Comparison

AI Keyboard vs Utterclip

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

Head to head
About

AI Keyboard

Features
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ClearWrite is a custom keyboard that fixes grammar and rewrites your text in any app — Messages, Mail, Notes, Slack, and more. Works in any app Use ClearWrite anywhere you type. No copy-pasting into another app. Fix grammar, instantly Correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar with one tap, without leaving your keyboard. Switch tone in one tap Rewrite text to sound Friendly, Formal, Clearer, Shorter, or Simpler — or build your own custom shortcut. Custom shortcuts Add, name, and reorder your own rewrite styles and instructions so the keyboard matches how you write. Private by design Rewrites run on-device for free, using Apple Intelligence. Nothing leaves your phone. ClearWrite Pro Unlock unlimited custom shortcuts and get early access to Cloud AI rewrites, coming soon. Term of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Utterclip

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Typing on a phone is slow. Talking is fast. But what comes out of dictation isn't what you'd send: filler words, no punctuation, the shape of speech instead of the shape of a message. Utterclip closes that gap in one tap. Tap the mic, say what you mean, tap again — or just stop talking, it notices. Your words are transcribed right on your iPhone and land on the clipboard instantly. Then they're rewritten in the style you pick and copied again: a Slack message to your team, a WhatsApp reply to a friend, an email, a structured prompt for an AI assistant, or simply auto-corrected. Switch apps, paste, done. DICTATION • Transcription runs on your iPhone with OpenAI's Whisper model. Audio never leaves the device. • The raw transcript is on your clipboard before any rewrite starts. • Hands-free: five seconds of silence ends the recording. • Continue dictating to append to what you just said. • Language is detected automatically; English and German are the tested ones. REWRITING • Five built-in styles: Plain, Slack, WhatsApp, Prompt, Email. • Edit any prompt, rename or delete the defaults, add your own — up to seven. • Pick the one-tap default; re-run with another style any time. • The app rewrites. It never answers. A question stays a question. • Same language in, same language out. TWO ENGINES, YOUR CHOICE • On device: Apple Intelligence (iOS 26, supported iPhones). No key, nothing leaves the phone. • Cloud: paste one API key from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini or Groq. The provider is detected from the key. Fast, inexpensive models; you pay the provider cents per month for short messages. PRIVACY BY DESIGN • No account, no analytics, no tracking, no server of ours. • With the cloud engine, emails, phone numbers, links and addresses are swapped for placeholders before the text is sent and restored in the result. • Your API key lives in the Keychain and goes only to its provider. • History stays on your phone. Clear it any time. EVERYTHING ELSE • History with one-tap restore. • Editor for quick fixes; saving re-copies. • Markdown or plain-text copy mode. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus a Control Center / Action button control that opens straight into a recording. • Minimal, monochrome, native. Liquid Glass on iOS 26. Utterclip is free and open source (MIT). The code is public — every privacy claim can be checked. The speech model (about 220 MB) downloads once on first launch; Wi-Fi recommended. Rewrites need either an iPhone with Apple Intelligence or your own API key. Without either you still get the raw transcript on your clipboard after every recording. Utterclip is not affiliated with Slack, WhatsApp, Apple, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or Groq.

Screenshots

AI Keyboard4 screens
Utterclip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Utterclip at none against AI Keyboard's 2. AI Keyboard's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. AI Keyboard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Utterclip asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AI Keyboard ships an update every 2 days, Utterclip every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
AI Keyboard versus Utterclip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI KeyboardUtterclip
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPham Anh TuanRalf Chille

In-app purchases

2 purchases

AI Keyboard

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Annually$69.991 Year
None

Utterclip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AI Keyboard free?
AI Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Utterclip free?
Utterclip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AI Keyboard or Utterclip have ads?
Neither AI Keyboard nor Utterclip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AI Keyboard or Utterclip?
AI Keyboard ships an update every 2 days, and Utterclip every 10 days. Most recently, AI Keyboard was updated on October 14, 2026 and Utterclip on October 15, 2026.

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