Comparison

Mister Keyboard vs pocketScreen

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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/

About

pocketScreen

Features
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SCREEN STREAMING WITH APP AUDIO, MICROPHONE AND LOCAL RECORDING pocketScreen is a free streaming app for iPhone that lets you broadcast your screen directly via SRT, RTMP or RTMPS — no capture card or extra computer required. Share apps during an IRL stream, stream mobile games, or broadcast tutorials and presentations straight from your phone. Your screen. Your stream. In your pocket. SRT, RTMP & RTMPS Stream to supported platforms, your own servers, relays or custom streaming setups. SRT is designed for reliable, low-latency streaming, while RTMP and RTMPS are widely supported by streaming platforms and servers. Simply enter your destination URL and stream key in pocketScreen. The app focuses on one destination per stream, keeping setup simple and fast. 720P OR 1080P SCREEN STREAMING Stream your screen using H.264 hardware encoding at 30 FPS. Choose between 720p and 1080p and adjust the video bitrate to match your connection. Portrait and landscape orientation are handled automatically. APP AUDIO, MICROPHONE OR BOTH Choose exactly what your viewers hear: app audio, your microphone, a mix of both, or no audio at all. Audio is streamed using AAC. LOCAL MP4 RECORDING Optionally save a local MP4 copy of your stream directly on your iPhone while broadcasting. Perfect for reviewing, archiving or reusing your content later — without running a separate recording app. START STREAMING THROUGH IOS pocketScreen uses the built-in iOS screen broadcasting feature. Set up your streaming destination in the app, then start the broadcast through the iOS system interface. Your screen and audio are only accessed after you explicitly start screen sharing. LIVE STREAM DIAGNOSTICS Keep track of important stream information in real time, including video FPS, send queue status and dropped frames. MADE FOR IRL STREAMS, MOBILE GAMES AND MORE Share maps, apps and other on-screen content with your viewers while you're on the go. Stream mobile games, demo apps, create live tutorials or broadcast presentations directly from your iPhone. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account is required to use pocketScreen. Your streaming destination and settings are stored locally on your device. Your screen and microphone are only accessed after you start broadcasting through iOS. Diagnostic logs are uploaded only when you choose to send them. FEEDBACK & FEATURE REQUESTS Have feedback or an idea for a new feature? Join my Discord: https://discord.gg/WwRCPCTez9

Screenshots

Mister Keyboard4 screens
pocketScreen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: pocketScreen at none against Mister Keyboard's 7. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mister Keyboard sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. pocketScreen asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mister Keyboard ships an update every 9 days, pocketScreen weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mister Keyboard versus pocketScreen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMister KeyboardpocketScreen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (86 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings86 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFiveSheep OUSven Schroder

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Mister Keyboard

Subscriptions4
  • 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
One-time1
  • Mister Keyboard Pro Lifetime$99.99
None

pocketScreen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mister Keyboard free?
Mister Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is pocketScreen free?
pocketScreen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mister Keyboard or pocketScreen have ads?
Neither Mister Keyboard nor pocketScreen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mister Keyboard or pocketScreen?
Mister Keyboard ships an update every 9 days, and pocketScreen weekly. Most recently, Mister Keyboard was updated on October 19, 2026 and pocketScreen on October 10, 2026.

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