Leave a Review Microsoft SwiftKey AI Keyboard
The Best Keyboard for iPhone: 1 Star
I used the Swype Keyboard for years after it was out of support, until an update removed it from my phone. I don't expect another product to be exactly like Swype, but every keyboard on the app store is garbage, including this one. It is the best, though. A little customization would be nice, for example, I have to manually space after every comma and there is no apostrophe shortcut, but there is a shortcut for emojis. Hallelujah, who needs a comma shortcut when you can send a smiley face? As a 40 year old man, I find emojis to be very helpful in none of my communications. I actually rated this keyboard two stars but having this review gutted by autocorrect was enough to bump it down to one. Still the best keyboard available for iPhone by a mile.
Edit: I wish I could leave less than one star for this garbage keyboard. It is absolutely infuriating with its lack of intuition. It doesn't learn anything and I send nonsensical messages constantly, as all its predictions are based on the first letter you pressed. So if you want to type "keyboard," and you start too close to "j," you'll end up with "jester" if you're lucky, but most likely it will get lost and just retype the last word you input (instead of "my keyboard" you'll get "my my"). I've had to make over 60 corrections to this paragraph. Still the best iPhone keyboard.Show lessDave Smith II
Developer Response
Hello there. Thank you for your feedback. Sorry to hear you’re experiencing issues with SwiftKey. Could you kindly send a video file at https://support.swiftkey.com/hc/en-us/requests/new so that we can investigate further?It's good, though currently voice dictation is unusable due to auto-punctuation
The number row option is great, slide implementation is very good, auto correction is good, though there aren't enough options (I'd. Turn off auto punctuation) and thus voice dictation is crippled: Voice dictation : 1. Please remove the annoying screen that appears when selecting dictation that flashes "one moment" and obscures the entire screen - it's too slow (though perhaps this isn't possible) and distractinh 2. When voice dictation. Is being used.,punctuation marks are inappropriately inserted. Such as they are here (I am using voice dictation to write this part). This makes voice dictation. Unusable., unfortunately. There is no way to disable. Automatic punctuation. When using voice dictation. When you make a slight pause during voice dictation (to think or allow dictation to catch up) punctuation marks are inserted that are inappropriate. Which is very annoying. 3. When using voice dictation. Please remove the. Screen that obscures the keyboard that says tap to pause, and instead have the keyboard to allow us to. Do a mix of typing and voice dictation as you can on iPads. (Inappropriate punctuation again inserted here) I use voice dictation extensively., the above issues. Are Deal Breakers. As. Voice dictation. Is unusable. On iPhones at the moment., from my perspective.
Also, when using voice dictation. After a certain amount of time, perhaps 20 seconds, the screen turns off.Show lessRainier amino
Has potential, needs work
I see swift key has been added to the App Store. I love how you can flow type in the big key conformation on iPad and how you can have a shared clipboard between your Apple and Microsoft devices. However some important things need to change before it’s useable for me. The biggest issue is that there aren’t any alternate keyboard conformations like on the default iPad keyboard or the Windows 11 virtual keyboard. This problem is made even worse by the fact that it feels like you’re locked into SwiftKey, unlike the default iPad keyboard. You can only change keyboards by holding down on the emoji keyboard and going to next keyboard. And then it’s random what keyboard you go to. Then there’s the problem of not having a keyboard dismiss button like on the iPad and Windows 11 keyboards so you can’t make the keyboard go away. My final complaint is that the keys on the keyboard are a lot shorter than the iPad and Windows ones so it just doesn’t feel natural.
TLDR: I want to use this keyboard because it brings great features to the table but I can’t because it’s lacking in so many basic featuresShow lessKidthathatesmath
Developer Response
Hi there. Thank you for taking the time to let us know how we can make the SwiftKey Keyboard better. We'll make sure to share your suggestions with our product team.Why is there censorship text replacemwnts?
I'm really getting sick of these stupid political correctness with these tech companies. Started of with Google wanting to collect your data for everything you type. Then, Apple started auto-correct what you type. Now, Microsoft is in on it trying to correct what you type and it is 60-80% inaccurate. You likely won't know how long it took me to type this since I read my stuff over but this is ridiculous that these companies want to dictate what you type and put in their own words just to prevent you from saying what you want to say. Wonder if anyone has the guts to file a class action lawsuit with the big tech companies for inappropriate censorship? Typing on any mobile devices now is a waste of time when it should be so easy. I have to say though that the Microsoft SwiftKey is better than iOS's keyboard but nothing is better than good old fashion keyboard without auto-correct or word replacement. I've even turned all that stuff off and Apple, Microsoft, and Google still changes every word you type if the app feels you've typed something inappropriate.Show lessCSharpster
An amazing app, my #1 daily user.
