Comparison

SecureChatKeyboard vs Ortholinear Keyboard

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

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About

SecureChatKeyboard

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SecureChats Keyboard es un teclado personalizado para iOS que integra cifrado extremo a extremo (E2EE) directamente desde tu teclado. Cifra y descifra mensajes en cualquier aplicacion de mensajeria sin depender de servidores externos, sin cuentas y sin recopilar ningun dato. SecureChats Keyboard is a custom iOS keyboard with built-in end-to-end encryption (E2EE). Encrypt and decrypt messages in any messaging app with no servers, no accounts, and zero data collection. -- COMO FUNCIONA / HOW IT WORKS -- El teclado utiliza el Signal Protocol con intercambio de claves post-quantum Kyber (ML-KEM) mediante PQXDH. Los usuarios intercambian invitaciones criptograficas copiando y pegando texto codificado. Una vez establecida la sesion, cada mensaje se cifra localmente en tu dispositivo y solo puede ser descifrado por el destinatario. Ningun intermediario, servidor o tercero puede leer tus mensajes. The keyboard uses the Signal Protocol with post-quantum Kyber (ML-KEM) key exchange via PQXDH. Users exchange cryptographic invitations by copying and pasting encoded text. Once a session is established, every message is encrypted locally on your device and can only be decrypted by the intended recipient. No intermediary, server, or third party can read your messages. -- SEGURIDAD / SECURITY -- - Signal Protocol: Double Ratchet, forward secrecy y seguridad post-compromiso. - Post-Quantum: Kyber/ML-KEM protege contra ataques de computacion cuantica futura. - Almacenamiento cifrado: todos los datos locales se cifran con AES-256-GCM. La clave maestra se almacena en el iOS Keychain respaldado por Secure Enclave. - Sin red: la aplicacion no realiza ninguna conexion de red. Funciona completamente offline. - Signal Protocol: Double Ratchet, forward secrecy and post-compromise security. - Post-Quantum: Kyber/ML-KEM protects against future quantum computing attacks. - Encrypted storage: all local data is encrypted with AES-256-GCM. The master key is stored in the iOS Keychain backed by the Secure Enclave. - No network: the app makes zero network connections. It works entirely offline. -- PRIVACIDAD TOTAL / TOTAL PRIVACY -- - No recopilamos datos personales, analiticas, telemetria ni diagnosticos. - No hay servidores, cuentas de usuario ni registro. - No hay SDK de terceros, rastreadores ni publicidad. - No tenemos acceso a tus claves de cifrado. Si las pierdes, no podemos recuperarlas. - Codigo abierto bajo licencia GPL-3.0. - We collect no personal data, analytics, telemetry, or diagnostics. - No servers, no user accounts, no registration. - No third-party SDKs, trackers, or advertising. - We have no access to your encryption keys. If you lose them, we cannot recover them. - Open source under GPL-3.0 license. -- CARACTERISTICAS / FEATURES -- - Teclado QWERTY completo con soporte para espanol e ingles. - Cifrado E2EE integrado con un toque desde la barra de cifrado. - Multiples formatos de codificacion: Base64, JSON y esteganografia Unicode. - Historial de mensajes cifrado localmente. - Gestion de contactos E2EE. - Funciona en cualquier app: iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, correo y mas. - Completamente gratuito, sin compras integradas. - Full QWERTY keyboard with Spanish and English support. - Built-in E2EE encryption with one tap from the encryption bar. - Multiple encoding formats: Base64, JSON, and Unicode steganography. - Locally encrypted message history. - E2EE contact management. - Works in any app: iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, email and more. **** Aviso: si tenéis Face ID en la aplicación que vais a usar para chatear, no funcionará, porque Face ID limpia el portapapeles cada vez que le dais a pegar **** Developed by R00tedbrain.

