Chinese English Keyboard vs TextKit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chinese English Keyboard
Enhance your language learning by integrating vocabulary practice into your daily typing. This bilingual keyboard offers smart translation, autocorrect, and a unique "type to remember" feature, turning everyday communication into a powerful learning tool. It processes all data locally for complete privacy.
- English-to-Chinese retrieval
- Pinyin-to-English lookup
- Bilingual mixed input
- Smart autocorrect
- Type to remember vocabulary
- Offline dictionaries
- 100% local processing
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Make everyday typing part of your language practice. Chinese English Keyboard brings bilingual meanings, translation, and vocabulary review into your daily messages and notes. Type Chinese to explore English expressions, or type English and check the Chinese meaning. Choose the original text or its translation when inserting a candidate. PRACTICE IN BOTH LANGUAGES Learning English? Use Chinese meanings to check your words and phrases as you write. Can't recall an English word? Try its Chinese Pinyin, such as pingguo for apple. Advanced English spelling correction can suggest usually when you type uselly. Learning Chinese? Type with Pinyin, compare Chinese and English candidates, and listen to supported pronunciation. Long-press candidates for definitions or examples. Use AI translation, grammar correction, and rewriting to explore another way to express your thoughts. Some advanced features require an in-app purchase. REVIEW WORDS YOU ACTUALLY USE With word history enabled, selected words and phrases become personal learning material. Review meanings and examples, listen to words and sentences, mark familiarity, and set study plans or review reminders. Pro adds extended vocabulary management and iCloud sync. FREE BUBBLE KEYBOARD Explore a different way to enter Pinyin: hold an initial, slide to a final, and pause to choose a tone. For example, L + iang forms liang. Release to enter the syllable, or use tap selection instead. Visible Pinyin combinations and pronunciation feedback help you connect spelling with sound. Bubble Keyboard is free; optional in-app purchases are available elsewhere in the app. CHOOSE YOUR INPUT STYLE Use Pinyin, Shuangpin, 9-key Pinyin, Stroke, Wubi 86, Cangjie, or Quick Cangjie. Switch between Simplified and Traditional Chinese and import personal word lists. The 26-key layout supports mixed Chinese-English input. On the 9-key layout, switch to the English keyboard to type English. Choose bilingual candidates on separate rows or side by side, or use full-sentence translation. Customize common phrases, keyboard height, colors, and candidate display. SPEAK AND LISTEN Use voice input in supported languages, including English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese. Compare the source text with its translation and listen in your selected output language. On iOS, start the recording service in the main app before using voice input from the keyboard. Availability depends on your system and selected engine. NO ADS. NO SIGN-UP. Local dictionaries work on your device. Offline speech synthesis and on-device AI are available with compatible hardware, software, and downloaded resources. If you enable iCloud, relevant records sync through iCloud. If you choose an online API, relevant text or audio is sent to your configured provider and provider charges may apply. Some features require Full Access. See the in-app explanation and privacy policy for details. FREE TO START Basic typing, Bubble Keyboard, mixed input, English dictionary lookup, and basic colors are free. Try up to 10 translations or rewrites per day. Pro adds advanced English correction and completion, extended vocabulary tools, themes, and sync. See the in-app purchase screen for current benefits, subscription or one-time purchase options, and local pricing. Third-party API fees are separate. After installing, add the keyboard in Settings > General > Keyboard, then switch to it with the globe key. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.shankindness.top/inputmethod_privacy_ios.html
TextKit
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TextKit is a simple and efficient text toolkit that brings text processing, encoding, extraction, developer tools, and language conversion into one app. From everyday text editing to JSON, Base64, regex, timestamps, text comparison, and data extraction, TextKit helps you get things done quickly. 【Text Processing】 • Text Statistics Count characters, words, and lines. • Remove Duplicate Lines Remove duplicate lines instantly. • Case Conversion Convert between different letter cases. • Capitalize Words Capitalize the first letter of each word. • Remove Empty Lines Clean up blank lines. • Trim Spaces Remove spaces from line beginnings and endings. • Merge Spaces Merge consecutive spaces. • Sort Lines Sort lines ascending or descending. • Shuffle Lines Randomize line order. • Reverse Text Reverse text instantly. • Find & Replace Find and replace text quickly. 【Encoding & Formatting】 • JSON Formatter Format and beautify JSON. • JSON Minifier Minify JSON by removing extra spaces and lines. • URL Encode / Decode Encode or decode URL content. • Base64 Encode / Decode Convert between text and Base64. • HTML Encode / Decode Encode or decode HTML entities. • Markdown Preview Preview Markdown content. • XML Formatter Format XML for easier reading. 【Content Extraction】 Quickly extract: • URLs • Email addresses • Phone numbers • Numbers • IPv4 / IPv6 addresses • Dates and times • Domain names • Hashtags 【Developer Tools】 • Timestamp Converter Convert timestamps and date/time values. • Regex Tester Test regular expressions and matches. • Text Compare Find differences between two texts. • Unicode Converter Convert text and Unicode representations. • Escape / Unescape Escape or restore strings. • UUID Generator Generate standard UUIDs. • MD5 / SHA Generate common text hashes. • Base Converter Convert between common numeral systems. 【Language Tools】 • Simplified → Traditional Chinese • Traditional → Simplified Chinese 【Simple & Efficient】 Tools are clearly organized for quick access. Choose a tool, enter your text, and get results without complicated steps. 【Privacy & Security】 For features that support local processing, your text is processed directly on your device without being uploaded to a server. TextKit does not use content entered or processed in its text tools to build advertising profiles. 【TextKit Pro】 TextKit includes free tools and additional features available with TextKit Pro. Upgrade to Pro to unlock more text processing, encoding, extraction, and developer tools. TextKit Pro may offer auto-renewable subscriptions and a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew according to the billing period shown on the App Store unless canceled. Lifetime Pro is a one-time purchase with continued access to the corresponding Pro features. Prices, billing periods, and purchase terms are shown on the App Store purchase page. Whether you’re organizing text and data or working with JSON, Base64, regex, hashes, and timestamps, TextKit puts useful text tools right at your fingertips. 使用条款 (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Chinese English Keyboard at every 3 days against TextKit's fortnightly. TextKit's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18). On price, ads, 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. Chinese English Keyboard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and TextKit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chinese English Keyboard ships an update every 3 days, TextKit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chinese English Keyboard | TextKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 356 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 善康 梁 | 敏 韩 |
In-app purchases
Chinese English Keyboard
- 月度订阅$0.991 Month
- 年度会员$7.991 Year
- 永久会员$14.99
TextKit
- 7 天 Pro$0.997 Days
- 永久 Pro$3.99
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