Bhashini vs Desh Gujarati Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bhashini
This app facilitates communication between Indian citizens by offering voice-to-text conversion, translation between Indian languages, and text-to-voice generation. It aims to break down language barriers across India.
- Voice to text conversion
- Translate between Indian languages
- Generate voice from text
- Facilitate cross-language communication
- Reduce language barriers
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Bhashini application is developed to help Indian citizens translate content in different Indian languages. This application also helps Indian citizens to effectively communicate with other who do not know your language which will help reduce the language barrier in India. Using this application users can: 1. Convert their voice to text. 2. Translate from one Indian language to another. 3. Generate voice from text. 4. Communicate with others who do not know your language. Note: In the upcoming weeks more features will be available to Indian Citizens.
Desh Gujarati Keyboard
This keyboard extension simplifies typing in Gujarati using English transliteration and intelligent word predictions. It offers easy language switching, spell correction, and access to emojis and stickers for enhanced communication across all your apps.
- English to Gujarati transliteration
- Word predictions and spell correction
- Easy language switching
- Emoji and sticker support
- Customizable keyboard settings
- Clipboard for saved text
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Desh Gujarati Keyboard is a keyboard extension that makes Gujarati typing super easy: • Type in English letters and get Gujarati words with our transliteration technology • Type faster using word predictions • Easily switch to English with the language key • Word predictions and spell-correct is available in English also • Emoji button is available after pressing 123 Open the app and follow instructions to get your new Gujarati keyboard: • Enable keyboard from settings • Activate the keyboard by holding the Globe icon and selecting "Desh Gujarati Keyboard" • Type Gujarati everywhere! Allowing full access: • When enabling the keyboard, you may enable "Allow Full Access" • This allows us to access crash reports and will help us improve the stability of the app • We respect your privacy. No personal information is collected • A standard warning is shown when you enable any downloaded keyboard app How to access settings: • Tap on the ⋯ button after opening the app and tap Settings. This option will be available after keyboard is activated • Available settings: sound on key press, vibrate on key press, emoji row, number row Using the clipboard: • The clipboard lets you save text that you frequently use and paste them easily • After you copy any text, it can be viewed from the clipboard by tapping on "Paste copied text". You can use the Pin button to save it permanently • To show copied text automatically when clipboard is opened, you can change the "Paste from Other Apps" setting to "Allow" Using stickers to make your chats more fun: • Open the stickers page by clicking on the sticker icon on the keyboard. Click on any sticker you like to copy it • Navigate back to your chat app and use your phone's Paste option in the message box • The sticker will be pasted in the chat. Note that animations are currently sent as GIFs due to technical limitations Do share your feedback and help us improve Desh Gujarati Keyboard. And don't forget to leave a review if you like it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Desh Gujarati Keyboard at 4.7 against Bhashini's 4.1. Desh Gujarati Keyboard also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 58%) and ratings volume (136 vs 16). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Desh Gujarati Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Desh Gujarati Keyboard has 136 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Bhashini's written reviews are positive against 93% of Desh Gujarati Keyboard's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bhashini | Desh Gujarati Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (16 ratings) | 4.7 (136 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.1% of reviews | 93.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 136 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | National e-Governance Division | ClusterDev Technologies Private Limited |
Customer experience
Bhashini
Desh Gujarati Keyboard
In-app purchases
Bhashini
No in-app purchases
Desh Gujarati Keyboard
No in-app purchases
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