Comparison

iPin vs OkidoKey

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

Head to head
About

iPin

This app transforms your iPhone into a professional laser presenter. It works with a small, attachable laser device, allowing for wireless control of presentations and mouse cursors via simple gestures. The device stays plugged into your iPhone's headphone jack and draws power from it, eliminating the need for batteries.

Highlights
  • Laser pointer functionality
  • Wireless presentation control (PowerPoint/Keynote)
  • Gesture control for page flipping and laser activation
  • Mouse cursor control
  • 90-degree turn for ON/OFF switching
  • Draws power from iPhone, no batteries needed
Features
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***NOTICE*** iPin app is working with the "iPin laser". To buy the laser, please check out our website at www.ipinlaser.com 2012 by Conary Enterprise Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Product Name: iPin — Mobile-powered laser presenter for iPhone Product Descriptions The ultimate presenter beyond your imagination. iPin is the last brick of perfecting your iPhone to be a professional laser presenter. It is delicately engineered to be small. So small that it could even hide inside your iPhone without being noticed. It stays with your iPhone and ready for work, always. No more worry of lost and changing batteries. Features It’s small. Incredibly small. Your iPhone is smart enough to cover everything a professional presenter could do, almost; except one little stuff: a laser beam. So, what you really need, is just a laser beam, but nothing else. iPin is made so small that it could even completely sit inside the 3.5mm headphone minijack. Just plugin, your iPhone is immediately equipped with a high brightness 635nm laser beam like its own. Can’t be simpler than that. Stay plugged in. Answer the coming calls without pulling out your iPin. No panic. Simply turn 90o to OFF position and talk as usual. The iPin tip is completely redesigned to define ON and OFF position by just 90o turn. Your iPhone will deliver voice to the speaker while iPin is switched to OFF. No miss call. The iPin App reminds you, too. Seamless discussion and presentation. Start your meeting with a focus point. The key of an efficient meeting is focus on the discussion. As a presentation speaker, your iPin and the app help you easily control your PowerPoint or Keynote materials through WiFi or Bluetooth*, by simple gestures. Even you are just an attendee of the meeting, the handy iPin laser make your discussion more focused and efficient, too. WiFi/Bluetooth* connection Simply connect your iPhone to the PC or Mac that runs your presentation materials by WiFi or Bluetooth*. Done! With iPin, now you take full control on your presentation. (*Bluetooth connection is only recommended in particular cases.) Gesture Control Audience is where you should put your eyes on. Forget about buttons on the presenter. iPin app reads your intuitive thumb gestures to flip the pages and shoot the laser beam. Countdown alarm reminds you the time left. All the functions work under lowest backlight setting once the presentation starts. It helps your presentation to be elegantly perfect. One more thing! Just one quick move to control the mouse curser while you are in speech. It’s cool! Come discover it. Changing battery no more. A dim laser light point not only makes the audience confused, but also annoys you while you’re talking. What a disaster is that you find your presenter in low battery while 1st page of your speech. iPin gives you battery headache free, as long as your iPhone is charged. The power consumption of iPin is as low as playing songs*. (Laser pointer function only. Not including WiFi connection to PC or Mac) Where is iPin needed? Business meetings, conferences, classrooms, and wherever a sharing takes place. With iPin, communications become much easier. Not only the speaker gets help by iPin’s full function app, but also the meeting attendees can response to the presentation contents more accurately. iPin, a little key of mutual understanding. For more info, visit www.ipinlaser.com

About

OkidoKey

This app provides a custom input method keyboard kit for your device. It supports various Chinese input methods and allows for custom installations, offering features like a text editor, auto-copy, and smart punctuation.

Highlights
  • Custom input methods
  • Physical keyboard support
  • Text editor with Clip Pad mode
  • Chinese input methods (Array, Cangjie, Pinyin)
  • Install custom input methods
  • Smart punctuation
  • Chinese lexicon and emojis
Features
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OkidoKey is a keyboard kit designed to use custom input methods not supported by the system. You can use it with the touchscreen custom keyboard that works seamlessly across the system, or you can use a physical keyboard with the text editor provided by OkidoKey. The OkidoKey editor can be used in Clip Pad mode with Split-View or multitasking windows. Once you've finished a sentence, simply tap the target and paste it. Features - It includes most common and ready-to-use Chinese input methods and keyboards, such as Array, Cangjie, Dayi, Pinyin, and so on. - It supports installing custom input methods using CIN table files. - It allows installing multiple input methods and keyboards. - It has sibling keyboards, and key flicks features. - It offers a composition prompt option. - It includes a navigation keyboard. - In OkidoKey text editor, it supports physical keyboard inputs. - It has an auto-copy feature with Clip Pad mode. - It allows Chinese and English mix-typing triggered by the return key. - It includes a Chinese lexicon and emojis. - It provides smart punctuation. - It offers homophones and phonetics lookup. - It supports both traditional and simplified Chinese output. - It allows personalized radicals, phrases, and snippets. Optimized Input Methods - Fully supports the Array input method and special/shortcode mode. - Zhuyin input method supports the standard, Et26, Et41, Hsu, and IBM keyboard layouts. ** Lexicon-related features are available on a subscription basis. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.creativecrap.com/paper/baker/eula.html#en Privacy Policy: https://www.creativecrap.com/paper/baker/privacy.html#en

Screenshots

iPin4 screens
OkidoKey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: OkidoKey at 3.0 against iPin's 1.9. OkidoKey also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 21%). iPin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. OkidoKey sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. iPin asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OkidoKey holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of iPin's written reviews are positive against 53% of OkidoKey's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iPin ships an update every 5 weeks, OkidoKey every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iPin versus OkidoKey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPinOkidoKey
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (14 ratings)3.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.1% of reviews52.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMidEthan Liu

Customer experience

iPin

All ratings14 ratings
Positive21.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative78.6%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive21.1%
Neutral5.3%
Negative73.7%

OkidoKey

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive52.8%
Neutral22.6%
Negative24.5%

In-app purchases

None

iPin

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

OkidoKey

Subscriptions2
  • Individual - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Individual Plan - Annual3 Months trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is iPin free?
iPin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OkidoKey free?
OkidoKey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iPin or OkidoKey?
OkidoKey is rated higher. iPin averages 1.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while OkidoKey averages 3.0 from 5 ratings.
Do iPin or OkidoKey have ads?
Neither iPin nor OkidoKey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iPin or OkidoKey?
iPin ships an update every 5 weeks, and OkidoKey every 3 months. Most recently, iPin was updated on September 27, 2026 and OkidoKey on October 9, 2026.

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