Comparison

Slyder vs Leashy

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

Leashy

Features
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Don't leave your phone behind Leashy can alert you on your Apple Watch when its Bluetooth connection to your iPhone is lost. A reminder on your wrist to check that your phone is with you. Requires an iPhone running iOS 18 or later and a paired Apple Watch Series 6 or later running watchOS 11 or later. Apple Watch SE and Ultra compatibility has not yet been validated. Physical testing to date has used Apple Watch Series 10 GPS only. SIMPLE TO SET UP Install and open Leashy on your iPhone and paired Apple Watch. Allow Bluetooth on both devices, allow notifications on your Watch, and turn on Monitoring on your iPhone. Wait for Connected before you head out. ALERTS ON YOUR WATCH Choose a short alert delay to allow for brief disconnections. Leashy cancels a pending alert if the connection is confirmed again before delivery. Automatic left-behind alerts appear on your Watch. The iPhone app helps with setup, settings and connection status. CHECK YOUR WATCH CONNECTION Allow optional iPhone reminders to be prompted when Leashy cannot confirm a previously established Watch connection, including after an app update. A pending reminder is cancelled when the connection is confirmed again. These reminders ask you to check Leashy; they do not indicate distance. PAUSE WHEN YOU MEAN TO LEAVE IT Leaving your phone at your desk? Pause connection alerts from your Watch for 15, 30 or 60 minutes, or resume sooner. Monitoring continues during the pause. QUICK ACCESS ON YOUR WATCH Open Leashy from a Watch face or Smart Stack shortcut. From a separation alert, pause alerts for 15 minutes or open the saved location when available. OPTIONAL LAST KNOWN LOCATION Save your iPhone's last known location and share it with your paired Watch. See the saved location on a map, check its time and accuracy, or open it in Maps. Optional Always location access allows updates after significant movement in the background. Location is not required for connection alerts. YOUR DEVICES. YOUR DATA. No ads. No tracking. Leashy sends no personal data or location to us. Optional locations and connection-loss records are saved on your devices. Maps use Apple's services, and device backups follow your Apple settings. No account is needed. ONE PURCHASE Pay once for Leashy. No subscription. BEFORE YOU USE LEASHY iOS and watchOS control background activity. Detection and alerts may be delayed or missed; immediate or continuous monitoring is not guaranteed. The alert delay starts when the system reports a lost connection, not when you start walking away. Focus and Watch notification settings can affect delivery and sound. Force-quitting can stop monitoring; open Leashy on both devices again if the connection needs checking. The map shows a saved iPhone location, which may be outdated. Leashy does not locate your phone live after separation.

Screenshots

Slyder4 screens
Leashy2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Slyder at Free against Leashy's $3.99. Slyder also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Leashy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). 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; Leashy costs $3.99 up front. Slyder sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Leashy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slyder ships an update every 10 days, Leashy every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Slyder versus Leashy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlyderLeashy
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChiho ChunPLIVARICA d.o.o.

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

Leashy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 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-time5
  • 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
None

Leashy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slyder free?
Slyder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Leashy free?
Leashy costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Slyder or Leashy have ads?
Neither Slyder nor Leashy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slyder or Leashy?
Slyder ships an update every 10 days, and Leashy every 3 days. Most recently, Slyder was updated on November 2, 2026 and Leashy on October 31, 2026.

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