# Colemak — user reviews > 30 indexed App Store user reviews of Colemak by FarFetched, rated 3.10/5 from 18 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/colemak/id6480046477/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/colemak/id6480046477.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 8 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 7 ## Newest reviews (10 of 30) ### 4/5 — nice *2026-04-10* is there any chance to use this on my external keyboard (magic keyboard) there is just the normal colemak in the settings without dh? ### 4/5 — 5 Stars if... *2025-11-02* ... emoji button ... auto suggestion as iOS keyboards do ### 4/5 — probably great but doesnt have colemak dh iso *2025-10-13* if they added it 5* ### 4/5 — Feature request *2025-03-17* When using the Colemak keyboard, I can’t access the third layer of symbols. I can use the normal ones such as :;()$&@, but I have to switch back to the default keyboard to type symbols such as #%[]{}*+€£. If this could be updated, that would be exremely helpful. ### 4/5 — Works but has a bug! *2025-02-16* for some reason it doesn’t let me switch to symbols or emojis instead of showing the “#+=“ button it just shows the caps lock button and emoji button is missing too. ### 5/5 — DH mod option :) *2025-01-24* Colemak DH was finally added and the layout was overall improved from the last. This update fixes every problem i was having. The app is great now :) ### 3/5 — Its alright for the price. *2024-08-16* Its the only free app I can find that works on my device but even so, Its not that great. The ratio of the keys is terrible, looks and feel. And the random dollar sign($) makes the space bar almost impossible to hit. Would not recommend. I saw another app that works on IOS 17 and up but Im not on that yet as my device is older. And there is a paid app that has Colemak and another keyboard layout. **Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback! We have rewritten the app and fixed the layout on all devices. Let us know how you like it 😄 ### 4/5 — Good but... *2024-08-03* Thank for this free keyboard, it helps greatly to learn colemak as a new layout while away from the computer! But I use an ortholinear keyboard and having an option to put it in this configuration would be awsome. I know it’s a tree app but if you have the time one day that would be an awsome update! Thanks again fir this keyboard! **Developer response:** Colemak has been open sourced, so anyone can make improvements to it that benefit us all. github.com/colemak-ios/colemak Thank you for the review! ### 4/5 — VARIATIONS *2024-07-28* could you please add stuff like colemak-dh? **Developer response:** Colemak DH has been added, Tarmak too! ### 3/5 — A good start! *2024-04-10* Since there are very few (or none?) apps catering to Colemak users on the App Store. I appreciate that this exists. But its lack of basic features like auto completion is a major drawback at this point. Looking forward to future versions, hopefully with feature improvements. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Broken - Does Not Work *2026-07-29* When switching to this keyboard in any app except for the AppStore, the Colemak keyboard does not open - there’s a momentary glitch in the keyboard, but it remains as the standard QWERTY layout. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t seem to work *2026-07-19* How strange, only works when typing this review, and half of the symbols doesn’t show. Also doesn’t suggest next word. ios26 on iPhone 17. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-06-21* Doesnt work across most apps. Try to select it, and it simply reverts immediately back to the original qwerty ### 1/5 — The keyboard doesn't show up *2026-04-08* While I was initially excited to use this keyboard, this quickly became disappointment due to it not working at all. I add/activate the keyboard through the settings app, actively choose it when typing, and it just doesn't show up at all. My devices keep switching to the default Apple keyboard. I tried removing all other keyboard and leaving the Colemak keyboard as the only available option. And when I try to type something, there's a delay on showing the keyboard, and the default Apple keyboard shows up again. I activate all 5 keyboard options and none of them actually appear for me to type with. It's always the default Apple keyboard. It doesn't work with either my phone or tablet. Same problem on both devices. I tried downloading other 3rd party keyboards to see if my devices were the problem, but Gboard, Swiftkey, Typewise and Esperanta Klavaro all worked perfectly. In fact I could even use the Colemak layout in Gboard keyboard without issue. I don't know what the issue is, but I sincerely hope it's fixed. I really was looking forward to using this since the Colemak layout isn't currently available in my iPhone or iPad (at least it's not an option for English US). Instead I'd have to use bloated app like Gboard or Swiftkey to use a Colemak keyboard. ### 1/5 — Lack of settings and characters *2025-05-31* Not allowing to modify settings is a killer for this :( I’m constantly fighting the auto-caps and auto-period features, which I have disabled for the default keyboard. Also, not being able to use the second menu of special characters is a massive roadblock. I’m constantly having to switch betweed this and the default while typing. ### 1/5 — Floating keyboard