Comparison

ZeroOne Keyboard vs Lixing Wubi Keyboard

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 multiple input methods for Chinese typing, including Pinyin, nine-key, and Shuangpin. It provides on-device processing for privacy and includes various tools like emoji, snippets, and unit conversion. Customize your typing experience with sound packs and key shortcuts.

Highlights
  • Multiple Chinese input methods (Pinyin, nine-key, Shuangpin)
  • On-device processing for privacy
  • Customizable layouts and key shortcuts
  • Sound packs and typing feedback options
  • Integrated tools (emoji, snippets, unit conversion)
  • Traditional Chinese support
Features
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Type Chinese with Pinyin, nine-key, Shuangpin or Dachen Zhuyin. Use a familiar input method for everyday Chinese messages and notes. Everyday typing, candidates and personal learning are processed on your device. Basic typing works without Full Access. Learn ZeroOne Shuangpin with on-key hints, or use a personal Shuangpin scheme. Zhuyin supports tone-marked and tone-omitted input, Traditional Chinese candidates, phrase composition, candidate selection, undo, and redo. Choose Taiwan Traditional Chinese forms in settings. Make the keyboard yours • Shuangpin, full pinyin, and nine-key layouts, personal shuangpin schemes, and auxiliary-code hints. • Customize the nine-key 1 key: tap for your primary shortcut, hold for a function panel, or enter the digit 1. • Preview and crop custom key photos. Settings apply immediately. • Choose from several sound packs, including five original ZeroOne packs, with an option to play only when text is committed. Tools while you type Emoji categories, recents, snippets, numbers, symbols, calculations, amounts, unit conversion, dates, solar terms, and color tools. On-device processing and optional sharing Everyday Chinese typing, candidates, and personal learning are processed on your device. Input content is not collected or uploaded to the developer. There are no ads or third-party tracking analytics. Basic typing works without Full Access. Enable it when you want to share photos, sound settings, and preferences with the main app. Cross-device paste is optional. When enabled, it syncs clipboard content through your own private iCloud database. To start, add ZeroOne in Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard, then hold the globe key in a text field to switch. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Lixing Wubi Keyboard

Features
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Lixing Wubi Keyboard is a fully offline Wubi (五笔字型) input method powered by a self-developed on-device engine. It supports three Wubi schemes—86, 98, and New Century. It requires no network permission and tracks, collects, or uploads no data at all. Three Wubi Schemes, Switch Anytime 86, 98, and New Century each ship with their own dictionary. Switch in Settings and your candidate ranking follows immediately—no need to adopt someone else's coding habits. 26-Key and 9-Key Layouts Beyond the full keyboard there is a 9-key Wubi layout: a 3×3 grid that makes one-handed typing on a phone far steadier. Each layout keeps its own key positions, candidate bar, and haptics. Smart Sentence Input A built-in language model assembles whole sentences as you type—more accurate, fewer duplicate codes, smoother input. No more disassembling long chat messages character by character. Picked the wrong segment inside a long sentence? Fix that segment directly instead of retyping the whole thing. Smart Wubi Guidance Valid next keystrokes are highlighted while invalid ones fade out, so you can always find the next key at a glance. Great for beginners. Dedicated Number Pad A separate number and symbol panel with the same key-by-key layout as mainstream Pinyin keyboards, so you never have to switch apps to do the books. Type an expression or a unit and it hands you the result. Semantic Candidates Type "tomorrow" and get the date, "3pm" and get the time, "12000" and get 12K, "12+34" and get 46. Domain Lexicons 16 vertical packs—emoji, chat, campus, legal, and more—switchable on demand. Professional and emerging vocabulary becomes typeable the moment you enable it, without disturbing your everyday candidates. Million-Word Dictionary Everyday chat, work, and life vocabulary is fully covered: common words, idioms, names and places, internet slang—whole-sentence candidates form in one pass. Keyboard Themes 6 built-in themes—Dark and Classic Gray (free), plus Liquid Glass, Rainbow, Sexy, and Peach. Every key recolors live when you switch, WYSIWYG. Slide Input & Swipe-Up Popups Full QWERTY layout with continuous slide input and dual-label number/letter keys. Long-press a letter and swipe up to open a punctuation or emoji panel in a grid. Font Size & Learned Lexicon Key label size, candidate text size, and candidate bar height are all adjustable to fit any screen and reading habit. The keyboard learns the characters and words you actually use—and Settings shows you exactly what it learned. Absolute Privacy Unlike other keyboards that demand "Full Access", Lixing Wubi needs no such permission—the keyboard extension has zero network access and is system-isolated, eliminating data leakage at the root. One-Time Purchase A single purchase unlocks every feature and all Pro themes forever. No ads, no tracking, no data collection. An optional yearly subscription is offered purely as a voluntary support plan—it never locks any feature. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lanceryoung.github.io/policy/daewubi/privacy.html

Screenshots

ZeroOne Keyboard4 screens
Lixing Wubi Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ZeroOne Keyboard at every 4 days against Lixing Wubi Keyboard's every 3 weeks. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ZeroOne Keyboard sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Lixing Wubi Keyboard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZeroOne Keyboard ships an update every 4 days, Lixing Wubi Keyboard every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ZeroOne Keyboard versus Lixing Wubi Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZeroOne KeyboardLixing Wubi Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer海平 吴海洋 杨

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ZeroOne Keyboard

One-time4
  • One Cup of Tea$0.99
  • Two Cups of Tea$2.99
  • Afternoon Tea$3.99
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  • 01+ Lifetime Supporter$9.99
2 purchases

Lixing Wubi Keyboard

Subscriptions2
  • 大鹅五笔输入法月底订阅$1.991 Month
  • Lixing Wubi·Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is ZeroOne Keyboard free?
ZeroOne Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lixing Wubi Keyboard free?
Lixing Wubi Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ZeroOne Keyboard or Lixing Wubi Keyboard have ads?
Neither ZeroOne Keyboard nor Lixing Wubi Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZeroOne Keyboard or Lixing Wubi Keyboard?
ZeroOne Keyboard ships an update every 4 days, and Lixing Wubi Keyboard every 3 weeks. Most recently, ZeroOne Keyboard was updated on October 31, 2026 and Lixing Wubi Keyboard on October 31, 2026.

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