Comparison

LinkViewer vs Keyboard Now

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

Head to head
About

LinkViewer

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Available in ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด, English, and ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž Text LinkViewer is a clean, powerful text reader for iPhone and iPad. Whether you're reading novels, notes, or documents, it keeps your library organized and your place saved โ€” across every device. ** YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY ** Import .txt, .md, .epub, and more into a personal library you can sort, browse, and search at a glance. Organize files into folders, switch between icon, list, or gallery view, and find anything instantly with full-text search. ** READ THE WAY YOU LIKE ** - Page Mode โ€” flip pages horizontally or vertically with slide, fade, or instant transitions - Scroll Mode โ€” continuous reading without interruption - iPad Dual-Page Mode โ€” see two pages side by side on larger screens ** MAKE IT YOURS ** Every detail is adjustable โ€” font, size, line spacing, letter spacing, paragraph gaps, and margins. Choose from Light, Dark, Gray, Green, or Sepia themes, or build your own with custom background and text colors. ** NEVER LOSE YOUR PLACE ** iCloud sync keeps your reading position in sync across iPhone, iPad โ€” automatically. Pick up exactly where you left off, on any device. ** PRO ** Go ad-free with a Pro subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://skyprawngo.github.io/textlinkviewer-policy/privacy.html

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Keyboard Now

Features
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Keyboard Now is a keyboard that types your saved information into any app โ€” the places where copy and paste falls apart. Save the things you retype constantly: your address, phone number, email, support replies, disclosure language, intake phrasing, follow-ups. Then tap once to type them anywhere โ€” forms, chats, apps that block pasting. COMMUNITY PROMPTS (NEW) A free feed of prompts people actually use, with no account required. Browse by category, vote, and save any of them into your keyboard in one tap โ€” including wording tuned separately for Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini. You can publish your own anonymously, and hide, report or block anything that does not belong. FROM A SCREENSHOT, OR FROM YOUR OWN HISTORY (NEW) Share a screenshot to Keyboard Now and it reads the text on your device. Or import a Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini export and it will find the prompts you keep reusing. Neither one sends your text anywhere. WRITING ACTIONS (NEW) On devices that support Apple Intelligence, rewrite, shorten, draft or summarise right inside the keyboard, in the field you are already typing in. It runs on device. SHARED LIBRARIES Keep a set of snippets in sync across a team. One person hosts the library; everyone they invite gets it in their own keyboard, automatically. Members get read-only access, so nobody can break the team's snippets by accident โ€” and anyone can suggest additions for the owner to approve. BUILT AROUND YOUR PRIVACY There's no account and no server of ours. Your snippets live on your device and sync through your own iCloud. Nothing leaves your device unless you deliberately create a shared library or publish a prompt to the community feed โ€” there is no "share everything" button, and we never see any of it. ALSO INCLUDED โ€ข Organize snippets by category, with pinning and collections โ€ข Save links, contacts, notes and AI prompts โ€ข Fill-in-the-blank snippets for anything with a variable โ€ข A Home Screen widget, and a Lock Screen Live Activity on the day of a saved occasion โ€ข Face ID lock โ€ข Sync across all your devices via iCloud KEYBOARD NOW PRO Browsing and saving community prompts is free, and joining a shared library is free and unlimited. Hosting your own library is part of Keyboard Now Pro, available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/amol23/KEYBOARD-NOW-33dc7631cd4980508f41e376de172c2b

Screenshots

LinkViewer4 screens
Keyboard Now4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Keyboard Now at none against LinkViewer's 2. Keyboard Now also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. LinkViewer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Keyboard Now asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LinkViewer ships an update every 3 weeks, Keyboard Now every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
LinkViewer versus Keyboard Now: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinkViewerKeyboard Now
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size25 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeongYun LeeAmol Srivastava

In-app purchases

2 purchases

LinkViewer

Subscriptions2
  • LinkViewer Pro Monthly14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • LinkViewer Pro Yearly$8.991 Year
None

Keyboard Now

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LinkViewer free?
LinkViewer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keyboard Now free?
Keyboard Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LinkViewer or Keyboard Now have ads?
LinkViewer shows ads; Keyboard Now does not.
Which is updated more often, LinkViewer or Keyboard Now?
LinkViewer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Keyboard Now every 6 days. Most recently, LinkViewer was updated on September 24, 2026 and Keyboard Now on September 18, 2026.

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