Comparison

Slyder vs Klava 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

Klava Keyboard

This keyboard app offers smart predictions, customizable themes, and advanced privacy features. Enjoy a personalized typing experience with unique gestures and built-in emoji suggestions. It supports over 25 languages and is regularly updated with new content.

Highlights
  • Smart above-key predictions
  • On-device learning for privacy
  • Customizable themes
  • Gesture controls for actions
  • Autocorrect and text navigation
  • Instant emoji suggestions
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Many keyboards are boring. Some track what you type. Plenty just don't work. Klava ain’t any of that. Klava keyboard brings together smart above-key predictions, stunning themes, sick features and rock-solid privacy. And a bunch of other cool stuff (that you can customise or turn on / off). What Klava has that others don’t: - Smart above-key and above-keyboard suggestions that you can flick up. Like the good ol’ BlackBerry days - Privacy. Klava learns as you type, but what you type doesn’t ever leave the device. As it should be. Keep what's yours, we don't want to know that! - Beautiful themes, each with unique features. We got sleek modern themes. We got nostalgic themes, true classics even. We got more themes cooking as you are reading this - High personalisation. Customise font size, colours, buttons and so on. Make Klava what you want it to be - Gestures that feel awesome. Our favourite: swipe left across the keyboard to delete words. Or set a custom action to the 'swipe right' gesture! - Autocorrect is here, plus text navigation with Cursor Mode via WASD. It’s super nice - Built-in emojis. What’s more, type things like :) or :phone to get an instant emoji suggestion. Truly :fire (can't put emojis here, imagine one!) - You can switch keyboard layouts by simply holding the spacebar, smooth as heck - We could go on, but that’s probably enough for the App Store page. Last thing: we are releasing major updates for Klava at least every month, so expect more themes, features, languages and just plain new & nice stuff regularly Klava currently supports 25+ languages with more in the making: - English (US/GB) - Spanish (Español) - French (Français) - German (Deutsch) - Dutch (Nederlands) - Italian (Italiano) - Portuguese (Português) - Russian (Русский) - Finnish (Suomi) - Hungarian (Magyar) - Polish (Polski) - Romanian (Română) - Swedish (Svenska) - Bulgarian (Български) - Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) - Czech (Čeština) - Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) - Arabic - Danish (Dansk)* - Croatian (Hrvatski)* - Norwegian (Norsk)* - Turkish (Türkçe)* - Greek (Ελληνικά)* - Serbian (Српски)* - Ukrainian (Українська)* - Hebrew* - Thai (ไทย)* *These languages don't support predictions above keys just yet, but you can type in your favourite themes in your language's layout! If you have ideas, feedback, want to say hi or give us a scolding (only if well-deserved!), drop a message to type@klava.space Terms of Use: https://www.klava.space/terms

Screenshots

Slyder4 screens
Klava Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Slyder at 4.5 against Klava Keyboard's 3.7. Slyder also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 10) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). Klava Keyboard's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 69%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Klava Keyboard sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. 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 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slyder has 1.6K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Slyder's written reviews are positive against 80% of Klava Keyboard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slyder ships an update every 10 days, Klava Keyboard every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Slyder versus Klava Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlyderKlava Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better3.7 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better10
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChiho ChunNikita Shimkus

Customer experience

Slyder

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

Klava Keyboard

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

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

Klava 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
11 purchases

Klava Keyboard

Subscriptions2
  • Klava Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Klava Pro Yearly$12.991 Year
One-time9
  • Skeuo Theme$0.99
  • Advanced Features$0.99
  • Sail Theme$0.99
Show 6 more
  • Classic Theme$0.99
  • Metro8 Theme$0.99
  • Beryl Theme$0.99
  • Storm Theme$0.99
  • Pod Theme$0.99
  • PRIV$0.99

Questions

Is Slyder free?
Slyder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Klava Keyboard free?
Klava Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Slyder or Klava Keyboard?
Slyder is rated higher. Slyder averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Klava Keyboard averages 3.7 from 10 ratings.
Do Slyder or Klava Keyboard have ads?
Neither Slyder nor Klava Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slyder or Klava Keyboard?
Slyder ships an update every 10 days, and Klava Keyboard every 3 weeks. Most recently, Slyder was updated on September 24, 2026 and Klava Keyboard on September 18, 2026.

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