Comparison

ARC Type Keyboard vs Quick Kibo

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

Head to head
About

ARC Type Keyboard

Experience a faster, simpler typing method with a unique six-key layout. This keyboard offers on-device word predictions, auto-punctuation, and multiple language support. Customize its appearance and enjoy a privacy-focused design.

Highlights
  • Six-key ARC typing layout
  • ABC grid mode
  • Numbers and symbols view with calculator
  • On-device word predictions
  • Auto punctuation
  • Multiple language support
  • Customizable appearance
Features
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ARC Type is a fast, private productivity keyboard designed to make everyday typing feel effortless. Built around on-device intelligence, ARC Type helps you write faster with smart word prediction, automatic punctuation, multilingual typing and useful productivity tools — all inside a clean, simple keyboard. POWERED BY NANOLM ARC Type uses NanoLM, our lightweight language prediction system designed specifically for fast on-device typing. Instead of relying on cloud processing, NanoLM analyzes language locally to surface words that naturally fit what you're writing. FAST ON-DEVICE WORD PREDICTION Get useful suggestions as you type without interrupting your flow. ARC Type is designed to anticipate the words that naturally come next, helping you finish sentences with fewer keystrokes. ULTRA PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your keyboard should be one of the most private parts of your phone. ARC Type is built around on-device processing, keeping its core typing intelligence local rather than sending your writing to a remote AI service. MULTILINGUAL TYPING Write naturally across: • English • Spanish • French • German • Italian ARC Type can adapt as you type, making multilingual conversations faster and easier. AUTOMATIC PUNCTUATION Spend less time switching between keyboard layouts. ARC Type helps insert punctuation naturally so you can stay focused on what you're writing. A KEYBOARD THAT FITS YOU Adjust the keyboard to better fit your hands and the way you type. Whether you're typing with one hand or two, ARC Type is designed to make reaching every key more comfortable. BUILT-IN CALCULATOR Access a powerful calculator directly from your keyboard without constantly switching apps. Perfect for quick calculations while messaging, working, shopping or taking notes. ULTIMATE PRODUCTIVITY TOOL ARC Type brings prediction, multilingual typing, punctuation, customization and useful tools together in one simple keyboard. No clutter. No distractions. Just a faster way to type. ARC Type is currently free for a limited time.

About

Quick Kibo

Personalize your typing experience with customizable themes, keycaps, and mechanical sound effects. Enhance your typing with intelligent suggestions and multilingual support. Enjoy a visually and audibly unique keyboard.

Highlights
  • Customizable themes and keycaps
  • Mechanical and melodic key sounds
  • Reactive RGB backlight
  • Intelligent typing suggestions
  • Multilingual support
  • Saved phrases and fancy text styles
Features
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Quick Keys turns the plain iOS keyboard into something that is actually yours: real mechanical key sounds, RGB backlight that reacts to your fingers, themes for every mood, and typing help that gets out of your way. THEMES THAT FOLLOW YOU EVERYWHERE Pick a skin and it comes with you into every app - messages, notes, search, all of it. Minimal light keyboards done properly. Deep darks. Soft cute pastels. Glowing neon. Gradients that shift across the keys. Loud, colorful pop. Turn on Shuffle and it is a different keyboard every time you open it. KEY CAPS YOU DESIGN YOURSELF Most keyboards let you change the background. Quick Keys lets you change the keys. Pick a letterform - serif, mono, rounded, outlined, enclosed. Pick how the letters are inked - solid, outlined, shadowed, or a gradient running across the board. Then colour the caps themselves: the vowels, the home row, WASD, the function keys, or every key in a rainbow, in the color you choose. MECHANICAL AND MELODIC KEY SOUNDS Blue switches with the sharp click. Reds with the smooth press. Browns with the tactile bump. Deep thock. A real typewriter. A piano laid out across the keys, so typing left to right rises in pitch. Set the volume to taste, or turn it off entirely. RGB BACKLIGHT Light that answers your fingers: a glow under each press, a ripple that spreads, a trail that follows you across the keys, confetti, fire, rain, aurora. Or a calm breathing pulse. All drawn on the keyboard itself, all tunable. TYPING THAT ACTUALLY HELPS Word suggestions and corrections built on measured frequency, so the word you meant comes first and real typos get fixed. Next-word prediction that reads the sentence you are writing. Chinese pinyin with phrase and whole-sentence conversion, initial-only shorthand, and fuzzy spellings. Japanese kana to kanji. Korean Hangul assembly. Layouts for the languages people actually type in, and the globe key switches between the ones you turn on. EVERYTHING ELSE - Emoji, kaomoji and fancy text styles, latched so everything you type is transformed - Saved phrases you can paste in any app, and secure entries behind Face ID - Slide the space bar to move the cursor, press and hold for accents - A number row if you want one, and a punctuation set that matches your language - Insert the date, the time, or where you are, without leaving what you are writing - Your own photo as the keyboard background, with the keys tuned to let it through PRIVACY Quick Keys has no servers, no accounts and no analytics. Nothing you type is collected, logged or transmitted - with Full Access on or off. Full Access is off by default and optional; it is used only for the clipboard buttons and the location key. Location is read only when you press that key and goes straight into your own text. Free to type in, forever. Pro is optional - subscribe weekly or yearly, or pay once and keep it forever. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ARC Type Keyboard4 screens
Quick Kibo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Quick Kibo at 5.0 against ARC Type Keyboard's 4.6. ARC Type Keyboard's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Kibo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ARC Type Keyboard has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ARC Type Keyboard ships an update every 2 days, Quick Kibo weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ARC Type Keyboard versus Quick Kibo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARC Type KeyboardQuick Kibo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB275 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperARC Galaxia LLCWeiyanda (Shanghai) Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

ARC Type Keyboard

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Quick Kibo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ARC Type Keyboard

No in-app purchases

None

Quick Kibo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ARC Type Keyboard free?
ARC Type Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quick Kibo free?
Quick Kibo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ARC Type Keyboard or Quick Kibo?
Quick Kibo is rated higher. ARC Type Keyboard averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Quick Kibo averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ARC Type Keyboard or Quick Kibo have ads?
Neither ARC Type Keyboard nor Quick Kibo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ARC Type Keyboard or Quick Kibo?
ARC Type Keyboard ships an update every 2 days, and Quick Kibo weekly. Most recently, ARC Type Keyboard was updated on October 24, 2026 and Quick Kibo on October 21, 2026.

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