Eight years ago, Steve Jobs announced the first smartphone Apple. One of the main features of the iPhone was the ability to navigate through menus and conveniently enter text using your fingers. No styluses, no additional accessories to interact with the device screen. The iOS keyboard remained one of the most convenient for a long time, but user demands grew and millions of iPhone owners wanted something new. The release of iOS 8 freed the hands of both developers and users - now every owner of an iPhone, iPod or iPad could install a third-party keyboard. Today we will look at some of the most popular and convenient keyboards for iOS V App Store with Cyrillic support.

To enable the keyboard after downloading, you will need to go to Settings – General – Keyboard – Keyboards – New Keyboards and select the installed keyboard.

Then open its settings and Allow full access.

The selection will include only keyboards, supporting Russian language. Different input algorithms, different interfaces and different prices.

TouchPal

Genre: Utilities, keyboard
Publisher: CoolTek
Version: 1.3
iPhone + iPad: Free [Download from App Store]

Pros: fast input, easy access to punctuation marks and emoticons, many themes and fonts, convenient switching of layouts
Cons: small number of languages

Keyboard TouchPal was presented almost immediately after the official presentation of iOS 8 in September 2014. For a long time, the developers delayed releasing the Russian language, but losing an audience is not in the interests of CooTek and the Chinese company is releasing another update that supports the Cyrillic alphabet.

The main feature of TouchPal is the ability to type using waves and swipes. To enter words, there is no need to separately tap on the letters: just touch the first letter, and then, without lifting your finger, move across the keyboard, selecting the next ones. TouchPal perfectly corrects any errors in the entered text.

To add a new word to the dictionary, just enter it by letter and then tap on the predictive line. To quickly enter punctuation marks, just hold your finger on the letter with the image of a specific sign.

Genre: Utilities, keyboard
Publisher
Version: 5.0.1
iPhone + iPad: 62 RUR [Download from App Store]

Pros: smart input, add-ons, many themes, typing speed
Cons: Difficulty entering punctuation marks

The Russian language appeared in the keyboard almost immediately after the official announcement. Fleksy allows you to enter words by letter and supports several gestures for quickly inserting a space or punctuation marks.

The Fleksy keyboard recognizes words clearly even if you miss your finger a few times. To select the desired option, just swipe up or down.

In addition, Fleksy allows you to install several additional extensions, including:

– animated GIF memes;
– separate digital line;
– cursor navigation;
– setting for one-handed typing (right-handed/left-handed);

The keyboard also provides a change of themes, as well as a choice of keyboard size: large, medium and small.

Swipe

Genre: Utilities, keyboard
Publisher: Nuance Communications
Version: 1.2
iPhone + iPad: 62 RUR [Download from App Store]

Pros: speed, own dictionary, numeric keypad
Cons: slow input of punctuation marks, lack of synchronization of dictionaries between iOS devices

Keyboard developers Swipe They delayed it a bit with the release of the Russian language, and then added more than 20 layouts from all over the world at once. Input is carried out using swipes (similarly TouchPal).

The word recognition algorithm is considered one of the best among the keyboards presented in the App Store. The dictionary is also clearly implemented, allowing you to independently add words that the application does not understand.

Switching languages ​​is done by holding your finger on the space bar. Swype also provides a separate numeric keypad, which can be accessed through the logo.

Only 5 themes are available to the user, and the rest of the developers offer to purchase for an additional fee.

Minuum

Genre: Utilities, keyboard
Publisher: Whirlscape
Version: 1.3
iPhone + iPad: 62 RUR [Download from App Store]

Pros: takes up minimal space on the screen, good auto-correction
Cons: owners of thick fingers pass by

Even big iPhone screen 6 Plus is sometimes not enough, and at the moment of entering text, the “useful” screen size is reduced by almost half. It is for this purpose that the keyboard was developed Minuum.

At first glance, Minuum is no different from a number of third-party keyboards, but as soon as you swipe your finger from top to bottom, Minuum appears as a minimalistic keyboard that takes up just over a quarter of the iPhone's screen. To switch languages, hold the globe icon.

13 languages, 15 colorful themes, quick access to emoticons and instant collapse - all this is the keyboard Minuum. As a New Year's gift, the developers have released a separate Christmas Keyboard with several themes, distributed absolutely free [Download Christmas Keyboard].

MyScript Stack

Genre: Utilities, keyboard
Publisher: MyScript
Version: 1.2.0
iPhone + iPad: Free [Download from App Store]

Pros: good recognition algorithm, support for a number of languages
Cons: slow typing speed, register confusion

The idea of ​​handwriting input on communicators has been known since the advent of the archaic iPad prototype Newton. Keyboard MyScript Stack allows you to enter letter by letter using your finger.

With release last year iOS 7 Apple made a real revolution even for themselves, the changes in the “operating system” were so enormous. Skeuomorphism was anathematized, and was replaced by ease of movement and futuristic interface.

The exit was not without its flaws. Frequent crashes and freezes, the unexpected lack of smoothness usual for iOS 6 led users to indescribable anger. However, in March Apple, presenting an update 7.1 , somewhat smoothed the situation. However, not everyone knows that in addition to its flat appearance, the “seven” also brought many useful functions into our lives, which we will certainly tell you about. Today we will talk about the so-called swipe(Swipe - moving your finger across the screen in one direction, also known as swiping).

If you are a secret admirer of the system MeeGo or Jolla, I can please you that Apple also realized that the idea of ​​“swiping” across the screen has a right to life. Yes, in the updated browser Safari this one has been available for a long time "feature".

Are you looking through, say, the pages of your favorite magazine? Applemix, saw this most useful article from Ivan (by the way, all his materials are required reading: you will learn a lot of interesting things), went in and read it, and then with a simple movement, with which you usually brush off specks of dust, run your finger from one edge to the other and the page turns, turns page – attention – back to previous! You can also swipe from right to left to move forward, respectively. Isn't it brilliant? Of course, I’m exaggerating, but you will especially feel the convenience of these gestures on the iPhone. After all, reaching to the lower left corner in order to press the “back” and “forward” buttons is extremely tiring and inconvenient.

Spoilers: Moreover, it will soon be released with a larger screen, and there this function will be extremely popular.

Please note that swipes work not only in the Safari application, but are also available in the App Store, iTunes and Settings.

Those who knew, well done, and for some, perhaps, the material will be akin to a revelation. In this simple way we take care of the hands of our readers.

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How to install a new keyboard on iOS 8? TOP 9 best for iPhone and iPad

Apple, having launched new smartphones on the market, updated its mobile operating system to iOS 8. After updating to it, the iPhone and iPad become able to add third-party keyboards, thereby somewhat increasing the functionality of the system as a whole.

