Keylio vs Text Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Keylio
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Stop switching apps to translate a message. With Keylio, you can translate, improve your writing and prepare replies directly from your iPhone keyboard. For everyday messages, work emails and conversations in another language, keep your writing tools where you need them. TRANSLATE FROM YOUR KEYBOARD Choose a target language, translate your draft and insert the result into the text field. Keylio can detect the source language automatically, so you can keep the conversation going without opening a separate translator. CHECK GRAMMAR AND SPELLING Catch mistakes before you send. Use the grammar checker to review your text and correct spelling, punctuation and grammar. Preview the result, then apply it when you're happy with it. REWRITE, SHORTEN OR EXPAND Find a clearer way to say it. Rewrite a draft, shorten a long message, expand a brief note or simplify your wording. Your AI writing assistant is right on the keyboard. CHOOSE THE RIGHT TONE Make a message friendly, professional, funny or flirty. Explore different phrasings for the situation, or create a custom tone that fits your writing style. PREPARE A REPLY Paste the message you received and choose what you want to say: accept, politely decline, ask for details or keep talking. Select a tone and review the suggested reply. You decide what to send. GET STARTED 1. Add Keylio in your iPhone keyboard settings and enable Allow Full Access. 2. Switch to Keylio with the globe key. 3. Choose Translate, Tone, Writing or Reply in apps that support third-party keyboards. AI features require an internet connection and Full Access to send the text selected for processing to AI services. Free use has limits. Additional usage is available with Keylio PRO. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18UYzIiBexFZ60aMi4dpYrxnJFHEmh_zr-jmeTE1oKzc Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11aSTKKTZixmlAr7ZXcIbPiqSMMpLsNDkRu-OvQU50tk
Text Editor
A fast and simple editor for plain text, notes, and Markdown. Highlight Markdown as you type and switch to a preview mode. Your files are saved locally, offering full control and ownership of your writing.
- Live Markdown highlighting
- Preview mode
- Local file saving
- Multiple themes
- Find & Replace
- Export options
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A simple, fast editor for Markdown, notes, and code. Open it and start typing. There's no account to make and nothing to set up. Your Markdown is highlighted as you write — headings, bold, links, lists, code blocks — and when you want to see how it'll look, switch to Preview. Everything saves as a normal file in the Files app and iCloud Drive, so your writing stays yours: open it anywhere, move it, or back it up however you like. It's free to use, with what you need for everyday writing: • Live Markdown highlighting and a clean Preview • Four themes: System, Light, Dark, and Sepia • Find, a heading outline, and a live word count • A Markdown cheat sheet for when the syntax slips your mind • Your choice of font, size, and line spacing • Share or export as Markdown Text Editor Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription: • Syntax highlighting in code blocks for Swift, Python, JavaScript, JSON, and more • Five more themes: Paper, Solarized Light, Solarized Dark, Nord, and Dracula • Focus and Typewriter modes for heads-down writing • Split View on iPad, so you can edit and preview at once • Line numbers • Find & Replace, with regular expressions • Writing stats: daily goals, streaks, and an all-time word count • Export to HTML and Rich Text It's made for iPhone and iPad, works with a hardware keyboard, supports dark mode, and fits into iPad multitasking. There are no ads and no tracking, and the app doesn't collect anything about you.
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Verdict
Keylio and Text Editor are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Keylio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Keylio against 5.0 for Text Editor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Keylio | Text Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mert Ozge | John Haas |
Customer experience
Keylio
Text Editor
In-app purchases
Keylio
- 3-Days Trial3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Annual Subscription$39.991 Year
Text Editor
- Text Editor Pro$4.99









