Comparison

Alpha Translit Keyboard vs Thype

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

Head to head
About

Alpha Translit Keyboard

Features
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Alpha Translit is a keyboard app for typing a wide range of Latin letters and phonetic symbols. Enter accented Latin letters like “Á” and phonetic symbols like “ə” with ease. Alpha Translit is especially useful for romanizing languages written in non-Latin scripts, including Chinese and Arabic. Use it for vocabulary lists, learning materials, language notes, academic writing, and more. Main features: - Add accents and other marks after typing letters, so you can combine them freely across languages and writing systems - Find characters easily with a layout close to a standard keyboard - Check the Key Reference when you cannot find a character - Tell visually similar characters apart with a banner that shows details about the character you entered

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Thype

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Thype is a Thai keyboard for anyone who knows how Thai sounds but does not want to hunt for keys on the Kedmanee layout. Type Thai the way it sounds, in Roman letters, and Thype writes it in Thai script as you go. Type "sawatdee" and you get āļŠāļ§āļąāļŠāļ”āļĩ. Type "kin kao" and you get āļāļīāļ™āļ‚āđ‰āļēāļ§. HOW IT WORKS Type a word phonetically and press space. Thype shows the Thai readings it thinks you meant, best guess first, and you keep typing. Tap a different candidate whenever the first one is not the word you wanted. Press return to commit the sentence. Because Thype reads the whole sentence rather than one word at a time, a word you type now can correct a word you typed three words ago - while everything is still editable, before any of it is committed. BUILT FOR HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY SPELL There is no single correct way to write Thai in Roman letters, so Thype accepts the ways people really type. Formal and everyday informal spellings all work: "jai" and "chai", "phuket" and "puket", "gai" and "kai". Misspell something and a fuzzy match usually still finds the word. FEATURES - Whole-sentence conversion that revises earlier words as you type - Candidates ranked by frequency, by context, and by what you personally pick - English to Thai suggestions: type an English word and take the Thai one instead - Your own dictionary - add any Roman-to-Thai spelling, including names - The standard Thai (Kedmanee) layout, one tap away, for when you want to type Thai directly - Commit anything exactly as typed, so unusual words and names are never in your way - Light and dark appearance, matching the native feeling of system keyboard COMPLETELY OFFLINE Thype contains no networking call at all. The dictionary, the English-Thai glossary and the language model are bundled inside the app and run on your device. It works in Airplane Mode exactly as it does otherwise. That also means there is nothing to collect. No accounts, no analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising, no tracking. The words you pick and the words you add stay on your device, they can be cleared from the Thype app whenever you like, and they go away when you delete the app. Full Access is optional. Granting it lets the keyboard and the app share one personal dictionary. Leave it off and the keyboard works exactly the same, minus that sharing. REQUIREMENTS iPhone running iOS 16 or later. iPad running iPadOS 16 or later.

Screenshots

Alpha Translit Keyboard4 screens
Thype4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thype at none against Alpha Translit Keyboard's 2. Thype also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads 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. Alpha Translit Keyboard sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Thype asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alpha Translit Keyboard ships an update every 5 weeks, Thype every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Alpha Translit Keyboard versus Thype: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlpha Translit KeyboardThype
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB136 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAkira MiyazawaNawat Suangburanakul

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Alpha Translit Keyboard

One-time2
  • Support$2.99
  • Support+$9.99
None

Thype

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alpha Translit Keyboard free?
Alpha Translit Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thype free?
Thype is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Alpha Translit Keyboard or Thype have ads?
Neither Alpha Translit Keyboard nor Thype shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Alpha Translit Keyboard or Thype?
Alpha Translit Keyboard ships an update every 5 weeks, and Thype every 2 days. Most recently, Alpha Translit Keyboard was updated on October 25, 2026 and Thype on October 14, 2026.

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