But now users are wondering: how to install an additional keyboard, which ones can already be downloaded from the App Store, are they popular and which ones will be released in the near future?

Installing a new keyboard

First of all, of course, you must download and install any new keyboard from the store, you can choose from the list after the instructions. It can be downloaded just like any other application. You can enable a third-party keyboard using a few simple steps:

Step 1. Go to "Settings", open the "General" item.
Step 2. Next, scroll down and select the "Keyboards" section
Step 3. In the new section, select "Keyboards" again

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Step 4. After you have installed the keyboard and made your way to this section, click on the "New keyboards..." button.

Step 5. Then you will see a long list with different sections. If a keyboard is installed, it will be available for selection (in our case, it's SwiftKey). Click on a third-party keyboard and it will be added after the main keyboards.

Step 6. Click on the added keyboard to enable "full access" (only for keyboards you trust). This will allow you to use all its capabilities.

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Some keyboards are also recommended to be configured before use. For example, when installing Fleksy, you will also have to go to the settings of the keyboard itself and apply the language you need. After activating all the options, launch any application where you can enter text and check the keyboard operation. If necessary, click on the "ball" next to the spacebar if the keyboard has not switched.

Since the process of installing the keyboard is simple, as with any other application, uninstalling it should also be a no-brainer. You can simply go to the App Store and uninstall any third-party keyboard.

TOP 9 best third-party keyboards

Which keyboard should you choose for everyday use, fast and error-free text entry? Most of you may have heard of the most popular keyboards on Android - SwiftKey, which allows you to guess the words and phrases you type, and Swype, which has the advantage of accurate typing. Among others, Fleksy stands out, which was also transferred to iOS 8. However, we will offer a longer list for the latest version of the mobile system from Apple.

Regarding the Russian language in keyboards, it is only known that only Fleksy supports it, but it is possible that other developers are trying to introduce it or have already introduced it.

1. SwiftKey- one of the most popular keyboards on Android, transferred to the Apple platform. SwiftKey brings excellent auto-correction, fast swipe input and many colorful themes for visual settings keyboards. The keyboard can adapt to a particular user's style in the background, predicting the next words. Plus, SwiftKey is equipped with a dictionary synchronization function between different devices.

3.Flexy- a third-party keyboard for iPhone, which won the title of the fastest in the world, getting into the Guinness Book of Records. It has a set of over 600 Emoji (especially if you love emoticons). Its functionality also includes auto-correction and appearance changes. There are no swipes here, but, as we have already said, the Russian language is implemented.

4. Ginger Keyboard- one of the keyboards promised for release for iOS devices. It's not out yet, but the developers are working on some of its special innovations, such as a grammar checker, a translator, a dictionary, and a number of other useful and extensive tools, including a personal trainer. For now, these are just promises, and you should wait for the official release of the application.

5. Minuum- a keyboard that is not quite standard in the imagination of an iOS user, which can be transformed into a very compact panel. In this case, entering words can be done quite easily and quickly.

6. PopKey is the world's first animated GIF keyboard, the developers of which promise to create something truly funny. It will allow you to exchange animations instead of boring emoticons.

[Coming soon, Free]

7.TouchPal Keyboard One of the lesser-known text input solutions, TouchPal comes to iOS quite quietly and discreetly. Much like the default keyboard on an impressive number of Android phones. It's a bit similar to Swype. It is distinguished not so much by swipe input, which has already become a trend, but rather by a well-developed design. Gestures help enhance the functionality of the keyboard.

While preparing the material, we noticed that new keyboards appear almost every day. For example, ai.type. Keyboard appeared much later than TouchPal or SwiftKey, and at first the application was paid. But soon the developers changed their anger to mercy. So it is possible that within a month after our review the situation on the keyboard market will change dramatically.

So, ai.type Keyboard is our first third-party keyboard for iOS 8. At the time of testing, it offered the widest range of capabilities, so we will consider it a kind of starting point for the rest.

Seven covers are offered - standard iOS, Android and WP interfaces, ai.type Keyboard corporate cover, sketch cover and others. It is possible to use your image as a background.

As you can see, there are additional characters, a lot of them, and a separate line is provided for numbers. Based on my experience of using third-party keyboards, one would notice that the mere presence of this line predetermined the choice of the application. But that would be too subjective.

There are many languages, Russian is present. Switching is done by clicking on “Globe”. Keyboard settings can be called up by tapping the button with a special icon.

A very useful feature is the keyboard height adjustment separately for portrait and landscape modes. But there is no text input by sliding, and this is the only omission of the ai.type Keyboard. It’s not that we were fans and campaigned for this particular method, but if there is a demand, it must be satisfied.

In general, the keyboard is quite good and clearly claims to be a favorite among similar applications in the App Store.

SwiftKey – iOS 8 keyboard with sliding support

Somewhat nice keyboard, but without support for the Russian language, at least for the moment.

Another downside is that there are only two covers, dark and light. There are no additional characters.

But there is SwiftKey Flow, i.e. finger sliding input method. As far as our knowledge of English allowed, we were able to make sure that the definition of a word, even with a few of our errors, is performed correctly almost always. Of course, if the word is more or less common and is in the dictionary. Otherwise, you can add the word to the dictionary yourself so that next time there will be no problems with its spelling.

In addition, the keyboard offers the use of SwiftKey Cloud cloud services to store settings and its dictionary. Convenient when using several devices, including on different “axes”.

GO Keyboard – Russian keyboard for iOS 8

After the capabilities of ai.type Keyboard, I want to see something new, let's see if GOKeyboard can offer it.

Let's start with the covers. There are only three of them, and it seemed to us that the interface of the best one was copied from the “native” iOS keyboard. But you can use your own images as a background.

The period, comma and some additional symbols are present. But switching languages ​​is only possible by “tapping” on the space bar. Those who are used to using the faster Globus may not like this option. And swype is not implemented here either.

There are frankly few settings - choice of languages, predictive input, automatic capitalization, sound when pressed. And the covers, of course. In general, it is still difficult to name a reason that would make GOKeyboard stand out from the rest.

TouchPal is one of the best keyboards for iOS 8

The TouchPal keyboard, unlike the previous application, is much better provided. There is swype, and additional symbols, and various other things.

For example, here is the largest number of covers that we have ever seen. True, if you look closely, only one cover is used, and everything else is just color options.

As a keepsake, we make a cover with an image from the camera and adjust the transparency of the buttons.

There is additional symbols, there are a large number of “emoticons”. Switch between languages ​​- sliding on the spacebar or long “tap” on the Globe. In principle, it’s convenient.

