Comparison

iAR vs Keyboard Now

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

Head to head
About

iAR

Experience videos in a new dimension with augmented reality. Place and manipulate virtual players of various shapes and sizes on any surface, playing content from your device or online.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality video playback
  • Customizable player shapes (plane, cube, sphere, cylinder)
  • Adjustable scale and playback rate
  • Plane detection for horizontal/vertical placement
  • Play videos from device albums
  • Play videos from network URLs
  • Safari extension for online video integration
Features
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No ads, No IAP. play video with Augmented reality on iOS 13.0+ Use this APP to virtualize a player similar to a TV. The player can be a flat surface like a mobile phone, a cube, a box-like crystal, a sphere like a magic ball, or a cylinder. This player can play videos from albums, such as previous wedding videos, or from Safari extension. You need to click the iAR extension when watching online videos in Safari. - Video Player Settings • Scale : 0.1 ~ 30 • Play rate : 0.2 ~ 2 • Video Player Shape : Plane, cube, sphere, cylinder • Plane detection: never, horizontal, vertical. This is convenient to place the player on a horizontal table or a vertical wall. If you choose never, you can place the player anywhere near the phone how to use 【A】Play video from iAR (1) If you want to play the videos of the Photo Library 1. Click the camera icon to open the video selection controller 2. Input a location to search or select a video from the album 3. Select a smaller clip from the video then tap the `Choose` button 4. Click the play button and move the camera back or forth 5. If you want the zoom size and play back rate of the video, please click back and change the value (2) Also supports network video 1. Click the link icon 2. Enter a video URL or the address of the video file 3. Click the OK button 4. Click the play button and move the camera back or forth 5. If you want the zoom size and speed of the initial video, please click back and change the value [B] Play video from Safari 1. Enter the URL in Safari such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TD96VTf0Xs 2. Click the play button on the web page 3. Click the iAR plug-in in Safari or click Share to select iAR 4. Open the play page automatically in the APP, click the play button on the play interface and then move the camera You can turn this extension on in Safari Extensions preferences. 1.Open Settings 2.Safari 3.Extensions 4.iAR 5.Turn On

About

Keyboard Now

Features
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Keyboard Now is a keyboard that types your saved information into any app — the places where copy and paste falls apart. Save the things you retype constantly: your address, phone number, email, support replies, disclosure language, intake phrasing, follow-ups. Then tap once to type them anywhere — forms, chats, apps that block pasting. COMMUNITY PROMPTS (NEW) A free feed of prompts people actually use, with no account required. Browse by category, vote, and save any of them into your keyboard in one tap — including wording tuned separately for Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini. You can publish your own anonymously, and hide, report or block anything that does not belong. FROM A SCREENSHOT, OR FROM YOUR OWN HISTORY (NEW) Share a screenshot to Keyboard Now and it reads the text on your device. Or import a Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini export and it will find the prompts you keep reusing. Neither one sends your text anywhere. WRITING ACTIONS (NEW) On devices that support Apple Intelligence, rewrite, shorten, draft or summarise right inside the keyboard, in the field you are already typing in. It runs on device. SHARED LIBRARIES Keep a set of snippets in sync across a team. One person hosts the library; everyone they invite gets it in their own keyboard, automatically. Members get read-only access, so nobody can break the team's snippets by accident — and anyone can suggest additions for the owner to approve. BUILT AROUND YOUR PRIVACY There's no account and no server of ours. Your snippets live on your device and sync through your own iCloud. Nothing leaves your device unless you deliberately create a shared library or publish a prompt to the community feed — there is no "share everything" button, and we never see any of it. ALSO INCLUDED • Organize snippets by category, with pinning and collections • Save links, contacts, notes and AI prompts • Fill-in-the-blank snippets for anything with a variable • A Home Screen widget, and a Lock Screen Live Activity on the day of a saved occasion • Face ID lock • Sync across all your devices via iCloud KEYBOARD NOW PRO Browsing and saving community prompts is free, and joining a shared library is free and unlimited. Hosting your own library is part of Keyboard Now Pro, available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/amol23/KEYBOARD-NOW-33dc7631cd4980508f41e376de172c2b

Screenshots

iAR4 screens
Keyboard Now4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Keyboard Now at Free against iAR's $1.99. iAR's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On update cadence, ads 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

Keyboard Now is free to download; iAR costs $1.99 up front. Keyboard Now sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. iAR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iAR ships an update every 4 days, Keyboard Now weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iAR versus Keyboard Now: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriARKeyboard Now
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (54 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer汝泉 张Amol Srivastava

In-app purchases

None

iAR

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Keyboard Now

Subscriptions2
  • Keyboard Now Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Keyboard Now Pro Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Keyboard Now Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is iAR free?
iAR costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keyboard Now free?
Keyboard Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iAR or Keyboard Now have ads?
Neither iAR nor Keyboard Now shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iAR or Keyboard Now?
iAR ships an update every 4 days, and Keyboard Now weekly. Most recently, iAR was updated on October 27, 2026 and Keyboard Now on October 28, 2026.

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