Comparison

AEI Keyboard Note English vs MessagEase Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

AEI Keyboard Note English

This keyboard app allows for faster and easier one-handed typing with unique input methods. It features special keys for quick vowel and alphabet input, along with helpful editing tools like arrow keys and auto-capitalization.

Highlights
  • One-push vowel input
  • Less than two-push alphabet input
  • Two-thumb typing
  • Arrow keys for caret movement
  • Auto-determination of characters
  • Auto capitalization
  • Auto save messages
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You can type messages easier and faster with one-hand wherever you are! What is Good about AEI Keyboard - Only One Push to input Vowel (letter). - Less than Two Push to input Alphabet. (any letter) - Input faster with Two Thumbs. ************************************************* *This Keyboard works only in this App. ===================================== SPECIAL FEATURES: * Friendly alphabetical character array with 13 multi input keys with just 2 characters each in order to type faster and easier * Ideal key size that reduce probability of typographic errors * Arrow keys to move caret right and left faster for easier text editing * Useful keyboard Settings (touch the “tools” icon for setting): * Auto determination of character typed with multi-input key (eg. When “OP=” key is typed once, the character “O” will be determined automatically after certain time interval, which is adjustable at the “tool” menu. This means you can type the same character continuously without using the right arrow key) * Auto capitalization on the 1st letter of each sentence * Useful buttons equipped: * “Clear” button to erase subject and/or body of the message immediately * “Hide” button to hide the keyboard for better view of longer messages * “Mail” button to send the content to Mail application * “Other” key to call another keyboard with major extended characters (multi input keys) * Auto save feature to save messages in “list” ----------------------------------------- Please visit our website www.4us.jp Thank you!

About

MessagEase Keyboard

An innovative, non-QWERTY keyboard designed for touchscreens based on scientific research. It features large keys with optimized letter placement for faster, more accurate typing. Learning games and customization options are included.

Highlights
  • Non-QWERTY keyboard layout
  • Optimized letter assignment
  • Tap and drag input
  • Learning games included
  • Customizable keyboard size, shape, and color
  • Supports multiple languages
Features
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MessagEase is an alternative, non-QWERTY keyboard for your iPhone and iPad. Created based on years of scientific research in user interface, MessagEase is designed and optimized for use on a touchscreen device. MessagEase is a patented, innovative design different from the antiquated QWERTY keyboard. If you believe that every keyboard must be QWERTY-like, then MessagEase is not what you are looking for. But if you are open to new ideas and up for experiencing a completely new way of writing you will be pleasantly surprised at how well, how precisely, and how fast you can enter text with MessagEase. Our current champion’s speed is 87 WPM— that's 87 Words Per Minute! Most people don't type nearly that fast with ten fingers! MessagEase essentially has 9 large keys with an optimized letter assignment to maximize your speed, increase your accuracy, and ease your writing. Since MessagEase is very different, you must spend a few minutes to get used to it. We have included several learning games to help you learn the new, innovative pattern of MessagEase—and you’ll save hours by texting and writing faster. With MessagEase you enter letters and characters with either a tap, or a drag (slide): taps for the most common characters and directional drag for the rest. Please watch the video, or see the section Essential MessagEase, to learn more. MessagEase's design is based on sound user-interface principles such as the Fitts' Law; it uses letter frequency and di-gram data to optimally place the characters on a keyboard with fewer, larger keys. That’s why the letter positions are non-QWERTY! If you are interested to learn more about the scientific details behind the design of MessagEase, please see this paper: http://www.exideas.com/ME/ICMI2003Paper.pdf We have lots of videos to help you become familiar with MessagEase quickly. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3D3f3GWTSg There are many more on our YouTube channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/messagease Please also note that you can change the keyboard size by dragging up or down on the Globe Button. You can also reshape and recolor the keyboard in various ways. See Settings for details. MessagEase for iPhone & iPad has specific keyboards designed for the following languages: (These keyboards can also be used to enter text for many other languages) - English - Arabic - Azerbaiani - Danish - Dutch - Esperanto - Finnish - French - German - Greek - Hebrew - Hungarian - Japanese Hiragana - Japanese Katakana - Italian - Norwegian - Polish - Portuguese - Russian - Spanish - Swedish - Turkish - Urdu If you like MessagEase, please tell others about it, and please make sure to rate and comment about it on App Store. Please email us if you encounter any issue. Thank you!

Screenshots

AEI Keyboard Note English3 screens
MessagEase Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MessagEase Keyboard at 4.0 against AEI Keyboard Note English's 1.7. MessagEase Keyboard also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 50%) and ratings volume (97 vs 3). AEI Keyboard Note English's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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

MessagEase Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MessagEase Keyboard has 97 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of AEI Keyboard Note English's written reviews are positive against 70% of MessagEase Keyboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AEI Keyboard Note English ships an update every 2 months, MessagEase Keyboard monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
AEI Keyboard Note English versus MessagEase Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAEI Keyboard Note EnglishMessagEase Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (3 ratings)4.0 (97 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews70.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings397 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB11 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperToshihiro NakaneExideas

Customer experience

AEI Keyboard Note English

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

MessagEase Keyboard

All ratings97 ratings
Positive71.1%
Neutral12.4%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews127 reviews
Positive70.1%
Neutral11.0%
Negative18.9%

Bugs and requests

AEI Keyboard Note English

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

MessagEase Keyboard

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Keyboard expands to full screen and cannot be resized
  • Keyboard fails to appear in Apple apps (Notes, Safari, Skype)
  • Swipe gestures registered as clicks
  • Keyboard crashes on iOS 26.x and iOS 16.x versions
  • Settings reset or don't persist between sessions
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  • Double keyboard instances displaying simultaneously
  • Letters not visible after iOS updates
  • Keyboard stuck in maximized state after reinstall
  • Capitalization mode gets stuck (all caps)
  • Keyboard display corrupted or garbled on iPad
  • Unresponsive input after certain iOS updates
  • Keyboard overlays text field, obstructing view

Requested features

11 requests
  • Word prediction and autocorrect
  • Resizable keyboard with size locking option
  • Copy/paste/select-all gesture shortcuts (like Android version)
  • Voice dictation support
  • Better cursor navigation controls
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  • Customizable keyboard layout (JSON-based)
  • Emoji integration into keyboard
  • Text replacement library support
  • Macro functionality
  • Trackpad mode for cursor control
  • Open-source the application for community maintenance

In-app purchases

None

AEI Keyboard Note English

No in-app purchases

None

MessagEase Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AEI Keyboard Note English free?
AEI Keyboard Note English is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MessagEase Keyboard free?
MessagEase Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AEI Keyboard Note English or MessagEase Keyboard?
MessagEase Keyboard is rated higher. AEI Keyboard Note English averages 1.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while MessagEase Keyboard averages 4.0 from 97 ratings.
Do AEI Keyboard Note English or MessagEase Keyboard have ads?
Neither AEI Keyboard Note English nor MessagEase Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AEI Keyboard Note English or MessagEase Keyboard?
AEI Keyboard Note English ships an update every 2 months, and MessagEase Keyboard monthly. Most recently, AEI Keyboard Note English was updated on November 3, 2026 and MessagEase Keyboard on November 1, 2026.

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