Morse vs Simple Morse Code Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Morse
Translate, type, learn, and convert Morse code with this versatile app. It offers features like a flashing light encoder, audio file creation, and real-time microphone decoding. Customize your experience and explore advanced learning and social features.
- Morse code translation and interpretation
- Full-screen flashing light encoder
- Morse code audio file generation
- Real-time microphone decoding
- Morse alphabet and mnemonics
- Customizable display and settings
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Morse-it is an easy-to-use application that lets you translate, interpret, type, learn, convert Morse code, and more. You can run it on your iPhone or iPad and it is compatible with VoiceOver. Note: By getting this app, you'll have access to several useful and fun features related to Morse code (these are the features explained in this description and visible in the screenshots). In addition, you can unlock advanced features in the app if you need them: learning and social features. More information at the end of this description. Type any text and it will be automatically encoded into a full-screen flashing effect of the corresponding Morse code. The flashlight of your device is also used. Your "SOS" messages will be seen quite far away! Some sound will also be played accordingly. In detailed mode, the encoded text will scroll during the decoding process. Tap some Morse code on the screen and the program will translate it into some text. Several input types are supported: Novice, Straight Key, Memory Paddle, Iambic Paddle (A and B), Microphone. Left and right handed modes are supported. Test and improve your skills: are you good enough to be understood? Create Morse code audio files from a given text (or variables). Use these files as you like: listen to them to train your decoding skills or use them as ringtones for your mobile phone. Create beautiful abstract wallpapers for your device (or posters to be printed) by customizing the display of the dashes and dots of the sentence you like. Exclusive feature that allows you to decode in real time the Morse code recorded by the microphone into text (note: the sound must be quite clear/loud and without much noise). Some automatic calibration is performed, allowing adaptation to speed, tone and volume changes. The full Morse alphabet (including prosigns) can also be viewed and the associated Morse code can be played. Tapped and decoded text can be edited and exported to clipboard, in-app email and SMS. A special screen allows textual conversion of Morse code and text. Exchange encrypted messages with your friends. Wikipedia and Visual Mnemonic screens to get information and mnemonics about Morse code. You can also add your own websites for in-app consultation. The whole application is highly configurable (frequency, WPM, tone type, color, Morse code, variables ...) A customizable today view widget can be added to your home screen to display the current date in Morse code. Some custom actions are available in the shortcut app, and some features of the app can be triggered using Siri. You can also become part of the Morse-it Social Club (thanks to a renewable subscription) and unlock the following Social features: Messages, Forums, QSO Bot, Poem of the Day, Quotes of the Day, Games of the Day ... and more. The following Learning features will also be unlocked (but can also be unlocked with a single one-time in-app purchase if you prefer): Koch trainer, Sending trainer, Cards trainer, CWops Academy learning method, Quiz, Macros, Dictionaries: abbreviations, QSOs, mnemonics, timing (Farnsworth) and Morse alphabet/Prosigns personalization, appearance customization ... and more. Some Morse-it features are powered by Icom, a world leader in the amateur radio market. !!! As seen on TV !!! (UK) in Most Haunted Live: Apparently you can use it to communicate with ghosts (no guarantee though :D) Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Simple Morse Code Keyboard
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Type in Morse Code — anywhere on iOS. A full system Morse Code Keyboard that replaces your standard one with a real CW keyer. Send a text, write an email, or post to social — all in dits and dahs. Built for ham radio operators who want authentic CW feel on mobile, and for learners who pick up the code fastest by using it every day. Keying Styles • Straight Key • Single Paddle • Iambic Paddle • Adjustable WPM Supported Morse Code Alphabets • ITU International • Spanish • Russian • Ukrainian • Bulgarian • Greek • Hebrew • Arabic • Persian • Kurdish • Japanese Wabun (Kana code) Designed for iOS • System-wide Morse Code Keyboard — works in every app • Portrait and landscape layouts • Low-latency input tuned for high WPM • Fully configurable Morse Code Keyboard For experts: the responsiveness and timing controls you need to send clean code at speed. For beginners: the best Morse Code trainer is daily use. Replace your keyboard, build muscle memory, and learn Morse code without "studying" it. Download the Morse Code Keyboard today and put a key in your pocket. 73!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Morse Code Keyboard at none against Morse's 3. Simple Morse Code Keyboard also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Morse's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and chart position (#48 vs unranked). On ads and iOS requirement 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
Morse costs $0.99 and Simple Morse Code Keyboard $4.99 up front. Morse sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Simple Morse Code Keyboard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Morse ships an update every 5 weeks, Simple Morse Code Keyboard weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Morse | Simple Morse Code Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #48 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francis Bonnin | BioRust Studios |
In-app purchases
Morse
- Morse-it Social Club1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Morse-it Social Club$39.991 Year
- Learning features$8.99
Simple Morse Code Keyboard
No in-app purchases









