EFKey – Swipe & AI Keyboard

EFKey – Swipe & AI Keyboard

Translate, dictate, gestures

56 ratings
42 reviews
Free
In-App Purchases

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Released
July 9, 2026
Updated
October 21, 2026

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This keyboard app offers a native iOS experience with advanced gesture controls for faster typing. It features a familiar layout, offline prediction, and robust privacy measures, ensuring your data stays on your device.

✓Gesture-based typing
✓Hold key for symbols
✓Swipe to delete words
✓Trackpad cursor control
✓On-device prediction
✓18 language support
✓Private and offline operation
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What's New in EFKey

2.2.1

October 21, 2026

Version 2.2.1. Six new languages, a number pad, photo themes and a long list of fixes from testers. NEW LANGUAGES • English (Australia) and English (Canada). colour and centre stay as typed, arvo and Saskatoon are in the dictionary. With your iPhone region set to Australia or Canada, the app offers to switch. • Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil by transliteration: type in Latin letters, get the word in its own script. ente becomes എന്റെ. • Luxembourgish, with ë, é and ä on the keys. NEW • Number pad on demand: hold 123, or add it to the bar. • Photo background for custom themes, with key transparency and your own text color. Pro. • Translate while you type: the translation is written into the app as you go. Pro. • Your own AI actions next to Fix, Reword, Formal and Casual. Pro. • Dictation writes two as 2 and takes your own word replacements. • Large emoji, 7 across. The emoji row on the 123 page scrolls through 30 favorites. • Setup at the top of Typing and Keyboard: Like iPhone, EFKey or Mine. • Shift changes the case of the word, the selection, or both. Your pick. • Autocorrect in fields where apps turn it off, like the YouTube search box. Off by default. TYPING • Bolder context correction is on: "this is my dig" becomes "this is my dog". Backspace right after puts your word back. • Digits inside words get fixed: mus8me becomes musíme, j8st becomes just. • Glued words split: Shehad becomes She had, amikoregybe becomes amikor egybe. • Long words with typos are corrected after backspace too. • Spanish: no se que becomes no sé qué. Italian: Lui e felice becomes Lui è felice. • A correction tapped in the bar can be undone with backspace, like an autocorrect. • The letter preview appears and disappears as fast as on the system keyboard. FIXES • A password copied from the Passwords app leaves the clipboard history once it expires. • About 220,000 unsupported words are gone from English, so fewer odd words show up next to a swipe. • Swipe right after a tap: I + was gives "I was", not "Iw". • 1st, 2nd and 3pm stay as typed. • iPad has its own layout with tab, caps lock and a hide key. The bar uses the full width. • The keyboard no longer makes iOS fall back to the system keyboard while it opens.

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

$14.99

EFKey Pro

All Pro features. One-time purchase.

User reviews

Finally! Truly amazing keyboard

Huge kudos to the developer. I am really impressed by this keyboard and all of the thoughtful features that have been added to it. I'm really happy with every tiny little detail. it really does feel like a much greater experience than the default. It is also so much better than Google's Gboard or Microsoft's Swiftkey. It blows my mind that apple can't develop a keyboard like this natively. They should hire this developer.
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Response from developer

The tiny details are where I lose most of my sleep, so it's really nice to hear someone noticed them :) As for getting hired, I'll keep an eye on my inbox. Thanks for the five stars!

I like using the keyboard again

Finally I can stand to use my keyboard again. I think the free version would have done everything I needed, but I wanted to support the development because 1) it’s a one time payment not a sub, and 2) they deserve it for delivering something so far and away superior to the default keyboard.

Response from developer

Buying something you didn't even need just to support it is about the nicest thing anyone can do for a one-person app. It really means a lot, thank you. And thanks for the five stars!

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Vraiment très bien ! Merci beaucoup. Très personnalisable. 5/5

Response from developer

I'm the one who should be thanking you! And yes, there are a lot of settings, a few too many, some would say :) Thanks for the five stars!

Просто лучшая.

Это просто самая офигенная, современная, толковая и удобная клавиатура из всех, что есть сейчас 👍

Response from developer

Thank you so much! "Freaking awesome" might be my new favorite technical term :) Thanks for the five stars!

Finally, a keyboard developer who actually gets it. Apple, take notes.

I found this little gem in a discussion about phone keyboards. Figured I'd give it a go, downloaded it, and was genuinely impressed with the free version. Then I noticed it offered a 7-day Pro trial (my phone registered it as 8 days, and hey, I'm not going to argue with an extra day). Here's the kicker: it doesn't auto-charge you when the trial ends.

Big points for that alone. Seriously. Other developers should make this the norm, not the exception. Let people actually try your software, see what it can do, and decide for themselves whether it's worth paying for. No gotchas, no surprise charges, no games.

