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Khmer Smart Keyboard vs Phum Keyboard

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

Head to head
Khmer Smart Keyboard
Khmer Smart Keyboard
Free
🔧 Utilities
★ 4.4374 ratingsView app →
Phum Keyboard
Phum Keyboard
Free
🔧 Utilities
★ 3.711 ratingsView app →
About

Khmer Smart Keyboard

A user-friendly keyboard app offering fast typing with flick gestures, word prediction, and easy language switching. Customize your experience with themes and emojis.

Highlights
  • Fast typing with flick gesture
  • Word prediction
  • Delete by swiping left
  • Switch languages by swiping Spacebar
  • Switch between 4 and 5 rows
  • Themes and emoji support
Features
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Smart Keyboard has been well recognized as the most user-friendly keyboard app by smartphone users with more than 1 million downloads. Smart Keyboard received 1st Runner Up of Cambodia ICT Award 2015 and Best Performance in Start-up Company, Cambodia ICT Award 2015. Due to some technical issues, this keyboard has gone offline for a while. In 2017, AlienDev has brought back this app back to the Apple Store. Available Features: -Fast typing with the ​flick gesture -Word prediction -Delete by swiping left -Change mode by swiping right -Swipe Spacebar left/right to switch between English/Khmer -Super easy switching between 4 and 5 rows by swiping two fingers up or down -Comes with themes and emoji

About

Phum Keyboard

This utility app offers a convenient way to type in Khmer on iOS devices. It features multiple keyboard layouts, including a new Phum layout and a common PC layout, along with shortcut keys and customization options for colors and suggestions.

Highlights
  • Phum Layout
  • PC Layout
  • Shortcut key
  • Custom color
  • Add custom suggestions
Features
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Convenience Khmer Keyboard for iOS devices. Features: - Phum Layout (new layout) - PC Layout (common Khmer Unicode keyboard layout) - Shortcut key - Custom color - Add your own suggestions

Screenshots

Khmer Smart Keyboard3 screens
Phum Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Khmer Smart Keyboard at 4.4 against Phum Keyboard's 3.7. Khmer Smart Keyboard also leads on ratings volume (374 vs 11). Phum Keyboard's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Khmer Smart Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Khmer Smart Keyboard has 374 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Khmer Smart Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 67% of Phum Keyboard's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Khmer Smart Keyboard versus Phum Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKhmer Smart KeyboardPhum Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (374 ratings) — better3.7 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews71.3% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings374 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.68.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALiEN DEV CO.,LTDBiz Solution Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Khmer Smart Keyboard

All ratings371 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive71.3%
Neutral10.1%
Negative18.6%

Phum Keyboard

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Khmer Smart Keyboard

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Keyboard not showing Khmer characters correctly
  • Frequent crashes or freezes on iOS 11 and above
  • Predictive text download not working
  • Keyboard not remembering user settings

Requested features

4 requests
  • Expand predictive text to English
  • Add more theme/color options
  • Improve keyboard layout for larger screens
  • Provide instructions or tutorial for new users

Phum Keyboard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Khmer Smart Keyboard

No in-app purchases

None

Phum Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Khmer Smart Keyboard free?
Khmer Smart Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phum Keyboard free?
Phum Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Khmer Smart Keyboard or Phum Keyboard?
Khmer Smart Keyboard is rated higher. Khmer Smart Keyboard averages 4.4 out of 5 from 374 ratings, while Phum Keyboard averages 3.7 from 11 ratings.
Do Khmer Smart Keyboard or Phum Keyboard have ads?
Khmer Smart Keyboard shows ads; Phum Keyboard does not.

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