Amharic Reader vs Type Geez Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Amharic Reader
Easily read Amharic text on your iPhone or iPad, even when it appears as boxes. This app translates unreadable Amharic characters with a single tap, including on the web via a Safari extension. Never miss out on understanding Amharic messages or comments again.
- Read Amharic letters on iPhone/iPad
- Safari extension for web reading
- Translate 'boxes' to Amharic
- Single-tap translation
- Understand Amharic messages and comments
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Ever followed a link only to find out it is just boxes? Are you dying to know what your friends commented in Amharic on Facebook? Or did you get a mail or a message that you can't read because it is all boxes? Amharic reader is an easy to use app that enables you to read Amharic letters on your iPhone and iPad. It also includes a Safari extension that lets you read Amharic letters on the web in Safari. It translates all the boxes to Amharic with a single tap. Install it now and you'll never have to go to your laptop to check what those 4 boxes mean.
Type Geez Keyboard
This custom keyboard extension for iOS allows you to type in Amharic, English, and Arabic. Personalize your typing experience with custom themes, background images, key effects, font sizes, and key heights.
- Amharic, English, Arabic language support
- Customizable themes
- Personalize background images
- Adjustable key click effects
- Change font sizes
- Modify key heights
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Type Geez is a feature-rich custom keyboard extension for iOS, designed to enhance your typing experience with support for Amharic, English & Arabic languages. Enjoy a fully customizable keyboard with the ability to personalize themes, background images, key click effects, font sizes, and key heights to match your preferences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Amharic Reader at Free against Type Geez Keyboard's $3.99. Amharic Reader also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (53 vs 4). Type Geez Keyboard's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months). On ads 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
Amharic Reader is free to download; Type Geez Keyboard costs $3.99 up front. Type Geez Keyboard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Amharic Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Type Geez Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Amharic Reader has 53 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Amharic Reader ships an update every 9 months, Type Geez Keyboard every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Amharic Reader | Type Geez Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (53 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anteneh Sahledengel | Ashenafi Siyume Girema |
Customer experience
Amharic Reader
Type Geez Keyboard
In-app purchases
Amharic Reader
No in-app purchases
Type Geez Keyboard
- Monthly pro access$4.991 Month
- Yearly$29.991 Year
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