keyboard2 vs SimpleFT8

keyboard2 is a smart, private keyboard for iPhone. Autocorrect that fixes what you meant, swipe typing, predictions in 70+ languages and tools under your thumb. The keyboard uses no internet at all, so nothing you type ever leaves your device. TYPE SMARTER - Predictions, autocorrect and autocomplete in 70+ languages: 13 built in, the rest download once when you add them - Arabic typed right to left, or in Latin letters ("mar7aba" becomes مرحبا) - Autocorrect that fixes swapped, missing and extra letters, and puts back missing accents and apostrophes - Swipe typing with an on-device model that learns how you swipe - Write in two languages at once: keyboard2 follows you word by word - Suggestions that read the whole sentence, not just the last word - Learns your words on your device, and one backspace undoes a fix and teaches it - Learns where you tap each key and moves the key borders to match - Fixes capitalization, including German nouns - Smart punctuation that follows your language: quotes, ¿ ¡, French spacing - Emoji suggestions while you type TOOLS UNDER YOUR THUMB - Smart wheel: swipe up from the space bar to switch language or reach any tool - Clipboard history with text and images, as a list or a grid - Toolbar with cut, copy, paste, clipboard and emoji, one swipe from the suggestions - Text replacements, including the shortcuts you set up in iOS - Hold the space bar to move the cursor like a trackpad, flick to jump a sentence - Swipe left from delete to remove whole words - Paste a copied one-time code with one tap - Layouts that fit the field: number pads, email and web address keys - Emoji search in 70 languages that forgives typos PRIVACY FIRST - The keyboard never connects to the internet. Everything you type stays on your device - Extra languages come from Apple's App Store. Nothing of yours is sent - No tracking, no data collection MAKE IT YOURS - 50+ keyboard layouts in Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Georgian, Armenian and Arabic script, or build your own - Your own font, size and weight for every part of the keyboard - Set key height, key gaps and the suggestion bar's height - 100+ themes in the app, or build your own and share it - The app and the keyboard in 40+ languages - A split keyboard on the unfolded iPhone Duo, held sideways KEEP YOUR SETUP - Save your settings and themes to a file you choose, and put them back on a new phone - Optional automatic backups to a folder you pick. It never comes to us - Settings only. Never the words the keyboard learned, your clipboard or your emoji history PREDICTION LANGUAGES (70+) English (US, UK, Australia, Canada), 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 (Portugal and Brazil), Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese, Russian, Ukrainian, Danish, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian (Latin and Cyrillic), Norwegian Nynorsk, Greek, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Armenian, Kazakh, Belarusian, Welsh, Uzbek, Swahili, Hinglish, Irish, Maltese, Faroese, Luxembourgish, Turkmen, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Hausa, Igbo, Māori, Tongan, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Mongolian, Roman Urdu, Roman Telugu, Navajo, Arabic, Malay (Jawi) 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. Backing up your settings is free. Requires iOS 26. Bought keyboard2 when it was a paid app? You keep premium for free. Open the app once after updating. We love feedback: info@techamigos.ee, or reddit.com/r/keyboard2 for updates, ideas and bug reports. TechAmigos OÜ, Estonia

SimpleFT8 is a native macOS and iOS app for FT8 and FT4, the weak-signal digital modes used by amateur radio operators worldwide. WHAT IS FT8? FT8 is a structured digital mode for ham radio. Stations alternate transmitting and receiving in synchronized 15-second slots, exchanging compact messages over a narrow audio bandwidth. The mode decodes successfully at signal levels well below the noise floor — operators routinely make contacts on a watt or two of power with stations on the other side of the planet. SimpleFT8 puts a real digital station in your pocket. Decode signals using your device's microphone or a USB audio interface and send replies in the next slot. The manual station and local logbook work without an account. WHAT YOU GET • Live decode table per 15-second FT8 or 7.5-second FT4 slot • Slot-aligned transmitter with a structured QSO composer (CQ / reply / report / RR73 / 73) • Tap any decode to start a QSO — the state machine handles the rest of the handshake • Built-in waterfall display with tap-to-set TX frequency • Local QSO logbook with search, editing, ADIF import/export, and complete native backup/restore • Map of stations you've decoded with their Maidenhead grids SIMPLEFT8 FREE Free includes unlimited FT8/FT4 receive, waterfall and decode history; microphone and USB audio; manual CQ, reply and complete QSO exchanges; all TX safety controls; local logging and full portable ADIF import/export; and the basic community map. SIMPLEFT8 PRO — ONE-TIME LIFETIME UNLOCK Pro adds automatic replies, custom-message looping, advanced export scopes, direct QRZ Logbook transfer, and private iCloud log sync. On macOS, Pro also adds Icom CI-V CAT/PTT and VFO control over a serial connection, System Audio capture, and autonomous band hopping. CAT/PTT rig control and band hopping are not available on iPhone or iPad. No subscription. Customers who bought SimpleFT8 before it became Free receive Pro automatically. PSK REPORTER + PRESENCE (OPT-IN) If you turn it on in Settings: • Decode reports forwarded to PSK Reporter so you contribute to the global propagation map (rate-limited server-side) • See who heard you in the last 15 minutes, plotted on the map • See other SimpleFT8 operators currently online, on the same map Both toggles are off by default. QRZ transfer and private iCloud log sync are also separately configured and off by default. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Native Swift/SwiftUI — no Electron, no Qt port. Looks and feels like a Mac/iOS app should. • Pro System Audio capture on macOS via ScreenCaptureKit — decode straight from SDR software, WebSDR, or any audio your machine is playing, without a virtual cable. • Random caller selection rather than first-come — every station in a pile-up has an equal shot at being picked. • Opinionated QSO state machine handles slot parity, role alternation, and protocol step transitions so you don't have to fight the radio. PRIVACY The app is foreground-only on iOS — the mic stops when the app goes to background. macOS keeps audio I/O alive (long FT8 sessions are the norm). Optional community and logbook integrations are clearly opt-in. No analytics, no tracking, no ads, and no subscription. Built by a ham operator for ham operators. 73 de PD3BAL.