Comparison

Themeboard vs xKeyboard

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
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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

xKeyboard

Design your own keyboard with custom layouts, keys, symbols, and Unicode characters. This app allows you to create specialized keyboards for various needs, from mathematical equations to phonetic alphabets, and use them across different text editing applications.

Highlights
  • Custom keyboard layouts
  • Symbol and Unicode integration
  • Specialized keyboards (Math, IPA, Chemistry)
  • Template-based creation
  • Use in text editing apps
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Using xKeyboard, you can create a custom keyboard that includes layout, keys, symbols, and Unicode. The created custom keyboard can be used in text editing software on iPhone and iPad, such as Word, PPT, Excel, notes, and can also be used in text editing boxes. Built-in Keyboards - Unicode Keyboard - ABC Keyboard - ASCII Keyboard - Digits Keyboard : Binary, Integer, Decimal, Octonary, Hexadecimal - Date & Time Keyboard - Color Keyboard - Collection Keyboard : Symbols, Words, Sentences, Images, Colors - IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) Keyboard : IPA English ( DJ, K.K. ) - Subjects: Math, Chemistry, Music Language - Word Keyboards: English, French, German, Spanish ... - Code-Word Keyboards: Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional ... Culture - Astrology Keyboard: 12 zodiac signs, 10 celestial bodies, full set of aspects, elements, moon phases and auxiliary symbols - I Ching Keyboard - Chess Keyboard: Chess notation keyboard, chess symbols - Chinese Chess Keyboard: Chinese chess notation keyboard - Dice Keyboard - Mahjong Keyboard - Playing Cards Keyboard ---------- Custom - Layout: Custom layouts are better suited for specialized input scenarios. - Environment: Different environments have different rules - Certain keyboards can serve as templates, allowing you to build custom keyboards faster and more easily. ---------- Privacy : We DO NOT COLLECT ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU TYPE using this app. xKeyboard does not require network access, and Allow Full Access is not necessary. If users Allow Full Access, the following functions will be enabled: - Copy, Paste, Cut : these functions will call UIPasteboard APIs. ---------- Tips: 1. If the xKeyboard is not visible in Settings > Keyboards, then reboot the device and reinstall 2. If you could not find xKeyboard when tap globe key : Remove xKeyboard in the system settings, re-add it. ---------- Charging method: Most of the features of this software are paid for, but before purchasing, we hope that users can know if the software has the desired features and if it is possible to customize a keyboard that the user wants. Therefore, the software can be downloaded for free and allows users to try creating a keyboard before paying. Terms of Use : https://www.jianshu.com/p/b2a855c32ffe Privacy Policy : https://www.jianshu.com/p/46e225ffbc59

Screenshots

Themeboard4 screens
xKeyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: xKeyboard at 3.2 against Themeboard's 2.5. xKeyboard also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Themeboard's advantage is iOS requirement (9.1 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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 xKeyboard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.29 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

xKeyboard holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 103 and 181 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 40% and 39% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Themeboard ships an update every 3 months, xKeyboard monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Themeboard versus xKeyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThemeboardxKeyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (103 ratings)3.2 (181 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.7% of reviews — better39.2% of reviews
Number of ratings103181 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTaphive GmbH煦 张

Customer experience

Themeboard

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

xKeyboard

All ratings181 ratings
Positive50.3%
Neutral14.9%
Negative34.8%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive39.2%
Neutral20.8%
Negative40.0%

User reviews

Themeboard

From 103 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💎 Beautiful and sleek keyboard themes
  • 👍 Wide variety of free and paid themes
  • 🚀 Responsive and smooth keyboard performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Keyboard lags and bugs
  • 🔑 Requires 'full access' permission which raises privacy concerns
  • 🔠 Limited to English language only

xKeyboard

From 181 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Highly customizable
  • 👍 Versatile for various use cases
  • 🚀 Powerful keyboard creation capabilities
  • 👍 Useful for conlangs and rare scripts
  • 👍 Allows creating custom characters

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Paywall for core functionality
  • 🐛 Crashes when deleting/editing keys
  • 👎 Confusing and unintuitive interface
  • 👎 Lacks documentation and tutorials
  • 👎 Missing basic features like autocorrect

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

xKeyboard

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to delete/edit keys
  • Installed keyboards don't show custom layouts
  • App crashes on certain script/language changes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to export/share custom keyboards
  • Improve keyboard customization workflow
  • Implement swipe typing and autocorrect
  • Add more language/script support
  • Allow creating custom characters/symbols

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
3 purchases

xKeyboard

Subscriptions2
  • VIP - 1 Month$0.291 Month
  • VIP - 1 Year$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • VIP - Lifetime$8.99

Questions

Is Themeboard free?
Themeboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is xKeyboard free?
xKeyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Themeboard or xKeyboard?
xKeyboard is rated higher. Themeboard averages 2.5 out of 5 from 103 ratings, while xKeyboard averages 3.2 from 181 ratings.
Do Themeboard or xKeyboard have ads?
Neither Themeboard nor xKeyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Themeboard or xKeyboard?
Themeboard ships an update every 3 months, and xKeyboard monthly. Most recently, Themeboard was updated on October 11, 2026 and xKeyboard on October 20, 2026.

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