Mister Keyboard vs VimKey
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/
VimKey
Enhance your mobile editing experience with Vim-style navigation and dedicated arrow keys. This app offers precise cursor control for developers and power users on iOS devices, bringing desktop-level efficiency to your fingertips.
- Vim-style HJKL navigation
- Dedicated directional arrow keys
- Dual layout switching
- Privacy-focused data handling
- Haptic feedback and click sounds
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【Master Your Cursor on iOS】 As a developer, I was frustrated with editing code and managing SSH sessions on my iPhone. The native "magnifying glass" cursor is slow, and my fingers often blocked the text I was trying to select. I built VimKey to scratch my own itch. It brings the precision of desktop editing to your mobile device. Key Features: * Vim-Style Navigation: Use the legendary HJKL (←↓↑→) keys to move the cursor. Keep your hands on the keyboard and fly through text. * Dedicated Arrow Keys: Includes a standard directional pad for precise control without blocking the screen. * Dual Layouts: Seamlessly switch between the navigation layout and a standard QWERTY keyboard (Unlock QWERTY for 30 minutes by watching a short ad, or unlock forever with a one-time purchase). * Privacy First: We respect your data. "Full Access" is requested ONLY to provide haptic feedback and click sounds. We strictly do NOT collect, store, or transmit your keystrokes. Important Note: * Due to browser limitations on iOS, special keys (Esc, Tab, Ctrl) and arrow keys do NOT work in browser-based WebSSH clients. For the best experience, please use a native Terminal app. Contact: I'm actively improving this app based on user feedback. Email: mozhenbear@zodic.dev
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mister Keyboard at 4.0 against VimKey's 3.4. Mister Keyboard also leads on ratings volume (86 vs 5). VimKey's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and review sentiment (67% vs 55%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Mister Keyboard sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and VimKey sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mister Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mister Keyboard has 86 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of Mister Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 67% of VimKey's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mister Keyboard ships an update every 9 days, VimKey every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Mister Keyboard | VimKey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (86 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.1% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FiveSheep OU | chuncheng su |
Customer experience
Mister Keyboard
VimKey
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
VimKey
- qwert Layout$2.99