There are not many languages ​​available yet, but Russian is among those already available. The set of settings is usually minimal.

Swype - an alternative keyboard for iOS 8

Here comes the legendary Swype application. Why legendary? Because thanks to its developer, Swype Inc., another Swype trademark has appeared in the world, which has become a household name, like diapers or copiers once were. Swype is a combination of the words swipe and type, which as a result became the designation of a text input method.

In any case, “swipe” is now used by many applications, so its founder will have to try hard to prove its uniqueness in practice.

As usual, let's start with the covers. You can’t add your own background, and there aren’t that many preset ones.

There is a period and a comma, there are additional symbols. The latter are displayed only on one keyboard – the one with a dark design. But technically, the symbols are also present on the other covers; you just need to “tap” the desired button.

Actually, about swype. The method works no worse or better than on other keyboards. “Hello, where are you” can be typed in 2-3 seconds, without even taking special aim, but for more complex and rare words a dictionary is used.

The only difference we noticed is the non-trivial use of swype. For example, to select an additional character, you can press the “?123” button and, without releasing your finger, slide to the desired character. Comma – from the comma button to the space bar, all “on the job.” With a little practice and memorizing the placement of characters, you can achieve amazing results in your typing speed.

Selecting a language is a long tap on the space. Going to the keyboard settings is possible only from the keyboard itself - by “tapping” on the corporate icon and selecting the “gear”.

The set of settings is standard. Overall, the keyboard is not bad, but, as with the GOKeyboard, it doesn’t stand out among its competitors in anything special. If it was once the only one that offered the swype input method, now this advantage is gone.

TapTap Keyboards - the simplest keyboard for iOS 8

That's where the big names end, let's move on to the keyboards that are not so famous. One of them is TapTap Keyboards for iOS 8. We liked it because of the Russian language and the most flexible cover settings.

Actually, of all the applications included in our review, this is the simplest. There are no additional characters, no semicolons, no swype - nothing. There are only problems with hitting Shift with the Russian layout.

The only thing that can attract the user is the cover settings. At first glance, there's not much to see here; there's not even an option to choose your own background.

However, you can choose colors that will make both ai.type Keyboard and Swype jealous. True, we were never able to establish the difference between “colors” and “themes”; here the developer either confused something or overdid it. So you can create a completely custom design only for the classic (in the sense of TapTap Keyboards) keyboard shape.

In the settings, among all the “likes” and “shares”, you can only find the inclusion of the sound of the keys. There are no auto-capitals, no dots with a double space, much less predictive input here.

Phraseboard – dictionary keyboard for iOS 8

The main idea of ​​the application can be understood from the name - the use of pre-prepared phrases in conversation. It is not possible to use Phraseboard as the main keyboard; its role is secondary. Actually, Phraseboard can hardly be considered a keyboard - rather, a dictionary.

The gist is this: Phraseboard contains an editable list of categories: Personal, Family, Friends, Work, and so on. Each category has phrases - we can also change them or create new ones.

During a conversation, if we suddenly want to use a template phrase, we switch to Phraseboard, go to the desired category and select. In principle, this can be convenient if you often need to indicate your email address, nickname in Skype, wallet number in WebMoney and so on. “Sorry, I'm busy, call back later” is far from the only way to use this application.

True, iOS has its own tool - abbreviations, which can be used in almost the same way. Albeit not with such convenience, although it will be suitable for a couple of phrases. But Phraseboard, as a more specialized tool, is much more functional in this regard. Another question is whether it will find its users, and how many of them there will be.

PopKey – pattern keyboard for iOS 8

Another additional keyboard, this time with an entertainment twist. It offers GIF images on specific topics. In principle, why not? Especially if the selected picture can make your interlocutor laugh.

You can upload your own “gifs” to use them in the future. This may not be necessary, since the set of pictures in PopKey is quite large, and on a great variety of topics.

However, for the application to fully work, Internet access is required, although a minimum set of images is provided in offline mode.

Adaptxt – keyboard with special dictionaries for iOS 8

Adaptxt developers position the keyboard as an adaptive one. This has the following meaning: you have access to specialized dictionaries that, when using swype, will help you correctly determine the desired word. There are dictionaries on business, finance, sports, IT industry, medicine, and so on.

But at the moment there is a sharp shortage of dictionaries in Russian: only a dictionary on business topics is available for download. The choice of developers is, of course, curious, given the large number of businessmen who are looking in the App Store for a suitable keyboard for composing business letters to their colleagues or subordinates. However, in the near future the set of dictionaries may change, tea is not a constant.

There are two covers: traditionally dark and light. Swype, auto-correction and predictive input are used.

Swype is also very convenient to use with abbreviations. The list of abbreviations and corresponding hot keys is indicated in the keyboard settings. Later, you just need to swipe your finger from the “123” button to a given key to get the text you are looking for. In our opinion, this is an excellent solution, the main thing here is to remember which of the buttons contains the “secret”, and which one.

In general, the keyboard deserves a minute of attention, although, in our opinion, at the moment it is not yet finalized: there are not enough additional symbols, options for editing the cover and, of course, dictionaries.

Conclusion

Overall, there wasn't much of a surprise. The most advanced applications turned out to be those that have long been known in the Android environment, the developers of which can assemble a good team to seriously work on their product. These are ai.type Keyboard, Swype, TouchPal and SwiftKey. We leave leadership to ai.type Keyboard, as the most equipped keyboard, albeit without the swype method. For those who do not accept only the continuous input method, we recommend Swype and TouchPal.

Compared to the native keyboard third party applications They don't differ too much. The biggest differences are in the display of additional characters and the swype input method. Whether they are necessary is up to you to decide.

Very useful option in the form of changing the size of the keyboard, it is equipped with a.i.Keyboard, although this feature is most relevant only for tablets, or, in extreme cases, for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Only the covers remain, but this advantage is doubtful, because each new keyboard necessarily copies the interface of the native application, which, as we have already said, is very good.

Additional keyboards are also interesting, but the scenarios for their use are limited and will not resonate with every user.

iOS Shortcuts* - allows a third-party keyboard to use the shortcuts built into iOS (Settings > General > Keyboard > Shortcuts).

Apple's iOS 8 operating system contains much more innovation than the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus gadgets. Significantly expanded developer capabilities allow smartphones to be used in new ways, giving the impression that these models are significantly better than the iPhone 5S. However, it is worth noting that if you install iOS 8 on a previous generation gadget, it will not be much inferior to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

iOS 8 has brought a huge number of new features such as widgets, export panels, Metal technology, Health Kit and much more. In addition, the new Apple operating system has a predictive text input function, QuickType technology, and most importantly, ability to use alternative keyboards from third party developers.

