Comparison

Typebell vs Touchward

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

Head to head
About

Typebell

Features
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Turn everyday notes into a writing ritual. Typebell brings the character of a classic typewriter to iPhone and iPad, with mechanical keys, moving typebars and letters that appear as they strike the paper. WRITE WITH CHARACTER Tap the carriage-return paddle or slide it to start the next line. Turn the paper-feed knob, choose a black or red ribbon, and adjust margins and line spacing. Enable automatic line return when you want to keep writing without pausing at the margin. Key sounds are optional. SPACE FOR YOUR WORDS Capture quick ideas, keep a journal, draft a story or write a poem. Switch to Focus for a simple text editor and word count. Create, rename and search notes by title or content. Use portrait or landscape layouts on iPhone and iPad, with support for a physical keyboard. EXPORT AND SHARE Save your writing as PDF, editable DOCX or plain text. Share a document or just the text using the system share sheet. Exports contain readable text rather than a reproduction of the mechanical page or ribbon colors. YOUR NOTEBOOK, ON YOUR DEVICE Notes save locally and writing works offline. No account is required. Typebell does not provide its own cloud sync. Classic keys. Modern notes. Your next page is waiting.

About

Touchward

Features
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Touchward is a sensory reward button. You finish something, you open the app, you tap, and you get a small satisfying buzz and a ripple of light back. That is the whole idea. It is a tiny ritual for closing a task, marking a win, or just giving yourself a moment. Tap it. Or hold it: a timer traces the outline of the button while you press, and when it completes you get a bigger reward. Choose tap only, hold only, or both. Make it yours - Shapes: circle, the icon's wavy ring, squircle, square, hexagon, star, heart, or blob. Every shape glows, and the hold timer follows its outline. - Ripples: each tap sends a ripple out from the button. Pick the ripple's outline, its thickness, how long it lingers before it fades, and how many rings can stack at once. - Reward modes: Original (three standing rings that a wave rolls through), Ripple, Soft, Spark, Deep, Double, and Wave. Each sets the motion and the haptic together. - Colors: a full color picker with a hue wheel, brightness slider, and hex for every aspect of the haptic reward button. - Sounds: Every tap produces a low hum. Full access grants background music to play while you tap tap tap away. The Apple Watch App features your current set configuration to tap and reward on your wrist.

Screenshots

Typebell4 screens
Touchward4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Touchward at Free against Typebell's $2.99. Touchward also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Touchward is free to download; Typebell costs $2.99 up front. Typebell sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year and Touchward sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Typebell ships an update every 5 weeks, Touchward weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Typebell versus Touchward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTypebellTouchward
Price$2.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSensonetHave Another Cherry

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Typebell

Subscriptions1
  • Todo+: 1 year subscription$0.991 Year
One-time2
  • Todo+: 1 Day TrialFree
  • Todo+: Lifetime Access$2.99
1 purchases

Touchward

One-time1
  • Full Access$0.99

Questions

Is Typebell free?
Typebell costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Touchward free?
Touchward is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Typebell or Touchward have ads?
Neither Typebell nor Touchward shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Typebell or Touchward?
Typebell ships an update every 5 weeks, and Touchward weekly. Most recently, Typebell was updated on October 29, 2026 and Touchward on October 24, 2026.

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