Comparison

Type Nine vs Clicks Keyboard

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

Clicks Keyboard

Enhance your typing with advanced keyboard controls. Customize backlight, shift key behavior, and access to numbers and symbols. Optimize your typing experience with features like soft return, cursor mode, and firmware updates.

Highlights
  • Keyboard backlight control
  • Caps lock and shift lock customization
  • Alt lock for numbers and symbols
  • Soft return for line breaks
  • Cursor mode with WASD/IKJL
  • Customizable currency symbol
  • Over-the-air firmware updates
Features
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The Clicks app unlocks new features for your keyboard. Toggle your keyboard backlight between 'automatic' and off. Use this feature to check the status of your backlight and reset it to automatic mode if it's been accidentally disabled through the keyboard shortcut. Caps lock - Control the behaviour of the shift key. When turned on, pressing the shift key once makes the next charater a capital letter. Double clicking the shift key enables shift lock. When disabled, you must press and hold shift to get a captial letter. Alt lock - Control the behaviour of the '123' key. When turned on, pressing the '123' key once makes the next typed character a number of symbol. Double clicking the shift key enables number lock - (great for typing phone numbers of long number strings!). When disabled, you must press and hold '123' to get numbers and symbols. Soft return - Choose between using the return to add a carriage return (soft return) or send a message (hard return). Clicks key customization - Decide whether you want the Clicks key to function as Tab or Control Cursor mode - Enable cursor mode to use WASD and IJKL as directional cursor keys Currency symbol - Customize your currency symbol Create or log in to your Clicks Keyboard account to get updated about the latest features coming to your Clicks Keyboard Update your keyboard firmware over the air to optimize the typing experience. Learn and explore your Clicks keyboard with access to tips and how-to's. * Certain features and functionality are dependant on your Clicks model.

Screenshots

Type Nine4 screens
Clicks Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Clicks Keyboard at Free against Type Nine's $3.99. Type Nine's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 2.9) and review sentiment (73% vs 32%). On update cadence, 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

Clicks Keyboard is free to download; Type Nine costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Type Nine holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 196 and 60 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Type Nine's written reviews are positive against 32% of Clicks Keyboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Type Nine ships an update every 2 months, Clicks Keyboard every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Type Nine versus Clicks Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterType NineClicks Keyboard
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (196 ratings) — better2.9 (60 ratings)
Positive reviews72.9% of reviews — better31.6% of reviews
Number of ratings196 — better60
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRasmus PorsagerClicks Technology Ltd

Customer experience

Type Nine

All ratings194 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews539 reviews
Positive72.9%
Neutral9.3%
Negative17.8%

Clicks Keyboard

All ratings56 ratings
Positive44.6%
Neutral8.9%
Negative46.4%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive31.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative56.6%

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

Clicks Keyboard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Type Nine

No in-app purchases

None

Clicks Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Type Nine free?
Type Nine costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clicks Keyboard free?
Clicks Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Type Nine or Clicks Keyboard?
Type Nine is rated higher. Type Nine averages 4.3 out of 5 from 196 ratings, while Clicks Keyboard averages 2.9 from 60 ratings.
Do Type Nine or Clicks Keyboard have ads?
Neither Type Nine nor Clicks Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Type Nine or Clicks Keyboard?
Type Nine ships an update every 2 months, and Clicks Keyboard every 6 weeks. Most recently, Type Nine was updated on October 29, 2026 and Clicks Keyboard on October 25, 2026.

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