Comparison

Rocket Keyboard vs UpNote

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

Head to head
About

Rocket Keyboard

This utility app allows you to create custom keyboard shortcuts for frequently used text. With a single tap on a phrase, you can instantly insert longer text or complete sentences, saving you time and effort.

Highlights
  • Create custom text phrases
  • Single-tap text expansion
  • Keyboard integration
  • Save time on repetitive typing
  • Insert long text or sentences
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Typing the same address, greeting, support reply, or community message again and again slows every conversation down. Rocket Keyboard puts your saved phrases inside your keyboard, ready with one tap. Organize phrases by category, switch to the keyboard, and send complete text at rocket speed. Designed for support, sales, creators, community managers, and anyone who types the same lines often. Download free. Upgrade when you want unlimited phrases. Main features: - Custom phrases: save addresses, emails, links, greetings, support replies, and community messages. - One-tap input: choose a phrase directly from the keyboard without copy and paste. - Groups: organize phrases by work, personal, support, sales, community, or any workflow. - Custom keywords: give each phrase a short label or abbreviation that is easy to remember. - Main app editor: add, edit, sort, and manage all phrases in one place. - Custom keyboard: use your phrases in chat, email, forms, social apps, and more. - Free to start: unlock unlimited phrases when you need more.

About

UpNote

This app provides a clean and beautiful interface for writing and organizing notes, journals, and to-do lists. It offers rich formatting options, an intuitive organization system, and instant syncing across devices, with offline capabilities. Premium features include enhanced security and export options.

Highlights
  • Rich text editor with formatting tools
  • Intuitive organizing system (notebooks, pins, links)
  • Secure note locking with Touch/Face ID
  • Instant cross-device syncing and offline access
  • Markdown support and export
  • Task management and to-do lists
Features
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UpNote is a clean and beautiful app for writing and organizing. It's easy to use with rich features and delightful experience. UpNote is designed to help you take notes easily and stay focused on what matters most. UpNote has beautiful fonts and elegant themes that you can adjust to make your writing experience most comfortable and pleasant. UpNote is an ideal place to keep your diary and journal. It has a powerful lock feature so that you can rest assured that your notes stay private and secure. You can also use Touch ID or Face ID to securely unlock your notes. UpNote’s intuitive organizing system will keep your note space neat and light. There are many ways to organize your notes: putting them into notebooks, pinning your notes to the top of the note list, bookmarking them for quick reference or linking to other notes. You can also close any notebooks to focus on only most important one. UpNote’s rich editor makes it perfect for planning and managing your tasks. Simply write down your to-do list and have them synced to all your devices. UpNote offers highlight, text colors, table, nested list, code and many other important formatting tools so that you could easily format your notes. UpNote syncs notes instantly on all devices. It also works reliably offline, so you could take note anytime, anywhere. If you are a markdown user, UpNote is great for you too. It has intuitive shortcuts based on markdown, which makes it more fun to write notes. You can also export your notes to Markdown or PDF. Try UpNote now and you will fall in love with it! ---- Upgrade to Premium to get full power of UpNote: - Lock your notes and notebooks - Insert table and attachments - Write unlimited number of notes - Elegant themes and notebook covers - Export to text PDF, HTML and Markdown ---- Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial peri​od will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. ---- If you have any question or feedback, we would love to hear it. Send an email to support@getupnote.com, and we would love to get in touch with you! ---- Privacy policy: https://getupnote.com/privacy.html Terms of use: https://getupnote.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Rocket Keyboard4 screens
UpNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: UpNote at 86% against Rocket Keyboard's 40%. UpNote also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Rocket Keyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and UpNote sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UpNote holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UpNote has 1.1K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Rocket Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 86% of UpNote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rocket Keyboard ships an update every 3 months, UpNote weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Rocket Keyboard versus UpNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRocket KeyboardUpNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (7 ratings)4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews85.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings71.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer晶晶 殷UpNote Company Limited

Customer experience

Rocket Keyboard

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

UpNote

All ratings1,067 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews766 reviews
Positive85.9%
Neutral6.0%
Negative8.1%

Bugs and requests

Rocket Keyboard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

UpNote

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Black screen issues
  • Lost notes and data
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Google sign-in not working

Requested features

8 requests
  • Reminders and calendar integration
  • More customization options (fonts, colors, etc.)
  • Improved drawing/handwriting support
  • PDF annotation and embedding
  • Optical character recognition (OCR)
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  • Ability to reorder bullets and lists
  • Improved table editing and formatting
  • Apple Watch app

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Rocket Keyboard

One-time1
  • Unlimited Shortcuts$2.99
8 purchases

UpNote

Subscriptions1
  • Premium monthly subscription$1.991 Month
One-time7
  • Life-time Upgrade$19.99
  • Life-time Upgrade to Premium$19.99
  • Life-time Upgrade$24.99
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  • Life-time Upgrade to Premium$24.99
  • Life-time Upgrade$29.99
  • Life-time upgrade to Premium$34.99
  • Life-time upgrade to Premium$39.99

Questions

Is Rocket Keyboard free?
Rocket Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is UpNote free?
UpNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rocket Keyboard or UpNote?
UpNote is rated higher. Rocket Keyboard averages 4.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while UpNote averages 4.7 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Rocket Keyboard or UpNote have ads?
Neither Rocket Keyboard nor UpNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rocket Keyboard or UpNote?
Rocket Keyboard ships an update every 3 months, and UpNote weekly. Most recently, Rocket Keyboard was updated on October 15, 2026 and UpNote on October 21, 2026.

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