Comparison

超注音 vs OkidoKey

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

Head to head
About

超注音

Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

超注音4 screens
OkidoKey4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

超注音 ships an update every 3 weeks, OkidoKey every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
超注音 versus OkidoKey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter超注音OkidoKey
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews52.7% of reviews52.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChih Chao YuEthan Liu

Customer experience

超注音

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive52.7%
Neutral17.2%
Negative30.1%

OkidoKey

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive52.8%
Neutral22.6%
Negative24.5%

In-app purchases

None

超注音

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

OkidoKey

Subscriptions2
  • Individual - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Individual Plan - Annual3 Months trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is 超注音 free?
超注音 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is OkidoKey free?
OkidoKey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 超注音 or OkidoKey?
超注音 is rated higher. 超注音 averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while OkidoKey averages 3.0 from 5 ratings.
Do 超注音 or OkidoKey have ads?
超注音 shows ads; OkidoKey does not.
Which is updated more often, 超注音 or OkidoKey?
超注音 ships an update every 3 weeks, and OkidoKey every 3 months. Most recently, 超注音 was updated on November 1, 2026 and OkidoKey on November 1, 2026.

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