_CH), Greek (el), Hawaiian (haw), Hebrew (Israel) (he_IL), Hungarian (hu), Icelandic (is), Inari Sami (smn), Indonesian (id), Irish (Ireland) (ga_IE), Italian (it), Kalaallisut (kl), Kazakh (kk), Khmer (km), Kildin Sámi (sjd), Kiowa (kio), Korean (ko), Kurdish, Sorani (ckb), Kurdish, Sorani (Iraq) (ckb_IQ), Kurdish, Sorani (PC) (ckb_PC), Kyrgyz (ky), Latvian (lv), Lithuanian (lt), Lule Sami (smj), Lushootseed (lut), Luxembourgish (lb), Macedonian (mk), Malay (ms), Maltese (mt), Māori (mi), Mongolian (mn), Mvskoke (mus), Navajo (nv), Nez Perce (nez), North Sámi (se), Norwegian Bokmål (nb), Norwegian Nynorsk (nn), Osage (osa), Persian (fa), Pite Sámi (sje), Polish (pl), Portuguese (Portugal) (pt_PT), Portuguese (Brazil) (pt_BR), Romanian (ro), Romansh (rm), Russian (ru), Salish (fla), Samoan (sm), Serbian (sr), Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn), Tajik (tg), Skolt Sami (sms), Slovak (sk), Slovenian (sl), South Sámi (sma), Spanish (es), Spanish (Latin America) (es_419), Spanish (Mexico) (es_MX), Swedish (sv), Swahili (sw), Thai (th), Turkish (tr), Turkmen (tk), Ukrainian (uk), Ume Sámi (sju), Uzbek (uz), Vietnamese (vi), Welsh (cy), Wixárika (hch), Xhosa (xh), Yiddish (yi), Yoruba (yo), Zulu (zu) Available Settings: - Keyboard:  Text Replacements, Keyboard Placement, Character Preview, Haptic Feedback, Sound, Auto-Capitalization, Auto-Collapse, Enable Caps Lock, Predictive Text, "." Shortcut,  Spacebar Long Press Behavior, Spacebar Leading & Trailing Menu,  Toolbar Menu, Input Toolbar, Custom Spacebar & Toolbar Actions - Autocomplete: Auto-Complete, Auto-Correction, Auto-Ignore Words, Emoji Suggestions, Lexicon Suggestions, Next Character Prediction, Text Replacements, Ignored Words, Number of Suggestions, Hide toolbar, Next Word Prediction with Claude and Open AI, - Clipboard: Add Clipboard Content, Create Custom Clips - Dictation: Silence Limit (before dictation ends) - Emoji:  Emoji Keyboard, Emoji Autocomplete, Default Emoji Skin Tone - Feedback: Haptic Feedback Sound - Fonts:  Select Custom Font - Theme:  Pick Theme, Create Custom Themes (Premium) - Accessibility: Bold Text, Custom Button Height We hope that you will love using KeyboardKit! Terms & Conditions: https://apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mister Keyboard

Create a personalized typing experience with custom keys, clipboard management, and smart typing features. Enhance productivity with snippets, translation, and AI-powered tools. Supports multiple languages, themes, and advanced scripting.

