Comparison

Slyder vs Personal Keyboard Lite

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Slyder

Enhance your typing experience with a customizable keyboard offering extensive gesture controls for navigation, deletion, and text manipulation. It supports multiple languages and offers personalized themes and feedback options.

Highlights
  • Extensive gesture controls
  • Multi-language support
  • Customizable themes
  • Emoji recommendations
  • Copy/paste history
  • Adjustable keyboard height
Features
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Slyder is a lightweight keyboard built around gestures — slide anywhere to move the cursor, drag the delete key to erase and undo, and keep the tools you actually use one tap above the keys. TYPE IN 38 LANGUAGES Japanese かな 12-key flick and ローマ字 with kana→kanji conversion. Chinese 简体拼音 and 注音. Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu with full right-to-left layouts. Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Greek, Korean, English and many more — every one with the same gestures. GESTURES THAT SAVE TAPS - Slide anywhere on the keys to move the cursor, letter by letter - Drag the space bar to move word by word - Drag delete left to erase, right to bring it back - Swipe down to dismiss, swipe up for the number row MAKE IT YOURS - Themes matched to your iPhone color, or a gradient you build yourself - Choose the font your keys are drawn in - An extra row of favorites — buttons, phrases, links, folders - Adjustable keyboard height TOOLS BUILT IN - Clipboard history and a one-tap paste button - Emoji and emoticon suggestions that learn as you type - Cool Fonts and Fun Text - Generative AI with web search - Insights into how you type iCLOUD BACKUP Settings, folders, colors, clipboard, emoji and stats back up to your own iCloud and restore onto a new iPhone in one tap. ON iPAD A native iPad layout with a full number row and Apple-parity key sizing. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Personal Keyboard Lite

Design and build your own custom keyboard layouts with a visual editor. Mix languages, symbols, and emojis, and arrange keys to your preference. Share your unique keyboard designs with others.

Highlights
  • Visual keyboard editor
  • Customizable key layout
  • Mix languages and symbols
  • Adjustable keyboard height
  • Customizable key size and appearance
  • Shareable keyboard templates
Features
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With Personal Keyboard you can create your own keyboard layout and personalize it. Imagine the best keyboard for you and do it yourself. Features: - vibrate on tap - custom keyboard height - Visual Editor - mix any language letters, sy​mbols, smiles in one keyboard - arrange the keys as you want - custom size for any key - keyboard can have any count of keys - keyboard can have any count of pages with keys - setup for every key (font size, background and font color etc.) - custom shift function, for every button you can setup shift analog - create keys with custom label - templates have a text format and you can easily share it - share your templates with others

Screenshots

Slyder4 screens
Personal Keyboard Lite3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Slyder at 4.5 against Personal Keyboard Lite's 3.4. Slyder also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 5) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Personal Keyboard Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Slyder sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Personal Keyboard Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slyder holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slyder has 1.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Slyder's written reviews are positive against 50% of Personal Keyboard Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slyder ships an update every 10 days, Personal Keyboard Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Slyder versus Personal Keyboard Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlyderPersonal Keyboard Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better3.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChiho ChunKirill Filippov

Customer experience

Slyder

All ratings1,649 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral5.0%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews261 reviews
Positive68.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative19.9%

Personal Keyboard Lite

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Slyder

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Keyboard sometimes switches to default iOS keyboard unexpectedly
  • Haptic feedback issues, sometimes stops working
  • Keyboard not working properly in certain apps like Chrome and Safari
  • Issues with the keyboard when using the emoji/special character section

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add autocorrect and text prediction features
  • Allow customizing the favorite bar when switching keyboard layers
  • Add support for more languages like Japanese, Chinese, and Urdu
  • Improve stability and reduce bugs
  • Allow disabling the full access permission request

Personal Keyboard Lite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Slyder

Subscriptions5
  • Plus$0.991 Month
  • Premium$3.997 Days
  • Plus$7.991 Year
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  • Premium$9.991 Month
  • Premium$59.991 Year
One-time7
  • Support $0.99$0.99
  • Support $1.99$1.99
  • Support $2.99$2.99
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  • Support $4.99$4.99
  • Support $9.99$9.99
  • Support $29.99$29.99
  • Support $99.99$99.99
None

Personal Keyboard Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slyder free?
Slyder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Personal Keyboard Lite free?
Personal Keyboard Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slyder or Personal Keyboard Lite?
Slyder is rated higher. Slyder averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Personal Keyboard Lite averages 3.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Slyder or Personal Keyboard Lite have ads?
Neither Slyder nor Personal Keyboard Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slyder or Personal Keyboard Lite?
Slyder ships an update every 10 days, and Personal Keyboard Lite every 2 months. Most recently, Slyder was updated on October 21, 2026 and Personal Keyboard Lite on October 2, 2026.

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