The iOS app also offers limited language support at the moment. The Android app lets you choose between many different themes and even gives you the option to buy premium designs. Sometimes, it takes a while for the keyboard to load, emoji aren’t built-in like they are on Android, and you’re limited to just two themes (for now). The only downside of the iOS version, was that some features were limited and there are a few bugs.
Sometimes you just don’t want to type the same message you write to your mom every day again or you simply don’t feel like typing out every letter in the word “preposterous.” When you’re feeling lazy, SwiftKey will put the words right in your mouth or let you drag your finger along lazily to spell out that terribly long word.
Using SwiftKey, we found that we barely had to type anymore. Then, after tapping on the word, the next three words in the sentence appeared like magic. Often, we only had to type the first letter of a word before the entire word popped up in the suggestions bar. Once we synced the app with our accounts, suggestions improved dramatically. Thanks to SwiftKey Cloud, all your typing patterns are saved and transferred onto any other device on which you use SwiftKey. The app learns how you type and tries to give you logical suggestions. SwiftKey can also connect to your Facebook, Google, and Evernote accounts to offer more accurate predictions based on your history. It combines great autocorrect, suggestions, and swipe-to-type functionality all in one attractive package.
SwiftKey is one of the most popular alternative smartphone keyboards around and for good reason. We take a look at the highs and lows of each keyboard to determine a winner. We tested out three of the most popular apps, including SwiftKey, Fleksy, and Swype.Īll three keyboard apps have a few bugs and lack the full functionality of their Android counterparts, but this is just the first version for all three app makers. Now that iOS 8 is available, iPhone and iPad users can choose from a bunch of different alternative keyboard apps.