Swipeys Keyboard vs QlipKeyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Swipeys Keyboard
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A keystroke is a tap or a flick. Swipeys puts every letter on a 3x3 grid of nine keys. Tap a key for its center letter. Flick, a short swipe in one of eight directions, for the rest. Nine keys reach every letter, with no row-hunting and no reaching across the screen. It's built for one thumb. Once your hand learns the nine positions, you stop looking at the keyboard and type. MAKE IT YOURS - Edit any key and any flick direction right inside the keyboard. Put letters, symbols, or emoji wherever you want them. - Adjust key size, flick threshold, and gutter width. Switch to a compact layout with fewer side controls. - Layouts are plain JSON. Tweak them, share them, and import a .swipey file. Import stays local and validated, and works with Full Access off. LANGUAGES - English, Finnish, and Spanish letter layouts, plus a numerals and symbols layer. - Switch languages from the keyboard. Touch and hold the 123 key to pick one. NUMBERS, SYMBOLS, EMOJI - A numbers page with digits on tap and a curated, editable symbol set on the flicks, shared across every language. - Emoji picker with recents and categories. Place emoji on any flick in the editor. GESTURES AND SHORTCUTS - Slide along the spacebar to move the cursor. Long-press for accents, double-tap space for a period, and let backspace auto-repeat. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No tracking, ever. The keyboard makes no network requests. - No analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporting, no ads, no server. Data Not Collected. - Core typing, the symbol layer, the emoji picker, and every customization work with Full Access off. Full Access is optional and only enables haptic feedback. BUY IT, DON'T RENT IT - Start with a 30-day free trial. No feature gates, no card required to try. - Unlock Swipeys permanently with a one-time purchase. No subscription, no recurring fees. - The lifetime unlock is Family Sharing enabled and restores across your devices. iPhone only. Built by slantedt.
QlipKeyboard
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QlipKeyboard brings a keyboard, a clipboard, and translation together in one app. Stop copying and pasting the same things over and over. What you copied recently sits right above the keyboard, ready to reuse with a single tap. ⢠Copy once, paste anywhere Turn on clipboard history, and the text, links, and images you copy are saved on your device and available straight from the keyboard. Press and hold the 123 key to browse what you saved and paste it. ⢠Translate without leaving the keyboard Tap the translate key and the sentence you just typed turns into the language you picked. Select text first and only that part is translated. No more jumping between apps to copy and paste. Translation runs on your device, so it works without an internet connection, and what you type never leaves it. Pick your language in the Translation tab and download the ones you need ahead of time. Text already written in that language is translated back into your device language. ⢠Keep what you use often Pin email addresses, bios, and go-to replies as favorites. Favorites are never removed, even when the history limit kicks in. ⢠Text, links, and images Everything you copy is sorted by type automatically, so it is easy to find what you need. Images can be pasted straight from the keyboard too. Copy the address of an image and the picture itself is saved instead of the link ā you can turn that off in settings. ⢠Two Korean layouts, plus English - Korean (Reduced Vowels) - Korean Qwerty ā standard two-set layout - English Qwerty Tap the globe key to switch languages instantly. In fields that only take numbers, the keyboard switches to a number pad on its own. ⢠Press and hold for more Hold the 123 key to open the clipboard keyboard. Hold the space bar to turn on trackpad mode and move the cursor. Symbols and clipboard features are always a long press away. ⢠Built for iPhone Duo The keyboard lays itself out for both the folded and the unfolded display. ⢠A split keyboard on wide screens On the iPhone Duo's unfolded display and on iPad, the keyboard splits left and right so you can type comfortably with both thumbs. Turn it on or off in settings. In split mode the number pad appears on both halves. ⢠Make it your own Choose your own colors for key backgrounds, text, functional keys, the clipboard panel, and clipboard cards. Adjust the keyboard height and haptic feedback to match how you type ā haptics come with five strength levels and a choice of vibration feel. The 123, language, and translate keys along the bottom can be reordered however you like. ⢠Private by default All clipboard data stays on your device. Clipboard contents are never uploaded to a server, shared, or analyzed. Translation also happens on your device. Sentences you translate are never sent to a server, and it works with no network connection. QlipKeyboard does not use cloud sync and never sends clipboard data off your device. You can clear your clipboard history at any time. ⢠About Full Access Full Access is required for the keyboard to provide clipboard history. It is used only to read clipboard items and save them on your device, and no clipboard data is ever sent off your device. Tip: In Settings ā Apps ā QlipKeyboard, set "Paste from Other Apps" to "Allow" and clipboard history will be saved more reliably.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: QlipKeyboard at none against Swipeys Keyboard's 2. Swipeys Keyboard's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Swipeys Keyboard sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. QlipKeyboard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Swipeys Keyboard ships an update every 9 days, QlipKeyboard every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swipeys Keyboard | QlipKeyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 ā better | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Toni Vaisanen | Dong Yeong Kim |
In-app purchases
Swipeys Keyboard
- 30-day TrialFree
- Swipeys Lifetime$9.99
QlipKeyboard
No in-app purchases
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