hot.keys vs GITDASH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
hot.keys
Enhance your mobile typing experience with a specialized keyboard designed for developers and content creators. It provides quick access to essential symbols, a dedicated number row, and navigation keys to streamline coding and writing.
- Always-on number row
- Dedicated symbol strip
- Left/right arrows and tab
- Backspace repeat on hold
- Live shift/caps labels
- Offline-first data collection
- Typing practice drills
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hot.keys brings a desktop-style keyboard to iPhone and iPad for code, Markdown, JSON, XML, and structured prompts. Keep numbers and common symbols visible while you type. KEYS WITHIN REACH • Always-visible numbers and quick access to brackets, braces, angle brackets, and other common symbols. • Larger letter keys in iPhone portrait mode. • Optional Left, Right, and Full Width positioning on wide layouts, with tap controls to switch sides or expand. • Left and right arrows for moving the cursor. • Tab inserts spaces, with a configurable indent size. • Hold Delete to keep deleting. • Tap Shift for a capital, hold Shift while typing, or slide from Shift to a letter. • A dedicated Caps Lock key and optional keypress haptics. TRY THE KEYBOARD Practice with 30-second typing drills in Easy, Medium, and Hard modes. See your words per minute, characters per minute, accuracy, and errors, then try again. OFFLINE AND PRIVATE No account is needed. hot.keys does not collect or transmit what you type. Core typing works without Full Access. Full Access is required to save and synchronize keyboard settings, including your preferred keyboard position. Without Full Access, position changes apply to the current keyboard instance. GET STARTED Add hot.keys in Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard. Then use the globe key in a text field to switch to hot.keys.
GITDASH
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GitDash is your unified dashboard for exploring GitHub and GitLab profiles and repositories — no sign-in required. MULTI-PLATFORM PROFILES Search any GitHub or GitLab user and see their avatar, bio, company, location, followers, and public repos from a single search bar. ACTIVITY HEATMAP View a GitHub-style contribution heatmap covering the last ~4 months: commits, pull requests, issues, and comments. PDF REPORTS Generate and share a PDF profile report in one tap: followers, repos, top languages, and most-active repository. REPOSITORY EXPLORER Browse any user's public repositories with stars, forks, and last-updated info, and read the full README rendered as rich Markdown — including SVG badges and icons. No accounts, no passwords: everything comes straight from the public GitHub and GitLab APIs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: hot.keys at none against GITDASH's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
hot.keys ships an update every 2 days, GITDASH daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | hot.keys | GITDASH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ting-Chun Matthew Man | DISSID SAS |
In-app purchases
hot.keys
No in-app purchases
GITDASH
No in-app purchases









