Comparison

Type Nine vs Ditto Pasteboard

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

Head to head
About

Type Nine

This keyboard app offers a unique swiping experience on a keypad layout for faster typing. It supports multiple languages simultaneously, learns your vocabulary, and includes advanced features like precise deletion and cursor control.

Highlights
  • Swiping on keypad layout
  • Automatic multi-language detection
  • Word learning and prediction
  • Advanced backspace and cursor control
  • Customizable themes
  • Emoji access
Features
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Type Nine brings classic T9-style typing to your iPhone with a retro phone keyboard built for fast, private, one-handed texting. Remember when texting felt simple? Type Nine reimagines the old-school phone keypad for modern iPhone users — combining the familiar 3x4 T9 keyboard layout with smart predictions, swipe gestures, personalization, themes, and privacy-first design. Whether you miss classic phone texting, want a simpler iPhone keyboard, prefer one-handed typing, or just want something different from the standard touchscreen keyboard, Type Nine gives you a clean, fast, nostalgic way to type. WHY PEOPLE LOVE TYPE NINE • Classic T9-style keyboard layout Type with a familiar phone keypad inspired by the keyboards many of us grew up with. • Fast one-handed typing The compact keypad layout makes it easy to text with one hand, whether you are walking, commuting, holding coffee, or multitasking. • Smart word predictions Type Nine suggests words as you type, helping you write faster with fewer taps. • Automatic language detection Type Nine can suggest words from multiple languages at the same time, so you do not need to constantly switch keyboards while typing. • Swipe typing with a keypad Type Nine combines a classic keypad layout with swipe-style movement for a modern typing experience. • Personal word learning When you manually type a word that is not in the dictionary, Type Nine can remember it and adapt to the words you use most. • Private by design Type Nine does not collect your personal data. Your typing stays yours. • VoiceOver support Type Nine was built with accessibility in mind and can be a helpful alternative keyboard for VoiceOver users. • Custom themes and colors Personalize your keyboard with different visual styles and make your iPhone feel more like your own. • Emojis, cursor movement, deletion, and more Type Nine includes the everyday keyboard tools you expect, rebuilt around a simple keypad experience. A RETRO KEYBOARD FOR MODERN TEXTING Type Nine is more than a nostalgia app. It is a practical alternative iPhone keyboard for people who want a faster, simpler, more personal way to text. Use Type Nine for: • Text messages • iMessage • WhatsApp • Telegram • Notes • Email • Social apps • Everyday typing across your iPhone OLD-SCHOOL FEEL. NEW-SCHOOL EASE. Type Nine gives you the feeling of classic phone texting with the flexibility of a modern iPhone keyboard. It is ideal for people who: • Miss old phone keyboards • Want a retro keyboard for iPhone • Prefer T9-style typing • Like one-handed texting • Want a simpler keyboard layout • Care about privacy • Want a keyboard that feels different • Use multiple languages • Want customizable themes • Prefer a keypad over a full QWERTY layout TEXT LIKE IT’S FUN AGAIN Typing on a phone used to feel simple, fast, and satisfying. Type Nine brings that feeling back — with a modern keyboard experience designed for today’s iPhone. Download Type Nine and bring back the classic T9 keyboard experience. BASIC IS BACK

About

Ditto Pasteboard

Features
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What it does: Ditto simplifies transferring and saving your copied items across all your Apple devices to one list on your phone, you can also edit texts that can not be modified on their original page in the app. Stay organized: Every time you copy a word, link, or text on your MacBook, iPad, or iPhone, it is seamlessly registered in the app. Whether you want to make sure that you didn’t lose the last text you copied, or if you do a lot of editing and text transfers to your phone, this app will make it easier and more fun. Need to get back to your copied items? You can use it as a temporary archive for words or texts that need to be kept for a long time. Choose between 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 250 & 500 saved entries, hence, never lose a copied item. Chronologically listed, every copied item has a date & time stamp for easier reference. Quick tips: - The app is easy and simple to use, just copy and open the app, and the copied item instantly appears in the app. - Stop using Notes for copied words, passwords, links, phrases, and anything you need to get back to later, let them all go automatically to Ditto. - Copy a longer text on your Mac and then recuperate it from the app to paste it wherever you were working on your phone. - Did you copy text and lost the destination page? You’ll find safe it in Ditto. - All you have to do is open the app after you copy and the item is saved.

Screenshots

Type Nine4 screens
Ditto Pasteboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Type Nine at every 2 months against Ditto Pasteboard's every 6 months. Type Nine also leads on price ($3.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Type Nine costs $3.99 and Ditto Pasteboard $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Type Nine ships an update every 2 months, Ditto Pasteboard every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Type Nine versus Ditto Pasteboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterType NineDitto Pasteboard
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.3 (195 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings195 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRasmus PorsagerSana Azmeh

Bugs and requests

Type Nine

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Keyboard not showing up in some apps
  • Inconsistent performance on different iOS versions
  • Issues with manual letter entry and number input

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more keyboard theme options
  • Improve cursor control and text selection
  • Integrate with more messaging apps
  • Add auto-correct and spell-check features
  • Allow customization of keyboard layout

Ditto Pasteboard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Type Nine

No in-app purchases

None

Ditto Pasteboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Type Nine free?
Type Nine costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ditto Pasteboard free?
Ditto Pasteboard costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Type Nine or Ditto Pasteboard have ads?
Neither Type Nine nor Ditto Pasteboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Type Nine or Ditto Pasteboard?
Type Nine ships an update every 2 months, and Ditto Pasteboard every 6 months. Most recently, Type Nine was updated on October 26, 2026 and Ditto Pasteboard on October 25, 2026.

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