is unusable on iPad Pro *2024-12-18* Aspect ratio of the keys using the floating keyboard on 2023 iPad Pro is completely off. Keys are twice as tall and half as wide as the standard floating keyboard – they’re not even wide enough to accommodate all of the letter symbols. **v2 update: floating keyboard on 2023 iPad Pro is still broken, but in a different way. Once again, the keys are half as wide as the standard keyboard - except for the top (number) row, where the keys are the same size that they would appear on the docked keyboard. I never use the keyboard docked, so this app is still useless for me. My one star rating stands. Oh, and the app support link on the App Store page goes to a form that apparently doesn’t work in Safari on latest iOS. Tried to contact you folks directly…oh well. **Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback! We have rewritten the app and fixed the layout on all devices. Let us know how you like it 😄 ### 1/5 — Floating keyboard is unusable on iPad Pro *2024-05-29* Aspect ratio of the keys using the floating keyboard on 2023 iPad Pro is completely off. Keys are twice as tall and half as wide as the standard floating keyboard – they’re not even wide enough to accommodate all of the letter symbols. **Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback! We have rewritten the app and fixed the layout on all devices. Let us know how you like it 😄 ### 2/5 — Popup doesn’t work *2025-08-24* Popup (after pressing character) doesn’t work properly. It’s hidden by upper part of current application. iOS 18.6 ### 3/5 — Pretty solid. It works but could use bugfixes *2025-08-15* Would really like to be able to use colmak on my phone, with this but the (og) keyboard is unfortunately broken on safari. The period button appears and becomes larger than the spacebar. The tab keyboard also appears to be set incorrectly. It drops inputs pretty fequently. The no frills colemak version seems to work mostly fine, though predictive text, as well as the hold spacebar to slide back and forward through is only partially functional. (It only works with left and right.) hence my 3/5. It works! Just not the cool variants don’t, and not without some issues. ### 3/5 — Its not correctly staggered *2025-03-30* I like the concept of increasing the size of the ARST row, making it fit the width of the screen, however its not practical, as my muscle memory is taking me to the correct destination, relative to where the position of the key should be on a regular keyboard. Can you please create an option, or just make it standard to have the layout correctly staggered, instead of size efficient. Thankyou! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — MacOS는 공식적으로 Colemak을 지원하지만.. *2026-08-17* 아직, iOS는 콜맥 자판 배열을 지원하지 않아서 이 App을 설치했는데, 설정은 잘 되지만, 정작 키보드를 사용할 때는 열리지 않고 바로 QWERTY자판으로 넘겨져 버립니다..ㅜㅜ 예외적으로, 이곳 App Store Review에서만 콜맥 자판을 쓸 수 있네요… ### 5/5 — 콜맥사용자가 적어서인지 애플은 지원하지 않습니다 *2026-07-15* 헌데 이 앱을 설치해도 QWERTY 자판이 나옵니다 썩을 애플 썩을 iOS ### 5/5 — Colemak-DHk *2026-04-11* Where is Colemak-DHk? ### 5/5 — Flawed but glad its an option *2025-10-21* Could use updating and continued improvments. But im just happy to have the option. ### 5/5 — Love the app *2025-05-09* I love the app the keybord is exactly what I wanted but I wish it had AutoCorrect ### 5/5 — Great For Colemak Typists *2025-04-14* Thank you for contributing this app! Im glad you added Mod DH. ### 5/5 — I love the effort *2025-03-05* It’s great to see people apply effort to port Colemak onto iPhone. It’s missing haptic feedback, word suggestions and swipe functionality. But I appreciate the effort regardless. I use Colemak as physical keyboard on my iPad, so it’s rather awkward to switch between physical colemak and qwerty on the screen. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2025-02-20* I'm currenly learning Colemak on PC keyboard and having a Colemak layout on phone is useful to me as I can get used to the layout a bit quicker. Though, one thing. If one's goal is to improve their typing speed and comfort on a PC, then learning and switching to Colemak is one of the strongest options, if they are willing to dedicate time to learn the layout. However, on phone, having the most common keys on one row is not always better than having them a little spread away from each others like it's the case of QWERTY, allowing for less jamming with the thumbs. Nevertheless, I personally prefer using Colemak on phone just to get used to the layout quicker. I want to thank you for this app! Edit: One feature I would like to request is, like on the default iOS keyboard, the possibility to move the cursor across lines of text, not just linearly, across one line. ### 5/5 — The best app for colemak *2025-02-17* This is the best app for colemak. If you want colemak on ios, get this one. It would be nice to see more develepment, for example a slide to type feature. But understandably that would be difficult without a big user base some cash flow (in the correct direction) **Developer response:** Colemak is Open Source, so people (that are smarter than me) can add stuff to it that is currently missing. Thanks for the kind words! ### 5/5 — Update *2025-02-05* After the most recent update, the keyboard is awesome as opposed to what it used to be. I’m so glad that the backspace is on the bottom again and the keys/numbers fit well on the top row --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-19.*