Ogham vs Urai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ogham
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Ogham lets you bring Ireland’s ancient script to life. Convert modern text into ogham script as found on stone inscriptions in ancient Ireland. Once created, you can copy your text to the clipboard or export it as scalable vector graphics (SVG) - perfect for use in design projects, posters, signage, or even tattoos.
Urai
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Urai writes Tamil in three scripts, and converts freely between them. உரை — the Tamil word for text, and for the commentary tradition that ran alongside it for two thousand years. THREE SCRIPTS, ONE TEXT • Modern Tamil — the script in use today • Tamili — Tamil Brahmi, the script of the Sangam-era potsherds and cave inscriptions at Keezhadi, Kodumanal and Arikamedu • Latin transliteration — an ISO 15919-inspired romanisation Pick a script from the tab strip and your text is converted into it. There is no separate convert step, and no guessing about what you meant to type: the tab says which script you are writing, so every conversion runs in a known direction. CONVERSIONS THAT COME BACK INTACT Tamil to Tamili and back returns exactly what you started with. So does Tamil to transliteration and back — including the word-final pulli, which is where most converters quietly lose a letter. Move between all three as often as you like; the text does not decay. BUILT FOR THE SCRIPT • Tamil, Tamili and Latin each rendered in a font chosen for it • Adjustable size and line spacing, because Tamil needs more leading than Latin does • Live counts — characters, words, lines, paragraphs — counted as letters rather than as Unicode scalars • Your text is saved automatically and restored when you return • Copy the whole buffer, or share it anywhere the system can send text FOR WHOM For anyone reading Tamil epigraphy, teaching or studying the history of the script, setting a name or an inscription in Tamil Brahmi, or simply curious about how Tamil was written two thousand years ago. Urai is a text editor first. It collects no data, contains no advertising, and requires no account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Urai at none against Ogham's 1. Urai also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. Ogham sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Urai asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Ogham | Urai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Elst | Murasu Systems Sdn Bhd |
In-app purchases
Ogham
- Buy me a coffee$2.99
Urai
No in-app purchases