We offer a selection of the best alternative keyboards for iOS 8, which for the most part have worked well on the Android OS and have been ported to the new Apple operating system.

SwiftKey keyboard for iOS.

Considered one of the smartest keyboards for Android gadgets, it uses a predictive text input system and auto-correction in 60 languages. SwiftKey works no different on iOS 8; from the moment you install the app on your iPhone or iPad, the utility remembers everything you enter and automatically suggests the most frequently used words or phrases. The most popular comment is that users feel like the keyboard is "guessing" their thoughts and correctly suggesting entire sentences from the first word they enter.

Fleksy keyboard for iOS.

Fleksy is another popular keyboard, ported from Android to iOS 8, which has a large army of fans. The peculiarity of the application is that you don’t even have to enter a word correctly, making a mistake in each letter, the main thing is that their number and location approximately coincide with the correct word . The Fleksy keyboard has a built-in gesture system that allows you to type text at high speed. A nice feature of the application is the ability to apply different color schemes and change the size of the work area.

Swype keyboard for iOS.

An equally popular keyboard for Android and iOS 8, the principle of entering words with Swype is that the user needs to slide across the screen from letter to letter and lift his finger only between different words. The application has a built-in error correction algorithm and a linguistic model of a specific language; in addition, there is an option for predictive text input (suggesting a word based on the first letters entered). In the Swype keyboard for iOS, the main emphasis is placed on a module that analyzes the trajectory of finger movement across the screen and the word search system in the application base.

Nintype or Hipjot keyboard (keyboard + notes) for iOS.

Nintype / Hipjot is a similar keyboard in terms of input method to the Swype keyboard, but the developers went even further in technology and improved it by making it possible to use gestures with both hands at the same time, which significantly increases the speed of typing. So the developers claim that if the average speed of typing words on the Swype keyboard is 50-60 words per minute, then the author of Nintype / Hipjot managed to type 120 words per minute, and the average user is able to type at a speed of 70-90 words per minute. The downside of the Nintype/Hipjot keyboard is that it only supports English for now.

Keyboard KuaiBoard (first name QuickBoard) for iOS.

The KuaiBoard keyboard allows you to choose from three different text input techniques on iOS gadgets: TextBoard, MeBoard and LocationBoard. Each method is based on automation of the most repetitive actions, for example, you can add buttons with the most frequently used words and phrases to the screen, in addition, this function can be used for large text blocks (templates for replies to letters, contacts and much more).

Minuum keyboard for iOS.

The Minuum keyboard is very different from other designs, primarily in its appearance. The standard QWERTY layout has a vertically compressed layout, which significantly reduces the size of the keyboard itself on the screen. This feature is perfect for new smartphone models with a large screen: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. With such a compressed layout of the Minuum keyboard, the number of errors will be significantly greater, so this problem is compensated for using dictionaries and text recognition algorithms.

TextExpander keyboard for iOS.

Another keyboard with an original operating principle designed to automate the process of entering text as quickly as possible. The main method in the TextExpander keyboard is the "autocorrect" function, i.e. The utility allows you to create large dictionaries with abbreviations of words, phrases and large pieces of text, for example, after entering “tyvm”, the phrase will be automatically replaced with “Thank you very much”. It will take time to create a database of templates, but subsequently entering text using TextExpander can be the fastest and most convenient.

TouchPal keyboard for iOS.

The TouchPal keyboard allows you to choose from two methods for entering words. The first is called TouchPal Curve, words must be entered by moving your finger across the screen, moving from one letter to another. The second method is called TouchPal Wave, which is based on the predictive input method. It is possible to choose from several color schemes, in addition, there is an option to quickly enter additional characters.

All these and many other keyboards for iOS can be downloaded from the “Utilities” section of the App Store; they are only available for iPhone, iPad and iPod running the iOS 8 operating system.

Here are frequently asked questions about the virtual keyboard Apple iPhone. This list will help you set up your keyboard and dispel some myths. For convenience, keep the content interactive:

How to add a new keyboard to iPhone in your language?

If, in addition to the layout in Russian and English language, you want to add a Ukrainian or some other virtual keyboard to your iPhone, this is done in the Settings application:

Settings – General – Keyboard – Keyboards

Here, below, click the button - New keyboards. In the list below, select the required keyboard, and it appears in our list of working keyboards. After these steps, the new keyboard becomes available while typing.

What to do if your country is not in the list of iPhone keyboards?

When setting up keyboard layouts using the method above, it turned out that the list of iPhones does not have a layout in the Kazakh and Belarusian languages. If the layout of your country is also not in the list of keyboards, then you can install it separately by searching in the App Store, there are both paid and free offers from developers.

To install keyboards from the App Store you will need it (as well as to install other applications).

Free Belarusian layout is here:

To install keyboards downloaded from the App Store, use the method described above. And to configure third-party keyboards, launch the application that appears on the desktop.

How to remove an unwanted keyboard from iPhone?

We looked at an example of removing the Emoji keyboard -. Any other keyboard is removed in the same way. In fact, the keyboard is simply hidden and can be added again if necessary.

Switching the iPhone keyboard language when typing

To switch layouts and change input language iPhone keyboard equipped with a button with a globe. To change the language, click on the globe button. To select a language (if you have many) hold this button until a small context menu and select a keyboard.

iPhone keyboard click sound

Currently, iOS firmware does not provide the ability to select or set your own sound for clicking virtual keyboard buttons.

The click sound can be turned on or off, this is done here – Settings – Sounds – Keyboard clicks.

Is it possible to set keyboard vibration on iPhone?

Among the standard iOS firmware features, it is not yet possible to enable tactile vibration signals that are triggered by pressing buttons on the virtual keyboard. But I think that soon, if not a standard solution, then a solution from third-party developers can satisfy this need of some users, and completely legally, without jails.

Does iPhone have a black keyboard?

For now, the standard black keyboard is only available on the iPhone when using Spotlight search or when turned on. If I’m not mistaken, in previous versions of iOS, a dark keyboard appeared in some places when reducing transparency and darkening colors in the accessibility contrast settings, but this feature does not work for us.

But after searching for the Belarusian keyboard, we discovered the Yandex.Keyboard application (the link is above), in the settings of this add-on you can enable the black keyboard. In addition to black, there are pink, blue and others. In principle, the solution, although third-party, does not look the same. So if you want to change the color of the keyboard on your iPhone, then check out the app.

Where on the iPhone keyboard is the sign - number (No.)

The iPhone's virtual keyboard hides some letters and symbols. Where and how to find the letter E and the hard sign (Ъ) read -.

