Comparison

KeepText vs Snippet Keyboard

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

Head to head
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KeepText

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Anything you type twice belongs in KeepText. Addresses. Bank details. The reply you send five times a week. Prompts, code, links, your kid's allergy list. Save it once — then paste it anywhere, without leaving the app you're in. THE KEEPTEXT KEYBOARD This is the one that changes the day-to-day. Switch to the KeepText keyboard inside Mail, Messages, WhatsApp, Safari, Slack — anywhere you can type. Your snippets are right there, ordered by what you actually use, so the one you want is usually the first one. Tap it and the text lands at your cursor. No app switching. No back-and-forth copy and paste. No losing your place. SAVE IT IN UNDER A SECOND - Share sheet — select text in any app, tap Share, choose KeepText. Done. - Clipboard — copy something, open KeepText, and it offers to save it. One tap to keep, one tap to dismiss. It never reads your clipboard until you say yes. - Type it — one field does both jobs. Search your library, and if nothing matches, that same field creates the snippet on the spot. ONE TAP AWAY, EVERYWHERE ELSE TOO - Widgets — home screen and lock screen. Tap to copy. - Spotlight — swipe down anywhere and search your snippets by name. - Shortcuts and Siri — "Save clipboard to KeepText," or add it to your Action button for one-press capture. SEARCH THAT TELLS YOU THE TRUTH Most apps guess. KeepText matches exactly — the word you typed, or the start of it, and nothing looser. That sounds like a limitation until you use it: when KeepText says nothing matched, it genuinely isn't saved yet, so you can create it right there instead of wondering whether you're about to make a duplicate. TEMPLATES Put {{name}} or {{date}} anywhere in a snippet. When you use it, KeepText asks you for the values and fills them in. Good for the email you send constantly with one line that changes. SYNCS EVERYWHERE. NO ACCOUNT. EVER. Your snippets sync across your devices through your own iCloud account. There is no KeepText account, no sign-up, no password, no server of ours in the middle. Nothing to breach, because there's nowhere for your text to go. The keyboard asks for Full Access because that is the only way iOS lets a keyboard read the snippets stored on your own device. KeepText uses it for exactly that. Nothing is collected, nothing is transmitted, there's no analytics — the app has no account system to send anything to in the first place. You can export everything you've saved to a plain JSON file whenever you like. FREE, THEN ONE SMALL PURCHASE Keep up to 20 snippets free for as long as you want. One small purchase unlocks unlimited snippets, forever. No subscription. No trial that quietly starts charging. No ads. NO FOLDERS You'll notice there's no filing system. That's deliberate. Search and frequency do the organizing, so saving something costs you one tap instead of one decision — which is the whole reason your snippets actually get saved

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Snippet Keyboard

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Snippet Keyboard does exactly one job: it puts your saved phrases one tap away, in every app. Switch to it with the globe key when you need it, tap a bubble, and your full snippet is inserted — greetings, work replies, addresses, emails, anything you type over and over. Then switch right back to your normal keyboard. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT • No typing engine, no autocorrect, no bloat — it's a snippet panel, not a keyboard replacement • Tiny and fast: inserts are instant • Organize snippets into categories with emoji labels • Filter bubbles narrow a category in one tap: A+B needs both, A,B needs either • Multi-line snippets, and long-press any bubble to preview the full text • Undo takes back the last insert; the Clear key wipes what you were typing, and Undo brings it back • Keyboard size: Compact, Standard or Tall • Starter packs: ready-made customer-support replies in English, Chinese, French, Spanish and Vietnamese • Import/export your library as a simple YAML text file — the same file works on iOS and Android • Dark and light mode, iPhone and iPad • Available in 15 languages NEW: POP-UP BUBBLES Press and hold a pop-up bubble, slide to a snippet, let go — it's inserted. Snippets inside a pop-up are hidden from the main keyboard, so even a big library sits behind a few fixed buttons that never move. Filters still work exactly as before. DYNAMIC SNIPPETS Create a snippet from any https:// URL you choose — tapping it fetches and inserts live content (your public IP, a status line, anything your server returns). • Extraction rules pick out just the value you need from a JSON or HTML reply • Add text before and after the reply, so a live value lands inside a full sentence • Optionally send the text you're typing to your URL and replace it with the reply — handy for rewriting or translating a sentence. It's off by default and set per snippet, under Advanced; Undo puts your text back PRIVACY FIRST • No analytics, no tracking, no ads, no accounts • Your snippets stay on your device • The network is used ONLY when you tap a dynamic https:// snippet you created yourself • No typing engine: the keyboard doesn't store what you type, and only sends it for a dynamic snippet you've set to do so • Full Access is optional — it's needed only for dynamic snippets. Static snippets work fully without it PLANS • Free: 20 inserts a day, unlimited snippets • Pro: 100 inserts a day — one-time purchase, no subscription • Unlimited: no daily limit — auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly Bought Pro before these plans existed? You keep unlimited inserts. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The Unlimited subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trinh.uk/snippetkeyboard/privacy/

Screenshots

KeepText4 screens
Snippet Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Snippet Keyboard at daily against KeepText's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. KeepText sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Snippet Keyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KeepText ships an update fortnightly, Snippet Keyboard daily. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
KeepText versus Snippet Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeepTextSnippet Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYeong Bing OngSENPRINTS LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

KeepText

One-time1
  • Unlimited Snippets$2.99
1 purchases

Snippet Keyboard

One-time1
  • Snippet Keyboard Pro$4.99

Questions

Is KeepText free?
KeepText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snippet Keyboard free?
Snippet Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do KeepText or Snippet Keyboard have ads?
Neither KeepText nor Snippet Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KeepText or Snippet Keyboard?
KeepText ships an update fortnightly, and Snippet Keyboard daily. Most recently, KeepText was updated on October 21, 2026 and Snippet Keyboard on October 7, 2026.

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