Comparison

BoxHelper vs smrtkbd

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

Head to head
About

BoxHelper

Easily manage your belongings by organizing boxes, items, and locations. Use QR codes to quickly identify contents without opening containers. Search your inventory by various criteria and back up your data securely.

Highlights
  • Create boxes, items, and locations
  • Organize with custom lists and photos
  • Generate and scan QR codes for boxes
  • Advanced search by boxes, items, locations, and tags
  • Local data storage and backup/restore
  • Export/import data via CSV
  • Support for app shortcuts and actions
Features
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Take control of your boxes items and storage with my app. It helps you keep track of what you own where it is and how to find it again anytime. Create boxes items and locations in the way that fits your life. Add photos organize everything with custom lists and sort your inventory so it stays clear across your home office basement or storage unit. With the QR code feature you can create and print a unique code for every box. Scan it anytime and instantly see what is inside without opening it. Search is built to go deeper than just names. You can find things through boxes items locations tags and even linked content so hidden stuff is much easier to track down. Your data stays on your device and under your control. With the built in backup feature you can create ZIP backups export them share them restore older versions and import your data again whenever you need. You can also export and import CSV files for boxes items and locations. The app also supports photos for boxes items and locations which makes visual organization much easier. If you like to automate things you can use shortcuts and app actions to speed up recurring tasks. My goal is simple. I want to make organizing feel easier more personal and a lot less chaotic.

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

BoxHelper4 screens
smrtkbd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BoxHelper at none against smrtkbd's 3. BoxHelper also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. smrtkbd sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. BoxHelper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BoxHelper against 5.0 for smrtkbd. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BoxHelper ships an update every 5 days, smrtkbd monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BoxHelper versus smrtkbd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxHelpersmrtkbd
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews75.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTOBIAS MICHAEL RUDOLF HEINEMichael Klug

Customer experience

BoxHelper

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive75.8%
Neutral15.2%
Negative9.1%

smrtkbd

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

Bugs and requests

BoxHelper

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • QR code generation/printing not working
  • Location entry shows 'Default'
  • Cannot change box name after creation
  • Cannot upload photos from album
  • Watermark cannot be removed

Requested features

20 requests
  • Add iCloud synchronization
  • Rename existing boxes
  • Move contents to other boxes
  • Assign boxes to different rooms
  • Add rooms retroactively
Show 15 more
  • Edit rooms
  • Print all QR codes at once
  • Account creation and sharing within household
  • Different QR code colors per room
  • Edit existing boxes (location, name)
  • Move photos to choose title image
  • Enter quantity of objects
  • Change location info later
  • Share boxes with multiple people
  • Assign different colors to rooms/boxes
  • Share app with family members
  • Ability to move boxes between rooms
  • Ability to move items between boxes
  • Ability to use with multiple people/share
  • Remove watermark

smrtkbd

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BoxHelper

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

smrtkbd

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

Questions

Is BoxHelper free?
BoxHelper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is smrtkbd free?
smrtkbd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BoxHelper or smrtkbd?
BoxHelper and smrtkbd are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BoxHelper or smrtkbd have ads?
Neither BoxHelper nor smrtkbd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BoxHelper or smrtkbd?
BoxHelper ships an update every 5 days, and smrtkbd monthly. Most recently, BoxHelper was updated on October 17, 2026 and smrtkbd on October 31, 2026.

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