Comparison

Slyder vs Custom Keyboard

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

Custom Keyboard

Enhance your texting experience with a dedicated emoji row that offers fast and customizable access to your favorite emojis. Personalize your keyboard layout with up to 30 emojis and an optional number row.

Highlights
  • Dedicated emoji row
  • Customizable emoji selection
  • Up to 30 favorite emojis
  • Optional number row
  • Functions like original keyboard
  • Fast emoji access
Features
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Love emojis? Get the coolest emoji keyboard out there! -------------- Emoji row keyboard is specially designed for emoji addicts with a dedicated extra row just for emojis The row is totally customizable so you can add all of your favorite emojis and have fast and smooth access to them while texting. The row shows more emojis as you change between letters and symbols on your keyboard, giving you the ability to add up to 30 emojis of your choosing to your favorite shortlist. Emoji row keyboard looks and functions like your original keyboard, but with an extra emoji row added to it. You can even customize the keyboard and have a number row on top of QWERTY while keeping the emoji row on your keyboard when you switch to symbols. Emoji row keyboard is fun to use and totally customizable! Explore its new possibilities. Get creative and make it your own!

Screenshots

Slyder4 screens
Custom Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Slyder at Free against Custom Keyboard's $1.99. Slyder also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 1). Custom Keyboard's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 12). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Slyder is free to download; Custom Keyboard costs $1.99 up front. Slyder sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Custom Keyboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Custom Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slyder has 1.6K ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Custom Keyboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slyder ships an update every 10 days, Custom Keyboard every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Slyder versus Custom Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlyderCustom Keyboard
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.5 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChiho ChunMO NOUR

Customer experience

Slyder

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

Custom Keyboard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Custom Keyboard

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

Custom Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slyder free?
Slyder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Custom Keyboard free?
Custom Keyboard costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slyder or Custom Keyboard?
Custom Keyboard is rated higher. Slyder averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Custom Keyboard averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Slyder or Custom Keyboard have ads?
Neither Slyder nor Custom Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slyder or Custom Keyboard?
Slyder ships an update every 10 days, and Custom Keyboard every 8 months. Most recently, Slyder was updated on October 17, 2026 and Custom Keyboard on October 6, 2026.

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