Highlights
  • Customizable key layouts and actions
  • Clipboard history and text snippets
  • Smart autocorrect and swipe typing
  • Themes, fonts, and emoji access
  • Translation and OCR capabilities
  • AI-powered proofreading and suggestions
  • JavaScript scripting for advanced workflows
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Mister Keyboard is a powerful custom keyboard for iPhone that lets you build your ideal typing experience—from custom keys and clipboard tools to swipe typing, smart autocorrect, themes, snippets, AI features, scripting, fonts, and more. Whether you want a better everyday keyboard or a deeply personalized productivity tool, Mister Keyboard gives you the flexibility to type your way. KEY FEATURES Build Your Own Keyboard Add, delete, move, and rearrange keys however you like. Customize tap, hold, and pull-down actions, including secondary swipe-down keys for faster access to the tools you use most. Powerful Custom Keys & Actions Go far beyond standard typing. Mister Keyboard includes 50+ custom key actions, including copy, cut, paste, cursor movement, and granular deletion such as previous/next word, forward/backward, and delete to beginning/end. Clipboard History & Snippets Access your clipboard history directly from the keyboard with search and a dedicated clipboard row. Save frequently used text in the built-in snippet manager and find it instantly. Smart Typing Enjoy smart autocorrect that learns how you type, with multi-language support. Mister Keyboard also supports advanced swipe typing, including multi-finger swipe and swipe-and-tap gestures. Themes & Personalization Choose from lots of built-in and animated themes, or create your own. Use the theme creator for custom backgrounds, or the advanced theme creator for full theming control. Emoji, Symbols & Fonts Quickly browse and search emojis and symbols using built-in galleries and quick-access rows. Switch between Unicode fonts that work in almost any app, and add font tools directly to your keyboard. Contacts, Translation & OCR Link contacts to your keyboard to quickly insert addresses, emails, phone numbers, and more. Use translation tools in your workflow, or extract text from photos with OCR. AI Features Use Apple Intelligence-powered tools such as AI proofreading, AI emoji suggestions, and AI chat inside the in-app keyboard preview. Scripting & Advanced Tools Extend the keyboard with JavaScript scripting to create your own custom behavior and workflows. Mister Keyboard is built for users who want more power and control. Multiple Layouts & Languages Create and use multiple keyboards with different layouts and languages. Quickly switch between them from the space bar with the built-in keyboard switcher. More Great Features Mister Keyboard also includes a quick period shortcut by double-tapping space, an ellipsis shortcut by triple-tapping space, quick-access emoji and symbol rows, built-in games, extensive behavior settings, and support for iOS 26 and Liquid Glass. Why Mister Keyboard? Mister Keyboard can be as simple or as powerful as you want. Use it as a great everyday keyboard with swipe typing, autocorrect, emojis, and themes—or turn it into a fully customized typing system built around your workflow. Download Mister Keyboard today and build a keyboard that actually works the way you want. ---- PLEASE READ: A Mister Keyboard Pro subscription is required to access all features. Once purchased, subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled before the end of the current billing period. Subscriptions can be managed or cancelled in your Apple App Store account. The free version supports limited keyboard editing and allows previewing most features inside the app, but does not allow using Pro features or themes in other apps. Keys using pro features will simply be disabled in use, and you can still use the rest of your keyboard normally. Privacy Policy: https://fivesheep.co/privacy/misterkeyboard Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

KeyboardKit4 screens
Mister Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: KeyboardKit at 4.4 against Mister Keyboard's 4.0. Mister Keyboard's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. KeyboardKit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Mister Keyboard sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KeyboardKit holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 83 and 95 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of KeyboardKit's written reviews are positive against 54% of Mister Keyboard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KeyboardKit ships an update fortnightly, Mister Keyboard weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
KeyboardKit versus Mister Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeyboardKitMister Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (83 ratings) — better4.0 (95 ratings)
Positive reviews52.0% of reviews53.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8395 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKankoda Sweden ABFiveSheep OU

Customer experience

KeyboardKit

All ratings83 ratings
Positive80.7%
Neutral10.8%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive52.0%
Neutral36.0%
Negative12.0%

Mister Keyboard

All ratings95 ratings
Positive72.6%
Neutral9.5%
Negative17.9%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral23.1%
Negative23.1%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

KeyboardKit

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

Mister Keyboard

Subscriptions4
  • Mister Keyboard Pro2 variants$1.997 Days
  • Mister Keyboard Pro2 variants$5.991 Month
  • Mister Keyboard Pro1 Month trial$16.991 Year
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  • Mister Keyboard Pro14 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mister Keyboard Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is KeyboardKit free?
KeyboardKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mister Keyboard free?
Mister Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KeyboardKit or Mister Keyboard?
KeyboardKit is rated higher. KeyboardKit averages 4.4 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while Mister Keyboard averages 4.0 from 95 ratings.
Do KeyboardKit or Mister Keyboard have ads?
Neither KeyboardKit nor Mister Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KeyboardKit or Mister Keyboard?
KeyboardKit ships an update fortnightly, and Mister Keyboard weekly. Most recently, KeyboardKit was updated on October 30, 2026 and Mister Keyboard on October 27, 2026.

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