Comparison

KeyKit Latin vs MessagEase 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

MessagEase Keyboard

An innovative, non-QWERTY keyboard designed for touchscreens based on scientific research. It features large keys with optimized letter placement for faster, more accurate typing. Learning games and customization options are included.

Highlights
  • Non-QWERTY keyboard layout
  • Optimized letter assignment
  • Tap and drag input
  • Learning games included
  • Customizable keyboard size, shape, and color
  • Supports multiple languages
Features
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MessagEase is an alternative, non-QWERTY keyboard for your iPhone and iPad. Created based on years of scientific research in user interface, MessagEase is designed and optimized for use on a touchscreen device. MessagEase is a patented, innovative design different from the antiquated QWERTY keyboard. If you believe that every keyboard must be QWERTY-like, then MessagEase is not what you are looking for. But if you are open to new ideas and up for experiencing a completely new way of writing you will be pleasantly surprised at how well, how precisely, and how fast you can enter text with MessagEase. Our current champion’s speed is 87 WPM— that's 87 Words Per Minute! Most people don't type nearly that fast with ten fingers! MessagEase essentially has 9 large keys with an optimized letter assignment to maximize your speed, increase your accuracy, and ease your writing. Since MessagEase is very different, you must spend a few minutes to get used to it. We have included several learning games to help you learn the new, innovative pattern of MessagEase—and you’ll save hours by texting and writing faster. With MessagEase you enter letters and characters with either a tap, or a drag (slide): taps for the most common characters and directional drag for the rest. Please watch the video, or see the section Essential MessagEase, to learn more. MessagEase's design is based on sound user-interface principles such as the Fitts' Law; it uses letter frequency and di-gram data to optimally place the characters on a keyboard with fewer, larger keys. That’s why the letter positions are non-QWERTY! If you are interested to learn more about the scientific details behind the design of MessagEase, please see this paper: http://www.exideas.com/ME/ICMI2003Paper.pdf We have lots of videos to help you become familiar with MessagEase quickly. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3D3f3GWTSg There are many more on our YouTube channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/messagease Please also note that you can change the keyboard size by dragging up or down on the Globe Button. You can also reshape and recolor the keyboard in various ways. See Settings for details. MessagEase for iPhone & iPad has specific keyboards designed for the following languages: (These keyboards can also be used to enter text for many other languages) - English - Arabic - Azerbaiani - Danish - Dutch - Esperanto - Finnish - French - German - Greek - Hebrew - Hungarian - Japanese Hiragana - Japanese Katakana - Italian - Norwegian - Polish - Portuguese - Russian - Spanish - Swedish - Turkish - Urdu If you like MessagEase, please tell others about it, and please make sure to rate and comment about it on App Store. Please email us if you encounter any issue. Thank you!

Screenshots

KeyKit Latin4 screens
MessagEase Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: KeyKit Latin at free against MessagEase Keyboard's paid. KeyKit Latin also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). MessagEase Keyboard's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 40%) and rating (4.0 vs 3.7). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MessagEase Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MessagEase Keyboard has 97 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of KeyKit Latin's written reviews are positive against 70% of MessagEase Keyboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KeyKit Latin ships an update every 2 months, MessagEase Keyboard monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
KeyKit Latin versus MessagEase Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeyKit LatinMessagEase Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings)4.0 (97 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews70.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings697 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB11 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperVatche SahakianExideas

Customer experience

KeyKit Latin

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%

MessagEase Keyboard

All ratings97 ratings
Positive71.1%
Neutral12.4%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews127 reviews
Positive70.1%
Neutral11.0%
Negative18.9%

Bugs and requests

KeyKit Latin

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

MessagEase Keyboard

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Keyboard expands to full screen and cannot be resized
  • Keyboard fails to appear in Apple apps (Notes, Safari, Skype)
  • Swipe gestures registered as clicks
  • Keyboard crashes on iOS 26.x and iOS 16.x versions
  • Settings reset or don't persist between sessions
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  • Double keyboard instances displaying simultaneously
  • Letters not visible after iOS updates
  • Keyboard stuck in maximized state after reinstall
  • Capitalization mode gets stuck (all caps)
  • Keyboard display corrupted or garbled on iPad
  • Unresponsive input after certain iOS updates
  • Keyboard overlays text field, obstructing view

Requested features

11 requests
  • Word prediction and autocorrect
  • Resizable keyboard with size locking option
  • Copy/paste/select-all gesture shortcuts (like Android version)
  • Voice dictation support
  • Better cursor navigation controls
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  • Customizable keyboard layout (JSON-based)
  • Emoji integration into keyboard
  • Text replacement library support
  • Macro functionality
  • Trackpad mode for cursor control
  • Open-source the application for community maintenance

In-app purchases

None

KeyKit Latin

No in-app purchases

None

MessagEase Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KeyKit Latin free?
KeyKit Latin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MessagEase Keyboard free?
MessagEase Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KeyKit Latin or MessagEase Keyboard?
MessagEase Keyboard is rated higher. KeyKit Latin averages 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while MessagEase Keyboard averages 4.0 from 97 ratings.
Do KeyKit Latin or MessagEase Keyboard have ads?
Neither KeyKit Latin nor MessagEase Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KeyKit Latin or MessagEase Keyboard?
KeyKit Latin ships an update every 2 months, and MessagEase Keyboard monthly. Most recently, KeyKit Latin was updated on November 1, 2026 and MessagEase Keyboard on October 29, 2026.

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