Third-party keyboard apps can come in very handy if you don’t enjoy typing on your smartphone’s native onscreen keyboard. To put it simply, it is very rare for one native keyboard app to cater to the demands of every user. Third-party keyboards not only come with their own unique set of features, but they also let you control the thematic aspects of your onscreen keyboard. In this article, we bring you the top 9 Android keyboard apps for everyday use.
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Gboard
Download from Google Play Store
Gboard is Android’s default keyboard but if your phone doesn’t run stock Android OS it gets sidelined for the manufacturer’s native keyboard. You can switch to Gboard from General Settings on your device. If you can’t find it on the list, you can always download it from Google Play Store.
In our opinion, Gboard is the most complete Android keyboard app out there. Its exhaustive list of languages makes it very versatile among different lingual demographics. You can also translate your text to another language directly from the keyboard. Apart from standard QWERTY typing, Gboard also supports glide typing, voice typing, and handwriting recognition.
Microsoft SwiftKey
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Powered by Bing AI, Microsoft SwiftKey may just be one of the most clutch keyboard apps out there. You can chat to Bing AI using the keyboard itself, using it to resolve any queries on the spot. However, our favourite feature has to be ‘text rewrite’, which directs the AI bot to change the tone of the text to professional, casual, polite, or ‘social post’. If you’re wondering what a ‘social post’ is, it can be used to come up with fun captions for your social media posts. AI cred aside, SwiftKey also has an extensive sticker, emoji, and GIF library which you can browse through with ease.
Flesky
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Flesky is known for its glide typing chops, which make typing on it faster and more efficient. Instead of typing individual letters on the keyboard, you can just glide through them using a swiping gesture. Flesky will recognise the word you want to type and immediately push it on the text box. While it may seem chaotic, this process works perfectly. It has since been integrated into more popular keyboards (like Gboard) as well. Other than glide typing, Flesky lets you customise your keyboard with unique themes and mini-apps.
Grammarly
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Most commonly known for being a grammar-checking tool, Grammarly also has an Android plugin that can be used on any keyboard. It’s pretty good too! Grammarly checks your texts for any typos, punctuation errors, and grammatical inconsistencies. On top of that, it also suggests vocabulary enhancement and alternate ways of framing a sentence. You also get a short explanation of your error along with every correction.
Chrooma
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If you’re very particular about aesthetics, you will love this one. Chrooma Keyboard for Android adapts its colour theme to the app you’re using. You can also choose from a bunch of eye-catching RGB and AMOLED themes. If you like having total control over how your phone looks, then you’re going to want to tweak the keyboard as well. Apart from colourful themes, Chrooma also provides a seamless and smooth typing experience. The app has multi-language support, a one-handed mode, a split layout function, and supports gesture typing.
Ginger Keyboard
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Regular keyboards only check for spelling and punctuation errors, but Ginger makes sure your sentence is properly structured and grammatically sound. This will come in handy for users who don’t like proofreading their texts before hitting send. Ginger Keyboard supports over 50 languages and has essential features like predictive text, predictive emojis, swipe typing, and emoji search.
Typewise
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Typewise puts an interesting spin on the traditional QWERTY keyboard with its unique honeycomb design. This layout reduces the likelihood of making a typo by 4 times compared to a regular keyboard. The honeycomb keys are larger than the rectangular tiles on a QWERTY keyboard, making them easier to hit and reducing the chance of a typo. Typewise Keyboard also offers interesting fonts, themes, and intuitive gestures to elevate the typing experience.
ai.type
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If you’re looking for a keyboard with an exhaustive list of emojis and thousands of thematic options, ai.type should be right up your alley. With thousands of free themes and personalised layouts, ai.type is the perfect keyboard for people who like having control over how their phone looks. You can also stitch a theme of your own and share it with your friends. This app also offers helpful features like a calculator, keyboard resizer, cursor tracker, font selection, swipe typing, and more.
Bobble Keyboard
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Ending this list is one of the most popular keyboard apps for Android – Bobble Keyboard. This app has over 50 million downloads and a 4.5-star rating out of 430K reviews. One of the main attractions of Bobble is that it creates personalised animated stickers based on your selfies. The keyboard creates your own personal ‘bobblehead’ which can then be used to generate stickers and gifs for popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook. You can also choose a range of fonts and select pre-made posts for your WhatsApp status updates.
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Conclusion
These are the top 9 Android keyboard apps for everyday use. Once you install an app, add it to your keyboard menu from General Settings. Following that, you can easily toggle between different keyboards on any text box. Which keyboard app is your favourite? Let us know in the comments!
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