SwiftKey is hands down the best of the keyboard apps I've used. There are things I still use other keyboards for, so it's not a universal solution, but the ease of use, the EXCELLENT swipe typing capabilities, and about the best predictive text I've encountered make it indispensable as an everyday tool. This one also gives cool statistical info on your typing and keyboard usage, including a "heat map" (recently renamed the "tap map") shows where your fingers THINK letters are, the total improvement to productivity, number of words typed, corrected, replaced, and a total distance your finger traveled across your phone screen while swiping (mine if over 2100 METERS!), etc. The only real criticisms I have are the voice dictation, which I can't seem to streamline, and an occasional auto-fill glitch that inserts "F+(random word)." All in all, this is a must have for anyone that doesn't use voice dictation regularly.Show lessJohn Alden
Seems to have broken over the last month
For nearly a decade this was the best keyboard app ever. But something seems to have broken over the last few updates. It selects incorrect words, cuts words in half, etc. I really don't want to have to switch away but unless these issues are resolved I might have no choiceMGMRB
Yall broke autocorrect
Firsrlt, happy yall picked the app bakx up its been my main keyboard for years. However with the most recent update, (and all the blatant typos in this review are being left that way to show you the issue), autocorrect has been probatic. So essentially when autocorrect fixes a word and you backspace back to it, it reverts it to what it originally was. This is good because autocorrect isn't perfect and this is what it always has done. But when you tap on the word that it originally corred in the word suggestions list it doesn't fill it back in. On top of that every interaction with your keyboard afterwards is skewed in a way that I can't show you and you'd likely have to experience it yourself. I don't know if this issue is consistent across all devjxss. I use an iPhone 13 pro running the current latest version of ios. That's all I got for you. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.Show lessA GAWD
Thank you Microsoft!
For a long time, this app went unupdated, with bugs starting to accumulate as new iOS versions came out, until Microsoft made a sudden announcement that they were ending support for this keyboard on iOS and removing it from the App Store. Quite a few longtime users were upset, and after about a month, Microsoft reversed course - they not only brought it back, but they have now released several updates addressing bugs and adding new features!
This keyboard is a must have for me at this point. The tap map feature alone is enough to make any other keyboard feel clunky. I am so grateful to Microsoft for listening to the fans and keeping this great keyboard going. If you want to experience a better keyboard than the default one on your phone, give SwiftKey a try.Show lessYankees2324
Minor issue that has me searching for another keyboard
**EDIT** PLEASE FIX THIS BUG!!! It's been long enough. It's only gotten worse and this keyboard is becoming unuseable. I don't like any other keyboard but I've started having to use other ones because this one has become so horrendously glitchy. I can't type 3 words or tap an emoji from my recently used before it glitches out and resets, not to mention the times it just doesn't show up at all except for a blank screenface. Removed stars until this gets fixed, if it does.
**ORIGINAL POST** I've been using SwiftKey for years and it's THE BEST!! I really can't find a better keyboard. However, for the last maybe week or so, it keeps glitching while I'm typing. Sometimes the keyboard takes too long to show up in the first place and then it keeps like "resetting" while typing every few seconds, so I have to wait while it "reloads" before I can continue typing, even when typing something as quick and short as "I'm almost there". I thought maybe it needed to be updated but there's no new update. So I'm hoping this is just an issue that will be fixed in a new update quickly. I just tried a few other keyboards and none of them are nearly as good, and the default iPhone keyboard is crazy awkward with how it's set up for emojis and punctuation.Show lessJessika Alexandr
Developer Response
Hello Jessika, thank you so much for your interest in SwiftKey Keyboard! Regarding the problem, please try clearing its cache by navigating to Device settings app on your iPhone > Scroll down and select Safari > Tap Clear History and Website Data > Microsoft SwiftKey> Storage > Clear Cache > Confirm the action when prompted. Also, please make sure that you are using the latest version of the keyboard app installed on your device. If does it will not work, please contact us at https://support-form.swiftkey.com/. We would love to hear from you.The best keyboard for iOS
I've tried so many: the iOS default, Fleksy, Gboard, etc etc etc. In each case, one or two clever features (Gboards nice numeric row access, Fleksy's customization) was offset by pure rage inducing frustration: Gboard won't autocomplete email addresses; Fleksy gets stuck on iOS 16, typewise is hex, Grammarly corrects but does little else, etc.
Every time, I come back to SwiftKey. From how it learns my sloppy keypresses (the "tap map") to how it tries to autocomplete or autofill in every situation, it just works better for me. I can switch between sliding and typing, I still can do emoji search and gif search, and the space bar is pretty easy to hit consistently, something many of the others screw up.
Downside? Microsoft killed it for a bit, brought it back, but I worry it's time is limited. Less customization than some others, but it does have themes and some control over the autofill dictionary.
Still, I keep coming back, after again discovering how bad all the other keyboards are, how limited Gboard continues to be, and how frustrating Apple's own keyboard is, for it should be the hero, and instead makes us wish for something better.
And these days, that better is SwiftKey.Show lessmwexler
