Comparison

Slyder vs FontFlow 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

FontFlow Keyboard

Enhance your typing with a customizable keyboard offering over 50 themes, stylish fonts, and emoji collections. Enjoy a fast, responsive, and private typing experience with multi-language support and a clipboard manager.

Highlights
  • 50+ keyboard themes
  • Stylish fonts
  • Emoji and symbol collections
  • Clipboard manager
  • Multi-language support
  • Light and Dark Mode
Features
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Description FontFlow Keyboard is a customizable keyboard designed to make typing more enjoyable, expressive, and personal. Choose from 50+ keyboard themes, stylish fonts, emojis, symbols, and useful tools to create a keyboard that matches your style. Features 50+ beautiful keyboard themes Stylish fonts for social media and messaging Emoji and symbol collections Clipboard manager for quick access to copied text Support for multiple keyboard languages Fast and responsive typing experience Light and Dark Mode support Smooth, modern, and easy-to-use interface Customize Your Keyboard Personalize your keyboard with a wide selection of themes and fonts. Switch between different styles in seconds and enjoy a clean, comfortable typing experience. Multiple Languages Type in multiple languages and easily switch between them using the language key, with familiar keyboard layouts for a natural typing experience. Privacy Your privacy matters. FontFlow Keyboard is designed to respect your personal data and does not collect or store what you type. Download FontFlow Keyboard and enjoy a faster, more personalized, and more beautiful typing experience every day.

Screenshots

Slyder4 screens
FontFlow Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Slyder at Free against FontFlow Keyboard's $0.29. Slyder also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 1). FontFlow Keyboard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12). On 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

Slyder is free to download; FontFlow Keyboard costs $0.29 up front. Slyder sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. FontFlow Keyboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slyder holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. 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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Slyder versus FontFlow Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlyderFontFlow Keyboard
PriceFree — better$0.29
Rating4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.6K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChiho ChunAHMAD ALMHASNEH

Customer experience

Slyder

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

FontFlow Keyboard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

FontFlow 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

FontFlow Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slyder free?
Slyder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FontFlow Keyboard free?
FontFlow Keyboard costs $0.29, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slyder or FontFlow Keyboard?
Slyder is rated higher. Slyder averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while FontFlow Keyboard averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Slyder or FontFlow Keyboard have ads?
Neither Slyder nor FontFlow Keyboard shows ads.

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