Comparison

ZeroOne Keyboard vs Pinlet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ZeroOne Keyboard

This keyboard app offers advanced Chinese shuangpin input with on-device processing for enhanced privacy. It features customizable schemes, emoji support, conversion tools, and theme syncing.

Highlights
  • Multiple shuangpin schemes
  • On-device data processing
  • Full Unicode emoji support
  • Math and unit conversions
  • Customizable themes
  • Local sync for themes and snippets
Features
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ZeroOne is a Chinese shuangpin keyboard built around on-device processing. Highlights: - Multiple shuangpin schemes (including Xiaohe-style and personal schemes) with auxiliary-code hints - Candidates, frequency learning, and snippets stay on your device - Full Unicode emoji categories with recents - Type = for math, currency, base, and unit conversions - Color lab for pick, tweak, format, and palettes - Themes and snippets sync locally between the app and keyboard - Optional cross-device paste via your private iCloud (off by default; auto-clears) Privacy: - No upload of keystrokes, candidates, host text, snippets, or learning data - No ads, tracking, or third-party analytics - Full Access is only for App Group sharing; basic typing works without it

About

Pinlet

This app allows you to pin short text snippets to your iPhone's Dynamic Island and Lock Screen as Live Activities. It can extract text from screenshots, supports manual input, and keeps a history of your pinned items. Your data is private by default, with optional iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Pin text to Dynamic Island and Lock Screen
  • Extract text from screenshots
  • Manual text input up to 120 characters
  • History of pinned text with favorites
  • Quick Input and Shortcuts integration
  • Private by default, no ads or analytics
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Keep what matters right where you can see it. Pinlet turns a short piece of text into a Live Activity, so it can stay visible on Dynamic Island and your Lock Screen while you move through your day. Add a deadline, a pickup code, a short intention, or anything else you do not want to lose in a list. PULL TEXT FROM ANY SCREENSHOT Circle any part of a screenshot or photo and Pinlet reads the text for you. Fine-tune the result word by word or character by character, then pin exactly what you need — no retyping. WRITE AND PIN Enter up to 120 characters and pin them in one tap. Update the text whenever the important thing changes, or unpin it when you are done. STAY VISIBLE On supported iPhone models, pinned text appears on Dynamic Island. It also appears as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen. iOS controls Live Activity availability and may end an activity according to system policy. START FROM ANYWHERE Long-press the Pinlet icon for Quick Input, or use Shortcuts to pin text, unpin, or open a screenshot in Pinlet from anywhere on your phone. RETURN TO WHAT MATTERED Pinlet keeps a history of successfully pinned text. Mark useful entries as favorites, reuse them as a new draft, delete individual entries, or automatically clean up older nonfavorite history. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your content and any text recognition happen on your iPhone by default. Pinlet has no account system, advertising, third-party analytics, or custom server. OPTIONAL ICLOUD SYNC If you choose to enable iCloud sync, your history, favorites, and recent activity times are stored in your private CloudKit database and synced to devices using the same Apple Account. iCloud sync is off by default. Requires iOS 17 or later. Pinlet is designed for iPhone.

Screenshots

ZeroOne Keyboard4 screens
Pinlet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Pinlet at free against ZeroOne Keyboard's free with in-app purchases. ZeroOne Keyboard's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ZeroOne Keyboard against 5.0 for Pinlet. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZeroOne Keyboard ships an update every 4 days, Pinlet weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ZeroOne Keyboard versus Pinlet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZeroOne KeyboardPinlet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer海平 吴文峰 黄

Customer experience

ZeroOne Keyboard

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pinlet

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ZeroOne Keyboard

No in-app purchases

None

Pinlet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZeroOne Keyboard free?
ZeroOne Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pinlet free?
Pinlet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZeroOne Keyboard or Pinlet?
ZeroOne Keyboard and Pinlet are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do ZeroOne Keyboard or Pinlet have ads?
Neither ZeroOne Keyboard nor Pinlet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZeroOne Keyboard or Pinlet?
ZeroOne Keyboard ships an update every 4 days, and Pinlet weekly. Most recently, ZeroOne Keyboard was updated on October 9, 2026 and Pinlet on October 17, 2026.

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