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Ortholinear Keyboard

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Big fingers deserve room to type. Standard keys feel cramped under your thumbs? Ortholinear is built for bigger fingers, with wider keys, larger letters, and adjustable spacing. Give your hands more generous touch targets and a layout that fits the way you type. Ortholinear is a Ukrainian and English keyboard for iPhone and iPad, with optional layouts for Polish, German, French, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Serbian (Latin and Cyrillic), Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, and Russian. Straight rows and equal-width letter cells make the most of the available space. Choose a preset or adjust the keyboard to suit your hands. MAKE THE SPACE YOURS • Start with Big letters, Balanced, or Original grid. • Adjust letter size, key height, control-row height, and spacing with a live preview. • Give Return and Delete more room, with Delete immediately after M / Ю. • Keep Ukrainian letters free of an apostrophe key. • Add a space after punctuation automatically, or turn it off. • Choose Shift placement and optional punctuation keys. • Extend touch targets into the gaps between keys. • Choose Warm Light, Soft Dark, High Contrast, Tokyo Night, Catppuccin Mocha, Nord, or Automatic themes, plus your own accent color. TYPE FASTER • Glide typing in English and Ukrainian: slide across the letters of a word and lift. • Sentences start with a capital on their own, and two Spaces end a sentence with a period. • Punctuation waits in the suggestion row between words, one tap away. • Flick a top-row key down for its digit, or turn on a number row. • Typed a Ukrainian word with the English layout on? One tap fixes it and switches language. UKRAINIAN + ENGLISH • Switch languages with one tap. • Type the full Ukrainian alphabet; hold г for ґ and Г for Ґ. • Optionally move ї to long-press і for a wider top row, with small hints to help you find held letters. • Access numbers, symbols, and punctuation alternatives. • Hold 123, slide to a symbol, and release to type it and return to letters. • Keep 123 / ABC at the far left, with clear feedback on keyboard controls. • Slide on Space to move the cursor. • Double-tap Shift for caps lock. Hold Delete to erase gradually faster. MORE LANGUAGES AND LAYOUTS • Add Polish, German, French, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Serbian (Latin and Cyrillic), Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, and Russian; the language key cycles through the ones you turn on. • Hold letters for accented forms such as ą, ß, é, ř, and ё. • Type English in QWERTY, Colemak, Colemak-DH, Dvorak, or Workman. • Message, search, email, and web address fields each reopen in the language you last used in them. MAKE IT YOURS • Layout Workshop: move letters, choose what each key holds, and try it before applying. Free. • Share a layout as a file, or open one someone else made. ORTHOLINEAR PRO: ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION • Flicks on any key: swipe up, down, left or right for a symbol. One tap puts ! @ # on every letter. • Keycap colorways: eight keycap sets, or your own colors, fonts and sculpted keycaps. • Navigation keys: move by word or line, delete whole words, type ( ) with the cursor inside. • Text expansions: type ;mail and get your email address. • Layers for math, code and writing, phrase keys, and saved setups you can switch and share. Everything that was free stays free. YOUR WORDS STAY YOURS Typing works without Full Access. No analytics, ads, app accounts, or typed-text collection. Typing and settings stay on your device. Nothing is autocorrected: optional word suggestions run on your device and change a word only when you tap one. TRY IT BEFORE ENABLING Use the interactive keyboard preview inside the app, customize your layout, then follow the setup guide to enable Ortholinear in iOS Settings. Works in apps that allow third-party keyboards. iOS uses its own keyboard for password and phone-pad fields. Some apps disable third-party keyboards. Open source under the MIT license.

Screenshots

SecureChatKeyboard4 screens
Ortholinear Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SecureChatKeyboard at none against Ortholinear Keyboard's 1. SecureChatKeyboard also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Ortholinear Keyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SecureChatKeyboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SecureChatKeyboard ships an update every 3 days, Ortholinear Keyboard every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
SecureChatKeyboard versus Ortholinear Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecureChatKeyboardOrtholinear Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIMMOACTIVAT I ASSOCIATS SLIgor Varyvoda

In-app purchases

None

SecureChatKeyboard

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Ortholinear Keyboard

One-time1
  • Ortholinear Pro$9.99

Questions

Is SecureChatKeyboard free?
SecureChatKeyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ortholinear Keyboard free?
Ortholinear Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SecureChatKeyboard or Ortholinear Keyboard have ads?
Neither SecureChatKeyboard nor Ortholinear Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SecureChatKeyboard or Ortholinear Keyboard?
SecureChatKeyboard ships an update every 3 days, and Ortholinear Keyboard every 8 days. Most recently, SecureChatKeyboard was updated on November 9, 2026 and Ortholinear Keyboard on October 31, 2026.

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