Well, the “number” sign No appears when you hold down the hash sign (#) and becomes available for use.

iPhone virtual keyboard as a touchpad

iPhone models with 3D Touch support (iPhone 6S) now have the ability to use the entire phone display as a touchpad to control the cursor. I don’t know if this feature will catch on, but so far it looks like it’s not finished yet.

You can control the cursor in the area of ​​your text only; in principle, this thing will appeal to guys with big fingers who find it difficult to quickly place the cursor in the right place according to the text.

It works like this: press on any part of the iPhone’s virtual keyboard and press with your finger until the letters disappear (if the letters do not disappear, do not press on the screen with full force, check whether 3D Touch is enabled in the settings). As soon as the letters of the virtual keyboard disappear, this means that the touchpad mode is activated and by moving your finger across the screen you control the cursor in your text field. To highlight words or entire sentences, press down on the screen a little more and highlight the desired area. The thing does not work with other people's text, for example, with Web pages.

How to enable emoji in the keyboard on iPhone

IN latest firmware Emoji smileys are enabled by default. If you don’t have emoticons, then turn them on like this – “”

On September 17, 2014, Apple released the new operating system iOS 8, in which one of the main changes was the appearance of support for third-party keyboards. Popular products from Android, as well as developments specifically for the iPhone and iPad, were not long in coming - on the same day, mobile device users had the opportunity to try dozens of different keyboard applications and, if desired, change the standard one to something more convenient and functional. However, it quickly became clear that the vast majority of iPhone owners are not interested in experiments and prefer the time-tested method of typing. Or maybe it’s all due to the huge number of developer errors and shortcomings in iOS, which made it difficult to use third-party keyboards comfortably for several months.

After the first wave, when alternative keyboards first appeared in the App Store for iOS 8, there were only three high-profile announcements: typing tools were released by Yandex, Google and Microsoft. Only Yandex.Keyboard is available to Russian-speaking users, which receives regular updates with bug fixes, improved stability and performance, as well as new functionality. Google's Gboard is only available in Latin, experimental Microsoft Word Flow also does not have a Cyrillic alphabet. However, the arched Word Flow keyboard looks too extravagant for everyday use anyway.

However, the problem with third-party keyboards for iOS is not even that there are no interesting and noteworthy developments from new players appearing in the App Store. The most significant fact is that the developers from the first wave have mostly abandoned their products and have not released updates for a long time. The new version of TouchPal last appeared in the App Store on December 19, 2015, Minuum has not been updated since January 26, 2016, and the GO keyboard stopped development on April 17 of this year. My favorite Fleksy keyboard was purchased by Pinterest and has not received new versions since April 7, 2016, and most importantly, stopped working correctly starting from iOS 10.1.

It turns out that four of the six keyboards, which seemed to be one of the most promising in September 2014, have not received updates for more than six months and have not been adapted to the changes in iOS 10. Among the old-timers of the App Store, there are only two keyboards left, whose developers have not yet completely abandoned their creations: SwiftKey and Swype, new versions of which were released in November of this year. However, judging by user reviews in the application store, the developers of these keyboards should pay much more attention to improving their products and develop them more actively.

Not receiving the desired number of users or failing to make enough money from their products, most developers abandoned alternative keyboards. New worthy applications have not appeared for a long time, and the prospects for the still alive SwiftKey and Swype for iOS are very vague. Currently, only Yandex.Keyboard, Gboard from Google and Microsoft Word Flow have a chance to grow their audience and attract new users. However, each of them is focused less on offering iPhone and iPad owners a more convenient typing experience, and more on access to related services such as built-in search, translator, integrated contacts, collections of pictures and GIFs.

The new eighth version of the Apple operating system has finally given Apple users a free hand, because now they can even change the keyboard on theirs. Apple fans didn’t have to wait long for the AppStore to be filled with themed applications – there are already several keyboards that can handle text input better than the standard ones.

Chinese developer CooTek introduced the Touch Pal app immediately after the release of iOS 8 in 2014. Russian users initially ignored the Touch Pal keyboard, because it did not support the Russian language for quite a long time. Since the appearance of the Cyrillic alphabet, there has been no end to enthusiastic comments on thematic forums.

• Design. The keyboard for the iPhone Touch Pal looks very similar to the “native” one, so the user does not feel as if he has switched from the iPhone to another gadget. At the same time, the Touch Pal functionality is much richer.
• Typing using waves and swipes.Touch Pal Curve acts as an analogue of Swype technology and allows you to write words without lifting your finger from the screen. There is also a Wave mode, which is responsible for predictive text input: the keyboard is able to predict not only the ending of the word that the user enters, but also the next word.
• Price. Touch Pal is a completely free product, unlike other virtual keyboards (although their price is usually low).

The Touch Pal has a curious flaw: the user cannot switch to punctuation and numbers. To put any punctuation mark, you have to press the key for a long time - this slows down the process of writing a message.

Minuum

Price: 299 rub. +

At the moment of entering text, the “useful” screen area is reduced by almost half - this is exactly what the developers of the Minuum application noticed. The problem was solved in a rather original way: the keyboard was simply “flattened” vertically. Minuum is a strip with a minimum number of buttons, each of which contains 3 letters (for example, the first button is Q, A and Z). This keyboard for iOS takes up no more than a quarter of the screen.

An Apple user may have doubts: is it possible to type correctly and quickly with this arrangement of letters? It turned out that the lack of information about the vertical arrangement of letters is easily compensated for by dictionaries and recognition algorithms, the presence of which any gadget can now boast of. If you need precise data input (for example, a URL), it is very easy to change the keys to a standard appearance by swiping your finger from bottom to top. As for the printing speed, it, on the contrary, increases, and quite significantly.

However, Minuum has a couple of disadvantages:

• For users with thick fingers, installing such a keyboard is contraindicated.
• Minuum is quite expensive: you can download the keyboard for 299 rubles.

Flexy

Fleksy is the fastest keyboard in the world, and this is not a subjective assessment, but an experimentally proven fact. A 16-year-old Brazilian boy broke the record by typing a complex 25-word sentence in just 18 seconds. He used Fleksy, which was included in the Guinness Book of Records! In addition, the Fleksy keyboard is interesting because over 4 million dollars of investment were attracted to its development.

The main advantage of Fleksy is that it is not at all necessary to hit the keys when typing - even if in a word of four letters all four are typed incorrectly, the user will get the desired result. It is only important that the number of letters in the word matches and misses on the keys are not very serious.

Fleksy has other advantages:

• More than 40 languages ​​supported(including Russian).
• Application setup is flexible: You can make your iPhone keyboard more beautiful by changing its color, or adjust the size of the keys to increase usable screen real estate.
• Additional extensions are installed, designed to make communication fun. You can express yourself using gifs, emoticons, emoji (of which there are more than 8 hundred).

