Comparison

A Good Custom Keyboard vs Smart Dictation Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

A Good Custom Keyboard

Features
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A Good Keyboard fixes your typos without changing anything behind your back, types your email in one tap and, with the subscription, does math right in the keyboard. NO DATA IS COLLECTED. REALLY. Unlike almost every third-party keyboard, A Good Keyboard works without Full Access. Nobody can see what you type, not even us: nothing you write is sent to us. No tracking. 50+ ANIMATIONS YOU EARN AS YOU TYPE Every key reacts under your finger, with the animation, font and key shape of your choice. The more you type, the more levels you unlock. The first 5 are free. With the subscription, every level becomes reachable. SNAPIQ: YOUR TEXT IN ONE TAP Put your email, your address or a sentence you type often on a SnapIQ key: one tap, and it’s typed. One key is free, all 26 with the subscription. A CALCULATOR IN YOUR KEYBOARD With the subscription, type a calculation or a conversion and the pill suggests the result. With the number row, the #+= key opens a calculator. NUMBERS AND THE COMMA AT YOUR FINGERTIPS With the subscription, on iPhone: a number row above the letters, gray or the color of the letters, and a comma next to the space bar. No more switching pages. A KEYBOARD THAT REMEMBERS YOUR FIXES With the subscription, a typo you keep making is taken care of in one tap: from then on, the keyboard fixes it for you. Manage the list right in the keyboard, and add your own replacements. CORRECTION PILLS THAT NEVER FORCE ANYTHING ON YOU Free for everyone. A typo, a missing apostrophe, two words stuck together because your thumb hit b instead of the space bar: the fix waits for you in a pill. Nothing changes without your OK. KEYS THAT FIT YOUR HAND With the subscription, move the boundaries between keys yourself so they follow your thumb. They come back on their own through iCloud if you reinstall the app. AND ALSO Haptics, the color of the pressed key and the accent panel delay, the way you like them. In an email field, @ and the period sit next to the space bar. A button to lower the keyboard. THE SUBSCRIPTION Without a subscription: basic features, correction pills, the first 5 personalization levels and 1 SnapIQ key. With A Good Keyboard (monthly) or A Good Keyboard (yearly): every level reachable, 26 SnapIQ keys, the calculator, the number row and the comma (iPhone), remembered corrections and manual keyboard adjustment. One-month free trial for first-time subscribers. Family Sharing included. Price and duration are shown in the app before any purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://unbonclavier.com/en/privacy.html

About

Smart Dictation Keyboard

This app converts your speech into text for use in any application. It offers AI-powered polishing, translation, and voice editing. Your dictation is private and not tied to any user profile.

Highlights
  • Live speech-to-text
  • AI text polishing and translation
  • Voice editing of dictated text
  • System-wide integration
  • Supports 28 languages
  • No user accounts or ads
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Smart Dictation Keyboard turns speech into text you can insert in almost any iPhone or iPad app—Messages, Notes, email, and more. Dictate, polish or translate with AI, then voice-edit the draft before it goes into the field. You never create a name, email, or password account. What you say is not tied to a user identity we can profile. If you do not want to expose private emails, messages, notes, or other personal information to a chatbot, you can dictate, rewrite, translate, and edit here—in the app you are already typing in. HOW IT WORKS • Enable Smart Dictation Keyboard in Settings (Full Access required) and turn on Background mic readiness in the app • In any text field, switch to this keyboard with the globe key • Choose your speaking language • Tap Start Dictation, choose reasoning effort or leave at none • Review, tap Edit and speak changes if you want, then insert FEATURES • Speech-to-text with high accuracy for everyday and professional use—medical, legal, business, technical, and general content • 28 languages, including English (US, UK, India), Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, and more • Optional AI polish for clearer, better-formatted text on verbal instructions • Voice Edit: after Transcript or AI, speak revisions (shorten, rephrase, add a greeting, fix a name, text format change) and insert the updated text • Works system-wide where you already type • Copy text from your device and rewrite using ai • Reply to message or tweet using AI - copy the message and then ask AI to respond the way you want - right into the keyboard. • No chatbot account, no conversation history under your name, no ads, and no profile built from what you dictate • We do not store your audio or transcripts on our servers. Speech is processed to produce the text you insert; when that job is done, that content is not kept in a durable archive on our end—only limited subscription and usage records needed to run the service • Store notes locally on device or on iCloud for multi-device access. SUBSCRIPTIONS • Weekly and monthly auto-renewable plans • 1-week free trial for eligible first-time subscribers (subject to Apple’s eligibility rules) • Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID subscription settings • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account; subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period REQUIREMENTS • Microphone permission, internet connection, and Full Access (required for network transcription) Privacy Policy: https://kalpaisolutions.com/products/smart-dictation-keyboard/privacy Support: admin@smartdictationpro.com

Screenshots

A Good Custom Keyboard4 screens
Smart Dictation Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smart Dictation Keyboard at none against A Good Custom Keyboard's 3. A Good Custom Keyboard's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, 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

Both are free to download. A Good Custom Keyboard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Smart Dictation Keyboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A Good Custom Keyboard ships an update every 4 days, Smart Dictation Keyboard every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
A Good Custom Keyboard versus Smart Dictation Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA Good Custom KeyboardSmart Dictation Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB12 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperElliott RobinKalp AI Solutions LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

A Good Custom Keyboard

Subscriptions2
  • A Good Keyboard (monthly)1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • A Good Keyboard (yearly)1 Month trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • All customizations$14.99
None

Smart Dictation Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is A Good Custom Keyboard free?
A Good Custom Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Dictation Keyboard free?
Smart Dictation Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do A Good Custom Keyboard or Smart Dictation Keyboard have ads?
Neither A Good Custom Keyboard nor Smart Dictation Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, A Good Custom Keyboard or Smart Dictation Keyboard?
A Good Custom Keyboard ships an update every 4 days, and Smart Dictation Keyboard every 9 days. Most recently, A Good Custom Keyboard was updated on November 5, 2026 and Smart Dictation Keyboard on October 31, 2026.

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