CodingKeys vs Text
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CodingKeys
Enhance your coding speed on iOS with a custom keyboard extension. Quickly insert code snippets and access special characters for supported languages. The keyboard intelligently switches back to alphanumeric input and smartly moves your cursor.
- Custom keyboard extension for iOS
- Quick code snippet insertion
- Support for Swift and Markdown
- Access to additional keywords and symbols
- Automatic alphanumeric keyboard switching
- Smart cursor movement
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CodingKeys is a productivity keyboard to speed up typing code in iOS. Quickly type your code snippets in Notes, iMessage, or any iOS app by installing the custom keyboard extension in your Settings. Currently supported languages are Swift and Markdown, with more to be added in the near future! Hold down keys to select additional keywords and symbols. CodingKeys automatically switches back to your Alphanumeric keyboard when the context is expecting a normally-typed word. CodingKeys also moves the cursor smartly to the next place you should be typing when inside of closures, parens or conditionals.
Text
Easily translate any text into binary code and convert binary code back to text. Simply input your text or binary data and view the conversion results instantly.
- Text to binary conversion
- Binary to text conversion
- Instant results
- Simple interface
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With our 'Text To Binary Converter' you can simply convert any text into binary code and also from binary code back to text. Just type your text/binary and directly see the result on the bottom of the page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CodingKeys at 5.0 against Text's 1.4. CodingKeys also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CodingKeys holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of CodingKeys's written reviews are positive against 75% of Text's.
CodingKeys ships an update every 6 days, Text every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CodingKeys | Text |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 1.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vincent Frascello | Julian Lau |
Customer experience
CodingKeys
Text
In-app purchases
CodingKeys
No in-app purchases
Text
No in-app purchases