The only negative is the difficulty of entering punctuation marks. In order to quickly place signs, you will have to set up gesture controls.

How to change the keyboard on an iPhone?

An iPhone or iPad user has the opportunity to download several keyboards from the AppStore at once and change them at least daily. To activate the downloaded keyboard, you need to follow the path “ Settings» - « Basic» - « Keyboard» - « Keyboards» - « New keyboards" A list will appear - the user should check the box next to the virtual keyboard that he wants to use. In the settings of the application itself, you need to activate the toggle switch “ Allow full access».

Conclusion

Choosing a virtual keyboard is an extremely subjective matter, so recommendations on which one is better will be unnecessary. Try as many free options as possible and settle on the one that seems most convenient. Paid keyboards (like Minuum) should be used only in extreme cases - for example, if your hands iPhone 4, where the keys cover a good half of the screen.

Eight years ago, Steve Jobs announced Apple's first smartphone. One of the main features of the iPhone was the ability to navigate through menus and conveniently enter text using your fingers. No styluses, no additional accessories to interact with the device screen. The iOS keyboard remained one of the most convenient for a long time, but user demands grew and millions of iPhone owners wanted something new. The release of iOS 8 freed the hands of both developers and users - now every owner of an iPhone, iPod or iPad could install a third-party keyboard. Today we will look at some of the most popular and convenient keyboards for iOS in the App Store with Cyrillic support.

To enable the keyboard after downloading, you will need to go to Settings – General – Keyboard – Keyboards – New Keyboards and select the installed keyboard.

Then open its settings and Allow full access.

The selection will include only keyboards, supporting Russian language. Different input algorithms, different interfaces and different prices.

TouchPal

Genre: Utilities, keyboard
Publisher: CoolTek
Version: 1.3
iPhone + iPad

Pros: fast input, easy access to punctuation marks and emoticons, many themes and fonts, convenient switching of layouts
Cons: small number of languages

Keyboard TouchPal was presented almost immediately after the official presentation of iOS 8 in September 2014. For a long time, the developers delayed releasing the Russian language, but losing an audience is not in the interests of CooTek and the Chinese company is releasing another update that supports the Cyrillic alphabet.

The main feature of TouchPal is the ability to type using waves and swipes. To enter words, there is no need to separately tap on the letters: just touch the first letter, and then, without lifting your finger, move across the keyboard, selecting the next ones. TouchPal perfectly corrects any errors in the entered text.

To add a new word to the dictionary, just enter it by letter and then tap on the predictive line. To quickly enter punctuation marks, just hold your finger on the letter with the image of a specific sign.

Genre: Utilities, keyboard
Publisher
Version: 5.0.1
iPhone + iPad

Pros: smart input, add-ons, many themes, typing speed
Cons: Difficulty entering punctuation marks

The Russian language appeared in the keyboard almost immediately after the official announcement. Fleksy allows you to enter words by letter and supports several gestures for quickly inserting a space or punctuation marks.

The Fleksy keyboard recognizes words clearly even if you miss your finger a few times. To select the desired option, just swipe up or down.

In addition, Fleksy allows you to install several additional extensions, including:

– animated GIF memes;
– separate digital line;
– cursor navigation;
– setting for one-handed typing (right-handed/left-handed);

The keyboard also provides a change of themes, as well as a choice of keyboard size: large, medium and small.

Swipe

Genre: Utilities, keyboard
Publisher: Nuance Communications
Version: 1.2
iPhone + iPad: 62 RUR [Download from App Store]

Pros: speed, own dictionary, numeric keypad
Cons: slow input of punctuation marks, lack of synchronization of dictionaries between iOS devices

Keyboard developers Swipe They delayed it a bit with the release of the Russian language, and then added more than 20 layouts from all over the world at once. Input is carried out using swipes (similarly TouchPal).

The word recognition algorithm is considered one of the best among the keyboards presented in the App Store. The dictionary is also clearly implemented, allowing you to independently add words that the application does not understand.

Switching languages ​​is done by holding your finger on the space bar. Swype also provides a separate numeric keypad, which can be accessed through the logo.

Only 5 themes are available to the user, and the rest of the developers offer to purchase for an additional fee.

Minuum

Genre: Utilities, keyboard
Publisher: Whirlscape
Version: 1.3
iPhone + iPad: 62 RUR [Download from App Store]

Pros: takes up minimal space on the screen, good auto-correction
Cons: owners of thick fingers pass by

Even the large screen of the iPhone 6 Plus is not enough, and when entering text, the “useful” screen size is almost halved. It is for this purpose that the keyboard was developed Minuum.

At first glance, Minuum is no different from a number of third-party keyboards, but as soon as you swipe your finger from top to bottom, Minuum appears as a minimalistic keyboard that takes up just over a quarter of the iPhone's screen. To switch languages, hold the globe icon.

13 languages, 15 colorful themes, quick access to emoticons and instant collapse - all this is a keyboard Minuum. As a New Year's gift, the developers have released a separate Christmas Keyboard with several themes, distributed absolutely free [Download Christmas Keyboard].

MyScript Stack

Genre: Utilities, keyboard
Publisher: MyScript
Version: 1.2.0
iPhone + iPad: Free [Download from App Store]

Pros: good recognition algorithm, support for a number of languages
Cons: slow typing speed, register confusion

The idea of ​​handwriting input on communicators has been known since the advent of the archaic iPad prototype Newton. Keyboard MyScript Stack allows you to enter letter by letter using your finger.

MyScript Stack perfectly recognizes even the most clumsy handwriting, numbers and punctuation marks. You can enter letters either character by character or overlapping each other (without waiting for recognition). Unfortunately, Stack does not support whole word recognition.

MyScript Stack supports handwritten recognition of more than 50 languages, including difficult-to-type hieroglyphs and non-traditional characters.

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iOS lets you use your device's built-in keyboards in every app, switch between keyboards for different languages, use third-party keyboards, and more.

Changing the device's built-in keyboard

You can change the format of your device's built-in keyboard or add additional input languages. This also changes the dictionary used for autocorrection, the number of letters on the keyboard, and the layout of the keys. The keyboard language also determines the language of the dictionary used for.

To add software keyboards, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards.

For some languages, you can change the keyboard layout. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards, tap the language you want, and choose a new layout.

Selecting a different language

In iOS 10 or later, the keyboard automatically switches between the two most commonly used languages. 1 To manually switch the keyboard, follow these steps:

Search for a word in the dictionary

To get the definition of a word, select the word and click Find. The dictionary is a software keyboard only feature and is available in selected languages. 2

Use predictive text

Predictive typing lets you enter entire sentences with just a few taps.

