Comparison

T9 Keyboard vs Pity

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

Head to head
About

T9 Keyboard

Features
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T9 Keyboard brings classic phone keypad typing back to iPhone and iPad. Type with a familiar 12-key layout inspired by old-school mobile phones. Tap 2 for A, B, C, tap 3 for D, E, F, and keep cycling through letters and numbers just like classic multi-tap texting. Built as a real iOS keyboard extension, T9 Keyboard works in most text fields across your device once enabled in Settings. It includes a bold retro keypad design, strong haptic feedback, delete, return, shift, space, punctuation, and the globe key for switching keyboards. The app also includes a 30-second T9 typing challenge so you can test your speed and see how fast your thumbs still are. Features: - Classic 12-key phone keypad layout - Multi-tap letter cycling - Numbers, punctuation, space, shift, delete, and return - Strong haptic feedback - Works as an iOS custom keyboard - Built-in T9 typing speed challenge - No full keyboard access required Perfect for anyone who misses classic texting, wants a retro keyboard, or just wants a fun alternative way to type on iPhone or iPad.

About

Pity

Track your gacha game pulls from multiple titles using screenshots processed on your device. Review your history, monitor pity counters, and estimate resources. Offers free basic tracking with optional lifetime unlocks for advanced features across all supported games.

Highlights
  • Screenshot import for pull history
  • On-device image processing
  • Per-banner pity counters
  • Soft-pity highlighting
  • Resource calculator
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Track Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Wuthering Waves, Zenless Zone Zero, and Honkai Impact 3rd pulls in one private iPhone app. Pity imports your wish or convene history from screenshots, processes the images on device with Apple's Vision framework, and lets you review every detected pull before saving. No PC is required for screenshot import, no game account login is used, and screenshots are never uploaded. Pity gives you per-banner pity counters, soft-pity highlighting, last 5 star status with won or lost 50:50, manual entry, a resource calculator, Home and Lock Screen widgets, Dynamic Island Live Activity, and Apple Watch support. Free users can track one game, keep 50 wishes of history, import screenshots, and add pulls manually. Pro Single Game is a lifetime unlock for unlimited history, notifications, and spend tracking for one game. Pro All Games is a lifetime unlock for all supported games, the cross-game dashboard, and luck percentile. There are no subscriptions and no trials. Pity is a statistics tracker for pulls you already made. It does not enable, simulate, facilitate, or encourage spending, and optional spend figures are estimates controlled by the user. Pity is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by HoYoverse, miHoYo, COGNOSPHERE, or KURO GAMES. All game names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.

Screenshots

T9 Keyboard3 screens
Pity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pity at Free against T9 Keyboard's $1.99. T9 Keyboard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). 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

Pity is free to download; T9 Keyboard costs $1.99 up front. Pity sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. T9 Keyboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

T9 Keyboard ships an update daily, Pity every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
T9 Keyboard versus Pity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterT9 KeyboardPity
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVillegas Ventures LLCPavel Korkodinov

In-app purchases

None

T9 Keyboard

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pity

One-time2
  • Pity Pro Single Game$4.99
  • Pity Pro All Games$14.99

Questions

Is T9 Keyboard free?
T9 Keyboard costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pity free?
Pity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do T9 Keyboard or Pity have ads?
Neither T9 Keyboard nor Pity shows ads.
Which is updated more often, T9 Keyboard or Pity?
T9 Keyboard ships an update daily, and Pity every 4 days. Most recently, T9 Keyboard was updated on October 25, 2026 and Pity on October 31, 2026.

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