Comparison

Coding Keyboard vs Zip,RAR,7z Extractor

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

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About

Coding Keyboard

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Coding Keyboard is an iOS keyboard laid out the way a desktop keyboard is laid out. In landscape and on iPad, the top four rows are identical to a full-size ANSI keyboard, key for key: backtick left of the 1, brackets right of the P, backslash above return, caps lock where caps lock goes. If you type on a desktop keyboard, you already know this layout. Why The stock iPhone keyboard hides the braces, square brackets, backslash, pipe, backtick and tilde behind two levels of page switching, and has no Tab key at all. iPad fares better, but only on the largest screens — on an 11-inch iPad the system keyboard has no number row, no brackets, no backslash, and no arrow keys either. That is fine for prose and miserable for code, SSH sessions, and config files. This one puts them all on the first layer. Every key prints its shifted value, so ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) and the braces, pipe, tilde, underscore, plus, colon, quote, question mark and angle brackets are all one modifier away. Terminal mode A terminal does not receive key events — the PTY sees a byte stream. Terminal mode sends the bytes a real keyboard would have produced, so a shell cannot tell the difference. It adds esc, ctrl and opt keys and a full set of cursor keys, and rewires the rest. Return sends CR rather than a newline. Ctrl plus a letter sends the C0 byte, so Ctrl-C is 0x03, Ctrl-D is 0x04, Ctrl-R is 0x12. Option prefixes with ESC, the way Meta is spelled everywhere. The arrow and Home/End keys send their ANSI escape sequences. Ctrl and opt latch like Shift — tap, hold, or double-tap to lock — and stack with it and with each other. This works wherever the host app forwards inserted text to its terminal. The app includes an echo terminal — a real VT100 emulator with no shell behind it — so you can see exactly what each key sends before you rely on it anywhere else. Turn it on with the term key in landscape, or by long-pressing Tab in portrait. Portrait A compact 10 by 6 layout for thumbs. The number row is always visible, and Tab and the cursor keys sit in the top row. The shift key Three states, matching a physical keyboard more closely than iOS does. Tap — shifts the next character. Double tap — locks until you press shift again. Press and hold — shifts while held. Shift engages on finger-down rather than on lift, so holding shift with one thumb and typing with the other works the way it does on a real keyboard: the first keystroke is already capitalized. Where it works Anywhere iOS shows a keyboard. Terminal clients, git clients, editors, note apps, browsers, chat windows, search fields. Privacy The keyboard does not request Full Access. Without it, iOS grants a keyboard extension no network capability at all — it cannot send keystrokes anywhere because it cannot send anything anywhere. That is enforced by the operating system, not promised in a policy. No data is collected. The keyboard extension has no analytics, no crash reporting, and no third-party SDKs. The source is on GitHub under the MIT license. What it doesn't do No autocorrect, predictive text, or swipe typing. No emoji key — the globe key switches back to your usual keyboard. No haptic feedback. iOS only permits it with Full Access, which this keyboard does not request. US ASCII layout only. Setup Settings, then General, Keyboard, Keyboards, Add New Keyboard, Coding Keyboard. Then long-press the globe key on any keyboard to switch to it.

About

Zip,RAR,7z Extractor

This utility allows users to inspect, extract, and create compressed archives on their devices. It supports various archive formats and offers features like password protection and file splitting.

Highlights
  • Inspect archive health before extraction
  • Browse and extract multiple archive formats
  • Create password-protected ZIP archives
  • Split ZIP archives into volumes
  • Manage files via Share sheet and App Shortcuts
  • On-device archive processing
Features
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SpeedZip brings archive, PDF and media tools together on iPhone and iPad. Organize files, prepare documents and share smaller files from one app. ARCHIVES AND QUICK ZIP Browse and extract ZIP, 7Z, RAR, ZIPX, TAR, GZ and other supported archives. Create ZIP, 7Z, TAR, TAR.GZ or DZIP (.dz). Protect ZIP and 7Z archives with AES-256 encryption or split archives into volumes. Use Quick ZIP in the iOS share sheet to compress files and folders, then share the ZIP or save it to SpeedZip. PDF, SCAN AND OCR Scan multiple pages into a PDF. Merge or compress PDFs, convert images or TXT to PDF, and export PDF pages as images or existing text as TXT. OCR recognizes English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean. PHOTO, VIDEO AND AUDIO TOOLS Compress images and videos while keeping the originals. Convert compatible videos to MP4 or MOV, trim clips, add watermarks, capture frames and extract audio. FILES AND BROWSING Search and organize files, restore items from the Recycle Bin, transfer files over the same Wi-Fi network and play local media. Browse the web and manage downloads with separate normal and private tabs. Private browsing does not save browsing history; files you download remain saved. FREE AND PRO Basic ZIP creation, common archive extraction, file management, playback, document scanning and browsing are free. Password protection and split archives when creating archives, all non-ZIP creation formats, DZIP/ISO/XAR extraction, PDF tools, OCR, image compression, text editing and video/audio tools require Pro through an in-app purchase. Archive creation and extraction run on your device without uploading file contents or passwords. Format compatibility and compression results depend on the source and settings. RAR and ZIPX support extraction only. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

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Zip,RAR,7z Extractor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Coding Keyboard at Free against Zip,RAR,7z Extractor's $0.99. Coding Keyboard also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). On 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

Coding Keyboard is free to download; Zip,RAR,7z Extractor costs $0.99 up front. Zip,RAR,7z Extractor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Coding Keyboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Coding Keyboard versus Zip,RAR,7z Extractor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoding KeyboardZip,RAR,7z Extractor
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChi On Ho耀 陈

In-app purchases

None

Coding Keyboard

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Zip,RAR,7z Extractor

Subscriptions2
  • SpeedZip Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • SpeedZip Pro Yearly3 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • SpeedZip Pro Lifetime$1.99

Questions

Is Coding Keyboard free?
Coding Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zip,RAR,7z Extractor free?
Zip,RAR,7z Extractor costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Coding Keyboard or Zip,RAR,7z Extractor have ads?
Neither Coding Keyboard nor Zip,RAR,7z Extractor shows ads.

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