Comparison

AI Keyboard vs LocalQuill

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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/

About

LocalQuill

Features
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LocalQuill is a private AI that lives on your phone. Chat with it, ask it anything, and let it fix your writing, without sending a single character to a server. Add the LocalQuill keyboard and get one-tap Fix, Rewrite and Translate in any app, in your own voice, powered by the on-device model in your phone. LocalQuill learns how you write, the words you actually use, and keeps that profile inside the keyboard where nothing can read it. The chat is a real assistant: explain, summarize, draft emails, plan, brainstorm, translate, read text out of photos, dictate by voice, and keep a memory of what matters to you. The model runs on the device: no account, no cloud, no tracking, and it works in airplane mode. - One-tap Fix that keeps your voice - Rewrite with a tone dial: casual, formal, shorter - Translate to 27 languages from the keyboard - Click-to-correct spelling chips, never silent autocorrect - No Full Access needed. The keyboard never touches the internet. - Chat with memory, photo text reading, dictation and read-aloud - Everything stored on your phone. Delete it any time. AI features use Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or newer, iOS 26 or later). Spelling correction works on every supported iPhone.

Screenshots

AI Keyboard4 screens
LocalQuill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LocalQuill at none against AI Keyboard's 2. On price, ads, 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

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

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
AI Keyboard versus LocalQuill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI KeyboardLocalQuill
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size95 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPham Anh Tuanilmalabs, LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

AI Keyboard

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

LocalQuill

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AI Keyboard free?
AI Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LocalQuill free?
LocalQuill is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AI Keyboard or LocalQuill have ads?
Neither AI Keyboard nor LocalQuill shows ads.

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