EFKey – Swipe & AI Keyboard

EFKey – Swipe & AI Keyboard

Fast & private. Pro tools.

28 ratings
21 reviews
Free
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Released
July 9, 2026
Updated
October 12, 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

October 12, 2026

Version 2.2. Seven new languages, a new typing engine, and a keyboard that learns how you type. NEW LANGUAGES • Chinese, Simplified and Traditional: Pinyin, Zhuyin and Cangjie. • Japanese: kana or romaji, with kanji. • Korean: 2-set and 10-key. • Tamil (Tamil 99), Serbian in Cyrillic and Roman Urdu. • 84 languages in all. Punjabi and Persian layouts match iOS. Catalan, Slovenian, Maltese, Ukrainian and six more get the extra keys of iOS. NEW TYPING ENGINE • Autocorrect, prediction and swipe run on a new engine, on your iPhone. Names and foreign words are left alone more often. • It learns where you tap. After about 30 letters, corrections account for where your thumb lands. • Fix a typo once from the bar and it's fixed on its own next time. Backspace right after undoes it. • Phrases you type every day complete from the two words before. • The next word fixes the one before it: "there to he more" becomes "there to be more". • "ihave" becomes "I have", also in the middle of a sentence. • Spanish accents from context: "dime donde" becomes "dime dónde". • Each language you use downloads its data in the app. Until it's there, that language types as before. LANGUAGE PAIRS • As many pairs as you like, up to five languages: English with Spanish for work, German with Italian for family. Each pair is one row with its own page and switches with one tap. KEYS • Swipe down on a key to type the character in its corner. Off by default. • Select text with the space bar. • Put your own character on the comma or period key. • Symbols on long-press can be turned off; accents stay. • -- becomes an em dash, and 5--3 becomes 5–3. • Spanish ¿? and ¡! come in pairs. • Language code on the space bar: always, while typing, or never. SWIPE • Swipe several words in one stroke through the space bar. Off by default. • Deleting a swiped word unlearns it. Fewer names among the alternatives. IPHONE DUO AND IPAD • On the inner display the keyboard has the right size and adapts when you fold or unfold, even mid-typing. In landscape it splits into two halves. • iPad: a new Split keyboard option, off by default. TOOLS AND SETTINGS • Settings search finds 70 more settings and scrolls to the row. • Dictation capitalizes "I" and new sentences, and downloads a missing language model itself. • A GIF over the size limit is copied smaller instead of failing. • Importing an EFKey backup restores every word. • Turn off the space after punctuation. FIXES • Tapping a suggestion replaces only the word under the cursor. • Deleted word pairs stay deleted. • Typing fast after a number no longer splits the next word. • Key sounds follow the iOS sound setting.

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All Pro features. One-time purchase.

User reviews

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Awesome keyboard. Will never go back to the stock iOS one

Best IPhone keyboard that you would ever want to use

You'll find all the options that you didn't find in stock keyboard. Easy to use and you'll get addicted oncr you start to use it.

Currently the best 3rd party keyboard on iOS right now.

I believe that this should be a mandatory download for any iOS user who was used to Android keyboards in the past - who will find the default keyboard extremely lacking.

The keyboard is extremely responsive, the swipe typing and autocorrect is really good and getting to the levels of major players in the keyboard space. The development is very active and developer takes his feedback very seriously. There is no data collection and the keyboard is basically free with a reasonable one time fee if you want all the fancy features.

The only keyboard which has finally managed to replace yandex keyboard for me.

Anyone considering should definitely give this a try.
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Pro stuff basic in other apps

Ngl I was excited to see a new and upcoming futuristic keyboard app that could get me to switch from SwiftKey after the better part of 15ish+ years. But the only necessary pro item most other keyboards don’t have is the copy/paste shortcuts. And nearly every other pro feature is available for free in SwiftKey. Seriously? I have to have a subscription to sync to iCloud? Why? I have to have a subscription to access Gifs directly from the keyboard? Why? All of that is accessible for free in other apps. Sorry, not paying for shortcut keys and other stuff I get for free already.
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Best in class and I’ll die on this hill

I been searching for a Gboard replacement for literal years. EFKey is incredible and it took me all of 10 minutes to purchase the one-time pro account and finally retire Gboard. Give it a go, it rocks.

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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.