Comparison

Dexo vs 紫毫

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

Head to head
About

Dexo

Features
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Dexo is a native Discourse client for iPhone and iPad. Add the communities you follow, read their latest topics, and take part in conversations from one app. READ AND DISCOVER • Browse the latest topics and explore categories and tags. • Search community discussions for the information you need. • Read posts with native layouts for text, images, quotes, and code. MANAGE MULTIPLE FORUMS • Add, reorder, and switch between Discourse communities. • Minimize a forum to a floating shortcut and return to your reading. • Optionally open your last forum when the app starts. JOIN THE CONVERSATION • Sign in to supported forums to create topics and reply. • View notifications, private messages, and profiles. MAKE READING YOUR OWN • Choose light, dark, or system appearance. • Adjust themes and font size to suit your preferences. Add a supported Discourse forum URL to browse its public topics without signing in. Sign-in and interaction features depend on each forum's settings and your account permissions. Dexo is an independent client and is not affiliated with Discourse or the communities you connect to.

About

紫毫

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Hit the wrong key and get the wrong word? Picking a long sentence word by word? Ads, and wondering where your typing goes? Hare is a Chinese keyboard built on the Rime engine: it reads what you meant when a key slips, gets whole sentences right, and keeps everything on your device. No ads. SLIPS FORGIVEN • Touch-aware correction: a key hit off-center, a letter too many or too few, and the word you meant still comes first • What you typed always comes first when it is a word itself • A sentence-level language model gets long sentences right in one go, and learns the words you use • 9-key typing corrects slips too TYPE THE WAY YOU LIKE • Full Pinyin on 26 keys, 9-key (T9), Xiaohe Shuangpin and English, switched in a tap • Mixed input: type English words right in Chinese mode, with completions after a few letters • Simplified, Traditional, Taiwan and Hong Kong Traditional output FOR RIME USERS: RIME, AT LAST, ON IPHONE • rime-ice built in, ready to type • Wanxiang, Wanxiang Pro (Xiaohe Shuangpin with shape codes), Frost, Mint, Moqi, LufsX and more, imported in a tap from the recommended list; or bring your own scheme from a GitHub repository or a zip link • Shape-code filtering: tap 辅 and type a code to pick the character inside a word • Four-key characters with Wanxiang Pro: type a code right after the pinyin and the character comes second • Date, time, weekday and lunar-date shortcuts in every scheme • Add Pinyin word lists and phrase files to the scheme in use; a .custom.yaml patch changes its settings without repackaging • Search, remove, export and import what it learned MADE FOR FAST HANDS • Customize every key: swipe-up and long-press symbols, the keys beside space, the 123 key, 9-key punctuation, what holding the emoji key does • Swipe left on delete to remove a sentence at a time, up to bring it back; slide on letters or space to move the cursor • The 123 page suggests operators and shows the result of what you type • Text shortcuts, emoji suggestions, kaomoji, clipboard; email addresses and links stay in one piece • Hold return for a new line without sending; long-press for tone marks and more punctuation • Adjustable keyboard height; made for iPhone, iPad and the split keyboard on iPhone Duo KEYBOARD THEMES • Tap any part of the preview to change it: colors, corner radius, shadow, mechanical keycaps, frosted glass, even a single key • Letters, function keys and candidates each have their own size; function keys can have a font of their own • Import fonts and background pictures, pick a palette from a picture, and share themes by export • Give dark mode its own theme PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Typing, correction, learning and suggestions all happen on your device; what you type is never uploaded • No ads, no pop-ups; the home screen counts characters, never what they were VOICE AND AI (HARE PRO) • Voice input without leaving the app you are in; speak over a playing video and it keeps going with its sound lowered; connect your own speech recognition server too • Live translation as you type • AI scripts: translate, polish, summarize, reply, plus fix and rewrite templates, or write your own On supported devices, the device's built-in AI model works with no key and keeps text on the device. Or choose a third-party model or translation provider and enter your own key: requests go straight from your device to that provider, never through Hare's servers; phone numbers, ID and card numbers, email addresses and verification codes are hidden before sending and restored on the device. Without it, typing works as always. PRICE Typing, correction, learning, 9-key, Shuangpin, scheme import and text shortcuts are free, for good. Hare Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription: voice input, live translation, AI scripts, every theme, custom colors and background pictures, and sync across devices.

Screenshots

Dexo4 screens
紫毫4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dexo at none against 紫毫's 1. Dexo also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 紫毫's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads 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. 紫毫 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dexo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dexo ships an update every 10 days, 紫毫 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Dexo versus 紫毫: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDexo紫毫
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—22 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB39 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developer紫晴 王辉 王

In-app purchases

None

Dexo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

紫毫

One-time1
  • 紫毫 Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Dexo free?
Dexo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 紫毫 free?
紫毫 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dexo or 紫毫 have ads?
Neither Dexo nor 紫毫 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dexo or 紫毫?
Dexo ships an update every 10 days, and 紫毫 every 4 days. Most recently, Dexo was updated on November 5, 2026 and 紫毫 on November 13, 2026.

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