As you type, you are given options to continue your sentence based on your previous conversations and your writing style.

To turn off predictive text, press and hold or and then tap " Predictive dialing" You can also turn off predictive typing from Settings > General > Keyboard > Predictive typing.

Add a third-party software keyboard

Third-party software keyboards are installed on your device in the same way as other software. To use a new keyboard, you must add it after installation. Follow the steps below.

1. Go to the App Store and find the keyboard app you want.
2. Click Get > Install.
3. Enter your Apple password ID or if it is available on the device.
4. Then add a new keyboard. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > New Keyboards and select your installed keyboard.

Switch to another keyboard

While using the program, you can switch to a different keyboard, such as a third-party keyboard or a language keyboard. To do this, press and hold to switch between keyboards. You can also define the order of the keyboards. To do this, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Change. Then press and hold to rearrange the order of the keyboards. Click "Done" to save the change.

Sometimes third party keyboards are not available:

• if the developer of the program you are using does not allow the installation of third-party keyboards;
• when entering text in a secure text field (for example, a password field where dots are displayed instead of letters and numbers);
• when using a numeric keyboard rather than a standard keyboard.

In all these cases, the default keyboard will be displayed until you finish typing.

Removing a Third Party Keyboard

Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Change. Click then the "Done" button.

You can also remove the keyboard by uninstalling the companion program installed from the App Store. This will also remove the keyboard from the Settings section.

Changing the physical keyboard layout

You can choose between several keyboard layouts accepted on physical keyboards. You can also use an alternate layout that doesn't match the keys on your physical keyboard.

To change the physical keyboard, you must first pair it with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. To put your keyboard into discovery or pairing mode, follow the instructions included with your keyboard. Once your keyboard is paired, go to Settings > General > Physical Keyboard and select a layout.

Learn how - such as keyboard - on your iOS device.

Additional information

Learn how to enter text on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

1. This feature supports keyboards for the following languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Pinyin keyboard layouts are also supported for English and Chinese.
2. English, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Thai, Turkish, Hindi, Swedish, French, Japanese.

Date of publication: 05/09/2017

The standard keyboard that is installed in the iPhone and iPad often does not meet the user's requirements, and he has to turn to third-party solutions. In this article, MacDigger looked at 8 interesting, popular and simply good iOS keyboards that you should pay attention to.

SwiftKey

SwiftKey is considered the smartest keyboard for iPhone and iPad. The difficult process of typing text on the touch screen is helped by auto-correction and predictive text input in 60 languages.

The keyboard in SwiftKey for iOS works almost the same as on Google phones, where it successfully settled several years earlier. From the moment of installation, the program remembers what a person writes and automatically suggests favorite phrases and expressions in writing. According to user reviews, it seems that the keyboard “reads” thoughts and predicts almost entire sentences literally from the first words.

Word Flow

Late last month, Microsoft released the Word Flow keyboard ported from Window Phone to iOS. The main distinctive feature of the brand Microsoft solutions- the presence of a special function that allows you to quickly type text on the go, holding the device with one hand. By switching to Arc mode, users can either slide their finger across the fan-shaped keyboard without lifting it from the screen or simply type on the go. The buttons are angled to make them easier to press while holding the iPhone with one hand.

With the exception of the one-armed mode, Word Flow is almost identical to the WP version. Users can quickly enter words suggested by the program, insert emoji, and type text using swipes. To experience Word Flow on iOS, you must have an iPhone 5s or later smartphone and a US App account Store. Microsoft promises to release an international version of the keyboard in the near future.

Flexy

Fleksy can give a head start to most players on the market, because to successfully type text here it is absolutely not necessary to even hit the right letters. Literally, taking a word of five letters and typing all five incorrectly, the user gets the desired result. For Fleksy, it doesn’t make much difference how many errors are made when typing - the main thing is that the number of letters matches the desired word, and their location is relatively close to the approximate ones. Another feature of the keyboard is the gesture system, thanks to which you can type text very quickly.

Minuum

The creators of Minuum (299 rubles) solved the problem of typing in an original way - they took a regular QWERTY keyboard and “flattened” it vertically, arranging the characters almost in one row: Q a Z W s X E d C. With this arrangement, the usual position of the letters will be preserved , and the lack of information about the vertical position of the letter and the inevitable inaccuracies are quite easy to compensate with the help of dictionaries and recognition algorithms that have become almost standard on any smartphone. If you need an exact set, for example in the case of passwords and URLs, then the desired letter or number can be selected in an enlarged fragment that instantly appears when touched.

TextExpander 3

The developers of the TextExpander utility (379 rubles), designed to make text input on Apple smartphones and tablets productive, have released the TextExpander 3 + custom keyboard application. The release includes a new keyboard for iOS that lets you type hundreds of characters in seconds.

The principle of operation of TextExpander is to automatically replace the entered short text with a larger fragment. For example, you can specify that when you type the characters “sss”, the program replaces this combination with a long message, for example, “The director is currently on a business trip. You can contact us with this question by calling 222-33-44.” And if you enter the sequence of letters “ddate” into the text, the current date will appear.

Slash Keyboard

No third-party keyboard for iOS has ever become popular enough to replace the standard one. The developers of Slash Keyboard went the other way, creating a keyboard that allows you to interact with third party services- Foursquare, YouTube, Giphy, Spotify, Twitter, Google Maps and others. To access the service, you need to enter “/service_name” and the desired request. For example, the title of a song on Spotify or the title of an article on Wikipedia.

Gboard

Gboard is Google's proprietary keyboard for iOS devices. It integrates the company's search services, as well as GIF images and emoji. Gboard offers predictive typing, spell checking, GIFs, emoji, and search, which lets you find and share information without switching to other apps. Among other things, Gboard supports the Swype technology, popular on Android smartphones, which allows you to enter text in one motion without lifting your finger from the keyboard.

The application has already been released in the App Store, but is currently only available in the American store. The company promised to release a version for Russian users during 2016.

Giphy Keys

The largest library of GIFs provides iOS device users with a virtual keyboard that allows you to send animated GIFs from any application, including instant messengers, Snapchat, iMessage and social networks. It provides a search for pictures and memes for any occasion, as well as a section with the most popular “GIFs”. To insert an image, you just need to tap on the picture you like, after which it will be copied to the clipboard.

iPhone has built-in virtual keyboard, which you can use to enter text on your phone. Although the virtual keyboard is much smaller than a keyboard in general, it includes several handy shortcuts for quick typing.

