iCanText vs One Big Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iCanText
This custom keyboard app enhances typing with oversized keys, a gentle sway animation, and smart visual cues. It offers gesture controls, single-tap contractions, and auto-editing features to improve speed and accuracy. Users can also customize styling and leverage on-device LLM for text proofreading.
- Oversized keys for comfort
- Soothing sway animation
- Next-letter highlights
- Gesture controls for space/backspace
- Single tap contractions and sentence endings
- Auto-editing and LLM proofreading (iOS 26+)
- Customizable styling
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iCanText – A Bigger, Smarter Keyboard That Moves With You iCanText is a custom iOS keyboard built to make typing easier, clearer, and more comfortable. Featuring large, easy-to-tap keys, a gentle swaying animation, and smart visual cues, iCanText helps you type with more speed and fewer mistakes. Features: * Oversized Keys for Confident Typing. * Designed for accuracy and comfort. iCanText gives your fingers more space. * The top row gently moves left and right that allows for a maximum overall key size. * Next-Letter (instead of next word) predictions. * Likely next-letters glow based on what you're typing, making it faster to spot and tap what comes next. * Natural gesture-based texting: swipe right for a space, left for a backspace, up for numbers, down for symbols, and keep swiping up for phrases and dialects. Double swipe down toggles caps. * Single tap contractions. One tap makes a 'll, 's, 'r, 't, 'm or 've. * Tap the "Fix it" key (the wrench) to correct typos, caps, and formatting. * No pressure from autocorrect. * Just type. You can fix your typos later. * Custom keyboard styling (colors, etc.) in the main app. * No Ads, No Tracking, No Distractions. * iOS 26 users: have Apple's on-device LLM fix your typos. Whether you're a fast typer, someone with larger fingers, or just want a more relaxing keyboard experience, iCanText will help you text better.
One Big Keyboard
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One Big Keyboard is not a typical keyboard — it is a search tool that lives on your keyboard. It puts Google-style search operators one tap away, in any app, so you find exactly what you're looking for instead of scrolling past what you're not. THE PROBLEM Search engines are powerful, but only if you speak their language: site:, filetype:, intitle:, "exact match", -exclude. Almost nobody types these by hand — they're fiddly, easy to mistype, and hard to remember. THE FIX Tap a chip and the operator drops in, cursor already in place. No syntax to memorize, no colons to hunt for. Build a precise query in seconds, right where you're already typing. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • An operator chip row over a full QWERTY — the operators you use most, always one tap away • Swipeable operator pages: site targeting, file types, exact match, exclusions, and the full power set • Templates — save a reusable pattern like "site: [pick] filetype: [pick] [keywords]" and fill the blanks with taps • "Describe a search" — type plain English, get the right operator string, built entirely on-device • Saved searches, custom operators, and custom pages — make it yours OPERATORS BUILT IN • site: — search inside one website • filetype: — find PDFs, slides, spreadsheets • "exact phrase" — match words exactly • -exclude — drop results you don't want • intitle:, inurl:, OR, before:/after:, related:, and the rest MADE YOURS • Color themes — recolor the whole keyboard, or mix your own • Seven key-click sounds, from a classic tock to a mechanical click • Sync your operators, templates, and theme across devices through your own private iCloud PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. Nothing you type ever leaves your device — the keyboard has no networking code at all. Full Access is used only to save your own setup to your device. FREE FOREVER The keyboard and its core operators are free, always. One-time Pro unlocks custom operators, templates, saved searches, color themes, extra sounds, and iCloud sync. Works with Google and any search engine that supports operators like site: and filetype:. Turn your keyboard into a search tool. Find what you're actually looking for.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iCanText at none against One Big Keyboard's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. One Big Keyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iCanText asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | iCanText | One Big Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tom Bensky | Hello Good Day LLC |
In-app purchases
iCanText
No in-app purchases
One Big Keyboard
- One Big Keyboard Pro$4.99
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