Comparison

FLIP FF vs AABC African Alphabets

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

Head to head
About

FLIP FF

Create and share upside-down text messages. Simply type your message and send it via text or social media platforms.

Highlights
  • Write upside-down messages
  • Share via text
  • Share on social media
  • Simple text input
Features
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Write your upside down message and share it by text or on socials. Just type in your text. Idea & Gfx: Francesco Fornara http://www.franforn.com

About

AABC African Alphabets

This utility provides smartphone keyboards for numerous African languages and scripts, respecting phonetic variations and standard keyboard orders. It functions systemwide and offline, ensuring broad accessibility for diverse linguistic needs.

Highlights
  • Keyboards for common African languages and scripts
  • Phonetic character variants supported
  • Standard QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY layouts
  • Systemwide and offline functionality
  • Unicode character adoption
  • Interactive development based on user feedback
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African Alphabets of the Bayreuth Cluster (AABC) provides smartphones with keyboards for all common African languages and scripts. The keyboard layouts take account of the particular phonetic character variants and the respective Latin QWERTY-, QWERTZ-, or AZERTY-order. All characters are subject to their respective definition by Unicode and their adequate adoption by the system. Each keyboard consists of four pages that can be reproduced by a keyboard view on the screen. All keyboards can be used systemwide as well as offline, too. It is indicated if individual fonts or characters may be supported differently (or not yet at all) by the operating system in use and therefore cannot (yet) be displayed by the app. For the necessary further development of the app the user is invited to communicate his comments to Dr Ulrich Rebstock (Ulrich.Rebstock@uni-bayreuth.de). This interactive set-up is intended to harmonize cultural authenticity with scientific control of implementation and adjustment of the keyboard layouts. This also includes the selection and integration of language transcriptions and scripts for which hitherto already existing, or newly generated keyboard layouts are to be adopted. The project is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany´s Excellence Strategy – EXC 2052/1 – 390713894. Idea and concept go back to Ulrich Rebstock who is also responsible for the implementation of the keyboards.

Screenshots

FLIP FF1 screens
AABC African Alphabets1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AABC African Alphabets at 5.0 against FLIP FF's 3.7. AABC African Alphabets also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). FLIP FF's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FLIP FF sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AABC African Alphabets asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AABC African Alphabets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FLIP FF ships an update every 5 months, AABC African Alphabets every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
FLIP FF versus AABC African Alphabets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFLIP FFAABC African Alphabets
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTripping Bit di Paolo FacciniFranz Andreas Kogelmann

Customer experience

FLIP FF

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral18.8%
Negative25.0%

AABC African Alphabets

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FLIP FF

One-time1
  • Remove ADS$0.99
None

AABC African Alphabets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FLIP FF free?
FLIP FF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AABC African Alphabets free?
AABC African Alphabets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FLIP FF or AABC African Alphabets?
AABC African Alphabets is rated higher. FLIP FF averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while AABC African Alphabets averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do FLIP FF or AABC African Alphabets have ads?
FLIP FF shows ads; AABC African Alphabets does not.
Which is updated more often, FLIP FF or AABC African Alphabets?
FLIP FF ships an update every 5 months, and AABC African Alphabets every 5 weeks. Most recently, FLIP FF was updated on November 1, 2026 and AABC African Alphabets on November 3, 2026.

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