Comparison

Mechanical Key Sound vs DNS+

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

Head to head
About

Mechanical Key Sound

This app offers a customizable typing experience with a variety of mechanical sound packs, visually appealing themes, and haptic feedback. It supports multilingual typing and includes a full emoji picker, enhancing your everyday communication.

Highlights
  • Mechanical sound packs
  • Customizable keyboard themes
  • Haptic feedback
  • Multilingual typing support
  • Full emoji picker
  • Space bar customization
Features
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Key Joy is a custom iOS keyboard with mechanical sound packs, beautiful themes, haptic feedback, multilingual typing, and a full emoji picker. Every keystroke can click, thock, or whisper - with haptics to match. SOUNDS THAT FEEL PHYSICAL Choose from clicky, tactile, linear, ASMR, and typewriter sound packs. Turn sounds and haptics on or off, adjust the volume, and hold a key for a satisfying press preview. BEAUTIFUL KEYBOARD THEMES Switch between dozens of keyboard styles, including matte black, snow, sakura, wood, cyberpunk, navy, and more. Choose Classic chunky keycaps or Soft iOS-style glass keys. TYPE IN YOUR LANGUAGE Enable the languages you use and quickly switch between them directly from the keyboard. Supports: • English • Español • Français • Deutsch • Português • العربية • Русский • Italiano • Bahasa Indonesia • Türkçe Hold a letter and slide to choose accented characters and special variants. CUSTOMIZE YOUR SPACE BAR Make your keyboard yours. Add your name, an emoji, or any custom text to the Space Bar — or use the selected language’s default label. BUILT FOR REAL TYPING Use Key Joy in Messages, Notes, Mail, social apps, and anywhere else you type. • Word suggestions • Full emoji keyboard with recent emojis • Auto-capitalization • Double-tap Space for a period • Double-tap Shift for Caps Lock • Hold Space to move the cursor • Key press previews • Adjustable typing volume • Optional haptic feedback PRIVATE BY DESIGN Nothing you type is stored or sent. Key Joy does not use the network. Full Access is used only to enable features such as sounds and haptics while typing in other apps. EASY TO SET UP Add Key Joy in Settings, enable Full Access, then press and hold the globe key and choose Key Joy. Make typing sound better. Feel better. Look better. Privacy policy: https://digitalhole.github.io/DHPrivacy.html Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DNS+

Configure encrypted DNS settings on your iPhone for enhanced privacy and content filtering. Choose between standard protection for a cleaner browsing experience or family protection to block adult content and enable safe search.

Highlights
  • Encrypted DNS-over-HTTPS configuration
  • System-level DNS settings
  • Standard protection mode
  • Family protection mode
  • Adult content filtering
  • Safe Search enablement
Features
Currently charting
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DNS+ is a simple encrypted DNS configuration utility for iPhone. It lets you configure DNS-over-HTTPS at the system level, so your selected DNS service can be used across supported apps and browsers. Choose between two protection modes: STANDARD PROTECTION Uses encrypted DNS filtering for a cleaner and more private browsing experience. FAMILY PROTECTION Adds filtering for adult-content domains and enables Safe Search where supported. HOW TO USE 1. Choose your preferred protection mode. 2. Set up DNS+. 3. Open iPhone Settings. 4. Go to General > VPN & Device Management > DNS. 5. Select DNS+. You only need to activate DNS+ once. After that, you can switch between Standard and Family protection directly from the app. PRIVACY DNS+ does not require an account and does not inspect or collect your browsing history. DNS requests are handled by the selected DNS provider. DNS+ uses AdGuard Public DNS as its DNS provider. Please note that DNS-based filtering has technical limitations and may not filter all content.

Screenshots

Mechanical Key Sound4 screens
DNS+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mechanical Key Sound at 67% against DNS+'s 0%. Mechanical Key Sound also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.4) and device support (3 vs 1). DNS+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Mechanical Key Sound sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DNS+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mechanical Key Sound holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Mechanical Key Sound's written reviews are positive against 0% of DNS+'s.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Mechanical Key Sound versus DNS+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMechanical Key SoundDNS+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (14 ratings) — better3.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank—#161 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArima JainMoataz AbdElkawy

Customer experience

Mechanical Key Sound

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral15.4%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

DNS+

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mechanical Key Sound

One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$6.99
None

DNS+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mechanical Key Sound free?
Mechanical Key Sound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DNS+ free?
DNS+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mechanical Key Sound or DNS+?
Mechanical Key Sound is rated higher. Mechanical Key Sound averages 4.7 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while DNS+ averages 3.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Mechanical Key Sound or DNS+ have ads?
Mechanical Key Sound shows ads; DNS+ does not.

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