Comparison

MobileJawi vs Arabic Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

MobileJawi

Type in Jawi easily with two integrated keyboards. One transliterates Rumi to Jawi as you type, while the other allows direct Jawi input. It offers word suggestions and auto-correction for a seamless typing experience in any iOS app.

Highlights
  • Rumi to Jawi transliteration keyboard
  • Native Jawi keyboard
  • Type directly in any iOS app
  • Word suggestions in Rumi and Jawi
  • Auto-correction
  • Handles Malay shortcuts
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MobileJawi app includes two keyboards for typing text in Jawi. One is the Rumi -> Jawi transliteration keyboard and the other is the native Jawi keyboard. These are keyboard extensions, which allows you to type in any iOS app directly. There is no need to cut-and-paste! With the Rumi -> Jawi keyboard, you type the text with the standard qwerty keyboard used for English and Malay. MobileJawi includes an engine that will transliterate the Malay words from Rumi to Jawi as you are typing. For example, to get ساي in Jawi, you just type saya in Rumi. You can type Jawi text like a pro, even if you are not a Jawi pro! MobileJawi predicts the word you are trying to type and presents a list of suggested words. These words are shown in both Jawi and Rumi letters so you can cross check and be comfortable that you are indeed getting the word you want. It also auto-corrects the word before transliterating. Touching any of the suggested words will insert only the word spelt in Jawi into the text. Once a word is selected from the suggestions and inserted into the text, MobileJawi will then present a list of possible words as the next word. These words will also be shown in Jawi and Rumi. You can select the correct word from the Rumi spelling, even if you can't read Jawi. MobileJawi handles some of the common short-cuts used in Malay. For example, when you type jln, MobileJawi will expand jln into jalan and then provide the Jawi spelling for this word in the suggestions list. For words that MobileJawi can not transliterate, like words from other languages, you can always switch to the Jawi keyboard and type the word directly in Jawi. Even there, MobileJawi shows the Rumi spelling of the word spelt in Jawi!

About

Arabic Keyboard

This app provides an intuitive Arabic keyboard for easy typing of messages, emails, and social media posts. It also includes a powerful translator to convert Arabic words to numerous other languages, both Indian and international.

Highlights
  • Easy English to Arabic and vice-versa switching
  • Translate Arabic to Indian and international languages
  • Text editing and font color customization
  • Emoji icons
  • Special characters and numeric keypad
  • Word suggestions
Features
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** Arabic Keyboard ** Arabic Keyboard is the best app for Arabic writing. Arabic keyboard app will allow you to write message, story, facebook posts, blogs, Emails in Arabic language. you will find eye catchy and userfriendly Arabic keyboard to write Arabic language. Arabic keyboard has easiest keypad to write Arabic alphabets, letters and words. you just type Arabic words you can find suggestions of that Arabic words automatically in this application. The most exciting feature of this application is you can translate Arabic word to any other language like English, Marathi, Arabic, Arabic and all other indian languages as well as all international languages like French, Spanish, Greek, Turkish, Sweedish etc.... Features : * you can easily change English to Arabic and Arabic to English keypad using Arabic Keyboard application. * you can translate Arabic words into any other Indian and International languages. * You can edit the text and also change the color of the font. * It's also provide all the emoji icons * Arabic keyboard has special characters, icons and numeric so that user can easily write any Arabic words very esay and effective manner. * its free and easy to use. ** Premium Subscription ** ⁃ Pro Weekly: $1.99 per week ⁃ Pro Monthly : $4.99 per month ⁃ Pro Yearly : $29.99 per year ⁃ Life Time : $34.99 ( One time Payment ) ** Subscription to unlock the premium features ** ⁃ Unlimited Translations ⁃ Unlimited Word suggestions ⁃ No Ads. Ads free experience ⁃ Access to text colour editor ** Subscription Terms ** - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account upon confirmation of purchase. ⁃ Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. ⁃ Manage or cancel your subscription in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. ⁃ Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited upon purchasing a subscription. Download Now & Simplify Your Life! Privacy Policy : https://www.shinetechnolab.com/keyboard/pvpolicy.html Terms of use : https://www.shinetechnolab.com/keyboard/terms.html EULA : https://www.shinetechnolab.com/keyboard/eula.html If you have any questions, please email pgparsaniya@gmail.com.

Screenshots

MobileJawi3 screens
Arabic Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MobileJawi at 100% against Arabic Keyboard's 39%. MobileJawi also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Arabic Keyboard's advantage is ratings volume (138 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Arabic Keyboard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. MobileJawi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MobileJawi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arabic Keyboard has 138 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of MobileJawi's written reviews are positive against 39% of Arabic Keyboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MobileJawi ships an update every 3 weeks, Arabic Keyboard every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MobileJawi versus Arabic Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMobileJawiArabic Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.1 (138 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better38.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1138 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMurasu Systems Sdn BhdPiyush Parsaniya

Customer experience

MobileJawi

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Arabic Keyboard

All ratings137 ratings
Positive75.2%
Neutral5.8%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive38.8%
Neutral8.8%
Negative52.5%

In-app purchases

None

MobileJawi

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Arabic Keyboard

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Life Time$34.99

Questions

Is MobileJawi free?
MobileJawi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arabic Keyboard free?
Arabic Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MobileJawi or Arabic Keyboard?
MobileJawi is rated higher. MobileJawi averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Arabic Keyboard averages 4.1 from 138 ratings.
Do MobileJawi or Arabic Keyboard have ads?
Both MobileJawi and Arabic Keyboard show ads.
Which is updated more often, MobileJawi or Arabic Keyboard?
MobileJawi ships an update every 3 weeks, and Arabic Keyboard every 11 months. Most recently, MobileJawi was updated on November 1, 2026 and Arabic Keyboard on November 2, 2026.

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