UtilKB vs Thock Meter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
UtilKB
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A utility keyboard for iOS that helps developers, testers, and power users quickly insert useful content like, hashes, encodings, UUIDs, timestamps and dummy data β right from the keyboard. Features - Dummy Data - Lorem Ipsum - Words, sentences, paragraphs - UPPER / lower / Title Case / Sentence case - Random names and addresses - Dummy email addresses in latin characters - Addresses in regional format (CA, CN, JP, RU, UK, US) - Timestamps - Epoch (seconds and milliseconds) - ISO 8601 (standard and compact, custom format) - Encode & Decode - Base2 (binary) - Base64 - Hash - SHA-256 - SHA-1 - MD5 - CRC32 - Random - UUID v4 (UPPER and lower case) - ASCII - Simple and Full US Keyboard - More keyboard layout (customizable) coming soon. ---- More keyboard functionalities will be added soon. Feature request is welcomed! This app is in early development stage.
Thock Meter
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Measure the "thock" of your mechanical keyboard. Thock Meter analyzes your keystroke sound in real time and turns it into a Thock score (0β100) β built for the custom-keyboard hobby. Lubed your switches, added case foam, tried a tape mod? Find out whether it actually got deeper and thockier β with a score and a live frequency profile, not just your ears. WHAT YOU GET (FREE) - Real-time Thock score just by typing - Live frequency profile from low-mid "thock" to high "clack" - Thocky / Balanced / Clacky / Pingy labels, plus Depth, Brightness and Cleanliness axes - Unlimited measurements; save up to 2 profiles THOCK METER PRO (one-time unlock) - Unlimited saved profiles - A/B compare: overlay two builds and see the Thock delta - Shareable score card: export your score and frequency profile as an image HONEST BY DESIGN This is a relative comparison tool for the same phone in the same position. It does NOT measure absolute loudness (dB/SPL). For the most stable read, type 10β20 letter keys with the phone ~15β20 cm away. It's tuned to characterize the tone (thockβclack) of audible boards. PRIVACY Fully offline. Audio is analyzed on-device only β nothing is recorded, stored, or sent. No account, no network.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: UtilKB at none against Thock Meter's 1. UtilKB also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Thock Meter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. UtilKB asks for nothing beyond the download.
UtilKB ships an update daily, Thock Meter every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UtilKB | Thock Meter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Daily β better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Angda Song | Shuhei Yamamoto |
In-app purchases
UtilKB
No in-app purchases
Thock Meter
- ThockMeter Pro$3.99
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