And that, as it turns out, is just one of the many ways this developer is ahead of the curve.

I've had challenges with my hands and fingers for years, and I've tried more keyboards than I care to remember. There's almost always something that's not quite there. One does one thing well but misses the mark on everything else. Another has a feature you love, but something else makes you want to throw your phone across the room. You know the drill. A one-trick pony, dressed up to look like the answer to all your problems.

Enter EFKey.

I was completely blown away by the Pro version. I'm using it now, and I can honestly say this is the first time in years that typing on my phone has become something I actually enjoy rather than something I have to work around.

The level of customization is just ridiculous. And I mean that in the best possible way.

Keyboard height? Adjustable. Key size? Adjustable. Number row? You bet. Gestures, haptics, layouts, colors, themes, swipe trails, shortcuts, one-handed mode — the list goes on. You can make this keyboard work the way YOU want it to work, rather than having to adapt yourself to whatever some developer decided was good enough for everybody.

And that's the thing that really gets me. EFKey adapts to you. You don't have to adapt to EFKey.

For someone who's had to work around the limitations of other keyboards because of difficulties with their hands and fingers, that isn't some throwaway selling point. It makes a genuine difference. Being able to adjust the size, height, feel, and behavior of the keyboard means you're no longer stuck trying to make one-size-fits-all work for you.

It's more Apple than Apple is.

And the developer hasn't stopped at the keyboard itself. You've got swipe typing, a dictionary that learns your words and preferences, multilingual typing, clipboard history, translation, dictation, AI-powered editing, and a whole lot more. Much of it is right there when you need it, without having to jump between apps just to get something done.

Then there's the privacy side of things. The typing, corrections, and predictions run on your device. There's no account to create, no analytics or trackers, and no subscription quietly waiting to drain your wallet. The Pro upgrade is a one-time purchase. You pay once. That's it.

But here's what I appreciate most about EFKey: the thought that's gone into it.

This doesn't feel like somebody threw together a keyboard, slapped a price on a handful of features, and called it a day. It feels like somebody sat down, looked at what was missing, thought about the people who would actually use this thing, and then kept working until he had an answer.

And then kept going.

Even the way the trial works tells you something about the person behind the software. He's confident enough in what he's built to let you try it properly, without making you worry about remembering to cancel something before it charges you. Either you like what he's made and decide it's worth buying, or you don't. Simple as that.

That kind of confidence is refreshing. So is the apparent willingness to put the user ahead of the sale.

I also appreciate that this isn't some enormous company with an army of people and a marketing department telling us how revolutionary everything is. It's one developer who's built something genuinely useful and put an extraordinary amount of thought into the details. And he's continuing to improve it.

That's the kind of developer I want to support.

So here's my recommendation.

If you've ever been frustrated with the iPhone keyboard, wished you could change more of it, needed a little more flexibility, or struggled with typing because your hands and fingers don't always cooperate, give EFKey a try. Don't just take my word for it. Download it, spend some time with it, and take the Pro trial for a spin.

Kick the tires. Play with the settings. Make it your own. Give yourself enough time to see what it can do.

And if you're anything like me, I suspect you'll understand pretty quickly why I went from trying the free version to buying Pro.

I'm just a random guy on the internet, so don't take my word for it. Try it yourself. I have a feeling you'll end up buying it.

Peter, thank you for building something that makes a genuine difference to my day-to-day experience with my phone, and for remembering something far too many developers seem to forget: the person using your software matters just as much as the software itself.

EFKey is a little gem, and I hope it gets the recognition it deserves.

Apple, seriously. Take notes. And Peter? Keep doing what you're doing. We need more developers like you.
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FAQ

Does EFKey have ads?

EFKey is completely ad-free, allowing for an uninterrupted typing experience.

How often is EFKey updated?

EFKey was last updated on July 13, 2026, with version 1.0.2. Future updates will likely focus on performance improvements and new features.

What devices does EFKey support?

EFKey is designed for iPhone and offers a native experience on the platform.

Is EFKey suitable for younger users?

EFKey has an age rating of 4+, making it appropriate for a wide range of users.

What languages does EFKey support for swipe typing?

EFKey supports swipe typing in 18 languages, including English, Slovak, Czech, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Turkish, Croatian, Hungarian, and Romanian.

How does EFKey handle user privacy?

EFKey is designed with privacy as a priority. It does not log keystrokes, use analytics, track users, or send any typed data off the device, working entirely offline.

What is the user sentiment for EFKey?

Based on available data, EFKey has a rating of 3.0 stars from 2 ratings, indicating a mixed but generally positive reception.

Can I back up my learned words in EFKey?

Yes, EFKey allows you to back up and move your learned and blocked words by exporting and importing them anytime, ensuring your typing preferences are preserved.