超注音 vs OkidoKey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
超注音
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Chaozhuyin is the famous Chinese phonetic symbol keyboard extension (Bopomofo IME). It is very easy to use with zero learning curve. Demo video: https://youtu.be/pyY05iiNXoU Features: ● To input a Chinese phrase, you only need to input the first phonetic symbol of each word, and you can add any remain symbols arbitrarily to narrow down the candidates you may want. ● Voice input: Apple's built-in speech recognition, with an optional cloud speech recognition engine (not available in all regions). ● Proximity correction: it'll smartly guess what word or phrase you want to input from neighbor keys. ● Provide several kinds of skins and colors of the keyboard. Keyboard height and font size can be adjusted freely. ● Support clicking haptic feedback. ● Keyboard fan-shaped selector. ● Emoji keyboard. ● Candidate selection dropdown. It can be scrolled page-by-page by your finger. ● You can remove your user phrase by long pressing it. ● E-tan keyboard layout. ● Smartly showing English candidates you may want when typing letters. ● Left/right arrow keys make moving cursor easier. ● With great functionality of word or phrase guessing. ● Lexicon contains all the cities, streets, and roads name all around Taiwan. ● Able to backup/restore user dictionary to/from iCloud Drive. ● Able to import Chinese names in your contacts. ● Able to output Simplified Chinese.
OkidoKey
This app provides a custom input method keyboard kit for your device. It supports various Chinese input methods and allows for custom installations, offering features like a text editor, auto-copy, and smart punctuation.
- Custom input methods
- Physical keyboard support
- Text editor with Clip Pad mode
- Chinese input methods (Array, Cangjie, Pinyin)
- Install custom input methods
- Smart punctuation
- Chinese lexicon and emojis
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OkidoKey is a keyboard kit designed to use custom input methods not supported by the system. You can use it with the touchscreen custom keyboard that works seamlessly across the system, or you can use a physical keyboard with the text editor provided by OkidoKey. The OkidoKey editor can be used in Clip Pad mode with Split-View or multitasking windows. Once you've finished a sentence, simply tap the target and paste it. Features - It includes most common and ready-to-use Chinese input methods and keyboards, such as Array, Cangjie, Dayi, Pinyin, and so on. - It supports installing custom input methods using CIN table files. - It allows installing multiple input methods and keyboards. - It has sibling keyboards, and key flicks features. - It offers a composition prompt option. - It includes a navigation keyboard. - In OkidoKey text editor, it supports physical keyboard inputs. - It has an auto-copy feature with Clip Pad mode. - It allows Chinese and English mix-typing triggered by the return key. - It includes a Chinese lexicon and emojis. - It provides smart punctuation. - It offers homophones and phonetics lookup. - It supports both traditional and simplified Chinese output. - It allows personalized radicals, phrases, and snippets. Optimized Input Methods - Fully supports the Array input method and special/shortcode mode. - Zhuyin input method supports the standard, Et26, Et41, Hsu, and IBM keyboard layouts. ** Lexicon-related features are available on a subscription basis. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.creativecrap.com/paper/baker/eula.html#en Privacy Policy: https://www.creativecrap.com/paper/baker/privacy.html#en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: OkidoKey at Free against 超注音's $4.99. OkidoKey also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). 超注音's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On review sentiment 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
OkidoKey is free to download; 超注音 costs $4.99 up front. OkidoKey sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. 超注音 asks for nothing beyond the download.
超注音 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OkidoKey has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 53% and 53% positive.
超注音 ships an update every 3 weeks, OkidoKey every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | 超注音 | OkidoKey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews | 52.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chih Chao Yu | Ethan Liu |
Customer experience
超注音
OkidoKey
In-app purchases
超注音
No in-app purchases
OkidoKey
- Individual - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Individual Plan - Annual3 Months trial$29.991 Year









