Comparison

SweetKeyboard Pro vs NumRow

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

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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.

About

NumRow

Features
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Numbers should not be hidden behind another keyboard layout. NumRow gives you a familiar QWERTY keyboard with a permanent 0–9 row above the letters. Enter addresses, verification codes, measurements, dates and everyday details without constantly switching between letters and numbers. FAMILIAR TYPING NumRow is designed around the keyboard layout you already know, with responsive keys, key previews, automatic capitalization, Shift, Caps Lock and hold-to-delete. NUMBERS ALWAYS READY The permanent number row keeps every digit within reach while you type. Standard punctuation, symbols and emoji are also included. MADE FOR EVERYDAY TEXT FIELDS NumRow adapts to normal text, email, URL and numeric fields, with appropriate keys and Return actions for each context. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No Full Access is required. NumRow has no account, analytics, advertising, tracking or network connection. What you type never leaves your device. QUICK SETUP 1. Open the Settings app 2. Tap General 3. Tap Keyboard 4. Tap Keyboards, then Add New Keyboard 5. Choose NumRow Once enabled, hold the globe key whenever a keyboard is visible and choose NumRow.

Screenshots

SweetKeyboard Pro4 screens
NumRow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NumRow 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
SweetKeyboard Pro versus NumRow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweetKeyboard ProNumRow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid DemriHammad Fida

In-app purchases

None

SweetKeyboard Pro

No in-app purchases

None

NumRow

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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