Comparison

Taphrase vs Snippet Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

Taphrase

Features
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Tired of typing the same emails, answers, and messages over and over? Taphrase turns your frequent replies, customer responses, addresses, and dynamic templates into custom keyboard keys. Switch to Taphrase Keyboard in any app and insert full text blocks with a single tap. CORE FEATURES β€’ One-Tap Insertion: Save phrases, FAQs, links, and long text as custom keyboard buttons. β€’ Board Organization: Switch between Work, Sales, Support, and Personal boards from the keyboard. β€’ Dynamic Templates: Fill in names, dates, amounts, or choices when inserting a message. β€’ Bundled Templates: Start with ready-to-use greetings, meetings, appointments, follow-ups, and price quotes. β€’ Search & Tags: Find snippets by title, content, tags, or aliases. β€’ Sequential Scripts: Step through messaging workflows with quick next/previous navigation. β€’ Clipboard Drawer: Pin frequent clipboard items on your device. β€’ Rich Attachments: Organize images and documents for copy and system sharing. β€’ Text Toolbox: Clean spaces, strip Markdown, change letter cases, reflow paragraphs, and mask phone numbers. β€’ Variable Profiles & Fragments: Reuse profile details and modular text blocks across templates. β€’ Usage Insights & Cleanup: See on-device usage estimates and consolidate duplicate content. PRIVACY & DATA OWNERSHIP Your snippets stay on your device. No account required. Snippets, profiles, and attachments are stored locally in the app and its App Group container. There are no ads, developer servers, or third-party tracking SDKs. Network activity is limited to Apple's StoreKit for purchases and user-initiated system sharing. PRICING The free tier includes up to 2 boards, 12 snippets, 2 attachments, bundled templates, and free export and restore of your own backups. A single Taphrase Lifetime purchase unlocks unlimited boards, snippets, attachments, custom dynamic templates, sequential scripts, and advanced organization. No subscription. Taphrase is a specialized snippet keyboard, not a replacement for your primary keyboard. Switch to Taphrase to insert snippets, then switch back using the Globe key. Restored content remains available to view, use, and export above the free limits; adding new items remains subject to the existing limits. A local recovery copy is saved before merging or replacing content. Unfinished drafts are excluded from complete backups.

About

Snippet Keyboard

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Snippet Keyboard does exactly one job: it puts your saved phrases one tap away, in every app. Switch to it with the globe key when you need it, tap a bubble, and your full snippet is inserted β€” greetings, work replies, addresses, emails, anything you type over and over. Then switch right back to your normal keyboard. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT β€’ No typing engine, no autocorrect, no bloat β€” it's a snippet panel, not a keyboard replacement β€’ Tiny and fast: inserts are instant β€’ Organize snippets into categories with emoji labels β€’ Filter bubbles narrow a category in one tap: A+B needs both, A,B needs either β€’ Multi-line snippets, and long-press any bubble to preview the full text β€’ Undo takes back the last insert; the Clear key wipes what you were typing, and Undo brings it back β€’ Keyboard size: Compact, Standard or Tall β€’ Starter packs: ready-made customer-support replies in English, Chinese, French, Spanish and Vietnamese β€’ Import/export your library as a simple YAML text file β€” the same file works on iOS and Android β€’ Dark and light mode, iPhone and iPad β€’ Available in 15 languages NEW: POP-UP BUBBLES Press and hold a pop-up bubble, slide to a snippet, let go β€” it's inserted. Snippets inside a pop-up are hidden from the main keyboard, so even a big library sits behind a few fixed buttons that never move. Filters still work exactly as before. DYNAMIC SNIPPETS Create a snippet from any https:// URL you choose β€” tapping it fetches and inserts live content (your public IP, a status line, anything your server returns). β€’ Extraction rules pick out just the value you need from a JSON or HTML reply β€’ Add text before and after the reply, so a live value lands inside a full sentence β€’ Optionally send the text you're typing to your URL and replace it with the reply β€” handy for rewriting or translating a sentence. It's off by default and set per snippet, under Advanced; Undo puts your text back PRIVACY FIRST β€’ No analytics, no tracking, no ads, no accounts β€’ Your snippets stay on your device β€’ The network is used ONLY when you tap a dynamic https:// snippet you created yourself β€’ No typing engine: the keyboard doesn't store what you type, and only sends it for a dynamic snippet you've set to do so β€’ Full Access is optional β€” it's needed only for dynamic snippets. Static snippets work fully without it PLANS β€’ Free: 20 inserts a day, unlimited snippets β€’ Pro: 100 inserts a day β€” one-time purchase, no subscription β€’ Unlimited: no daily limit β€” auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly Bought Pro before these plans existed? You keep unlimited inserts. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The Unlimited subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trinh.uk/snippetkeyboard/privacy/

Screenshots

Taphrase4 screens
Snippet Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Snippet Keyboard at daily against Taphrase's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Taphrase sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Snippet Keyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Taphrase ships an update every 2 weeks, Snippet Keyboard daily. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Taphrase versus Snippet Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaphraseSnippet Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperεΎ·ζ—­ 孟SENPRINTS LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Taphrase

One-time1
  • 捷ε₯ζ°ΈδΉ…η‰ˆ$3.99
1 purchases

Snippet Keyboard

One-time1
  • Snippet Keyboard Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Taphrase free?
Taphrase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snippet Keyboard free?
Snippet Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Taphrase or Snippet Keyboard have ads?
Neither Taphrase nor Snippet Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Taphrase or Snippet Keyboard?
Taphrase ships an update every 2 weeks, and Snippet Keyboard daily. Most recently, Taphrase was updated on October 20, 2026 and Snippet Keyboard on October 7, 2026.

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