Burmese Reader vs Bagan Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Burmese Reader
This app helps you read Burmese text that appears as boxes on your device. It includes a Safari extension to translate Burmese content on websites. Enjoy reading Burmese messages, comments, and emails with ease.
- Read Burmese text on iPhone/iPad
- Safari extension for web reading
- Translates boxes to Burmese
- Includes three Burmese fonts
- Fast and easy to use
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*$* ON SALE FOR A LIMITED TIME *$* Ever followed a link only to find out it is just boxes? Are you dying to know what your friends commented in Burmese on Facebook? Or did you get a mail or a message that you can't read because it is all boxes? Burmese reader is an easy to use app that enables you to read Burmese letters on your iPhone and iPad. It also includes a Safari extension that lets you read Burmese letters on the web in Safari. It translates all the boxes to Burmese with a single tap. Install it now and you'll never have to go to your laptop to check what those 4 boxes mean. This version includes - Three Burmese fonts to be installed on your device - Zawgyi One, Myanmar Census and BIT fonts - Fast and easy to use Safari extension to read Burmese letters on the web
Bagan Keyboard
This app offers an enhanced typing experience for the Myanmar language on iOS devices. It provides smart suggestions, shortcut phrases, and supports both Zawgyi and Myanmar Unicode fonts, making communication faster and easier.
- Enhanced Myanmar typing system
- Smart suggestions
- Predefined shortcut phrases
- Supports Zawgyi and Myanmar Unicode
- Customizable font settings
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# Typing is Easier Ever - Best Myanmar Keyboard # Are you looking for Best Myanmar Keyboard for iOS? Do you want to use smart Myanmar Keyboard on your iPhone? The long-awaited Bagan Keyboard is here now! Bagan Keyboard is a Myanmar Keyboard from emphasizing and hard-working development on Myanmar Language typing system. It also provides the perfect solution of iOS Myanmar Keyboard for those who communicate via instant messages, with an easier, faster, and smarter. Many iOS users are now using Bagan Keyboard as their default typing app. It completes you with suggestions. It saves your time with predefined shortcut phrases. It listens to your typing actions and instantly provides you back your preferred phrases. The development team is always taking care of every user feedback and claim, to provide you a better experience of typing instant messages, also to go with flavors at your wish, both Zawgyi, and Myanmar Unicode. Bagan Keyboard is also known as Burmese Keyboard, Zawgyi Keyboard, Unicode Myanmar Keyboard. Bagan Keyboard is compatible with Zawgyi Font, Unicode Font, Myanmar Font, Burmese Font. The user can type Myanmar Unicode or Zawgyi using Bagan Keyboard and there is a setting in the keyboard to change as user preferred. Bagan Keyboard is also nominated by Telenor Myanmar as a Best Myanmar App in Asia for the year 2014, the Digital Winners event. (http://www.telenor.com.mm/pressReleasedetail/Bagan-Keyboard-nominated-for-Best-App-in-Asia-by-Telenor/7)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Burmese Reader at 4.6 against Bagan Keyboard's 4.0. Burmese Reader also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 44%) and ads (none vs shown). Bagan Keyboard's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (853 vs 34). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Burmese Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bagan Keyboard has 853 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Burmese Reader's written reviews are positive against 44% of Bagan Keyboard's.
Burmese Reader ships an update every 11 months, Bagan Keyboard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Burmese Reader | Bagan Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (34 ratings) — better | 4.0 (853 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 44.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34 | 853 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anteneh Sahledengel | Wun Zinn |
Customer experience
Burmese Reader
Bagan Keyboard
Bugs and requests
Burmese Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bagan Keyboard
Reported bugs
4 issues- Keyboard hiding 'Done', 'Post', or 'Upload' buttons
- Backspace key not working correctly
- Unexpected font and capitalization changes while typing
- Keyboard disappearing or not showing up as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Add English keyboard support
- Improve keyboard customization options
- Implement better cursor and text selection controls
- Introduce more keyboard themes and styles
In-app purchases
Burmese Reader
No in-app purchases
Bagan Keyboard
No in-app purchases
Questions
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