TypeIt4Me Touch vs Genius Vault
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TypeIt4Me Touch
This app enhances note-taking and messaging with powerful text expansion. Define custom abbreviations that automatically convert to longer phrases as you type, saving time and effort. Seamlessly integrate with your Mac's abbreviations via iCloud for a unified experience across devices.
- Text expansion with custom abbreviations
- Create and store unlimited notes
- Share notes via email, message, or clipboard
- Bundled keyboard extension for any app
- iCloud sync with Mac TypeIt4Me
- Import snippets via email attachments
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TypeIt4Me Touch is a simple notepad app with built-in text expansion for swiftly composing notes and messages. Define your own custom shorthand abbreviations and they’ll instantly be replaced as you type with the longer texts they represent, saving you time and effort. Create and store snippet abbreviations on your iPhone or iPad and gradually build up your own custom shorthand library for quickly jotting things down. Store as many notes as you like to use and reuse later. These can be emailed, messaged and shared straight from within the app, or copied to the clipboard in a couple of taps. Install the bundled TypeIt4Me Touch keyboard extension and quickly bring it up in any app to access long snippets of frequently used text. Addresses, email signatures and boilerplate paragraphs stored locally or in iCloud will always be right at your fingertips. Use them in Mail, Safari, Messages or anywhere else you can type. (NB: the keyboard extension is for on-screen typing only. Bluetooth hardware support is limited to composing notes in the app itself.) Ever wished you could use your Mac TypeIt4Me abbreviations in iOS? This is the app for you. If you use TypeIt4Me 6 (or TypeIt4Me 5.4.x from the Mac App Store) and you keep your abbreviations in iCloud, you can use them on your iPhone and iPad. They will be available in the TypeIt4Me Touch app and keyboard as long as you’re signed in to iCloud. You can also add new snippets and sync them across all your Macs and iDevices. If you’re still using TypeIt4Me 5.5.3 (or earlier versions for Mac) downloaded directly from the Ettore Software website, automatic iCloud syncing of your abbreviations between Mac and iOS is not available. However, you can still use snippets created on your Mac. Just email your Mac TypeIt4Me snippet set files to yourself and open the attachments in TypeIt4Me Touch on your iPhone or iPad to import your abbreviations. With TypeIt4Me Touch installed on your iPhone or iPad, greetings, common phrases, boilerplate texts, URLs or even large chunks of programming code can all be just a couple of prods away. Enjoy :)
Genius Vault
Organize research notes, ideas, URLs, and code snippets in a centralized digital vault. Easily save, categorize, and retrieve information across your Apple devices. Perfect for students and researchers seeking focused organization.
- Store research notes and ideas
- Save URLs, instructions, and code snippets
- Detect and paste from clipboard
- Highlight, favorite, and pin records
- URL validation and direct linking
- Cloud sync across Apple devices
- 7-day record restore
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Genius Vault is a powerful app that helps you store and organise all your research project notes and ideas in one place. With Genius Vault, you can easily save information, URLs, instructions, and snippets of code or text. A VAULT of project data that can help you keep your mind in focus but not overloaded. Need a better way to Group and store useful data or research, Genius Vault is here to help. The app is available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, so you can access your notes from anywhere. Whether you're a student, researcher, or just someone who likes to keep their ideas organised, Genius Vault is the perfect tool for you. Features *Ability to detect text and urls from clipboard when you open the app and paste them into new records *highlight, favourite, and pin records * Url validation check URLs that are saved are complete urls. *quickly jump to the url by tapping on the links *copy snippets of text to the clipboard from the app to easily smoothen your workflow *syncs in cloud between iPhone, iPad and Apple silicon Macs *delete records and restore them within 7 days Search through your ideas, urls, instructions and snippets
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Genius Vault at Free against TypeIt4Me Touch's $4.99. Genius Vault also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). TypeIt4Me Touch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On ads and device support 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
Genius Vault is free to download; TypeIt4Me Touch costs $4.99 up front. Genius Vault sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. TypeIt4Me Touch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Genius Vault holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TypeIt4Me Touch has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TypeIt4Me Touch ships an update every 3 months, Genius Vault every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TypeIt4Me Touch | Genius Vault |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ettore Software Ltd. | Oliver Rider |
Customer experience
TypeIt4Me Touch
Genius Vault
In-app purchases
TypeIt4Me Touch
No in-app purchases
Genius Vault
- Buy me a coffee$1.99
- Unlock Pro Access$2.99
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