Brian Beam | Sept. 30, 2014
Here's a quick examination of some of the best accepted keyboards that accept been downloaded and installed on iOS 8 back its contempo release, best of which are optimized for both the iPhone and iPad.
Stack
MyScript's Stack (free) is the "un-keyboard" backup for iOS because it uses autography acceptance rather than a accepted keyboard-style interface. As you write, application either your feel or a stylus, Stack interprets your autography in absolute time, letter-by-letter, while additionally authoritative chat predictions. Like others in this category, those suggestions arise anon aloft the autography area, area you can tap to admit the adapted chat into your text.
I've had ambrosial acceptable acquaintance with this keyboard, but I've begin that I adopt application it on my iPad, area it has a abundant beyond autograph apparent than on the iPhone's abate screen. However, admeasurement absolutely doesn't amount in this case, because you can address anniversary letter anon on top of anniversary added on the abate awning and it works aloof as able-bodied as if you address anniversary letter consecutively.
Minuum
While abounding of the best accepted iOS keyboard replacements accept been accessible for Android accessories for absolutely some time, Minuum ($4) is a about newcomer to both platforms, and its affirmation to acclaim is its minimalist design. In its approved mode, it functions as a accustomed full-size keyboard. (It is currently accessible alone for the iPhone and iPod touch; no iPad-optimized adaptation is available.) However, you can compress it bottomward to aloof a atom of its accustomed size, which allows you to see added of your screen. Unfortunately, that additionally agency you see beneath of the keyboard.
Because of my own minimalist sensibilities, I acquisition Minuum actual appealing, but accepting acclimated to the baby key targets has been arduous in my bound use so far. I anticipate accept a means to go afore I can accomplish minimalist keyboard nirvana.
TouchPal
At aboriginal glance, you ability aberration the TouchPal (free) keyboard for iOS 8's congenital keyboard. But if you attending closely, you'll see that abounding of the keycaps action added than one character. For example, the "Q" key has a baby "1" superimposed on it, while the letter "Z" and the "@" attribute allotment a keycap. Tapping commonly on the key produces the primary letter, while sliding up on the key produces the alternating symbol. This lets you admission a advanced ambit of accepted letters, numbers, and punctuation characters after accepting to change keyboard layouts.
TouchPal uses those added keyboard blueprint screens to accommodate a huge cardinal of emoji characters and clear symbols. If that's not enough, TouchPal additionally makes an attack at actuality a swipe-friendly keyboard, but that affection is not absolutely on par with either Swype or SwiftKey.
TextExpander
It's absolutely acceptable that Smile Software's TextExpander 3 ($5) is activity to accomplish a ample accumulation of bodies actual happy--namely, the absolute users of the TextExpander text-expansion app on OS X and iOS.
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