Comparison

iDOS 3 vs Custom Keyboard Maker Pro

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

Head to head
About

iDOS 3

Experience classic DOS games and applications on your iPhone and iPad. This app emulates a DOS PC, offering modern controls for enhanced playability. It also supports productivity tasks like word processing and programming.

Highlights
  • On-screen keyboard with custom layouts
  • Virtual gamepad with customizable bindings
  • Trackpad mouse emulation
  • MT-32 emulation and MIDI support
  • Bluetooth keyboard and gamepad support
  • Bluetooth mouse support
Features
Currently charting
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Play classic DOS games on your iPhone and iPad! iDOS turns your device right into a powerful DOS gaming PC, with modern game control to make your old favorites as playable as possible. You can also use iDOS for non-gaming purposes, such as word processing, casual programming. Apps in the DOS days are often simpler and surprisingly productive. KEYBOARD iDOS provides a PC compatible on-screen keyboard with carefully designed layouts for different devices and orientations. The keyboard has a sliding control in landscape mode so that you can keep it from covering critical part of the screen. Bluetooth keyboard is fully supported on iOS 14+. GAMEPAD iDOS provides a virtual gamepad with key bindings that are fairly common in DOS games. You can customize the bindings. The DPAD works in 8-axis way. It can also be toggled into a joystick. External bluetooth game controllers are supported. Make sure your game controller is connected (System Settings->Bluetooth). To customize button bindings, go to iDOS in landscape mode, tap on bluetooth icon on the auto-hiding top bar. MOUSE The screen area serves as a trackpad for moving mouse pointer. Tap on the screen for left click. If direct touch is enabled, the mouse pointer will move to where you tap. Hold one finger on the screen, and tap with another finger for right click. On-screen mouse buttons are also provided for your convenience. Bluetooth mouse are fully supported on iOS 14+. AUDIO iDOS supports mt32 emulation, MIDI sound fonts, cuesheet based CDimage with compressed audio tracks (ogg/mp3/flac). SUPPORT - Visit https://litchie.com/dospad for more information - Send email to idos@litchie.com - Follow the developer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/litchiedev - iDOS is open source, report issue on https://github.com/litchie/dospad

About

Custom Keyboard Maker Pro

Features
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Build the keyboard you wish. Add powerful one-tap keys and a playful drawing pad that works across your apps. Faster typing: Insert any custom text (your email, phone, ... etc), today’s date, time, clipboard paste, UUID, ... with one tap. Expressive input: Open the Draw view to sketch quick marks or decorate with emoji, then send via pasteboard where supported. Your look: Pick Canvas Background, Stroke Color, and Stroke Width. Theme Button Fill and Button Text for high contrast. Works everywhere: iPhone and iPad, any app with a text field. Private by design: Functions run on-device. No analytics, no third-party SDKs, no tracking. Config-first keyboard: Built-in toggles for Date, Time, Paste, UUID, Random Emoji, and a named Custom button. Inline drawing pad: Colors palette, stroke slider, Undo/Clear, and quick emoji row. One-tap theming: Live preview of canvas, keys, and text for accessibility and style. No full access required for core features; nothing leaves your device. Open the app → choose built-in buttons and set your Custom text. Pick colors for Canvas, Stroke, Button Fill, Button Text. Enable the keyboard: Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New… → Custom Keyboard Maker Pro. Note: Image sending relies on pasteboard and only appears in apps that accept images; text-only fields will receive text.

Screenshots

iDOS 34 screens
Custom Keyboard Maker Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Custom Keyboard Maker Pro at $0.99 against iDOS 3's $4.99. iDOS 3's advantage is chart position (#51 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

iDOS 3 costs $4.99 and Custom Keyboard Maker Pro $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
iDOS 3 versus Custom Keyboard Maker Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDOS 3Custom Keyboard Maker Pro
Price$4.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.3 (51 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings51 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#51 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer潮激 李EyeOS Store Inc.

In-app purchases

None

iDOS 3

No in-app purchases

None

Custom Keyboard Maker Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iDOS 3 free?
iDOS 3 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Custom Keyboard Maker Pro free?
Custom Keyboard Maker Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do iDOS 3 or Custom Keyboard Maker Pro have ads?
Neither iDOS 3 nor Custom Keyboard Maker Pro shows ads.

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