Click Wheel Keyboard vs iRetro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Click Wheel Keyboard
This keyboard offers a unique retro scrolling interface for typing. Navigate characters and emojis with a simple wheel motion. Dedicated functions for delete, cursor movement, spacing, and capitalization are conveniently located on the wheel.
- Retro scrolling interface
- Character and emoji selection
- Dedicated delete function
- Cursor movement control
- Space and capitalization shortcuts
- Infinite rotation
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Typing with two hands is such a chore, who needs extra complexity when writing? Simply scroll through all characters and emoji with this super retro keyboard! Each side of the wheel also has a function: tap the top to delete, left to move the cursor, right for a space, and bottom for capital letters! Infinite Rotations. Infinite Conversations.
iRetro
Explore how websites looked in the past using the Wayback Machine API. This browser offers a retro design for an immersive experience and can also be used for modern web browsing with a minimalistic interface. It's completely free with no ads or in-app purchases.
- View past website versions
- Powered by Wayback Machine API
- Retro design for atmosphere
- Modern web browsing
- Minimalistic interface
- No ads or in-app purchases
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Have you ever wonder how the Facebook, Yahoo or [[put your favorite website here]] looked like 10 years ago? Or 15? Now you can do this with our browser powered by Wayback Machine API*! Just set the date and that’s it - you’re in the past! The app has retro design for the deep diving into the atmosphere of oldschool web. The app can also browse the modern web, you can use it as regular browser. It has a simple minimalistic interface and, therefore, unlike other browsers, it won’t be able to spy on you :-) The app is absolutely free and not contains any ads or in-app purchases. Have a nice trip to the past, fun present and bright future! * For more information visit http://archive.org/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Click Wheel Keyboard at every 2 weeks against iRetro's every 24 months. Click Wheel Keyboard also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). iRetro's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 58%) and ratings volume (95 vs 23). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Click Wheel Keyboard against 4.6 for iRetro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 95 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Click Wheel Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 85% of iRetro's.
Click Wheel Keyboard ships an update every 2 weeks, iRetro every 24 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Click Wheel Keyboard | iRetro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better | 4.6 (95 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.5% of reviews | 85.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 95 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Adam Bell | QURAI SOFTWARE - FZCO |
Customer experience
Click Wheel Keyboard
iRetro
Bugs and requests
Click Wheel Keyboard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
iRetro
Reported bugs
9 issues- Space bar not retained in keyboard
- Time Machine feature not working
- Redirects to fake pages for Facebook login
- Cannot download files
- DNS errors when trying to access past websites
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- AI overview still visible
- No landscape mode support
- No desktop mode
- No device rotation support
Requested features
25 requests- Landscape mode support
- Add bookmarks
- Add tabs
- Add Netscape Navigator style
- Make time traveling easier
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- Add search within retro webpage
- Option to save offline
- Add homepage welcome and customization
- Add fullscreen feature for YouTube
- Add save to Camera Roll feature for images
- Add “add or change homepage” feature
- Add favorites bar
- Ability to set as default browser
- Make a Windows version
- Make a Windows 98 version
- Add click sound from old IE
- Add split view
- Add retro gaming
- Add retro cameras
- Add retro Radio (Internet-based app)
- Make other retro apps (video player, camera, music player)
- Support for retro themes (Windows 98/95/NT 4.0, XP, iPod Classic, iOS 5)
- Remove top panel during scroll
- Full desktop mode
- Device rotation support
In-app purchases
Click Wheel Keyboard
No in-app purchases
iRetro
No in-app purchases
Questions
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