LudyType vs MemoKey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LudyType
Enhance your writing with an AI-powered keyboard that corrects grammar, rewrites sentences, and offers smart text actions. It seamlessly integrates with all your iPhone apps for faster, more effective communication.
- Real-time grammar and spell checking
- AI-powered text rewriting
- Smart text actions (summarize, expand, translate)
- Customizable snippets and templates
- Clipboard history management
- Voice input with punctuation
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LudyType is your all-in-one AI keyboard that works across every app on your iPhone. Fix grammar mistakes instantly, rewrite sentences with a tap, and let AI handle the heavy lifting while you focus on what matters. Key Features: - Grammar & Spell Checker: Catch errors in real time as you type - AI Rewrite: Transform your text with different tones and styles - Smart Actions: Summarize, expand, translate, and more - Snippets & Templates: Save frequently used text for quick access - Clipboard Manager: Keep a history of everything you copy - Voice Input: Dictate and let AI transcribe with punctuation - Works Everywhere: Use it in Messages, Mail, WhatsApp, and any app All processing is fast, private, and designed to make your writing better. Download LudyType and type smarter today. Terms of Service: https://ludy.app/ludytype/terms Privacy Policy: https://ludy.app/ludytype/privacy
MemoKey
This app provides quick access to your saved notes and text snippets directly from your keyboard. Easily paste frequently used messages, templates, or even drawings into any application without switching screens. Organize your content with tags, pins, and search, and enjoy offline access with robust privacy features.
- Paste notes directly from keyboard
- Smart placeholders for dates and cursors
- Organize with tags, pins, and search
- Sketch and paste drawings
- Offline and private note storage
- Home screen and lock screen widgets
- Integration with Shortcuts app
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MemoKey keeps your text snippets, saved replies and message templates on your keyboard. Save a reply once, then paste it into any app with one tap. PASTE FROM THE KEYBOARD • Your notes in every app: Use your saved notes, quick replies and templates in Messages, WhatsApp, Gmail and any other app, filtered by tag, pinned or recent. • Paste key: Insert what you copied without switching keyboards. It needs Allow Full Access and reads the clipboard only when you tap it. • Smart placeholders: {date}, {time}, {date+3}, {clipboard} (keyboard: with Allow Full Access) and {cursor} fill in as you insert; Insert Placeholder in the editor adds them. • Switch back after inserting: Go back to your other keyboard right after a note goes in. • Keyboard tabs: Notes, Keyboard, Draw and Kaomoji. The Keyboard tab is plain typing (letters, 123, VN), no autocorrect or suggestions; Kaomoji inserts by category, plus Recent. Both work while MemoKey is locked and without Full Access; nothing you type is stored. • Fill-in fields: {ask:Name} asks for a value as you insert; the keyboard shows your last 5 answers as chips, on this device only and never for locked notes (off or Clear in Settings > Keyboard). • Telex: The VN key types Vietnamese in the Keyboard tab and fill-in fields (Vieejt becomes Việt); touch and hold a letter to type it as is. ORGANIZE IN SECONDS • Tags, pins and search: List or grid view, pin the important notes, drag pinned notes into your own order and find them in seconds. • Tag filters: Tap a tag on a note card to see its notes, or a second tag in search for notes with both. A new note added there gets those tags. • Find and Replace: Change a phone number, price or link in every note at once or only in one tag, with Undo. • Insert Note: Put another note's text at the cursor while you edit. • Copy button: Copy the note from the editor with placeholders filled in. • Previous Versions: Restore one of a note's last 10 texts; kept on this phone only. • Trash with Undo: Undo after you delete. Deleted notes wait 30 days; swipe a row to restore or delete. WIDGETS AND SHORTCUTS • Home Screen widget: Your pinned notes, or the notes of one tag. On iOS 17 or later a tap copies a note. Locked notes are never shown. • Lock Screen and Control Center: New note, Search notes and Copy note in one tap, also from the Action button (iOS 18 or later). • Shortcuts app: Use a note's text in any shortcut, save text as a new note, or add text to a note with Append to MemoKey Note (iPhone and iPad). • Save from anywhere: Select text in any app and share it to MemoKey to save it instantly. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE • No account, no ads, no tracking and no MemoKey servers. MemoKey collects no data, and your notes stay on your device. • Protect the app with a passcode, Face ID or Touch ID, and change your passcode any time. • Lock single notes behind your passcode (PRO). YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY • Backup to iCloud or Files: Back up to your own iCloud or a folder in Files (Google Drive, Dropbox), automatically if you like, with a reminder after 30 days. Nothing is uploaded unless you turn it on. • Export: JSON and CSV backups, or all notes in one Markdown file that MemoKey can restore. • Bring your notes along: Import Google Keep (.json), Evernote (.enex), .txt and .md files, Mac Text Replacements and the Gboard dictionary. • Open with MemoKey: Tap a MemoKey backup or export in Files, Mail, Google Drive or Downloads to restore or import it. MORE BUILT IN • 60,000+ kaomoji: A huge library of text emoticons (^_^) by category, searchable in English and Vietnamese. • Scan text: Add the printed text of up to 10 photos at once to a note. Read on your phone; the photos are not kept. MAKE IT YOURS (PRO) Unlimited tags (free: 10), locked notes, custom colors and your own background image. What you set up with Pro stays yours if Pro ends. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MemoKey at 5.0 against LudyType's 4.7. LudyType's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. LudyType sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and MemoKey sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MemoKey holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LudyType has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
LudyType ships an update every 6 days, MemoKey every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LudyType | MemoKey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ludy Ankas, LLC | Tran Cong Minh |
Customer experience
LudyType
MemoKey
In-app purchases
LudyType
- LudyType weekly$3.997 Days
- TextActions Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- TextActions Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- Lifetime License, Holiday Deal$9.99
- LudyType Lifetime Discounted$17.99
- LudyType Lifetime$19.99
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- LudyType Lifetime Discount$24.99
- LudType Lifetime License$34.99
MemoKey
- MemoKey Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- MemoKey Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
- MemoKey Pro$19.99









