Comparison

Themeboard vs Cool Type Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

Themeboard

Discover and download unique keyboard themes and wallpapers created by world-class designers. Personalize your iOS device with high-quality artwork and enjoy a fully functional keyboard with emojis and autocorrection.

Highlights
  • Curated designer keyboard themes
  • High-quality wallpapers
  • Themeable keyboard
  • Built-in Emoji & Kaomoji
  • Autocorrection and prediction
  • User-defined shortcuts
  • Quick delete functionality
Features
Read full description

Themeboard is the first destination for the world's best theme designers, wallpapers, and keyboard themes. Unlike other "customization" apps, Themeboard enables the best designers and illustrators from all over the world to create quality keyboard themes and wallpapers for iOS. A brand new way for designers to get discovered and for users to personalize iOS with world-class artwork which Themeboard brings to life. Featured by Apple, MacWorld, iMore, AppAdvice and many others. What's Themeboard - A beautifully-simple app where designers make their keyboard themes and wallpapers available to iOS users. Users can browse and download themes, learn more about each designer, and even connect with them via email or social media. - A theme-able keyboard that also supports all the great features iOS users come to expect from Apple's default keyboard including emojis and autocorrection. Themeboard Keyboard's Features: - Designed for all iPhone sizes (4S/5/5S/6/6 Plus) and iPad. - Built-in Emoji + Japanese Kaomoji Keyboard. - Auto-correction/Prediction. - Quick delete with 3 speeds. Accelerates the longer you hold it down. - Double tap a correction/prediction to automatically insert it followed by a period. - Text to Emoji & Kaomoji suggestions. If you type LOL or :D, the laughing emoji will be among the suggestions. - User-defined iOS keyboard shortcuts importing. Themeboard will automatically import your Apple keyboard shortcuts. - Automatic capitalization. - Automatic period upon double space. Can be disabled. - Tapping a special character (,.?!-/) automatically inserts a suggestion/correction followed by the special character. - Caps lock. Automatically turns off when switching to number pad (a la Apple keyboard). - Tap-hold Shift then slide capitalization. Tap-hold shift then slide to a character to capitalize it. - Capitalize character keys with shift button. - Responding to web address field, numbers and email traits.

About

Cool Type Keyboard

Express yourself with custom fonts and themes directly from your keyboard. Personalize your typing experience by matching your keyboard to your outfit or surroundings. Supports all chat and messaging apps on iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Creative font styles
  • Customizable keyboard themes
  • Match theme to photos
  • Supports all messaging apps
  • Over 100 font styles
  • Regular updates
Read full description

Write with style everywhere using your keyboard!!! Dress Up! Change theme to the keyboard by taking a picture! Pair your keyboard with your clothes or with colors that surround you Exclusively for apple iOS devices! Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPods All applications for chat and messaging are supported! If you can type you can use it :) Just activate and select the custom keyboard and start typing (Instructions in app) More than 100 different styles!!! Constantly updated and improved. Write suggestions and recommendations in the review to help us create new styles ϖƦĬŦℨ ϖĬŦℌ ṨŦƳĹℨ! Ⓤⓢⓔ ⓣⓗⓔ ⓡⓘⓖⓗⓣ ⓦⓞⓡⓓⓢ Sǝup ɟnuuʎ ɯǝssɐƃǝs Дↁↁ эмотіоиѕ то Ўоцѓ соммэитѕ

Screenshots

Themeboard4 screens
Cool Type Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cool Type Keyboard at 4.4 against Themeboard's 2.5. Cool Type Keyboard also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 40%). Themeboard's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Themeboard sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Cool Type Keyboard sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cool Type Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 103 and 42 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Themeboard's written reviews are positive against 57% of Cool Type Keyboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Themeboard ships an update every 3 months, Cool Type Keyboard every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Themeboard versus Cool Type Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThemeboardCool Type Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (103 ratings)4.4 (42 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.7% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings103 — better42
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.1 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTaphive GmbHSalvatore Petrazzuolo

Customer experience

Themeboard

All ratings103 ratings
Positive32.0%
Neutral13.6%
Negative54.4%
Written reviews567 reviews
Positive39.7%
Neutral22.0%
Negative38.3%

Cool Type Keyboard

All ratings40 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

Bugs and requests

Themeboard

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Keyboard disappears or stops working in certain apps
  • Cursor jumps to next field when adding contacts
  • Unable to see text when writing reviews in the app
  • Keyboard reverts to default iOS keyboard unexpectedly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for multiple languages (Spanish, German, Turkish, etc.)
  • Improve autocorrect and predictive text functionality
  • Allow customization of keyboard sounds and haptic feedback
  • Option to disable emoji bar and access emojis through the globe button

Cool Type Keyboard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Themeboard

One-time10
  • Black Mak Theme$0.99
  • Color Your Style Theme Pack$0.99
  • Silver Edition Theme$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Space Gray Theme$0.99
  • TACTICOOL$0.99
  • SilverBook Theme$0.99
  • Gold Edition Theme$1.99
  • MAKPAK Theme Pack$1.99
  • Rose Gold Edition$3.99
  • Gold Limited Edition Theme$4.99
4 purchases

Cool Type Keyboard

One-time4
  • Remove advertising$1.99
  • Unlock pro styles$2.99
  • Unlock premium styles$3.99
Show 1 more
  • Unlimited custom themes$3.99

Questions

Is Themeboard free?
Themeboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cool Type Keyboard free?
Cool Type Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Themeboard or Cool Type Keyboard?
Cool Type Keyboard is rated higher. Themeboard averages 2.5 out of 5 from 103 ratings, while Cool Type Keyboard averages 4.4 from 42 ratings.
Do Themeboard or Cool Type Keyboard have ads?
Cool Type Keyboard shows ads; Themeboard does not.
Which is updated more often, Themeboard or Cool Type Keyboard?
Themeboard ships an update every 3 months, and Cool Type Keyboard every 7 months. Most recently, Themeboard was updated on September 28, 2026 and Cool Type Keyboard on June 11, 2026.

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