Klava Keyboard vs Gesture Search
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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 - App shortcuts – a true revolution! Assign apps to keys & then jump to the app of your choice by simply long-pressing the key - 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 or a joystick in some themes. 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
Gesture Search
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Draw a letter with your finger and find what you need. No keyboard required. Gesture Search turns the whole screen into a canvas. Write letters or numbers anywhere and results appear as you draw: your contacts, shortcuts to apps on your iPhone, and the app's own settings page. HOW IT WORKS • Draw one letter at a time. Characters with several strokes, like A, E or K, are supported. • Swipe left to delete the last character, or swipe right to clear the search. • Tap a result to open it. Tap the call button on a contact to call them. FEATURES • On-device handwriting recognition: what you draw never leaves your iPhone. • Contacts: find people by name, by initials ("jp" finds "Juan Pérez") or by phone number ("611" finds the contact with that number). Accents don't matter. • Apps: shortcuts to popular apps you have installed. • Smart suggestions based on what you open most, which you can clear at any time. • Voice search as an alternative input. • Optional haptic and sound feedback. • Light, dark and system themes, custom accent color and adjustable stroke width. • Available in English and Spanish. PRIVACY Gesture Search has no account, no ads and no servers of its own. Your contacts, history and settings stay on your device. Contacts access is optional; with limited access, only the contacts you choose are searched. The handwriting model is downloaded once per language. Voice search uses Apple speech recognition. The app never tracks you. Privacy policy: https://plastelino.github.io/gesture-search-privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gesture Search at none against Klava Keyboard's 10. Gesture Search also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Klava Keyboard sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Gesture Search asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Klava Keyboard | Gesture Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nikita Shimkus | Fernando Lopez |
In-app purchases
Klava Keyboard
- Klava Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Klava Pro Yearly$12.991 Year
- Skeuo Theme$0.99
- Advanced Features$0.99
- Sail Theme$0.99
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- Classic Theme$0.99
- Metro8 Theme$0.99
- Beryl Theme$0.99
- Storm Theme$0.99
- PRIV$0.99
Gesture Search
No in-app purchases
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