Comparison

Keystrokes vs Cheers

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

Head to head
About

Keystrokes

Send short text messages that appear on your friends' and family's screens throughout the day. This app allows for a unique way to share brief thoughts and updates.

Highlights
  • Send slow messages
  • Text widgets on screen
  • Share with friends and family
  • Persistent message display
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Share slow messages with your friends and family. Leave them a short text. They will see it throughout the day!

About

Cheers

Send short, kind messages directly to your friends' lock screens. This app focuses on simple, private communication without feeds or algorithms, offering a quick way to share positivity.

Highlights
  • Send short messages to friends' lock screens
  • Lock screen and home screen widgets
  • Mute or block friends
  • Custom nicknames for friends
  • Private by design, no tracking
  • Delete account and data anytime
Features
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Cheers is a simple app with one purpose: send something kind to a friend's lock screen. Write a short message — up to 50 characters — and it shows up on your friend's lock screen widget. No likes, no feeds, no algorithms. Just a kind word, right where they'll see it. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a username and share your unique friend code 2. Add friends by exchanging codes 3. Write a short, kind message for each friend 4. They see it on their lock screen widget — and you see theirs That's it. No scrolling, no posts, no pressure. Just a moment of kindness. LOCK SCREEN WIDGET Add the Cheers widget to your lock screen or home screen. It cycles through the latest messages your friends have sent you. You control the rotation speed and can mute anyone you'd like. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Cheers doesn't ask for your email, phone number, or real name. There are no ads, no analytics, and no tracking. Messages are only visible to you and the friend who sent them. You can delete your account and all associated data at any time from within the app. FEATURES • Send short messages (up to 50 characters) to friends' lock screens • Lock screen, small, and medium home screen widgets • Pin your favorite friends to the top • Mute friends from appearing in your widget • Set custom nicknames for friends (only visible to you) • See when you last sent a cheer to each friend • Light, dark, and system theme options • Report and block users • Delete your account and all data anytime WHY CHEERS? Most social apps are designed to keep you scrolling. Cheers is designed to take 10 seconds: open the app, write something kind, close the app. Your friend sees it on their lock screen without even opening Cheers. Sometimes the smallest message makes the biggest difference.

Screenshots

Keystrokes3 screens
Cheers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Keystrokes at 16.1 against Cheers's 18.6. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Keystrokes against 5.0 for Cheers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keystrokes ships an update every 5 days, Cheers weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and July 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Keystrokes versus Cheers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeystrokesCheers
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB17 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJenny KimBrayden Herzberg

Customer experience

Keystrokes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cheers

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Keystrokes

No in-app purchases

None

Cheers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keystrokes free?
Keystrokes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cheers free?
Cheers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Keystrokes or Cheers?
Keystrokes and Cheers are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Keystrokes or Cheers have ads?
Neither Keystrokes nor Cheers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keystrokes or Cheers?
Keystrokes ships an update every 5 days, and Cheers weekly. Most recently, Keystrokes was updated on September 9, 2026 and Cheers on July 3, 2026.

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