The Big Keyboard vs BigKeys Large Key Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
BigKeys Large Key Keyboard
This keyboard app features significantly larger keys and letters, designed to improve visibility for users with low vision. It employs a "hold and slide" typing method to prevent accidental presses and ensure accurate character selection.
- Larger keys
- Larger letters
- Hold and slide typing
- Improved visibility
- Customizable layout
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Big, easy-to-read keys for seniors and anyone with low vision. Type in Messages, Mail and every other app with fewer typos. PAY ONCE One purchase, and BigKeys is yours. No subscription, no advertising, and nothing held back behind a later purchase — every feature on this page is included. MUCH BIGGER KEYS Each row of the usual keyboard is split across two rows, so every key is roughly twice as wide. The letters grow with them. Four sizes, from Medium up to about three times the standard key. MORE OF YOUR SCREEN, SAME BIG KEYS Turn on the thin strip above the keys and the keyboard takes less of the screen, while every key stays exactly as big. BIG EMOJI Tap the smiley key next to 123 for the iPhone's own emoji, as big as the keys. The ones you sent last come first. SEE THE KEY BEFORE YOU COMMIT Nothing is typed when you touch a key. Hold your finger down and the letter appears above it, very large. If it is the wrong one, slide to the right one and let go. Only then is it typed. COLOURS THAT WORK FOR YOUR EYES Yellow on black, white on black, black on yellow, black on white, or matching your iPhone's light and dark mode. If bright screens are painful, the dark themes are not a novelty — they are the point. HEAR WHAT YOU TYPE BigKeys can speak each key as your finger passes over it, and each word as you finish it. It works alongside VoiceOver rather than talking over it. WORD SUGGESTIONS Suggestions appear in large type as you type, and BigKeys learns the words you use most. All of it happens on your iPhone. TEN LANGUAGES, ONE KEYBOARD English, Hebrew, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian and Arabic — including right-to-left. Add it once and switch between them from the keyboard. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR IPHONE BigKeys never asks for "Allow Full Access". You can check: Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > BigKeys. There is no such switch. Without it iOS will not let a keyboard reach the network at all, so nothing you type can go anywhere. BEFORE YOU BUY iOS never allows any third-party keyboard into a password field. Apple's own keyboard appears instead. This is true of every keyboard app on the App Store and cannot be changed. Setting BigKeys up takes about a minute. The app walks you through it one step at a time, in large print, and tells you when it is working.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Big Keyboard at 3.5 against BigKeys Large Key Keyboard's 2.0. The Big Keyboard also leads on price ($1.99 vs $5.99) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On update cadence, 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
The Big Keyboard costs $1.99 and BigKeys Large Key Keyboard $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Big Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Big Keyboard has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Big Keyboard ships an update every 2 days, BigKeys Large Key Keyboard daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Big Keyboard | BigKeys Large Key Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (13 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Defriction LLC | Tzahi Bergman |
Customer experience
The Big Keyboard
BigKeys Large Key Keyboard
In-app purchases
The Big Keyboard
No in-app purchases
BigKeys Large Key Keyboard
No in-app purchases
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