Comparison

Boat Units vs Thype

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

Head to head
About

Boat Units

Features
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Boat Units gives sailors quick, reliable access to the conversions they use every day β€” from speed and distance to electrical, environmental, and onboard measurements. Designed for cruising sailors who want fast answers without digging through menus. Whether you’re checking wind speed, converting nautical miles, or working out electrical loads, everything is laid out for quick reference on the water. FEATURES Conversions tailored for sailors and yacht owners Nautical, environmental, electrical, length, and distance units Clean, simple interface built for quick use underway No ads, no clutter, no unnecessary categories DEVELOPMENT Boat Units is under active development, with new conversions and improvements planned. Feedback from sailors is always welcome and helps shape future releases.

About

Thype

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Thype is a Thai keyboard for anyone who knows how Thai sounds but does not want to hunt for keys on the Kedmanee layout. Type Thai the way it sounds, in Roman letters, and Thype writes it in Thai script as you go. Type "sawatdee" and you get ΰΈͺΰΈ§ΰΈ±ΰΈͺΰΈ”ΰΈ΅. Type "kin kao" and you get กินข้าว. HOW IT WORKS Type a word phonetically and press space. Thype shows the Thai readings it thinks you meant, best guess first, and you keep typing. Tap a different candidate whenever the first one is not the word you wanted. Press return to commit the sentence. Because Thype reads the whole sentence rather than one word at a time, a word you type now can correct a word you typed three words ago - while everything is still editable, before any of it is committed. BUILT FOR HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY SPELL There is no single correct way to write Thai in Roman letters, so Thype accepts the ways people really type. Formal and everyday informal spellings all work: "jai" and "chai", "phuket" and "puket", "gai" and "kai". Misspell something and a fuzzy match usually still finds the word. FEATURES - Whole-sentence conversion that revises earlier words as you type - Candidates ranked by frequency, by context, and by what you personally pick - English to Thai suggestions: type an English word and take the Thai one instead - Your own dictionary - add any Roman-to-Thai spelling, including names - The standard Thai (Kedmanee) layout, one tap away, for when you want to type Thai directly - Commit anything exactly as typed, so unusual words and names are never in your way - Light and dark appearance, matching the native feeling of system keyboard COMPLETELY OFFLINE Thype contains no networking call at all. The dictionary, the English-Thai glossary and the language model are bundled inside the app and run on your device. It works in Airplane Mode exactly as it does otherwise. That also means there is nothing to collect. No accounts, no analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising, no tracking. The words you pick and the words you add stay on your device, they can be cleared from the Thype app whenever you like, and they go away when you delete the app. Full Access is optional. Granting it lets the keyboard and the app share one personal dictionary. Leave it off and the keyboard works exactly the same, minus that sharing. REQUIREMENTS iPhone running iOS 16 or later. iPad running iPadOS 16 or later.

Screenshots

Boat Units4 screens
Thype4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Thype at 16.0 against Boat Units's 18.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boat Units ships an update every 3 days, Thype every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Boat Units versus Thype: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoat UnitsThype
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size7 MB136 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcus JohanssonNawat Suangburanakul

In-app purchases

None

Boat Units

No in-app purchases

None

Thype

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boat Units free?
Boat Units is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thype free?
Thype is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Boat Units or Thype have ads?
Neither Boat Units nor Thype shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boat Units or Thype?
Boat Units ships an update every 3 days, and Thype every 2 days. Most recently, Boat Units was updated on November 7, 2026 and Thype on October 31, 2026.

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