Comparison

Fraktur Input vs Kryptos Tools

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

Head to head
About

Fraktur Input

This app provides a custom keyboard that allows users to type in the Fraktur font on their smartphones and tablets. It simulates the unique characters of this historical script, enabling creative text input across various applications. Follow simple setup steps to integrate it with your device's keyboard settings.

Highlights
  • Fraktur font simulation
  • Custom keyboard functionality
  • Works with any app
  • Easy setup guide
  • Privacy-focused data collection
Features
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First of all, this is not just an application. Fraktur Input is a keyboard that works just like any other keyboard on your phone, and simulates the Fraktur font! Yes, any application, any smartphone! Take a look on the screenshots to see the keys and their possible variants! === Problems seeing the fraktur keys? === In some cases, users can have issues to see the new keyboard on the Keyboard list. We recommend that you restart the phone and close all the applications before and after installing/configuring the app. If you have any question related to that, contact us via contato@hodstudio.com.br You will need to follow these steps to install and configure your Fraktur Input keyboard: - After installation, go to "Settings" - Select "General" - Select "Keyboards" - Select "Add new keyboard" - Select Fraktur Input When using an app, the iPhone/iPad will show a Globe icon or button at the bottom. By holding on it, you can choose which keyboard you want to use. Select Fraktur Input and start writing with the fraktur characters! PRIVACY POLICE Fraktur Input aims to spread and facilitate the use of runes by anyone. Because it’s a keyboard, operational system can display an default alerts to inform that keyboards can capture data typed by users and send them to third parties. That is not the case with Fraktur Input. We collect and process only data on app usage statistics, as well as error/crash information. What does that mean? - It is not necessary to create an account and the app will not request any personal data. - No data typed with Fraktur Input is sent anywhere. Typed characters are transferred to the operational system of the mobile, which will be standard processed, like inserting them on a text field. - No personal data is collected. Only usage statistics and error/crash information are collected, which are processed directly by Google’s servers.

About

Kryptos Tools

This app offers a comprehensive suite of classic cryptography tools, including Vigenère and Transposition ciphers, to help users explore and potentially solve complex puzzles. It consolidates features from previous versions and provides detailed information on famous unsolved codes.

Highlights
  • Classic cipher implementations
  • Vigenère cipher
  • Transposition Matrix
  • Detailed puzzle information
  • Sixteen classic ciphers
  • Future cipher additions
Features
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Kryptos Tools combines the best features of the previous two apps (Kryptos Tools - Vigenère and Kryptos Tools - Transposition) along with additional details, documents and photos consolidated into one great app. Kryptos Tools includes classic ciphers, like the Vigenère cipher, that was used to encrypt the first two sections of Kryptos (K1 and K2). It also includes the Transposition Matrix which provides a visual implementation of the Transposition cipher for solving Kryptos section K3. Kryptos Tools now contains sixteen (16) classic ciphers: * Affine * Atbash * Beaufort (plus Autokey variant) * Bifid * Caesar * Columnar Transposition * Four-square * Gronsfeld (plus Autokey variant) * Hill * One-Time Pad * Playfair * ROT13 (Rotate-13) * Substitution * Transposition Matrix * Trifid * Vigenère (plus Autokey variant) Additional ciphers and utilities will be added in future releases. Detailed solutions and information about these sections of the puzzle are also detailed within. Kryptos is a sculpture by the American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia. Since the dedication of Kryptos on November 3, 1990, the first three sections have been successfully decrypted. However, the fourth section remains one of the most famous unsolved codes in the world. Are you going to be the one to solve this mystery?

Screenshots

Fraktur Input4 screens
Kryptos Tools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fraktur Input at 75% against Kryptos Tools's 0%. Fraktur Input also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Kryptos Tools's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.6 vs 3.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

Kryptos Tools is free to download; Fraktur Input costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kryptos Tools holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Fraktur Input's written reviews are positive against 0% of Kryptos Tools's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fraktur Input ships an update every 41 months, Kryptos Tools monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fraktur Input versus Kryptos Tools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFraktur InputKryptos Tools
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.6 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings37 — better
Update frequencyEvery 41 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPablo Cussa de SouzaJeffrey Williams

Customer experience

Fraktur Input

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Kryptos Tools

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fraktur Input

No in-app purchases

None

Kryptos Tools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fraktur Input free?
Fraktur Input costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kryptos Tools free?
Kryptos Tools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fraktur Input or Kryptos Tools?
Kryptos Tools is rated higher. Fraktur Input averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Kryptos Tools averages 4.6 from 7 ratings.
Do Fraktur Input or Kryptos Tools have ads?
Neither Fraktur Input nor Kryptos Tools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fraktur Input or Kryptos Tools?
Fraktur Input ships an update every 41 months, and Kryptos Tools monthly. Most recently, Fraktur Input was updated on October 15, 2026 and Kryptos Tools on October 4, 2026.

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