Features & Capabilities

Now includes Anglo-Saxon keyboards

RuneKeys provides keyboards for writing in runes:

• Elder Futhark:

  • Keyboard for transcribing English
  • Keyboard for transcribing German
  • Pure Elder Futhark keyboard

• Anglo-Saxon Futhork:

  • Keyboard for transcribing English
  • Pure Anglo-Saxon Futhork keyboard

As the keys of the keyboards provided by the system do, keys of the rune keyboards reveal additional characters and symbols when pressed and hold. Among these are variations (e.g. of the *hagalaz rune), alternative transcriptions, and related characters (e.g. 2 and ²).

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I design my software following the principle to only collect, process, and store data that is actually needed for the software to serve its purpose. No single bit more than that. In German, the name of this principle is "Datensparsamkeit." A literal translation of this word is "data thrift".

In effect, this means:

• RuneKeys has no user accounts. RuneKeys will not ask you for personal data. • Data you enter in the RuneKeys app will not leave the app. In case of the provided keyboards, the characters you type will be passed to the operating system which will process them in order, for example, to insert them into a text field. • No personal data is collected or processed. • No user tracking of any kind is used.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Pierre Bongen
Rating:
4.80
(10)
Version:
1.2 Last updated: 2020-08-02
Version code:
837184070
Creation date:
2020-03-22
Compatible devices:
Size:
7.97MB
Price:
3.99
URLs:
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Full description:
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-05
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Developed by:
Pierre Bongen
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/de/app/runekeys/id1503915770?l=en-GB

User Reviews

Users praise the app for its ease of use and alphabet-specific layouts, finding it fun and educational. The biggest drawbacks are its lack of system-wide keyboard support, rune glyph inaccuracies and missing runes, and a desire for more alphabets and broader rune coverage.
Pros
  • Easy to use and well-designed keyboards.
  • Separate layouts for different runic alphabets, offering versatility.
  • Fun and engaging for learning runes.
  • Value-adding bundle option with the IPA keyboard.
Cons
  • Cannot be used as a system-wide keyboard in other apps; requires full access and may feel like a poor value to some users.
  • Rune glyph accuracy issues and missing runes across alphabets (e.g., s and v symbols, Yr rune, calc rune; inconsistencies across runes).
  • Desire for more alphabets and broader rune coverage (e.g., Anglo-Saxon, Younger Futhark) and ongoing expansion.
Recent reviews
I’ve just gotten this app, love it so far!
by Co*****, 2025-06-21

Handy little keyboard. I really appreciate it. Thank you for making it. I’m not sure if you are willing to update it, but my daughter and I want to be able to send each other texts in the alphabet on our iPhones and the letters are so fine it’s hard to read them. Could a bolder text for texts be possible? It’s not very legible currently when used that way.
by wa*****, 2025-02-26

This app is awesome and well worth the money. The keyboards are really well designed and easy to use. I'm a big fan. I do wish that the Futhorc keyboard had the calc rune for a more direct k transliteration, but I'm not at all an expert so if it's missing for a good reason then no problem. I also wish you would've published a picture or list with all the runes that are on the keyboards in the app's store page. I was really hoping to get an app with all the runes I'd memorized, but this one seems to be missing calc like I mentioned. It's ok though. Still a great, user friendly app.
by 🔫*****, 2022-05-10
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