Comparison

Rocket Typist vs smrtkbd

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

Head to head
About

Rocket Typist

This app helps you save time by creating and inserting saved text snippets, images, and more. Organize your snippets into folders, customize them with various formats including AI-powered options, and access them instantly through search or a dedicated keyboard. Syncs seamlessly across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Text snippet creation and insertion
  • Organize snippets into folders
  • Customizable snippet formats (plain text, rich text, code, images)
  • AI-powered smart snippets
  • Instant access via search and snippet keyboard
  • Syncs across Mac, iPhone, and iPad via iCloud
  • Dynamic macros with placeholders and dates
Features
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Save Time and Type Smarter with Rocket Typist Tired of retyping the same phrases? Rocket Typist is the ultimate text expander that streamlines your workflow and saves you valuable time. Easily create and insert your saved snippets—text, images, and more—on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. With your personal snippet collection always at your fingertips, repetitive typing becomes a thing of the past. Rocket Typist is the text expander the Apple platform deserves. Organize, Customize, and Automate Snippets with Ease • Effortless Snippet Management: Keep your workspace neat by organizing snippets into folders. • Powerful Customization: Create snippets in plain text, rich text, formatted code (with optional JavaScript execution), AI-powered smart snippets, and even images. • Instant Access: Quickly find and insert snippets using advanced search, filters, or the snippet keyboard. • Never Type It Again: Once saved, your snippets are always ready at your fingertips. Boost Productivity with Dynamic Macros • Add smart elements like text placeholders, dates, key functions, and more. • Labeled Macros Hub for easy management and consistent application across snippets. • Live Preview ensures your snippets look perfect before you insert them. Sync Seamlessly Across All Your Apple Devices • Work Anywhere: Use Rocket Typist on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad for a smooth experience across all devices. • iCloud Sync: Your snippets automatically sync across devices, so they’re always accessible when you need them. Start for Free – Unlock Pro Features Anytime Rocket Typist is free to use with a basic feature set. Upgrade to Rocket Typist Pro for the full experience. Download Rocket Typist today and type less tomorrow!

About

smrtkbd

This keyboard app allows you to save frequently used text, links, images, and PDFs to quickly paste them into any application. It offers advanced features like dynamic templates, secure clips, and iCloud synchronization for seamless cross-device access.

Highlights
  • Save and paste text, URLs, images, and PDFs
  • Organize content with folders, tags, and search
  • Dynamic templates with smart placeholders
  • Secure clips requiring biometric authentication
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Privacy-focused with no data collection
Features
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smrtkbd is a smart system keyboard for iPhone and iPad that lets you save the things you type most - and paste them into any app with a single tap. Stop retyping the same email, address, phone number, canned reply, code snippet, link or template. Save it once as a Clip, then pull it up from the smrtkbd keyboard wherever you type - in Mail, Messages, Notes, Safari, banking apps, forms, chat apps, anywhere. Custom System Keyboard Enable smrtkbd once in iOS Settings, and it's available in every app with a text field. Switch to it with the globe key, tap a Clip, and it's inserted right where the cursor is. Clip Library Save four kinds of Clips: • Text — signatures, canned replies, addresses, IDs, boilerplate • URLs — links you share often • Images — logos, screenshots, memes • PDFs — receipts, forms, documents Organize with: • Folders — nest Clips exactly the way you think • Tags — colored SF-Symbol tags for cross-cutting groups • Sort — by name, date created, or most recently used • Full-text search across names, contents and tags • Bulk create — paste a list and turn each line into a Clip Smart Placeholders Clips aren't just static text. Drop in smart placeholders that fill themselves in when you paste: • Dates & times in any format • Time- and timezone-aware greetings ("Good morning", "Guten Abend", …) • Counters that increment on every use • Text Bits — small reusable pieces you can compose into bigger Clips • Clipboard & selection tweaks — transform the current clipboard or selected text (uppercase, lowercase, trim, and more) before pasting Build your own dynamic templates without any scripting. Secure Clips Mark sensitive Clips as secure — recovery codes, IDs, private notes — and require Face ID or Touch ID before they can be viewed or pasted. iCloud Sync Your Clips stay in sync across all your devices via your private iCloud account using Apple's CloudKit. Nothing goes through our servers - because we don't have any. Privacy First • Nothing you type is collected, stored or transmitted • No analytics, no tracking, no ads • No third-party SDKs harvesting your data • Your Clips live on your device and in your private iCloud account — nowhere else Even when Full Access is enabled, no data leaves your device. Granting Full Access is optional for the basic use of the keyboard, but required for features like: • Access to Clipboard and Clipboard Notifications (required for pasting Images or PDFs, resolve Clipboard Placeholders inside Clips, update preview of relevant Clips). • Communicate back to the smrtkbd main App (e.g. storing last used time/date of a Clip). • Open the main App or the iOS Settings from within the keyboard extension. Designed for iOS • Native SwiftUI interface • Light, Dark and System appearance • iPhone and iPad • Fully localized in English, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese • Configurable paste behavior (add return, space, switch keyboard, or nothing) • Usage tracking so your most-used Clips are always one tap away

Screenshots

Rocket Typist4 screens
smrtkbd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: smrtkbd at 5.0 against Rocket Typist's 4.1. smrtkbd also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). Rocket Typist's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Rocket Typist sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and smrtkbd sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

smrtkbd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rocket Typist has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rocket Typist ships an update fortnightly, smrtkbd monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Rocket Typist versus smrtkbd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRocket Typistsmrtkbd
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (24 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel WittMichael Klug

Customer experience

Rocket Typist

All ratings24 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral12.7%
Negative14.5%

smrtkbd

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rocket Typist

One-time2
  • Rocket Typist Pro for iOS$9.99
  • Rocket Typist Pro for macOS$19.99
3 purchases

smrtkbd

One-time3
  • Small Tip$3.99
  • Medium Tip$8.99
  • Large Tip$17.99

Questions

Is Rocket Typist free?
Rocket Typist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is smrtkbd free?
smrtkbd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rocket Typist or smrtkbd?
smrtkbd is rated higher. Rocket Typist averages 4.1 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while smrtkbd averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Rocket Typist or smrtkbd have ads?
Neither Rocket Typist nor smrtkbd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rocket Typist or smrtkbd?
Rocket Typist ships an update fortnightly, and smrtkbd monthly. Most recently, Rocket Typist was updated on October 27, 2026 and smrtkbd on October 31, 2026.

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