The iPhone's virtual keyboard will appear when you select a text field. For example, the keyboard will appear when composing an email, writing a note, or entering a website address.

1. Cursor

The cursor points to where the text will appear.

2. Letter keys

The main part of the keyboard includes the letter keys and the space bar. Use these buttons to write the desired text.

3. Shift button

Press the Shift key to write a capital letter. Press this key twice to turn on Caps Lock.

4. Backspace key

Press Backspace to delete the character to the left of the cursor. To completely erase written words, press and hold this key.

5. Number keys and special characters

Press this key to switch the keyboard from letters to numbers and special characters. Press the button again to switch back. It will also switch back when you add a space after a character.

You can also click on # + = to access other special characters.

6. Speech recognition

This feature allows you to enter text without using the keyboard. Click on the microphone icon on your keyboard and then say what you want to type on your keyboard. (Available only for devices with Siri.)

7. Space

Clicking this button adds a space. You can also double-click the spacebar at the end of a sentence to automatically add a period.

Keyboard Features

The iPhone's virtual keyboard includes several features that make typing on your device faster and easier.

Word Sentences

The iPhone will suggest a series of matching words as you type. As you type, simply press the spacebar to use the suggested word. In the example below we have used the change clause agree To agreement. To close the offer, press X.

Auto-fix

iPhone automatically corrects misspelled words. For example, a misspelled word "this" will be corrected to "This".

Although auto-correct is a powerful feature, it is not perfect. Because the correction happens automatically, and you may not always notice when and what changes in your entered text. You should always double-check your text to make sure everything is written correctly.

Spell checking

In addition to automatic correction, iPhone flags spelling errors as you type. Any misspelled words will be underlined in red. To view possible suggestions for a spelling error, click on the word. A list of possible spelling options will appear. Simply click a suggested word to replace an existing misspelled word.

Moving the cursor

To change a word at the beginning of a sentence or paragraph, you can move the cursor to the desired location instead of deleting existing text and starting over from the beginning. To move the cursor, simply click on the desired location. If you need more control, touch and hold the screen, and then (without lifting your finger) drag the magnifying glass to choose a location for the cursor.

To copy and paste text:

If you want to move text from one place to another, you can copy and paste it. This is especially useful if you want to move texts between different applications. For example, you may find useful information in Safari and then copy and paste it into the application Notebook.

Apple opened up the ability to install custom keyboards two years ago. After which the official catalog of applications for iOS was replenished with a large number of third-party keyboards. Most of which did not stand up to any criticism. But there were also some that are still popular. They will be discussed in this article.

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Swipe

The most popular keyboard for iPhone and iPad from third-party developers is Swype. This keyboard is great for both two-handed and one-finger use. This means you can use it even on the go. A predictive word entry option is available. Moreover, the application can predict not only what word you started writing, but even what emoji you want to insert into your text.

Initially, the keyboard did not support the Russian language, but today it is supported. When installing the Swype keyboard on your Apple device, the user can choose a convenient layout:

• QWERTY
• QWERTZ
• AZERTY

If you use an iPad, then when you install this keyboard on your tablet, you will have the ability to simplify input in landscape and portrait mode. In general, the developer tried to make sure that more iPad users install this keyboard. They, unlike iPhone owners, have access to 5 free themes.

The cost of the Swype keyboard is 33 rubles. But, from time to time the developer makes it free. Don't miss your chance.

You can download the Swype keyboard from developer home page or with iTunes Store. There is also a version for Android.

Translator Keyboard

As the name suggests, this keyboard allows you to quickly translate text. To do this, you need to select the main language and the language from which you want to translate. The application currently supports 44 languages.

This keyboard can be an excellent assistant when communicating over the Internet with foreigners if your knowledge of their language is not very good. good level. Using Translator Keyboard you can send messages via instant messengers, communicate in online chats, write emails etc.
Since this keyboard uses the Microsoft Translate API to perform translation, it requires an Internet connection to work.

Swiftkey Note

Another custom keyboard that can be configured to suit the needs of each user. Android users have already appreciated the capabilities of this keyboard. The possibility of installation in Apple gadgets appeared relatively recently. In Swiftkey, you can enter letters in the usual way or without interruption.

As you use the Swiftkey keyboard, it learns itself. After which the prediction of the words you enter with its help becomes better. Moreover, she can search for the necessary words from your notebook or social networks. At the same time, the user can transfer the “dictionary” of this application to another device.

The Swiftkey keyboard supports the Russian language and is distributed free of charge. If you get tired of her appearance, then you can download and install an alternative theme of this keyboard. For the best of them, unfortunately, you have to pay.

At the time of writing, it was not possible to find the application on the official Apple catalog.

Flexy Keyboard

This keyboard made it to this list not only thanks to beautiful design, but also its functionality. Control of this application is based on gestures. Like Swiftkey Note, this keyboard can learn on its own. It is possible to connect to mail and social networks to analyze the style of the entered text. The more words you enter using Fleksy Keyboard, the easier and faster you will be able to work with it.

When using this keyboard, it would be advisable to install several extensions supported by it. For example:

• animated gif memes
• separate numeric string
• cursor navigation
• setting for one-handed dialing (right-handed/left-handed)

This keyboard is so popular among Apple supporters that its developer managed to raise $4 million from investors for its development. Users can choose from six colors. And if there are not enough of them, you can buy six more. It is also possible to change the keyboard size.

You can download the Fleksy Keyboard from official Apple application catalog .

Gboard

The developer of this keyboard is Google. AND main feature This application is the ability to use the search for this service directly from the keyboard. To do this, you need to click on the button located above the keys and enter the desired word or expression in the search bar that appears.

Of course, the Gboard keyboard is famous not only for its search capabilities. The developer has implemented in it the ability to change the design using user photos. As for the “standard” design, it is minimalist and looks similar to the standard iOS keyboard.

Like most of the keyboards mentioned in this review, Gboard offers one-finger continuous typing. This is possible thanks to the Glyde function. Unfortunately, this keyboard does not yet support the Russian language and the ability to install it is available only to US residents. Let's hope that support for the Russian language will appear soon and this alternative keyboard will become available to residents of other regions.

Touchpal Keyboard

The main advantage of this keyboard is huge set stickers and emojis. In addition to the standard ones, there are text emoticons and Emoji combinations from which you can make entire images. If you need it of course.

Otherwise, it's a standard keyboard with a slightly improved design. The ability to continuously enter the test is present. Russian language support too.

To enable an alternative keyboard after downloading it, you need to go to

“Settings” – “General” – “Keyboard” – “Keyboards” – “New Keyboards”

and select the installed keyboard. Then open its settings and allow full access. Do you use third-party keyboards? If so, which ones?

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