Comparison

Simple Editor X vs URL Quick Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

Simple Editor X

This intelligent text editor and notepad offers text-to-speech functionality in 64 languages, real-time text analysis including word and character counts, and language identification. It also features emotional analysis for English text, iCloud synchronization, and easy insertion of canned text.

Highlights
  • Text-to-Speech in 64 languages
  • Real-time text information display
  • Language identification
  • Emotional analysis for English text
  • iCloud synchronization across devices
  • Canned text insertion
  • Translation and replace function
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Simple Editor X is a simple, intelligent text editor and notepad application. In addition to text entry, Simple Editor X can also check and analyze text. This application has the following features ・Text-To-Speech After entering text, you can read it out loud with the text-to-speech function. This is especially useful when you want to check the clarity of sentences and the naturalness of conjunctions. 64 languages are supported, including Japanese, English (US), French (France), etc¹. On macOS, you can also export to audio files². ・Displays text information The number of characters, words, and paragraphs can be displayed in real time. In addition, machine learning can be used to identify the language of the text. If you don't know what language it is, you can paste it into Simple Editor X. With English text, more intelligence in Simple Editor X is unleashed. You can now perform an emotional analysis³ that shows whether the entire text is positive or negative, and you can detect proper nouns, such as the names of people, organizations, and places, and look them up with a single click. ・Synchronization via iCloud Synchronize texts and settings between iOS, macOS, and visionOS devices so that the same settings can be inherited from any device. ・Easy insertion of canned text Frequently used canned text can be registered in advance and instantly inserted at the beginning and end. For example, you can efficiently add canned sentences for emails, greetings at the beginning of memos, and other sentences that are used repeatedly. ・Translation The translation function is an essential part of the smarter Simple Editor X. In addition to displaying translation results, a one-click translation and replace function will be added. (iOS/iPadOS/macOS only) ・Linkage with the Shortcut app Text information can be analyzed by linking with shortcut apps without having to bother to open the app. For example, if you need to periodically check the number of words or paragraphs in a document, you can easily access the information without opening the app and work more efficiently. 1. advanced language-dependent features such as the ability to transliterate Chinese characters are not supported. 2. Please check Apple's OS terms and conditions for handling audio files created with Simple Editor X. 3. Positive or negative emotions are indicated by a numerical value between -1 and 1 and a graph.

About

URL Quick Keyboard

Streamline your mobile browsing experience by quickly navigating and editing URLs. This keyboard app allows you to jump directly to specific parts of a web address, saving you time and effort.

Highlights
  • Quickly jump to end of URL
  • Navigate to /, ?, &, or #
  • Edit URLs efficiently
  • Browser address bar enhancement
  • Mobile keyboard utility
Features
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Navigating URLs in a browser address bar is a pain. With URL Keyboard, jump quickly to the end, instead of crawling along. You can also jump to /, ?, &, or #, to edit the URL as you please. Note: No AI was used in the creation of this app.

Screenshots

Simple Editor X4 screens
URL Quick Keyboard2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: URL Quick Keyboard at 100% against Simple Editor X's 0%. URL Quick Keyboard also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Simple Editor X's advantage is update cadence (every 13 months vs every 41 months) and device support (4 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Simple Editor X costs $1.49 and URL Quick Keyboard $0.69 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Editor X ships an update every 13 months, URL Quick Keyboard every 41 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Simple Editor X versus URL Quick Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Editor XURL Quick Keyboard
Price$1.49$0.69 — better
Rating—4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 months — betterEvery 41 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKeisuke ChinoneElijah Yap

Customer experience

Simple Editor X

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

URL Quick Keyboard

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Simple Editor X

No in-app purchases

None

URL Quick Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Editor X free?
Simple Editor X costs $1.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is URL Quick Keyboard free?
URL Quick Keyboard costs $0.69, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Editor X or URL Quick Keyboard have ads?
Neither Simple Editor X nor URL Quick Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Editor X or URL Quick Keyboard?
Simple Editor X ships an update every 13 months, and URL Quick Keyboard every 41 months. Most recently, Simple Editor X was updated on October 13, 2026 and URL Quick Keyboard on October 24, 2026.

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