Matnsaz
Easy & Smart Urdu Keyboard
Free
Matnsaz is the easiest-to-use, and most advanced, Urdu keyboard for iPhone and iPad.
- A breakthrough new keyboard layout, using nearly half of the letter keys on other Urdu keyboards
- See the shape that letters will take as you type
- A state-of-the-art autocorrect system that learned from the language of Urdu scholars
This app was designed by studying the Urdu language deeply. We paid attention to details:
- When using Nastaliq script on your device, the keyboard will also display characters in Nastaliq
- A soft space key allows you to stop letters from joining without entering a space, an important tradition in Urdu writing
- Necessary diacritics (airāb) are added automatically, others can be added manually
- If you use the wrong letter or Unicode character, Mantsaz intelligently replaces it with the right character automatically
Additional features:
- Use alternate layouts: alphabetical, or based on the English keyboard
- Dark mode support
- Perfectly aligned icons and design to fit into iOS
more Multiple small improvements to autocorrect, which should make using Matnsaz easier:
- When long pressing characters intentionally, your typed word will no longer be replaced by something else
- Autocorrect replacements are less aggressive generally
- Added some words to dictionary
1.10 6 days ago
- Improved autocorrect scoring by 5-10%.
- Improved language models through improvements in our open-sourced Urdu text corpus, Makhzan. These improvements include orthographic corrections to write compound words as a single word with a soft space separating constituent parts.
- Autocorrect now suggests words with soft spaces embedded.
- Preceding spaces are removed before semi colons.
1.9 13 Jul
- Suggestions are now shown when beginning to type new words, or when a word is selected and needs to be corrected.
- Fixed a bug where keys on the edges of the screen were not immediately responsive.
- Fixed a bug where contextual text labels on keys incorrectly displayed medial forms.
- Fixed a bug where typing a soft-space (zero-width non-joiner) would cause a crash.
- Performance improvements that should make the keyboard more responsive. For nerds, we did this by removing unnecessary thread locking, changing Array creations to Sets to avoid O(N) array reads, and avoided heap allocations during recommendation scoring.
- Fixed a bug where typing a soft-space (zero-width non-joiner) would cause a crash.
- Fixed bug where typing would be disabled in test view after changing settings
- Fixed bug where a keystroke may be missed
1.8.2 12 Apr
- Suggestions are now shown when beginning to type new words, or when a word is selected and needs to be corrected.
- Fixed a bug where keys on the edges of the screen were not immediately responsive.
- Fixed a bug where contextual text labels on keys incorrectly displayed medial forms.
- Fixed a bug where typing a soft-space (zero-width non-joiner) would cause a crash.
- Performance improvements that should make the keyboard more responsive. For nerds, we did this by removing unnecessary thread locking, changing Array creations to Sets to avoid O(N) array reads, and avoided heap allocations during recommendation scoring.
1.8 29 Mar
Version 1.7 includes:
- Visual updates for iOS 26, such as rounded corners, colors, and workarounds for Apple changes in iOS 26.0 and 26.1.
- Settings for the keyboard can now be configured more easily from the Matnsaz app, with clearer descriptions for features in both Urdu and English.
- Autocorrect can now be disabled for Alphabetical, and QWERTY-style layouts.
Version 1.7.1 is a minor patch that includes:
- A liquid glass icon to better support transparency on the home screen
- Support for iPhone Air
- An improved launch screen
- Some alignment fixes in Install and About views
- Localized menu name for Settings
Version 1.7.2 includes
- a two-column layout for iPad
1.7.2 25 Feb
Version 1.7 includes:
- Visual updates for iOS 26, such as rounded corners, colors, and workarounds for Apple changes in iOS 26.0 and 26.1.
- Settings for the keyboard can now be configured more easily from the Matnsaz app, with clearer descriptions for features in both Urdu and English.
- Autocorrect can now be disabled for Alphabetical, and QWERTY-style layouts.
Version 1.7.1 is a minor patch that includes:
- A liquid glass icon to better support transparency on the home screen
- Support for iPhone Air
- An improved launch screen
- Some alignment fixes in Install and About views
- Localized menu name for Settings
1.7.1 21/12/2025
- Visual updates for iOS 26, such as rounded corners, colors, and workarounds for Apple changes in iOS 26.0 and 26.1.
- Settings for the keyboard can now be configured more easily from the Matnsaz app, with clearer descriptions for features in both Urdu and English.
- Autocorrect can now be disabled for Alphabetical, and QWERTY-style layouts.
1.7 21/12/2025
- Fixed bug where backspacing was not resetting suggestions as expected
- Fixed bug where pressing backspace in Try Keyboard while help was showing would prevent characters from being typed
- Increased size of diacritics in pop ups when Nastaliq is enabled
- Fixed crashing issues with iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max
- Improved layouts for some older phones, including the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone X
1.6.3 06/01/2025
Minor string updates
1.6.2 03/09/2024
- Autocorrect automatically fixes extra, missing or switch letters
- Improved language model with a more refined version of our underlying Makhzan dataset
- Fixed a bug where force pressing the keyboard in Try Keyboard caused the cursor to get stuck
- Reduced the chances of crashes while typing by implementing stronger architecture for concurrent processing
- A number of minor cosmetic improvements to the Matnsaz app
- Version 1.6.1 is a minor patch to fix a bug when adding soft spaces
1.6.1 28/11/2023
- Autocorrect automatically fixes extra, missing or switch letters
- Improved language model with a more refined version of our underlying Makhzan dataset
- Fixed a bug where force pressing the keyboard in Try Keyboard caused the cursor to get stuck
- Reduced the chances of crashes while typing by implementing stronger architecture for concurrent processing
- A number of minor cosmetic improvements to the Matnsaz app
1.6 28/11/2023
- Reduced memory usage, which should fix crashes that manifest in the iOS system Urdu keyboard being loaded instead of Matnsaz
- Minor improvements to the language model, some common words will be better prioritized by autocorrect
1.5 30/01/2023
- Learns new words typed by users that were not previously in the dictionary
- Darker shadows in Dark Mode
- Can name more people than before
1.4 25/11/2022
- Attempted a fix to resolve memory issues on older devices
- Added a mechanism to boost common words, and added a name to the dictionary
1.3 22/11/2022
Fixed layout issues when Display Zoom is enabled. The issue persists on iPad Pro 11" and iPad Pro 12.9", but should be fixed for other devices.
1.2 17/11/2022
- iPad Air 5th Generation support
- iPad Pro 12.9” 6th Generation support
- iPad Pro 11” 4th Generation support
- iPad 10th Generation support
- iPhone Xs Max layout bug fix
- Improvements to App Store information
1.1 15/11/2022
Multiple small improvements to autocorrect, which should make using Matnsaz easier:
- When long pressing characters intentionally, your typed word will no longer be replaced by something else
- Autocorrect replacements are less aggressive generally
- Added some words to dictionary
more Version 1.10 6 days ago
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