Comparison

Shiiru vs Uniboard

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

Head to head
About

Shiiru

Easily transfer your Telegram sticker packs to iMessage. Convert static, animated, and video stickers to iMessage-compatible formats. Organize and send stickers directly from a Telegram-style panel within Messages.

Highlights
  • Telegram sticker import
  • iMessage sticker conversion
  • Supports static, animated, and video stickers
  • On-device processing
  • Telegram-style sticker panel
  • Automatic sync for new packs
Features
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WHAT IT DOES • Sign in with your Telegram account, directly from your device. Shiiru talks to Telegram through TDLib, Telegram's official client library, no third-party servers, ever. • Pick any of your installed sticker packs and flip a switch. Shiiru downloads the stickers and converts them into iMessage-ready formats, entirely on your iPhone. • Static, animated, and video stickers are all supported: WebP becomes crisp PNG, animated TGS and video WebM become smooth animated APNG tuned to fit Apple's sticker limits at the highest possible quality. • Open Messages, tap the plus button, choose Shiiru. Your packs appear in a Telegram-style panel with pack tabs. Tap a sticker to send it, or peel it off and drop it onto any message bubble. • Rearrange packs by dragging; the order mirrors into Messages. New packs added to your Telegram account can sync automatically. PRIVACY Everything happens on your device. Shiiru has no servers, no analytics, no trackers, and makes no network connections other than TDLib's own connection to Telegram. Your login session is stored in an encrypted local database and can be ended at any time from Shiiru is open source under the GNU GPL v2. Shiiru is an independent app and is not affy Telegram FZ-LLC.

About

Uniboard

Features
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Find Unicode characters, make the keyboard your own, and write Japanese or Mandarin Chinese using familiar letter keys. Uniboard combines exact character entry, personal symbol pages, font previews and downloadable language resources for iPhone and iPad. YOUR KEYS, YOUR ROWS Edit letter, number and symbol key actions, arrange keys in rows, and align rows left, center, right or with space between keys. Existing configurations keep their saved appearance until edited. The extra number row belongs to the letter section. When all ten digits are available there and the layout fits, the symbol sections combine into one page without discarding saved key choices. LANGUAGE CONVERSION Japanese romaji and Mandarin pinyin dictionaries are optional downloads, not bundled with the keyboard. In Languages, download only what you want, then enable each mode separately. Nothing downloads automatically. Conversion runs on your device. Choose converted text or tap your original spelling to insert it unchanged. While composing, Space confirms without adding a space, and Return confirms without submitting; press again for the normal action. Downloaded languages require Full Access so the keyboard can read language files shared by the app. This is local file access, not online typing. Direct Typing remains available without Full Access. Downloads require an internet connection. YOUR WORDS Add readings and preferred outputs in My Words, or preview and import a dictionary in Uniboard’s documented tab-separated text format. Imported dictionaries stay separate and can be enabled, disabled, exported or removed. Undo the last import without replacing your other dictionaries. Custom output preserves exact Unicode sequences, including emoji and combining accents. BROWSE AND INSPECT Search Unicode names, aliases, blocks or code points. Choose which emoji categories appear in the app and keyboard, including emoji search. Resize emoji in the app, and browse blocks from low to high or high to low code points. Hidden categories don’t remove saved favorites. Inspect the text visible in the keyboard preview: code points, names, normalization forms and UTF-8/UTF-16 values. Move the cursor within the text the typing app exposes. Inspection does not read the whole document, and available context depends on the app. FONTS AND IMAGES Compare font styles by weight and width. Download a single style where available, or a clearly labeled shared file containing several styles. Set preferred fonts for code points, ranges or blocks. These choices affect Uniboard’s rendering, not another app’s fonts. Copy visible preview text as an image with custom colors, transparency and resolution. Images paste as pictures where supported, not editable text. KEEP YOUR SETUP Export and import your configuration, or edit it in the app and validate before applying. Review replacements and resets, and undo the last configuration change. Language preferences and download references can be included, but dictionary and font files aren’t; missing downloads aren’t fetched automatically. Export custom dictionaries separately. Favorites and custom key text may be personal. No account, ads or analytics. Uniboard’s keyboard does not send your typing or custom words to a server. Enable Uniboard in iOS Settings under General > Keyboard > Keyboards. Some fields don’t allow custom keyboards. The interface and Unicode names are English. Font coverage, language resources and host-app behavior vary.

Screenshots

Shiiru3 screens
Uniboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Uniboard at Free against Shiiru's $1.99. On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Uniboard is free to download; Shiiru costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Shiiru versus Uniboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShiiruUniboard
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB49 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJiawei YeKitta Co.

In-app purchases

None

Shiiru

No in-app purchases

None

Uniboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shiiru free?
Shiiru costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Uniboard free?
Uniboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shiiru or Uniboard have ads?
Neither Shiiru nor Uniboard shows ads.

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