Mister Keyboard vs The Big Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mister Keyboard
Create a personalized typing experience with custom keys, clipboard management, and smart typing features. Enhance productivity with snippets, translation, and AI-powered tools. Supports multiple languages, themes, and advanced scripting.
- Customizable key layouts and actions
- Clipboard history and text snippets
- Smart autocorrect and swipe typing
- Themes, fonts, and emoji access
- Translation and OCR capabilities
- AI-powered proofreading and suggestions
- JavaScript scripting for advanced workflows
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Mister Keyboard is a powerful custom keyboard for iPhone that lets you build your ideal typing experience—from custom keys and clipboard tools to swipe typing, smart autocorrect, themes, snippets, AI features, scripting, fonts, and more. Whether you want a better everyday keyboard or a deeply personalized productivity tool, Mister Keyboard gives you the flexibility to type your way. KEY FEATURES Build Your Own Keyboard Add, delete, move, and rearrange keys however you like. Customize tap, hold, and pull-down actions, including secondary swipe-down keys for faster access to the tools you use most. Powerful Custom Keys & Actions Go far beyond standard typing. Mister Keyboard includes 50+ custom key actions, including copy, cut, paste, cursor movement, and granular deletion such as previous/next word, forward/backward, and delete to beginning/end. Clipboard History & Snippets Access your clipboard history directly from the keyboard with search and a dedicated clipboard row. Save frequently used text in the built-in snippet manager and find it instantly. Smart Typing Enjoy smart autocorrect that learns how you type, with multi-language support. Mister Keyboard also supports advanced swipe typing, including multi-finger swipe and swipe-and-tap gestures. Themes & Personalization Choose from lots of built-in and animated themes, or create your own. Use the theme creator for custom backgrounds, or the advanced theme creator for full theming control. Emoji, Symbols & Fonts Quickly browse and search emojis and symbols using built-in galleries and quick-access rows. Switch between Unicode fonts that work in almost any app, and add font tools directly to your keyboard. Contacts, Translation & OCR Link contacts to your keyboard to quickly insert addresses, emails, phone numbers, and more. Use translation tools in your workflow, or extract text from photos with OCR. AI Features Use Apple Intelligence-powered tools such as AI proofreading, AI emoji suggestions, and AI chat inside the in-app keyboard preview. Scripting & Advanced Tools Extend the keyboard with JavaScript scripting to create your own custom behavior and workflows. Mister Keyboard is built for users who want more power and control. Multiple Layouts & Languages Create and use multiple keyboards with different layouts and languages. Quickly switch between them from the space bar with the built-in keyboard switcher. More Great Features Mister Keyboard also includes a quick period shortcut by double-tapping space, an ellipsis shortcut by triple-tapping space, quick-access emoji and symbol rows, built-in games, extensive behavior settings, and support for iOS 26 and Liquid Glass. Why Mister Keyboard? Mister Keyboard can be as simple or as powerful as you want. Use it as a great everyday keyboard with swipe typing, autocorrect, emojis, and themes—or turn it into a fully customized typing system built around your workflow. Download Mister Keyboard today and build a keyboard that actually works the way you want. ---- PLEASE READ: A Mister Keyboard Pro subscription is required to access all features. Once purchased, subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled before the end of the current billing period. Subscriptions can be managed or cancelled in your Apple App Store account. The free version supports limited keyboard editing and allows previewing most features inside the app, but does not allow using Pro features or themes in other apps. Keys using pro features will simply be disabled in use, and you can still use the rest of your keyboard normally. Privacy Policy: https://fivesheep.co/privacy/misterkeyboard Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
The Big Keyboard
This keyboard app offers larger text and buttons for improved readability, especially for users with vision difficulties. It provides customizable themes, multiple layouts including a numeric keypad and arrow keys, and supports various languages.
- Scalable text size up to 2.5x
- Comfortable button sizes
- Word suggestions and autocorrect
- Multiple keyboard layouts (QWERTY, numeric, arrows)
- Full emoji collection
- Customizable themes (light, dark, high contrast)
- Sound and haptic feedback controls
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LARGE TEXT & BIG KEYS: Scale text size up to 2.5x larger - perfect for better readability Button sizes stay comfortable while text gets bigger No more squinting at tiny letters Word suggestions + Autocorrect Supported Keyboard Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian, German (QWERTZ), French (AZERTY), Finnish, Danish, Polish, Turkish, Romanian, and Swedish. MULTIPLE KEYBOARD LAYOUTS: Full QWERTY keyboard with smart auto-capitalization Dedicated numeric keypad for numbers Arrow keys for precise cursor control Complete emoji collection with categories Symbols and punctuation layouts CUSTOMIZABLE EXPERIENCE: Light, Dark, High Contrast and themes Adjustable text and emoji sizes Sound and haptic feedback controls ACCESSIBILITY FOCUSED Perfect for users with vision difficulties Large, clear text that's easy to read High contrast themes for better visibility Simple, intuitive design EASY TO USE Quick setup in just minutes Works with all your favorite apps Smooth, responsive typing experience No complicated settings - just works! Why choose The Big Keyboard? Unlike other keyboards that make everything bigger, The Big Keyboard smartly scales only the text while keeping buttons the perfect size. This means better readability without losing screen space! Perfect for: Seniors who need larger text Users with visual impairments Anyone who wants a more comfortable typing experience People who prefer customizable keyboards Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mister Keyboard at Free against The Big Keyboard's $1.99. Mister Keyboard also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (95 vs 13). The Big Keyboard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On ads 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
Mister Keyboard is free to download; The Big Keyboard costs $1.99 up front. Mister Keyboard sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. The Big Keyboard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mister Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mister Keyboard has 95 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Mister Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 64% of The Big Keyboard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mister Keyboard ships an update weekly, The Big Keyboard every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Mister Keyboard | The Big Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (95 ratings) — better | 3.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FiveSheep OU | Defriction LLC |
Customer experience
Mister Keyboard
The Big Keyboard
In-app purchases
Mister Keyboard
- Mister Keyboard Pro2 variants$1.997 Days
- Mister Keyboard Pro2 variants$5.991 Month
- Mister Keyboard Pro1 Month trial$16.991 Year
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- Mister Keyboard Pro14 Days trial$22.991 Year
- Mister Keyboard Pro Lifetime$99.99
The Big Keyboard
No in-app purchases
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