Comparison

Slyder vs Mister 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

Mister Keyboard

Create a personalized typing experience with custom keys, clipboard management, and smart typing features. Enhance productivity with snippets, translation, and AI-powered tools. Supports multiple languages, themes, and advanced scripting.

Highlights
  • Customizable key layouts and actions
  • Clipboard history and text snippets
  • Smart autocorrect and swipe typing
  • Themes, fonts, and emoji access
  • Translation and OCR capabilities
  • AI-powered proofreading and suggestions
  • JavaScript scripting for advanced workflows
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Mister Keyboard is a powerful custom keyboard for iPhone that lets you build your ideal typing experience—from custom keys and clipboard tools to swipe typing, smart autocorrect, themes, snippets, AI features, scripting, fonts, and more. Whether you want a better everyday keyboard or a deeply personalized productivity tool, Mister Keyboard gives you the flexibility to type your way. KEY FEATURES Build Your Own Keyboard Add, delete, move, and rearrange keys however you like. Customize tap, hold, and pull-down actions, including secondary swipe-down keys for faster access to the tools you use most. Powerful Custom Keys & Actions Go far beyond standard typing. Mister Keyboard includes 50+ custom key actions, including copy, cut, paste, cursor movement, and granular deletion such as previous/next word, forward/backward, and delete to beginning/end. Clipboard History & Snippets Access your clipboard history directly from the keyboard with search and a dedicated clipboard row. Save frequently used text in the built-in snippet manager and find it instantly. Smart Typing Enjoy smart autocorrect that learns how you type, with multi-language support. Mister Keyboard also supports advanced swipe typing, including multi-finger swipe and swipe-and-tap gestures. Themes & Personalization Choose from lots of built-in and animated themes, or create your own. Use the theme creator for custom backgrounds, or the advanced theme creator for full theming control. Emoji, Symbols & Fonts Quickly browse and search emojis and symbols using built-in galleries and quick-access rows. Switch between Unicode fonts that work in almost any app, and add font tools directly to your keyboard. Contacts, Translation & OCR Link contacts to your keyboard to quickly insert addresses, emails, phone numbers, and more. Use translation tools in your workflow, or extract text from photos with OCR. AI Features Use Apple Intelligence-powered tools such as AI proofreading, AI emoji suggestions, and AI chat inside the in-app keyboard preview. Scripting & Advanced Tools Extend the keyboard with JavaScript scripting to create your own custom behavior and workflows. Mister Keyboard is built for users who want more power and control. Multiple Layouts & Languages Create and use multiple keyboards with different layouts and languages. Quickly switch between them from the space bar with the built-in keyboard switcher. More Great Features Mister Keyboard also includes a quick period shortcut by double-tapping space, an ellipsis shortcut by triple-tapping space, quick-access emoji and symbol rows, built-in games, extensive behavior settings, and support for iOS 26 and Liquid Glass. Why Mister Keyboard? Mister Keyboard can be as simple or as powerful as you want. Use it as a great everyday keyboard with swipe typing, autocorrect, emojis, and themes—or turn it into a fully customized typing system built around your workflow. Download Mister Keyboard today and build a keyboard that actually works the way you want. ---- PLEASE READ: A Mister Keyboard Pro subscription is required to access all features. Once purchased, subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled before the end of the current billing period. Subscriptions can be managed or cancelled in your Apple App Store account. The free version supports limited keyboard editing and allows previewing most features inside the app, but does not allow using Pro features or themes in other apps. Keys using pro features will simply be disabled in use, and you can still use the rest of your keyboard normally. Privacy Policy: https://fivesheep.co/privacy/misterkeyboard Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Slyder4 screens
Mister Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Slyder at 4.5 against Mister Keyboard's 4.0. Slyder also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 86) and review sentiment (69% vs 55%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Mister Keyboard sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slyder holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slyder has 1.6K ratings behind it against 86, 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 55% of Mister Keyboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slyder ships an update every 10 days, Mister Keyboard every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Slyder versus Mister Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlyderMister Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better4.0 (86 ratings)
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews — better55.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K — better86
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChiho ChunFiveSheep OU

Customer experience

Slyder

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

Mister Keyboard

All ratings86 ratings
Positive72.1%
Neutral9.3%
Negative18.6%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive55.1%
Neutral22.4%
Negative22.4%

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

Mister 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
Show 2 more
  • 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
Show 4 more
  • Support $4.99$4.99
  • Support $9.99$9.99
  • Support $29.99$29.99
  • Support $99.99$99.99
5 purchases

Mister Keyboard

Subscriptions4
  • Mister Keyboard Pro2 variants$1.997 Days
  • Mister Keyboard Pro2 variants$5.991 Month
  • Mister Keyboard Pro1 Month trial$16.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Mister Keyboard Pro14 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mister Keyboard Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Slyder free?
Slyder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mister Keyboard free?
Mister Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Slyder or Mister Keyboard?
Slyder is rated higher. Slyder averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Mister Keyboard averages 4.0 from 86 ratings.
Do Slyder or Mister Keyboard have ads?
Neither Slyder nor Mister Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slyder or Mister Keyboard?
Slyder ships an update every 10 days, and Mister Keyboard every 9 days. Most recently, Slyder was updated on October 21, 2026 and Mister Keyboard on October 19, 2026.

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