Comparison

KeySay vs AI Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

KeySay

This voice keyboard converts speech to text entirely on your device, ensuring your dictation is private and never uploaded or stored. It works offline and offers custom vocabulary and smart cleanup features for accurate text input across any app.

Highlights
  • 100% on-device speech recognition
  • Offline dictation capability
  • Dictate into any app
  • Custom vocabulary and word fixes
  • Smart cleanup with Apple Intelligence
  • Full keyboard with autocorrect and emoji search
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Private dictation that never leaves your iPhone. KeySay is a voice keyboard that turns speech into text entirely on your device. Your voice is never uploaded, never stored on a server, and never used to train anyone's AI. There's no account to create and nothing to sign in to. 100% ON-DEVICE • Speech recognition runs locally, using the open-source Whisper speech model. • Dictation works with no internet connection. Try it in Airplane Mode. • No servers, no analytics, no tracking, no ads. We don't collect your data because we never receive it. DICTATE INTO ANY APP Switch to the KeySay keyboard in Messages, Mail, Notes, or anywhere you type. Tap the mic, speak, and your words appear. • Custom vocabulary: teach KeySay names, product terms, and jargon. • Your own fixes: tell KeySay which words it tends to mishear and what you meant. • Smart cleanup: on iPhones with Apple Intelligence, Apple's on-device model fixes misheard words and removes filler words. This runs locally too, never in the cloud. • A full keyboard when you need one: switch between a voice-only layout and a QWERTY keyboard with on-device autocorrect, emoji search, and a trackpad space bar. ABOUT "ALLOW FULL ACCESS" iOS doesn't let keyboards use the microphone, so the KeySay app does the listening and passes your text to the keyboard. That hand-off requires Full Access. When you turn it on, iOS shows the same generic warning it shows for every keyboard. KeySay has no servers to send anything to: your words go from the KeySay app to the KeySay keyboard and nowhere else. PAY ONCE, KEEP FOREVER KeySay is free to use with a daily dictation allowance. One purchase unlocks unlimited dictation forever. No subscriptions. Questions? Visit keysay.app

About

AI Keyboard

Features
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ClearWrite is a custom keyboard that fixes grammar and rewrites your text in any app — Messages, Mail, Notes, Slack, and more. Works in any app Use ClearWrite anywhere you type. No copy-pasting into another app. Fix grammar, instantly Correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar with one tap, without leaving your keyboard. Switch tone in one tap Rewrite text to sound Friendly, Formal, Clearer, Shorter, or Simpler — or build your own custom shortcut. Custom shortcuts Add, name, and reorder your own rewrite styles and instructions so the keyboard matches how you write. Private by design Rewrites run on-device for free, using Apple Intelligence. Nothing leaves your phone. ClearWrite Pro Unlock unlimited custom shortcuts and get early access to Cloud AI rewrites, coming soon. Term of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

KeySay4 screens
AI Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AI Keyboard at every 2 days against KeySay's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. KeySay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AI Keyboard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KeySay ships an update every 3 weeks, AI Keyboard every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
KeySay versus AI Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeySayAI Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermariner computingPham Anh Tuan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

KeySay

One-time1
  • Unlimited Dictation$9.99
2 purchases

AI Keyboard

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Annually$69.991 Year

Questions

Is KeySay free?
KeySay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AI Keyboard free?
AI Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do KeySay or AI Keyboard have ads?
Neither KeySay nor AI Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KeySay or AI Keyboard?
KeySay ships an update every 3 weeks, and AI Keyboard every 2 days. Most recently, KeySay was updated on November 5, 2026 and AI Keyboard on October 31, 2026.

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