Comparison

KeyKit Latin vs IPA Typing Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

KeyKit Latin

This app offers a suite of 9 versatile keyboards for iOS, supporting 24 Latin-based languages and featuring intuitive gesture controls for faster typing. It also includes a built-in calculator and customizable themes.

Highlights
  • 9 versatile keyboards
  • Supports 24 Latin-based languages
  • Intuitive gesture typing
  • Built-in mathematical calculator
  • Multiple themes and layouts
  • Opt-in autocorrect for 11 languages
Features
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KeyKit Latin is a set of 9 elegant, versatile, and powerful keyboards for iOS. Write in 24 Latin-based languages without switching keyboards. Use gestures to type faster and navigate text. Calculate mathematical expressions with a single tap. Choose between several themes per layout. Features: - 9 keyboards, 3 themes (Futuristic, Dark, Light), 3 layouts (QWERTY, KALQ for fast typing, French). - In addition to English, glyphs from 24 Latin-based languages: Croatian, Czech, Danish, Belgian, Dutch, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish. - Intuitive gestures: swipe right to insert a space, swipe left to delete, swipe down to SHIFT, swipe up on a key for extended glyphs, swipe right with 2 fingers for a period, swipe left with 2 fingers to delete a word, swipe down with 2 fingers for a new line, pan to move the cursor without covering the text. - Powerful special functions: insert date and time, change the writing direction, calculate mathematical expressions. - Unobtrusive opt-in autocorrect, with support for 11 languages: Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish. - Different sound effects for feedback while typing fast. - Written entirely in Apple’s new Swift language, designed for speed and efficiency. - Keyboards work in all iOS 8 apps.

About

IPA Typing Keyboard

Type International Phonetic Alphabet symbols directly on your iOS device. This keyboard offers offline functionality and a built-in reference for easy symbol lookup. Designed for privacy, it ensures your typed text never leaves your device.

Highlights
  • Type IPA symbols anywhere on iOS
  • Long-press for symbol variants
  • Fully offline functionality
  • Built-in symbol reference
  • Designed for privacy
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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Promotional Text (170 char limit — paste verbatim): Type IPA phonetic symbols anywhere on iOS. Long-press dotted letters for variants. Fully offline — no accounts, no data collected. Description (4000 char limit — paste verbatim, including line breaks): IPA Typing Keyboard is an iOS keyboard for typing International Phonetic Alphabet symbols, built for linguistics students, phoneticians, language learners, and anyone who needs IPA symbols in daily work. HOW IT WORKS Install the app, add IPA Typing Keyboard in Settings, then switch to it with the globe key in any app. Tap letters normally for a–z. Long-press any of the dotted letters (a, e, i, o, u, t, s, d, c, n, z) to pick an IPA variant — the same gesture you already know from the built-in iOS é/è popover. DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY • No typed text ever leaves your device. We cannot read what you write. IPA SYMBOL REFERENCE The built-in Reference tab shows every supported symbol with its base letter, name, and a tap-to-copy button — handy for research papers, transcription exercises, or language notes. DEVICE SUPPORT iPhone and iPad, iOS 16 or later. Adaptive SwiftUI layout for every size from iPhone SE to iPad 12.9". NOT INCLUDED (intentionally) No autocorrect, no predictive text, no telemetry, no cloud sync. The keyboard produces what you press — nothing more.

Screenshots

KeyKit Latin4 screens
IPA Typing Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: IPA Typing Keyboard at daily against KeyKit Latin's every 2 months. IPA Typing Keyboard also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7). KeyKit Latin's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IPA Typing Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KeyKit Latin has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KeyKit Latin ships an update every 2 months, IPA Typing Keyboard daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
KeyKit Latin versus IPA Typing Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeyKit LatinIPA Typing Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVatche SahakianMinh Phan

In-app purchases

None

KeyKit Latin

No in-app purchases

None

IPA Typing Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KeyKit Latin free?
KeyKit Latin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IPA Typing Keyboard free?
IPA Typing Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KeyKit Latin or IPA Typing Keyboard?
IPA Typing Keyboard is rated higher. KeyKit Latin averages 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while IPA Typing Keyboard averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do KeyKit Latin or IPA Typing Keyboard have ads?
Neither KeyKit Latin nor IPA Typing Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KeyKit Latin or IPA Typing Keyboard?
KeyKit Latin ships an update every 2 months, and IPA Typing Keyboard daily. Most recently, KeyKit Latin was updated on November 1, 2026 and IPA Typing Keyboard on October 31, 2026.

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