I used to love this app. I paid for the full version so many years ago that I forget how long exactly, but it has been at least 10 years. More recently since the Ios 26 update, it hasn't worked as smoothly, so I was happy to see the update the other day. Unfortunately, when I opened the app after updating, it prompts me with a message saying a subscription is required, but if you have paid for a full version, you can restore purchase or managed in the App Store. But when I do this, nothing is found since I didn't purchase as a subscription but as a full version. And I haven't found a way to contact the developer. So I now have an app that I paid I think $50 for that I absolutely loved that no longer functions. I don't feel inclined to subscribe to something that I already paid for, especially since I wouldn't use many of the new features they say they have added. I just want the functions that I had before updating a few days ago.

I love the MBraille app because I can type very quickly with it on my iPhone, and even in contracted braille. This last part is very helpful to me. I love to be able to type as quickly as possible. Often when I type on the default keyboard on my iPhone that appears for text fields, I can barely keep track of my thoughts as I progress through the sentence. MBraille lets me type a whole lot faster. If my laptop broke or ceased working for some time, I can now say I've found an app that would make typing a large quantity of text on my iPhone tolerable. More than tolerable! I actually already write many messages with MBraille that are much longer than messages I used to write with the default Apple on-screen keyboard. I still like full-size qwerty keyboards the most, but I highly recommend MBraille to any braille user with an iPhone, especially if contracted braille is important to such a user. There are pretty cool editing capabilities that no other app of mine deticated to typing contains, other than note-taking apps that just use the default on-screen qwerty keyboard. There are other apps for typing Braille, but I definitely recommend MBraille the most personally, as it has allowed me to only occasionally attach my Apple Bluetooth keyboard to my iPhone. I think MBraille is worth the price if you are a competant braille user who appreciates typing on braille keyboards.

If you've ever tried to write anything more than a word or two with the on-screen keyboard, you know the limited speeds you can achieve no matter how good you are. Then when you have something that lets you enter text, not only in braille, but in grade 2, and type as fast as you would with an external keyboard, it's obvious that you can be incredibly more efficient while working with your iDevice! I used to keep an external QWERTY keyboard with me most of the time to be ready to take notes quickly, but I never use it anymore. Beyond being able to paste text into any application, MBraille's advantage is increased even more by being able to directly send texts,emails, open urls, perform google searches, post to facebook and twitter, and more, without switching applications and pasteing. It is probably my most useful tool on my iPhone now, and with its editing capabilities, I even use it for more lengthy writing projects like this review, without even thinking twice about whether I want to use my iPhone or wait til I get to my PC! If you are good with braille, I cannot recommend it highly enough.

So I got the free version, wanted to use the spell checker, so I got the paid version and the third party keyboard addon. That was so much money, and I didn't consider how much it really was until I started using it a lot. Its not worth it y'all. $50 for an app that can't even correctly translate inputted braille to print. It doesn't even use the iOS braille tables, so you can't use UEB to make it work better to correctly identify 4=6+D as ound,instead of .dWaste of money. And when I tried to get a refund, Apple said I have to go through the app website and contact them about it. They'd better get back to me. That was a lot of money for an app I thought would save me plenty of time, but wound up taking much more time than even typing on the regular touch screen keyboard.