Comparison

Macro Keyboard Prime vs SweetKeyboard Pro

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

Head to head
About

Macro Keyboard Prime

Features
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Stop copying and pasting. Start automating. Macro Keyboard Prime is the ultimate AI-powered custom keyboard and text expander that lets you paste snippets, autotype phrases, and run Claude AI prompts from any app on your iPhone. Whether you are replying to emails, writing code, or drafting release notes, your ultimate productivity templates are now just one tap away. Assign your favorite shortcuts to emoji keys and watch your mobile workflow move at lightspeed. Why Macro Keyboard Prime? - One-Tap Text Expander: Save your frequently used text, email templates, clipboards, and links as custom snippets. Tap an emoji to autotype them instantly into any text field. - Claude AI Integration: Connect your own Anthropic API key to unlock an advanced AI writer and assistant directly inside your iOS keyboard. - Claude Generate: Type a prompt, tap a key, and watch Claude stream a custom response directly into your active app in real-time. - Claude Transform: Highlight any rough text and instantly polish, summarize, or debug it using custom prompt templates. - Fully Customizable: Effortlessly manage, edit, and drag-to-reorder your macros using a beautiful dark-mode dashboard. Built for Power Users No more switching between apps to fetch templates or prompt an AI assistant. Macro Keyboard Prime puts a powerful prompt mapping engine and phrase template manager directly beneath your fingertips. Privacy-First Design Your data belongs to you. This custom keyboard operates with a secure, zero-logging architecture. Keystrokes are never tracked or stored. Your user-supplied Anthropic API key is securely encrypted inside your device’s native iOS Keychain. Text is transmitted directly to Anthropic only when you explicitly trigger an AI shortcut.

About

SweetKeyboard Pro

Enhance your typing with a familiar QWERTY layout, a permanent number row, and quick access to symbols. This keyboard offers smarter cursor control, context-aware shortcuts, and reusable text snippets for efficient input. It prioritizes privacy with local-first design and no cloud sync.

Highlights
  • Permanent top number row
  • One-page symbol access
  • Dedicated arrow keys and swipe cursor control
  • Context-aware shortcuts
  • Long-press accents and punctuation
  • Save and reuse up to 50 text snippets
  • Local clipboard integration
Features
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SweetKeyboard: Fast, Familiar, and Private Typing SweetKeyboard is a local-first iOS keyboard that keeps numbers, symbols, cursor movement, and reusable clipboard snippets close to the typing flow without forcing users to learn an unfamiliar layout. Built for quick edits, codes, forms, and repeated snippets, it delivers a familiar typing experience with smarter everyday controls. EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN ONE PLACE • Numbers Stay Visible: The familiar English QWERTY letter layout features a permanent top number row from 1 to 0, reducing interruptions while you type codes, dates, and addresses. • Symbols in One Place: Symbols are grouped on one clean page, designed to avoid deep symbol switching. Tap one symbol and return to letters, or lock symbols when you need to type multiple characters or emojis. • Smarter Cursor Control: Move the cursor without fighting the iOS text magnifier using dedicated arrow keys or speed-aware horizontal swiping across the keyboard. • Context-Aware Typing: SweetKeyboard adapts to the field you are typing in. For example, the keyboard shows a contextual @ shortcut in email fields and suppresses unwanted auto-capitalization. • Long-Press Shortcuts: Hold supported keys for common accents and quick punctuation, keeping the main keyboard free of visual clutter. • Fast Typing Stability: Designed for stable everyday typing, even when you move quickly and your fingers overlap. • Forward Delete: Turn on forward delete, then use manual Shift to delete ahead of the cursor. • Save and Reuse Snippets: Access a local clipboard grid inside the keyboard to save up to 50 local text snippets. • Pin Favorites: Pin favorites so important snippets stay at the top of your list for quick, one-tap pasting. • Native Clipboard Integration: Choose how SweetKeyboard handles text copied to the native iPhone Clipboard. You can import, paste, or do both after initiating a user action. • Clear Text Field: Easily clear short fields directly from the compact keyboard toolbar. CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR PREFERENCES Your typing experience should fit your needs. Easily configure settings in the app, including optional haptic feedback for responsive keys, auto-capitalization rules, cursor swipe behaviors, and custom clipboard toolbar options. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT, LOCAL BY DESIGN Privacy is a central product value, not a secondary note. • There are no analytics, no advertising SDKs, no tracking SDKs, and no cloud sync. • SweetKeyboard features no remote text processing or keystroke uploading. A NOTE ON CLIPBOARD FEATURES AND "FULL ACCESS" To enable the optional clipboard features, iOS requires you to grant "Full Access". This simply gives the keyboard the necessary permissions to interact with the phone's native clipboard tools and shared local settings. This does not mean we have access to your data. Because SweetKeyboard is local by design with no cloud sync or remote processing, your typing, snippets, and clipboard history remain completely local to your device and are never compromised. Platform Limitations: Some features depend on what the active app exposes to third-party keyboards. Secure text fields and certain apps may use the system keyboard instead. Clear Text Field works best in short fields and may be limited in long documents.

Screenshots

Macro Keyboard Prime4 screens
SweetKeyboard Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Macro Keyboard Prime at 17.0 against SweetKeyboard Pro's 26.4. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Macro Keyboard Prime versus SweetKeyboard Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacro Keyboard PrimeSweetKeyboard Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReginald ChinthrajahDavid Demri

In-app purchases

None

Macro Keyboard Prime

No in-app purchases

None

SweetKeyboard Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Macro Keyboard Prime free?
Macro Keyboard Prime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SweetKeyboard Pro free?
SweetKeyboard Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Macro Keyboard Prime or SweetKeyboard Pro have ads?
Neither Macro Keyboard Prime nor SweetKeyboard Pro shows ads.

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