Blank Spaces Launcher vs TypePress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blank Spaces Launcher
Transform your smartphone into a minimalist device by replacing your cluttered home screen with a simple list of essential apps. Reclaim your focus and time by limiting access to distracting applications, with options to lock them on a schedule or require a brief exercise to unlock.
- Simplified text-based home screen
- Focus-enhancing app interruption
- Scheduled app locking
- Customizable themes and appearance
- Habit tracking for focus streaks
- Intuitive and quick setup
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Blank Spaces is a minimalist launcher that turns your iPhone into a dumb phone. It swaps a home screen full of icons for a simple list of the apps you actually need. We believe technology should empower us, not take our attention. • Simplify your home screen Your most important apps in a clean text list. No icons, no badges, no clutter. • Take back your focus Blank Spaces interrupts distracting apps before they open, so you can reclaim your time and attention. Use your phone as a tool and focus on what matters in life. • Lock what pulls you back Lock distracting apps on a schedule or with a time limit. Unlock them with a breathing exercise or a set of push-ups. • Make it yours Choose your theme, colors, and wallpaper. • Build lasting habits Track your streak and keep your focus for the long term. • Easy to use The app is completely intuitive, and setup takes 60 seconds. • Private by design We believe in openness, privacy, and 100% data ownership. See our privacy policy at blankspaces.app/privacy. BLANK SPACES SUBSCRIPTION Full access to Blank Spaces requires a subscription (monthly, annual, or lifetime). Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Terms of Use - www.blankspaces.app/terms Privacy Policy - www.blankspaces.app/privacy Join Us - www.blankspaces.app/cult
TypePress
Experience distraction-free writing with a realistic typewriter simulation. Enjoy tactile key presses, authentic sounds, and a variety of fonts. Archive your work, track statistics, and export documents in multiple formats.
- Realistic animated typewriter simulation
- Authentic mechanical key sounds and carriage return bell
- Seven selectable fonts across four categories
- Auto-saving and document archiving with search
- Red ink option for highlighting
- iCloud sync across devices
- Export as PDF or plain text
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Write like it’s 1962. A typewriter for your words, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. TypePress puts a typewriter on your iPhone and iPad and lets you write on it. Press a key and it sinks. The type bar swings up and strikes the ribbon. The carriage slides with every letter, the paper creeps upward, and the bell rings near the end of the line. Pull the lever or turn the knob and the page feeds up one line. No notifications, no toolbars, no autocorrect. Just you, a sheet of paper and the sound of your own words landing. A KEYBOARD THAT FEELS LIKE KEYS On iPhone, a touch typewriter keyboard sits under the paper, so every thought is a few taps from the page. On iPad, the machine fills the bottom of the screen and its round keys are tappable right on the illustration. Using a hardware keyboard? The matching key dips under your fingers. Swipe the carriage either way to return it, or grab the knob and roll the paper yourself. FIVE MACHINES, DRAWN BY HAND Classic, Mehano, Mint, Coral and Hermes, with more on the way. Each one has its own keys, lever, knobs and personality, and every part moves on its own. You write on the machine, not beside it. INK THAT BEHAVES LIKE INK Black, red and blue ribbons. Switch colors mid-sentence and only the letters you type next change. Set the ink heavy, normal or light, crisp or soft, and change it for a single word whenever you like. Light ink fades unevenly from word to word, the way a tired ribbon really does. Make a mistake and type over it, or strike a letter through and keep it on the page as part of the story. PAPER YOU WANT TO TOUCH Vintage, Modern and Minimal come free. With Pro, six textured stocks join them. Cotton, Laid, Onionskin, Aged 1962, Kraft and Handmade, each with its own grain and fibre, carried right into your PDF exports. Set the left and right margins in centimetres or inches with a tap, choose how wide the line runs, and the page follows. NINE TYPEFACES Courier Prime and Special Elite for the classic look. Cutive Mono, Anonymous Pro, IBM Plex Mono, JetBrains Mono and Lekton for clean monospace. Cutive for an elegant serif and Limelight for Art Deco headlines. Every page remembers its own font. SOUNDS THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO WRITE Four key sounds rotate so no two strokes are identical. The bell rings, the carriage return slides, the paper feed rolls. All of it is synthesized, warm and analog. Prefer silence? Turn it off. ARCHIVE, FOLDERS AND TAGS Every page is saved as you write. Press and hold a page to pin it, put it in a folder or give it a tag, then find anything with search. Deleted pages wait 30 days in Recently Deleted. Your stats keep a quiet count of pages and words, and never a streak. YOURS, EVERYWHERE Turn on iCloud Sync and your pages, folders and tags follow you across iPhone, iPad and Mac. No account, no server, just your own iCloud. Lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. Both stay off until you switch them on. EXPORT AND SHARE Export a page as a PDF or as plain text and send it anywhere from the share sheet, or save it straight to Files. Your first export is free. TYPEPRESS PRO After your free export, Pro unlocks unlimited exports, extra sounds, typewriter machines, textured papers and wide pages. · Monthly, $2.99 · Yearly, $19.99 (save 44%) · Lifetime, $49.99 one time One purchase works on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. WHO IT IS FOR Journalers who want a ritual instead of an app. Poets who want constraint. Novelists doing morning pages. Students who would like their tabs to stop watching. Anyone who has ever thought, I just want to write. TypePress does not suggest, correct or nag. It gives you a machine, a page and a reason to keep going. Start typing. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blank Spaces Launcher at 4.6 against TypePress's 2.5. Blank Spaces Launcher also leads on ratings volume (8.7K vs 2) and chart position (#89 vs unranked). TypePress's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Blank Spaces Launcher sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and TypePress sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Blank Spaces Launcher holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blank Spaces Launcher has 8.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Blank Spaces Launcher ships an update fortnightly, TypePress every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blank Spaces Launcher | TypePress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8.7K ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8.7K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #89 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ecstasis LLC | Ezgi Acar |
Customer experience
Blank Spaces Launcher
TypePress
Bugs and requests
Blank Spaces Launcher
Reported bugs
5 issues- Widgets not showing up or disappearing
- Inconsistent behavior when adding/removing apps
- Shortcuts not working as expected
- Wallpaper customization issues
- App crashing or freezing during setup
Requested features
5 requests- Add more supported apps, including default iOS apps
- Allow custom shortcuts without going through Shortcuts app
- Improve widget customization options
- Provide a free or one-time purchase version
- Add ability to rename app labels in widgets
TypePress
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Blank Spaces Launcher
- 1 Week$1.997 Days
- 1 Month$3.991 Month
- 1 Month1 Month trial$3.991 Month
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- Monthly Plan$7.991 Month
- 12 Months$17.991 Year
- Special Offer (1 Year)$18.991 Year
- Yearly Plan$19.991 Year
- Blank Lifetime Subscription$23.99
- Blank Lifetime Subscription$24.99
- Lifetime Plan$29.99
TypePress
- TypePress Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- TypePress Yearly$19.991 Year
- TypePress Lifetime$49.99
Questions
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