8 of the best third-party keyboards for iOS 8
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
With the release of iOS 8 users are no longer limited to the built-in keyboard and are free to install any third-party keyboard, of which there was a great variety. Now any developer can create your own keyboard and after approval by Apple censors, everyone will be able to install it on your iPhone or iPad. Holiday has just begun, and already the roof caved in progressive keyboards that are waiting in the wings to us. And this is only the beginning!
Swype
Swype for Android is available for about five years and some OEM-manufacturers supplying their devices with the Swype keyboard by default. After the announcement of support for third-party keyboards at WWDC this year, no one was no surprise that the company has confirmed the release of Swype for iOS. Instead Tapan on each key for typing in Swype you glide over the keys, without lifting your finger from the screen. The algorithm determines the characters that you type, and they appear in the text field. Also, the application tries to preugadat words that you are going to print, and displays them in a box above the keyboard. In addition, the Swype has a custom dictionary to which you can add a variety of words, such as nicknames and some unique names.
PopKey
You need a GIF-keyboard? Of course, you say, I can not imagine how I lived without it before! New allows you to express your deepest feelings with the help of different animations of the most popular films, TV shows, Internet memes and of course seals. Here's a video showing how chat can look, which uses such animation.
Suitable "USIC" can be found in the library of animations directly from the keyboard. In addition to this, you can upload your own animations in a shared library. Conveniently organized access to your favorite and recent use animation. Currently PopKey not yet in the App Store, but you you can register now developers and notify you of the release. Probably send you a "USIC". :)
Fleksy
Fleksy was one of the first companies who declared the release of the keyboard for iOS 8 in June. During its existence, on Android, the developers of San Francisco collected millions of users in just a few years. Fleksy now also available for all iOS devices.
Fleksy uses so-called "geometric intelligence" to deal with misprints and slips on the right keys. It predicts the word that you are going to print, based on your templates. This should help users to type more quickly and, in fact, helps - recently delivered a world record in high-speed printing on smartphones has been achieved precisely on Fleksy.
Price: Free
Minuum
If you want to install a modified keyboard, you can make it very altered - such is Minuum. A chip of this keyboard is that it is compressed to a very small size, leaving free the prostrastvo that occupied a standard keyboard, and as a result on the screen is placed much more messages.
During a set of application tries to predict the word you are typing and automatically ispravlet them if there are errors or omissions. Now chat rooms in any application will be much more spacious. If you enjoyed Minuum - hurry up, during the initial release of a discount, the price will be later increased to $ 3.99.
SwiftKey
Like Swype, SwiftKey allows you to type text and swipe across the screen without lifting a finger, rather than the impact of hitting the keys. It also lends itself to learning and remembering your habits, begins to second-guess the word that you are going to print.
SwiftKey also different from other keyboards that you can plug in your Evernote account, Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, as well as iOS Contacts her to "remember" all unusual names, and other words that you frequently using. In addition, if you are using SwiftKey on Android, you can synchronize your account and all settings.
Price: Free
TextExpander
TextExpander works as a normal QWERTY-keyboard, supporting auto-remediation lowercase letters, and automatic error correction. But its key feature - it is able to convert text snippets cuts-in ready words and phrases that can be configured in the application. With its help, you can insert cool emoticons. Also you with TextExpander you will save your time, if you frequently print povtryayuschiesya words and phrases.
Kaomoji
Kaomoji - this is probably the most insane keyboard. It uses kaomoji, so small, cute ASCll-symbols invented in Japan that both Emoji consist of plain text and cover a huge amount of emotions and situations.
Kaomoji keyboard displays entire pages of characters and print them, you can simply tapom. You can add your favorite kaomoji favorites, which will sync via iCloud to all your devices. You can even create your own monsters, adding the face, hands, legs, arms, etc.
Gifmoji
As the name implies, Gifmoji - a keyboard for those who love "SIFCO" and Emoji. Its interface is divided into three sections. The first are animated emoticons - the same as the Emoji, just animated. The following contains a popular kaomoji-characters, and the last are gif-animation. Under "gifok" many popular internet memes that are suitable for different situations. Gifmoji not support gif-animations insert directly, so you first need to copy it, then have to insert into the input box.
Gifmoji developer promises to soon expand the base of available animations, and add the ability to upload their own animations. Generally, gif-keyboard - is a great idea and, apparently, in the future, among them will be considerable competition.
developer will distribute free Gifmoji and keyboard will be available soon in the App Store.
We have questions, comments or suggestions? Welcome to the comments - I'm always happy to talk and help. Stay tuned, there is still a lot of interesting things!
UPDATE. At the moment, Russian keyboard layout is available only in the keyboard Fleksy. I rightly corrected our readers, for which they thank you.
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