Tigrinya/Tigre App vs Tigrinya Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tigrinya/Tigre App
This app enables users to read and write in Tigrinya and Tigre using Africa's indigenous Ge'ez script. It offers a font installer for universal reading, a fast recommendation engine for typing, and support for multiple languages and emojis.
- Ge'ez script font installer
- Tigrinya and Tigre keyboard
- Fast Ge'ez language recommendation engine
- Phrasebook for Tigrinya, Tigre, and Amharic
- Ge'ez numerals support
- Emoji support
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Finally, you can read and write the way YOU were meant to, with the language you think in! Tigrinya/Tigre App opens a new world of technology for Africa's only currently used indigenous script. A free font lets you read, in almost any app, anything written in a Ge'ez script based language. Write quickly in Tigrinya or Tigre with the fastest Ge'ez language recommendation engine! The application provides a font and a keyboard to allow users to read and write on iOS without compromising the speed and convenience of using their mobile devices. Product Features: • Font installer so you can read Ge'ez script based languages in any app • Phrasebook supporting Tigrinya, Tigre and Amharic • Quickly enter characters in Tigrinya and Tigre • First word recommendation engine for Tigrinya and Tigre (helps you type faster) • BONUS - Use Ge'ez numerals with any keyboard! • You can use Tigrinya, Tigre and Emoji on your iPhone or iPad (any iOS device)
Tigrinya Notes
Easily take notes in Tigrigna, the official language of Eritrea, with a custom keyboard that supports 90% of Unicode characters. This beautifully designed app is simple and intuitive for iPhone and iPad users.
- Tigrigna language note-taking
- Custom keyboard for Tigrigna characters
- Supports 90% of Tigrigna Unicode
- Simple and intuitive interface
- Beautifully designed
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Its never been easier to take notes in Tigrigna, the official language of Eritrea. Introducing Tigrigna Notes for your iPhone and iPad. Our custom keyboard allows you to enter 90% of the tigrigna unicode characters and take notes in Tigrigna. Simple and intuitive to use. Beautifully designed. The App will be updated in the future. Thank you very much for installing this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tigrinya Notes at none against Tigrinya/Tigre App's 3. Tigrinya Notes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). Tigrinya/Tigre App's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (351 vs 32). On rating 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
Tigrinya/Tigre App costs $4.99 and Tigrinya Notes $3.99 up front. Tigrinya/Tigre App sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Tigrinya Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Tigrinya/Tigre App against 4.5 for Tigrinya Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tigrinya/Tigre App has 351 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Tigrinya/Tigre App's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tigrinya Notes's.
Tigrinya/Tigre App ships an update every 5 months, Tigrinya Notes every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tigrinya/Tigre App | Tigrinya Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (351 ratings) | 4.5 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 351 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Merhawie Woldezion | Filmon Eyassu |
Customer experience
Tigrinya/Tigre App
Tigrinya Notes
Bugs and requests
Tigrinya/Tigre App
Reported bugs
10 issues- App self-uninstalls after extended use
- Cannot reinstall app after uninstallation
- Keyboard enlarged/zoomed on iPad Pro making right-side keys inaccessible
- Autocomplete suggestions reversed between Tigre and Tigrinya keyboards
- App crashes and freezes during use
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- Download failures on iPad
- Typing produces unnecessary character repetition
- Persistent rating prompts appearing as spam
- Missing critical Geez characters (ፀ, ሠ, ሟ, ቅ)
- Incompatibility with iPhone for sentence composition
Requested features
9 requests- Include complete Geez alphabet with all missing letters
- Implement vowel selection instead of sliding mechanism
- Add English vowel integration for easier typing
- Improve autocomplete and spelling checker with more Tigrinya words
- Create similar keyboard for Sabaean (South Arabian) alphabet
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- Fix keyboard zoom issue on iPad Pro and other devices
- Add tutorial on how to type properly
- Provide more word options and suggestions for complex Tigrinya words
- Implement QWERTY-style keyboard layout option
Tigrinya Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tigrinya/Tigre App
- Eritrea Emoji - 1 Month$0.99
- Eritrea Emoji - 6 Months$1.99
- Eritrea Emoji - 12 Months$2.99
Tigrinya Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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