Bear vs Control Mark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bear
Enhance your typing with an AI-powered keyboard that integrates web search, synonyms, and text refinement tools. Access AI chatbots and use saved templates without leaving your current app.
- AI Chat (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity)
- Auto Synonyms
- Built-in Browser
- AI Rewrite
- Templates
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The ultimate AI-powered keyboard designed to supercharge your typing. Access web search, synonyms, rewrites, and templates instantly—no app-switching required. • Stuck on a word? Smart synonyms appear as you type. • Polishing an email? Ask AI to refine it in one tap. • Fact‑check an Instagram comment? Instantly look it up with the built-in browser. 【Features】 1. AI Chat Talk to ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity without leaving the keyboard. 2. Auto Synonyms Live suggestions turn “love” into “passion,” “adore,” “cherish,” and more. 3. Built‑in Browser Perform web searches from any app—Instagram, Gmail, Notes, and more—thanks to the integrated keyboard browser. 4. Rewrite Shorten, formalize, expand, or rephrase any sentence with AI. 5. Templates Save and sync your favorite phrases; insert them with one tap.
Control Mark
Create quick access shortcuts to your favorite websites. Add any webpage and place these shortcuts on your lockscreen, as action buttons, or as Control Center widgets for instant access.
- Add any webpage as a shortcut
- Share sheet extension for easy adding
- Customizable shortcut symbols
- Lockscreen quick actions
- Control Center widget integration
- Action Button support
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Control Mark lets you create quick access shortcuts to your favorite websites. Add any website in the Control Mark or while browsing using the Add Page to Control Mark action. You can then place your favorite websites on your lockscreen as quick action button, as action for the Action Button, or as Control Center Widget. Features: - Add any webpage as Control Mark - Action Extension for the Share sheet to add a Control Mark directly from the browser - Choose an individual symbol for the Control Mark - Add Control Marks to your lockscreen as quick action, to the Control Center, or the Action Button
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bear at 64% against Control Mark's 0%. Bear also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Control Mark's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Bear is free to download; Control Mark costs $0.99 up front. Bear sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Control Mark asks for nothing beyond the download.
Control Mark holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bear has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Bear's written reviews are positive against 0% of Control Mark's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bear ships an update fortnightly, Control Mark every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bear | Control Mark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (50 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kimihiro kubota | Arno Appenzeller |
Customer experience
Bear
Control Mark
In-app purchases
Bear
- Direct WebSearch from Keybaord$19.99
Control Mark
No in-app purchases
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