Murmur Keyboard vs PewBoard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Murmur Keyboard
This app converts your voice to text using advanced AI, all processed locally on your device for maximum privacy. It functions as a standalone application or a keyboard extension, allowing seamless dictation across any app without internet connectivity.
- 100% on-device transcription
- Offline functionality
- Custom keyboard for any app
- Smart warm/cold engine
- Dark mode support
- Transcription history
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Murmur turns your voice into text — entirely on your iPhone. No internet, no accounts, no data leaving your device. Powered by WhisperKit, Murmur runs a real speech recognition model locally, so your words stay yours. Use it as a standalone app or switch to the Murmur keyboard in any app — Messages, Notes, Mail, wherever you type. Tap the mic, speak naturally, and your transcription appears instantly. Most voice-to-text apps send your audio to the cloud. Murmur doesn't. It runs WhisperKit directly on your iPhone — no server, no account, no data collection. The new keyboard extension lets you dictate in any app, and v2.2 makes the whole flow feel faster and more polished in both light and dark mode. • 100% on-device transcription • Works offline, no cloud processing • Custom keyboard for dictation in any app • Smart warm/cold engine — fast when ready, clear when loading • Dark mode designed to feel intentional, not just inverted • Copy, share, or search your transcription history Your voice. Your words. Your device.
PewBoard
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PewBoard is the keyboard that makes every message feel deliberate. Open the globe: about 98 language families and 116 input methods—Zhuyin, Cangjie, Stroke, Shuangpin, 9-key, Jyutping, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese Telex, Indic layouts, and more. Real lexicons and real input logic, not flag icons. Then feel the board. Liquid Glass or Race. Tunable brightness, spacing, sound, and haptics. Candidates and follow-ups you control. Suggestion pages you swipe. Accents, flick, Esc—the details that separate “fine” from “I type here on purpose.” When words need power, tap an AI Expert. Grammar, pro tone, shorten, polite, casual, translate, summarize—or continue as story and poetry. One tap acts only on what you select. Presets are the starting line: describe your own expert in a sentence and grow a voice for work, creation, or replies. Typing and word lists stay on your device. Sign in for a free daily AI allowance; unlock more languages when you need them. Full Access only when you want sound, haptics, sync, or AI. PewBoard—built to win at typing, then at writing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PewBoard at 15.0 against Murmur Keyboard's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Murmur Keyboard ships an update every 5 days, PewBoard every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Murmur Keyboard | PewBoard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Wang | Ka chun Fong |
In-app purchases
Murmur Keyboard
No in-app purchases
PewBoard
No in-app purchases









