Comparison

Easy URL Keyboard 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

Easy URL Keyboard

Enhance your typing experience with a QWERTY keyboard featuring dedicated arrow keys and shortcuts for common URL components. Streamline text editing and URL input with specialized keys and auto-saving of typed URLs.

Highlights
  • Arrow keys for precise caret movement
  • Dedicated keys for "http://" and "www"
  • Expanded keys in landscape mode
  • Automatic saving of typed URLs
  • Full standard QWERTY keyboard functionality
Features
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Featuring the same arrow keys as well-received Easy Mailer series - You can type URL easier with a QWERTY keyboard with the original extended keys! *Arrow Keys and other Keys work ONLY this app. Also Mailer or SMS are Available ! English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Rumanian version are Available ! SPECIAL FEATURES: * Arrow keys to move caret right and left faster for easier text editing * Dedicated Keys to type "http://", "www" etc with a single touch are equipped above the standard QWERTY keyboard for typing URL easier * More dedicated keys appear when iPhone/iPod Touch rotated to type on a larger QWERTY keyboard * Automatically save URLs you typed in the list for easier revisits * You can use all functions of the standard QWERTY Keyboards with this application. + Also Available!! + AEI Keyboard Note Series – You can type messages and URLs easier with one-hand! AEI Keyboard URL Note (Free App) ----------------------------------------- - AEI Keyboard Note for SMS / Mail Series – (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portugese, Swedish) ========================= - Easy Mailer Series - write messages and URLs easier with useful arrow keys & original extended keys! - - Easy Mailer Keyboard Series - ========================= (English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Portugese, Korean, Danish, Swedish, Rumanian) 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
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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

Easy URL Keyboard3 screens
MessagEase Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MessagEase Keyboard at 4.0 against Easy URL Keyboard's 2.3. MessagEase Keyboard also leads on ratings volume (95 vs 3) and review sentiment (70% vs 60%). Easy URL Keyboard's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MessagEase Keyboard has 95 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Easy URL Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 70% of MessagEase Keyboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Easy URL Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, MessagEase Keyboard every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Easy URL Keyboard versus MessagEase Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasy URL KeyboardMessagEase Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)4.0 (95 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews70.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings395 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.610.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB14 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer4usExideas

Customer experience

Easy URL Keyboard

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

MessagEase Keyboard

All ratings83 ratings
Positive69.9%
Neutral13.3%
Negative16.9%
Written reviews127 reviews
Positive70.1%
Neutral11.0%
Negative18.9%

Bugs and requests

Easy URL Keyboard

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

Easy URL Keyboard

No in-app purchases

None

MessagEase Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Easy URL Keyboard free?
Easy URL Keyboard 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, Easy URL Keyboard or MessagEase Keyboard?
MessagEase Keyboard is rated higher. Easy URL Keyboard averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while MessagEase Keyboard averages 4.0 from 95 ratings.
Do Easy URL Keyboard or MessagEase Keyboard have ads?
Neither Easy URL Keyboard nor MessagEase Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Easy URL Keyboard or MessagEase Keyboard?
Easy URL Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, and MessagEase Keyboard every 6 weeks. Most recently, Easy URL Keyboard was updated on September 22, 2026 and MessagEase Keyboard on September 21, 2026.

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