keyboard2 vs MergeKey

keyboard2 is a private, fully offline keyboard. It looks and feels like the stock iOS keyboard, but does more, and nothing you type ever leaves your device. The keyboard uses no internet at all. TYPE SMARTER - Predictions, autocorrect and autocomplete in 34 languages. Built in, nothing to download - Swipe typing, with a trail you can style - Writing in two languages at once? keyboard2 works out which one you are using - Hold the space bar to move the cursor like a trackpad - Learns your words, on your device only - Smart punctuation and auto-capitalization MAKE IT YOURS - 100+ themes, filtered by colour so you can find one fast - Build your own theme: colours, outlines, corners and shadows for every part of the keyboard, plus a separate dark look. Share it as a code - Restyle every theme at once: borderless keys, outlines, flat keys, high contrast text - Build your own layout: choose the keys on each row and what a long press gives you - Own font, size and weight for keycaps, hints, popups, suggestions, the toolbar and the clipboard - Set key height, the gaps between keys and the height of the suggestion bar - Separate number row, with its own font and colours - Separate comma key - Toolbar with cut, copy, paste and clipboard history - Emoji search in 33 languages, and it still finds what you meant when you mistype - Long press a key for accents, haptics, key sounds and timings you can tune - A real, typeable preview in Settings, so you see every change as you make it KEEP YOUR SETUP - Save your settings and your themes to a file, and put them back on a new phone or after a reinstall - You choose where it goes: your iPhone, iCloud Drive, anywhere. It never comes to us - Optional automatic backups keep one file up to date in a folder you pick - Settings only. Never the words the keyboard learned, your clipboard or your emoji history PRIVACY FIRST - No internet access. Everything you type stays on your device - No tracking, no data collection - Predictions work offline from the first keystroke - Nothing leaves your device unless you save a backup yourself PREDICTION LANGUAGES (34) English, Estonian, German, Finnish, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish, Romanian, Hungarian, French, Italian, Afrikaans, Breton, Bosnian, Catalan, Czech, Esperanto, Basque, Galician, Indonesian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Latvian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese KEYBOARD LAYOUTS QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY, QZERTY, Colemak, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or one you build yourself FREE AND PREMIUM keyboard2 is free to download, and everything is unlocked for your first hour of typing. After that, basic typing stays free forever; premium features (predictions, swipe typing, most themes, custom themes, custom layouts, the toolbar and long-press alternates) need a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions start with a 7-day free trial, so you get a real chance to try everything before paying anything. Backing up your settings is free. Bought keyboard2 back when it was a paid app? You keep all premium features for free. Just open the app once after updating. We Love Feedback! All suggestions, questions and ideas are always welcome. Feel free to reach out to us at info@techamigos.ee. TechAmigos OÜ, Estonia

MergeKey — the first keyboard that hides the keys you don't need. As you type, MergeKey dynamically removes impossible letters and expands the remaining keys, giving you bigger tap targets and fewer typos. It's like autocomplete, but visual — you see your options shrink in real time. MERGE MODE — UNIQUE TO MERGEKEY - Keys that can't continue your word disappear instantly - Remaining keys grow to fill the space — bigger keys, fewer mistakes - Learns new words you teach it - Toggle Merge Mode off if you prefer just the disappearing keys without resizing MADE FOR IPAD - Full-size layouts on large iPads, a roomier compact layout on smaller ones - Pinch to split the keyboard for thumb typing, with adjustable split distance - Two-finger trackpad: drag across the keys to move the cursor - Letters Only mode for a clean, focused board - Split typing on iPhone too, in landscape 30 LANGUAGES English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovenian, Greek, Turkish, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Romanian, Hungarian, Irish, Hebrew, Arabic, Bangla and Hindi — each with native prediction and accented character variants. English (US/GB), Spanish (ES/MX) and Portuguese (BR/PT) with correct regional dictionaries. SMART FEATURES - Quick Settings right in the keyboard — tap the MergeKey icon - Scrolling prediction bar with up to 9 word suggestions - Long-press for accented letters and symbols - Character preview bubble on key tap - Optional dedicated number row - Double-tap shift for caps lock - Backspace hold-to-accelerate (characters, then words) CUSTOMIZABLE STYLE - 5 keyboard styles: Default, Liquid Glass (iOS 26), Classic, Flat and sculpted Keycaps - Custom key fill, border, character and accent colors - Letters that grow with their keys as they merge (optional) - 6 key fonts - Keyboard height: Compact, Normal or Tall - Transparency slider for key fill opacity - Animation speed control - Live keyboard preview in Settings and Style BUILT FOR LEARNERS - Swipe up to teach MergeKey a new word - Swipe down for continuous mode (all keys visible) - Swipe left to delete whole words - Swipe right to repeat the last word - Key heatmap per language shows which letters you type most and where your thumb lands - Built-in typing game to practice in any language PRIVACY FIRST MergeKey does not collect or transmit your typing data. Everything stays on your device. MergeKey never connects to the internet. The only network activity is the App Store handling the optional tips – that's why iOS shows a Mobile Data switch for MergeKey. Word lists based on the Leipzig Corpora Collection (CC BY 4.0).