Khat vs FoundKey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Khat
Enhance your Arabic handwriting skills with this innovative app. It offers guided practice, automatic correction, and fun challenges to improve script quality and speed. Convert text to practice script and earn rewards for your progress.
- Ruq'ah script practice with a regular pen
- Gradual steps for handwriting improvement
- Automatic correction feature
- Daily handwriting challenges
- Rewards and badges for tasks
- Convert text to practice script
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Khat is the easy, fun way to improve your Arabic handwriting and master the basics of Arabic calligraphy. It teaches both Ruq'ah (خط الرقعة) and Naskh (خط النسخ) letter by letter with guided on-screen strokes, then trains you on letters, words, sentences, numbers and letter connections at your own pace, on iPhone or iPad, with your finger or Apple Pencil. WHY KHAT • Practical handwriting improvement: trace each letter's path with instant feedback whenever your stroke drifts off • Two core scripts: fast, everyday Ruq'ah and the clear, readable Naskh used in books and the Quran • A logical progression: single letters, then words and sentences, then ligature "ladders" and numbers • Your own sentence: type any text and practice it in the script you choose • Daily challenges that refresh every day, plus tournaments against real learners • Badges, streaks, points and a weekly leaderboard to keep you motivated • School homework: teachers can assign challenges to their students, shown with a School Challenge badge • An ink and paper shop to personalise your writing board • Fully bilingual: Arabic and English WHO IS IT FOR • Anyone who wants better Arabic handwriting: students, teachers, professionals and parents • Arabic learners who want to form the letters correctly from the start • Calligraphy hobbyists who want solid foundations before pens and ink NEW IN THIS VERSION • Better support for large screens, iPhone Duo and iPad multitasking • Prices shown in your local currency • Performance and stability improvements Download Khat today and start writing beautifully. SUBSCRIPTIONS Khat offers optional auto-renewable subscriptions (monthly, half-yearly, yearly). Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://admin.khatt.app/privacy_policy_page/en
FoundKey
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FoundKey is a hands-on cryptography toolkit and learning app. Run real cryptographic operations, see exactly how ciphers transform your text, build multi-step cipher recipes, and trade encrypted messages and code-cracking challenges with friends - all in a beautiful, fast, fully offline app. WORKBENCH - 45+ OPERATIONS • Encode & decode: Base64, Hex, Binary, URL, Morse code (with audio playback), and more • Classical ciphers: Caesar, Vigenère, Atbash, Rail Fence, Playfair, Enigma, and friends • Modern crypto: AES, ChaCha20, Blowfish, and other symmetric ciphers • Hashing & key derivation: SHA-256 and the SHA-2 family, MD5, BCrypt, Argon2 • Utilities: frequency analysis, text tools, random keys, and more SEE HOW CIPHERS ACTUALLY WORK Tap "Explain" and watch your own text get transformed step by step - letter shifts, key alignment, rail patterns. It's the fastest way to truly understand a cipher: not a diagram from a textbook, but your message, traced live. CIPHER LAB - BUILD YOUR OWN ENCRYPTION Chain operations into reusable recipes: Vigenère into Base64 into reversed text — whatever you can dream up. Save, color-tag, and share recipes, or publish them as "black box" puzzles where friends must figure out the password. LEARN - A CRYPTOGRAPHY LIBRARY IN YOUR POCKET Illustrated chapters take you from ancient ciphers to modern encryption and hashing, with progress tracking as you read, test, and master each topic. MESSAGES - REAL ENCRYPTED NOTES Compose messages encrypted with real algorithms and pass them to friends by QR code, AirDrop, or link. They decrypt in the recipient's app with the key you share. No accounts, no servers — the message travels inside the code itself. CHALLENGES - CRACK THE CODE Solve built-in puzzles across difficulty tiers, race the clock, use hints sparingly - or craft your own challenges and dare your friends. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking • Everything stays on your device; works fully offline • Sensitive clipboard copies expire automatically and never sync to other devices • History auto-deletes on your schedule POWER-USER FRIENDLY • Siri Shortcuts for Base64, Hex, and SHA-256 • Spotlight search for operations, articles, and recipes • Deep links and .cwb files for sharing • Beautiful native design for iPhone and iPad, light and dark FREE VS PREMIUM Free forever: all 45+ operations, 5 cipher recipes, the first Learn chapters, starter challenge packs, and unlimited message exchange. One single purchase — no subscription — unlocks unlimited recipes, all 8 Learn chapters, every challenge pack, and early access to new features. Whether you're a puzzle lover, a student, a developer who needs a quick Base64 or hash, or just someone who thinks Enigma machines are cool — Crypto Workbench turns cryptography from a black box into a playground. Download it and crack your first code in the next five minutes. Terms of use: https://gitlab.com/seisembay/foundry-docs/-/blob/main/terms-of-use.md
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Khat at 3 against FoundKey's 1. Khat also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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. Khat sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and FoundKey sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Khat | FoundKey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Badri Badar Alhamdani | Islam Seisembay |
In-app purchases
Khat
- Khat Monthly Plan$7.991 Month
- Khat half yearly Plan$9.996 Months
- Khat yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Khat Life Time Plan$19.99
FoundKey
- FoundKey Premium$4.99









